Lantos does distribution

Über Canadian producer Robert Lantos, will now once again have his own in-house distribution platform under his own production company, Serendipity Point Films.

Serendipity Releasing, according to Playback Magazine, will distribute all Serendipity titles (Where The Truth Lies), which previously were distributed by ThinkFilm.

The last time he was in distribution was in 1998, when he merged Alliance Communications, a company he co-founded with rival Atlantis Communications.

[Via Playback Magazine]

TIFF 32: Podeswa to open festival.

That time of year again. The 32nd Toronto International Film Festival will open on September 6, 2007, with Jeremy Podeswa's Fugitive Pieces.

From the TIFF press release:

"FUGITIVE PIECES tells the story of Jakob Beer (Stephen Dillane), a man whose life is haunted by his childhood experiences during the Second World War. As a child in Poland he is orphaned during wartime then saved by a compassionate, Greek archeologist. He then spends the rest of his life trying to come to terms with the losses he has endured. Through his writing, and then through the discovery of true love, Jakob is given the opportunity to free himself from the legacy of his past."

I hope the film is better than the synopsis.

ÜberCanadianproducer Robert Lantos produces.

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