EXCLUSIVE: Monument Releasing on Friday introduced it has acquired rights spanning a number of English language territories to Rule of Two Walls, “a visceral and very important portrait of at this time’s Ukraine via the lens of artists.”
The documentary directed by David Gutnik and government produced by actor Liev Schreiber premiered at Tribeca Festival in 2023, the place it gained a Particular Jury Point out for human rights and creative expression. Jurors hailed the movie “For embedding us with a gaggle of artists who refused to be stripped of their heritage and cultural expression.”
Monument Releasing plans to open the movie theatrically on August 16 in New York, adopted by further areas within the U.S. and overseas (the acquisition deal covers the U.S., Canada, U.Ok., Eire, Australia, and New Zealand). Rule of Two Partitions will premiere on SVOD platforms on November 12.
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The documentary affords “an intimate take a look at the struggle in Ukraine, as seen via the eyes of Ukrainian artists who stay of their nation to make artwork as a defiant act within the face of aggression,” in keeping with a launch. “Utilizing reside music efficiency, portray, avenue artwork, and the act of filmmaking itself, it illuminates the struggle’s psychological frontlines: go to a restaurant or bar amid the near-constant blare of air-raid alarms and missile strikes; course of, react and resist, whereas having to go concerning the rhythms of each day life. Blurring the traces between what’s seen in entrance of and behind the digital camera, the movie probes what it means to make cinema in a time of struggle.”
Monument Releasing executives Ryan Kampe and Sophie Gilbert negotiated the deal, with Amanda Lebow and Holly Stanton negotiating on behalf of CAA.
“Artwork is extra than simply paint on a wall or a statue in a gallery, it may be a dwelling and respiration reminder of a repeatedly altering and horrific must survive and mark occasions giant and small,” Kampe mentioned in a press release. “David has introduced us to the entrance line of a struggle that’s enacted by people who by no means signed up for fight nor needed to hunt refuge throughout fixed bombings. This very important movie will make actual for audiences, the individuals and each day struggles of those that are sometimes handed over in information reporting.”
Author-director David Gutnik
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Gutnik noticed, “I’m eternally grateful to Monument for serving to us to shine a lightweight on the sweetness, bravery and brilliance of the Ukrainian artists who anchor our movie. The work of those artists is a type of resistance—and a wide ranging testomony to the resilience of the Ukrainian individuals.”
Rule of Two Partitions is written, directed and edited by David Gutnik and produced by Olha Beskhmelnytsina, Sam Bisbee, and Stacey Reiss. Cinematography is by Volodymyr Ivanov and David Gutnik. The unique music consists by Andrew Orkin. Among the many movie’s government producers is Liev Schreiber, who traces a few of his roots again to Ukraine (Schreiber’s maternal grandfather immigrated to the U.S. from that nation). Fellow EPs embody Natalia Libet, Lance Acord, Jason Weinberg, Brett Etre, Jackie Bisbee, Michelle Booso, and Gil Elbaz. Co-producer: Emily McCann Lesser.
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Monument Releasing “endeavors to carry the very best in undistributed cinema from the competition circuit to the theatrical, competition, VOD, DVD, and digital markets,” the corporate notes. “Monument has three traces of focus: Competition Titles, American Indies, and Documentaries. Our mission is to introduce audiences to new and unique cinema, whereas focusing our assets such that every title stays worthwhile throughout a wide range of platforms.”
