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Strand Acquires All U.S. Rights To Tykwer’s Latest

Posted Wednesday, February 9th, 2011 - Comments Off on Strand Acquires All U.S. Rights To Tykwer’s Latest
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Strand Releasing has acquired all U.S. rights to Tom Tykwer’s 3 (Drei) from the Match Factory.  The film, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival, is also being presented in this year’s Berlinale. The romantic drama centers around a longtime married couple that faces a unique challenge when they both fall in love with the same man. The trio is comprised of actors Sophie Rois, Sebastian Schipper and Devid Striesow.

The deal was completed between Jon Gerrans of Strand Releasing and Michael Weber of the Match Factory. “We’re thrilled to be working with Mr. Twkwer,” said Gerrans who continued, “He’s an amazing auteur and this film is a perfect one for our line-up.”

Strand has acquired such auteur-driven titles as Fatih Akin’s The Edge of Heaven, Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Aki Kaurismaki’s Lights In The Dusk and Bahman Ghobadi’s Half Moon from The Match Factory.  “The Match Factory has such great auteur-driven titles that perfectly compliment Strand Releasing’s profile,” said both Marcus Hu and Gerrans from Strand Releasing.

“We deliberately partnered with Strand Releasing with whom we want to continue the triumphal procession of the demanding German film in the U.S. as we had with Run Lola Run and Goodbye Lenin!,” said Stefan Arndt of X Filme Creative Pool. In July 1994, directors Wolfgang Becker, Dani Levy and Tom Tykwer, as well as producer Arndt pooled their talents and created a production company with the mission of finding better ways to develop, create and bring challenging films that correspond to audiences to the world.  Stefan Arndt and Uwe Schott have managed X Filme together since 2009. Most recently the company produced Cannes Palme D’Or winner and Academy Award Nominee The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke.

Strand plans for a late summer release.

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THE MATCH FACTORY presents international arthouse films by both acclaimed directors and new talents, who are dedicated to telling stories in their own original style. We set up strong and lasting relationships with filmmakers from all over the world, offering a home for their work as a reliable partner.

STRAND RELEASING run by business partners Jon Gerrans and Marcus Hu is based in Culver City, CA and is celebrating its twenty-second year.

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