Sundance Selects picks up “City of Gold” documentaryJanuary 29, 2015 - 18:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Sundance Selects has picked up North American distribution rights to documentary “City of Gold”, the company announced Wednesday, Jan 28, TheWrap said Laura Gabbert directed the film, which made its world premiere in the U.S. Documentary Competition section at the Sundance Film Festival this week. Story follows restaurant critic Jonathan Gold as he tours the growing ethnic food scene across Los Angeles. “Laura’s film is an amazing portrait of today’s diverse culture as told through the eyes of inimitable food critic Jonathan Gold,” President of Sundance Selects/IFC Films Jonathan Sehring said in a statement. “Our entire team fell in love with ‘City of Gold’ and we look forward to working with the filmmaking team on its release.” The deal for the film was negotiated by Arianna Bocco, SVP of Acquisitions from Sundance Selects/IFC Films with Submarine on behalf of the filmmakers. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |