CINEMA GUILD ACQUIRES ANGELA SCHANELEC’S BERLINALE SELECTION MUSIC

NEW YORK, NY (Feb 21, 2023) – Cinema Guild announced today the acquisition of North American distribution rights for Music, directed by Angela Schanelec. The film premiered this week in the competition at the Berlin International Film Festival. Cinema Guild will release the film in theaters following its North American festival premiere later this year.

On a stormy night in the mountains of Greece, a pair of wayward young people abandon their newborn child. Taken in by a family of farmers, Jon grows up without knowing his father or mother. Years later, after a tragic accident, he is sent to prison, where he meets Iro. The two form a connection, expressed through music, that will, by turns, haunt them and uphold them the rest of their days. Freely inspired by the story of Oedipus, Schanelec's latest is as terrifying as myth and as gentle as a folk song.

"With Music, Angela Schanelec continues to explore the profound pain that comes with being part of a family and the beauty that allows us to continue in spite of it," said Cinema Guild Head of Theatrical Tom Sveen. "It’s a great privilege to share her work with audiences and we can’t wait for fans to experience this quietly colossal achievement."

The deal was negotiated by Sveen and Cinema Guild President Peter Kelly with Egle Cepaite of Shellac.

Cinema Guild was the first to distribute Schanelec’s work theatrically in North America, beginning with her 2019 Berlinale Silver Bear winner I Was at Home, But...

A premier distributor of world cinema, independent films and nonfiction work, Cinema Guild’s upcoming releases include Hong Sangsoo’s Walk Up, Helena Wittmann’s Human Flowers of Flesh and Laura Citarella’s Trenque Lauquen. Recent releases include Jacquelyn Mills’ Geographies of Solitude, Hong Sangsoo’s The Novelist’s Film and Juan Pablo Gonzalez’s Dos Estaciones.

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