The U.Okay.’s MetFilm Sales has closed a raft of offers on Becky Hunter’s debut function documentary “Fashioned Reimagined” at Berlin’s ongoing European Film Market (EFM).
The movie has bought to Sky (U.Okay, Germany, Italy) NonStop Entertainment (Scandinavia, Baltics), Avrotros (Netherlands), Flag Co. (Japan), StageFilm (Canada), Spain (Movistar) and Israel (DBS).
“Fashion Reimagined” follows dressmaker Amy Powney of cult label Mother of Pearl, who embarks on a three-year journey to create a sustainable clothes assortment from discipline to completed garment, and rework her total enterprise. Raised off-the-grid in rural England by activist mother and father, Powney has all the time felt uneasy in regards to the devastating environmental influence of her trade. When she wins the Vogue award for the Best Young Designer of the Year, Powney decides to make use of the prize cash to create a sustainable assortment and rework her total enterprise.
The documentary premiered at Tribeca and has had an intensive competition run together with Sheffield DocFest, Sydney and Edinburgh.
Met’s distribution arm MetFilm Distribution will launch the movie theatrically in some 50 cinemas throughout the U.Okay. and Ireland on March 3 forward of its Sky premiere on April 9.
MetFilm Sales not too long ago acquired worldwide gross sales rights, excluding the U.S., Germany and France, to Thomas von Steinaecker’s function documentary “Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer.”
MetFilm Sales’ present slate consists of “Gloriavale,” directed by Fergus Grady and Noel Smyth, “Bitterbrush,” directed by Emelie Mahdavian, “Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War,” directed by Margy Kinmouth, “Fashion Reimagined,” directed by Becky Hutner, “Body Parts,” directed by Kristy Guevara-Flanagan and “A Bunch of Amateurs” directed by Kim Hopkins.
