Cynematik • Cyndi Greening

BY CYNDI GREENING, PHOENIX, USA — New York-based City Lights Pictures has acquired North American distribution rights to 2007 Sundance Film Festival Documentary Grand Jury Prize winner MANDA BALA (SEND A BULLET). Simultaneously, Celsius picked up foreign distribution rights, and the Sundance Channel took domestic broadcast rights, he added. MANDA BALA— from first-time director Jason Kohn, who produced with Jared Ian Goldman and Joey Frank — will be released theatrically in the summer. Cinetic Media repped the filmmakers in the deal.

Sarah Polley’s AWAY FROM HER was released theatrically on May 4. According to Box Office Mojo, the audience for the film continues to grow. It’s currently in 174 theatres and has generated $1.3 million. Starring Julie Christie and Olympia Dukakis, it’s the story of a woman’s deterioration to Alzheimer’s. Based on Alice Munro’s short story.