Kino Lorber Acquires U.S. Rights to Sundance Indian Title ‘Fire in the Mountains’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Kino Lorber has acquired U.S. rights to writer-director Ajitpal Singh’s debut feature, “Fire in the Mountains,” which premiered in the World Dramatic Competition of the Sundance Film Festival in 2021.A powerful feminist tale set in a tourist homestay in the Himalayan foothills of northern India, the film centers around a woman (Vinamrata Rai), the sole breadwinner of the household, who scrimps and saves for her son’s medical treatment, while her alcoholic husband believes that an expensive shamanic ritual is the answer to all their woes.The film is produced by Alan McAlex and Ajai Rai of prolific Indian arthouse producers Jar Pictures alongside Mauli Singh and Amit Mehta.
Jar previously produced Busan title “Children of the Sun” and Toronto title “The Elder One.” Kino Lorber will open the film at Film Forum in New York this spring, followed by a theatrical rollout in the U.S.
and Canada and subsequently on all major digital platforms and home video.The deal for “Fire in the Mountains” was negotiated by Kino Lorber senior VP Wendy Lidell and by Shrihari Sathe of Dialectic, the film’s sales representative.
The deal was announced at the European Film Market at Berlin.“It is hard to believe that this is a first feature,” Lidell said. “Singh’s acute eye for composition and sensitivity to nuanced emotion are rare qualities in any filmmaker.
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