Here’s our running tally of each of the distribution deals announced just before, throughout the course of, and just after the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. We will update this post whenever new information comes in, so bookmark it and keep checking back for the newest latest.
| Title | Distributor | Rights Bought | Reported Price Tag | More Info |
| You Won’t Miss Me | Visit Films | Worldwide sales | N/A | indieWIRE |
| Tyson | Sony Classics | U.S. Theatrical | N/A | Variety |
| Amreeka | Entertainment One | Canada, international | N/A | Hollywood Reporter |
| Rudo y Cursi |
Sony Classics | North America | N/A | indieWIRE |
| Burma VJ | HBO | TV, Film Forum in NY | N/A | indieWIRE |
| Brothers at War | Samuel Goldwyn | US Theatrical | N/A | indieWIRE |
| William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe | P.O.V. (PBS) | TV | N/A | American Documentary |
| El General |
P.O.V. (PBS) | TV | N/A | American Documentary |
| Cold Souls |
E1 Films | Canada | N/A | indieWIRE |
| Brooklyn’s Finest |
Senator Distribution | North America | $3 million | indieWIRE |
| Kimjongilia |
Visit Films | Worldwide sales | N/A | indieWIRE |
| The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle |
Visit Films | Worldwide sales | N/A | indieWIRE |
| Humpday |
Magnolia | VOD; Worldwide Theatrical | $100,000
mid-6 figures |
indieWIRE |
| Black Dynamite |
Sony Worldwide Acquisitions Group | North America | $2 million | indieWIRE |
| Adam |
Fox Searchlight | Worldwide | $1.5 million | indieWIRE |
| The Winning Season |
Lionsgate | U.S.; UK | $2 million | Hollywood Reporter |
| An Education |
Sony Classics | North America; part of Latin America | $3 million-$4 million | Hollywood Reporter |
| Dead Snow |
IFC Films | U.S. | N/A | indieWIRE |
| In the Loop |
IFC Films | U.S. | N/A | indieWIRE |
| Spread |
Anchor Bay | U.S.; Australia | $3.5 million-$4 million | indieWIRE |
| Spread | TVA | Canada | N/A | indieWIRE |
| Moon |
Sony Classics | U.S. | N/A | indieWIRE |
| Art & Copy |
Arthouse Films | Worldwide | N/A | Hollywood Reporter |
| An Education |
E1 Films | UK; Ireland | N/A | Variety |
| Cold Souls |
Samuel Goldwyn | U.S. | N/A | indiewire |
| Push: Based on the novel by Sapphire | Lionsgate | US Distribution | 5.5 million | SpoutBlog |
| The September Issue | Roadside Attractions | US Distribution | N/A | ScreenDaily |
| Arlen Faber | Magnolia | US Distribution | N/A | indieWIRE |
No price gossip? That’s the best part!
There were no dollar figures openly attached to any of these deals. Last year few deals were reported with exact numbers, and it’s my theory that this year we’ll see even fewer prices in the press, after Focus openly gambled $10 million on “Hamlet 2″ and lost it all and then some. But if it seems like there are a lot of price specifics to pass along once the festival gets underway, we’ll add a column to the chart.
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I think this chart is a little confusing and misleading … Magnolia is a distributor, SPC is a distributor, Visit is a rep agency that will handle the sales TO a distributor, etc. So there are no numbers possible on “You Won’t Miss Me” … they’ve acquired the rights to sell the rights to those films. But it would be great if you guys could create a separate list with all sales agents listed (lots more to add to that one! since sales are slow).
Agree. Visit Films is a seller, not a distrib.
Thanks for putting this together Karina. It’s very useful.
Tried to submit this to Digg, but Digg is dead!
[...] Pessoal do Sput fez uma tabela com o resumo de todos os filmes que ja garantiram distribuição em [...]
Thank you for putting this together Karina, if you have any suggestions on how to do further research on 2009 and 2008 numbers i would appreciate any suggestion.