‘American Superman’ First Look (Exclusive); Beyond Rights Deals; Federation Stories UK Bolsters Team; Edinburgh Unveils Scottish Talent In 75th Anniversary Line-Up; Sarajevo Docs Jury – Global Briefs
deadline.comFirst Look At Vladislav Alex Kozlov’s Feature Doc ‘American Superman’EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a first-look at American Superman, a doc about the late Chris Dennis, a well-known homeless man living in LA how was affectionally known as ‘Hollywood Superman.’ Footage from Vladislav Alex Kozlov’s feature will be seen at the LA Shorts Fest on July 22, released as a short film called The Duel in which Dennis meets Italian actor Franco Nero.
American Superman, meanwhile, tells the story of Dennis, who cloaked himself in Superman garb and entertained fans and tourists along Hollywood Boulevard for more than 20 years.
Kozlov hopes the screening will help his feature-length doc find a distributor and alert awards voters.Beyond Rights Strikes Pre-Sale Distribution Deals With Four Producers Beyond Rights has struck a series of pre-sale representation deals that mark first-time agreements with four producers.
From Lou Reda Productions comes non-fiction event miniseries Eyewitness WWII: Invasion Italy, while a deal with Shake Hands with the Devil producer White Pine Pictures comes The Con: Churchill and Roosevelt’s Secret War and the Birth of the ‘Deep State’, which is a co-production with Beetz Brothers Films Productions and PMA Productions for Arte and Super Channel in Canada.
Read more on deadline.com
