Monument Releasing Acquires Rights To ‘Rule of Two Walls,’ Nonfiction Story Of Artists In Ukraine EP’d By Liev Schreiber
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Monument Releasing on Friday announced it has acquired rights spanning multiple English language territories to Rule of Two Walls, “a visceral and vital portrait of today’s Ukraine through the lens of artists.” The documentary directed by David Gutnik and executive produced by actor Liev Schreiber premiered at Tribeca Festival in 2023, where it won a Special Jury Mention for human rights and artistic expression.
Jurors hailed the film “For embedding us with a group of artists who refused to be stripped of their heritage and cultural expression.” Monument Releasing plans to open the film theatrically on August 16 in New York, followed by additional locations in the U.S.
and abroad (the acquisition deal covers the U.S., Canada, U.K., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand). Rule of Two Walls will premiere on SVOD platforms on November 12.
The documentary offers “an intimate look at the war in Ukraine, as seen through the eyes of Ukrainian artists who remain in their country to make art as a defiant act in the face of aggression,” according to a release. “Using live music performance, painting, street art, and the act of filmmaking itself, it illuminates the war’s psychological frontlines: how to go to a restaurant or bar amid the near-constant blare of air-raid alarms and missile strikes; how to process, react and resist, while having to go about the rhythms of daily life.
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