Kore-eda’s ‘Air Doll’ Gets First U.S. ReleaseEXCLUSIVE: New York-based distributor Dekanalog has picked up Japanese pic Air Doll, directed by Palme d’Or winner Hirokazu Kore-eda, and will give the film its first U.S.
release. Released in Japan in 2009, the film follows an inflatable sex doll who finds that she has grown consciousness and a heart.
Wandering Tokyo, she discovers the innate complexities of being human, including the heartbreak of loneliness. The deal was overseen by sales agent Gabrielle Rozing at Fortissimo Films and George Schmalz of Dekanalog.
The picture will be released in U.S. cinemas and on VOD in early 2022.Red Sea Fund First ProjectsSaudi Arabia’s Red Sea Fund has selected 97 projects it will back as part of its first
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