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Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to 'Shari & Lamb Chop', a documentary portrait of trailblazing children’s entertainer Shari Lewis and her beloved sock puppet Lamb Chop, in a deal brokered by Concord Originals. The documentary is directed by Emmy-nominated filmmaker Lisa D’Apolito ('Love, Gilda'), produced by White Horse Pictures and MoJo Global Arts and presented by Concord Originals and Olive Hill Media in association with The 51 Fund, Carlene Laughlin and Chicago Media Project. 'Shari & Lamb Chop' made its World Premiere at DOC NYC and will be released theatrically by Kino Lorber on July 18, followed by a digital, educational, and home video release.

Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to Fatih Akin’s stirring coming of age drama 'Amrum', which made its World Premiere as an Official Selection of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. The film 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 from Bankside Films all U.S. rights to Ido Fluk’s 'Köln 75', which tells the inside story behind Keith Jarrett’s fabled record-breaking 1975 concert in Cologne, Germany. Zeitgeist Films will release the film theatrically at the IFC Center in New York this fall with a national rollout to follow.

Kino Lorber has acquired US and English-speaking Canada distribution rights to Boris Lojkine’s 'Souleymane’s Story', a riveting, ticking-clock drama following a bicycle deliveryman in Paris in the days leading up to his asylum interview. 'Souleymane’s Story' made its World Premiere in Un Certain Regard at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, where it was awarded the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize and the Best Actor Prize for non-professional lead actor Abou Sangare as Souleymane. The film will be released theatrically by Kino Lorber on August 1, followed by a digital, educational, and home video release.

Kino Lorber has acquired U.S. distribution rights to 'Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore', a documentary portrait of the trailblazing Deaf Academy Award-winning actor and activist Marlee Matlin that offers an unflinching look at Matlin’s remarkable life through the lens of her primary language, American Sign Language. The directorial debut of Deaf actor and writer Shoshannah Stern, 'Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore' made its World Premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival in U.S. Documentary Competition and is also an official selection of SXSW and the San Francisco Film Festival. The film will make its New York Premiere at the Tribeca Festival in June with Matlin and Stern in attendance and will be released theatrically by Kino Lorber on June 20, followed by a digital, educational, and home video release.

'Little Trouble Girls' by Urška Djukić, which opened Berlinale’s new Perspectives Competition Section and walked away with the FIPRESCI award, has sold to multiple territories including Kino Lorber for North America; BFI Distribution for UK and Ireland; as well as France, Germany, Benelux and more by Athens-based sales agent Heretic. Kino Lorber is planning a theatrical, digital, and home video release in North America later this year.

Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber have acquired North American distribution rights to Rachel Elizabeth Seed’s debut documentary feature 'A Photographic Memory'. Winner of the Truer Than Fiction Award at the 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards and a New York Times Critic’s Pick, 'A Photographic Memory' is an intimate, genre-bending portrait of the filmmaker’s trailblazing mother, Sheila Turner Seed – a vibrant and pioneering journalist, photographer, and filmmaker, who died suddenly and tragically when Rachel was just 18 months old. Zeitgeist Films is planning a theatrical release in early summer 2025.

Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to Jessica Palud’s sophomore feature 'Being Maria', a moving portrait of the turbulent life and career of the late French actress Maria Schneider, starring 'Happening' breakout Anamaria Vartolomei as the 'Last Tango in Paris' star and Matt Dillon as Marlon Brando. The film will be released theatrically by Kino Lorber in 2025, followed by a digital, educational, and home video release.

Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to the Sally Aitken directed Sundance documentary charmer 'Every Little Thing', which follows the healing journey of a specialist hummingbird rehabilitator as she cares for her tiny winged patients in Los Angeles. Kino Lorber is planning a theatrical release in January 2025, followed by a digital, educational, and home video release.

Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to Andres Veiel’s Venice prizewinning documentary 'Riefenstahl', an extraordinary and critical portrait of the life of the infamous artist, filmmaker, and propagandist. Kino Lorber is planning a theatrical release in 2025, followed by a digital, educational, and home video release.

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