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Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to Mark Cousins’ 'The Story of Documentary Film', an expansive 16-volume history of the medium that examines over a century of global nonfiction cinema. An essential follow-up to Cousins’ 2011 opus 'The Story of Film: An Odyssey', 'The Story of Documentary Film' made its world premiere at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, where the festival presented chapter 1, “The Beginning”. The film was also an official selection at the 2026 Berlinale, which screened chapters 1 through 4, and most recently at Cannes Classics, which premiered chapters 6 and 7. Kino Lorber will release 'The Story of Documentary Film' on all platforms later this year.

Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to J.M. Harper’s 'Soul Patrol', an intimate, immersive documentary that reunites the first all-Black special operations team fifty years after serving in the Vietnam War. Based on the bestselling memoir by Ed Emanuel, 'Soul Patrol' made its world premiere at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, where Harper was awarded the US Documentary Competition Directing Award. Following Sundance, the film was an official selection at the True/False Film Festival, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, DC/DOX, and was recently awarded the top documentary prize at the 2026 Sarasota Film Festival. Kino Lorber is planning an awards season theatrical release this fall followed by a digital, educational, and home video release.

Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to Andrius Blazevicius’ 'How to Divorce During the War', a beautifully directed portrait of a couple navigating the dissolution of their marriage during the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. The film made its world premiere as part of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, where Blazevicius received the Directing Award. Zeitgeist Films is planning a theatrical release at New York’s IFC Center this summer with a national rollout to follow.

Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to Sasha Waters’ 'Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World', a documentary portrait of the renowned poet of the natural world. The film made its world premiere at the 2026 True/False Film Festival and will next screen as part of the Berkshire International Film Festival and DOC NYC Spring Selects. Kino Lorber is planning a theatrical release on July 3 at the IFC Center in New York, followed by a digital, educational, and home video release.

Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to Rafael Manuel’s surreal and stylized debut feature 'Filipiñana', executive produced by Jia Zhangke. Winner of the Special Jury Award for Creative Vision at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, the film will next make its European premiere at the Berlinale on February 15. 'Filipiñana' will be released theatrically by Kino Lorber later this year followed by a digital, educational, and home video release.

Kino Lorber has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Arnaud Desplechin’s stirring melodrama 'Two Pianos', starring François Civil ('Beating Hearts'), Nadia Tereszkiewicz ('The Crime is Mine'), and Charlotte Rampling. The film made its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and will make its New York Premiere at Rendez-Vous with French Cinema on March 5, with Desplechin in attendance. 'Two Pianos' will be released theatrically by Kino Lorber this spring followed by a digital, educational, and home video release.

Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to David Borenstein and Pavel Talankin’s award-winning documentary 'Mr. Nobody Against Putin' from international sales agent DR Sales. A daring work of nonfiction cinema that offers a rare glimpse inside Russia, the film made its World Premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, where it was awarded the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award, and has gone on to screen at film festivals around the world including DOC NYC, CPH:DOX, and Sheffield Doc Fest. The film is one of 15 selected for this year’s Oscars® Shortlist for Best Documentary Feature Film. 'Mr. Nobody Against Putin' will be released by Kino Lorber in select theaters and streaming on the Kino Film Collection beginning January 22, with an educational and home video release to follow.

Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to Milagros Mumenthaler’s absorbing psychological drama 'The Currents'. The haunting and dreamlike third feature by writer-director Milagros Mumenthaler made its World Premiere at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival and has gone on to screen at San Sebastian, AFI Fest, Busan, and the New York Film Festival. 'The Currents' will be released theatrically by Kino Lorber in 2026 followed by a digital, educational, and home video release.

Following its highly acclaimed Sundance premiere, Sophie Hyde’s 'Jimpa' has landed key distribution deals in North America and the UK, with Kino Lorber picking up the rights for North America and Icon Film Distribution acquiring rights for the UK. The film stars Academy Award® winner Olivia Colman, Emmy® winner John Lithgow, and rising talent Aud Mason-Hyde in a deeply personal, uplifting story of love, conflict, and connection across generations.

Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to Nadav Lapid’s 'YES', an explosive, exhilarating satire set and filmed in Israel in the aftermath of October 7. Written and directed by Lapid, the film made its World Premiere in Directors’ Fortnight at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival and was an official selection at Karlovy Vary and the Jerusalem Film Festival. 'YES' will be released theatrically by Kino Lorber followed by a digital, educational, and home video release.

Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to Sepideh Farsi’s 'Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk', a powerful document of life in Gaza during the Israeli military invasion told through video conversations with young Palestinian photojournalist Fatma Hassouna. The documentary made its World Premiere in the Cannes 2025 ACID section and most recently screened at the 2025 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. 'Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk' will be released theatrically by Kino Lorber followed by a digital, educational, and home video release.

Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to 'Monk in Pieces', a revealing documentary portrait of the innovative interdisciplinary artist Meredith Monk which made its World Premiere at the 2025 Berlinale and recently made its US premiere at the Seattle International Film Festival. Zeitgeist Films will release the film theatrically at the IFC Center in New York this summer with a national rollout to follow.