{"id":2697,"date":"2015-10-28T18:30:50","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T18:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2015\/10\/28\/soda-pictures-acquires-difret\/"},"modified":"2015-10-28T18:30:50","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T18:30:50","slug":"soda-pictures-acquires-difret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2015\/10\/28\/soda-pictures-acquires-difret\/","title":{"rendered":"Soda Pictures acquires Difret"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Jordan Pinto \/ Playback<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thunderbird&#8217;s Soda Pictures has acquired all Canadian rights to the drama, which was executive produced by Angelina Jolie.<\/p>\n<p>Thunderbird\u2019s Soda Pictures has acquired the Canadian rights to\u00a0<i>Difret<\/i>, from writer\/director Zeresenay Berhane Mehari\u00a0and executive producer Angelina Jolie.<\/p>\n<p>The film, due to open on Nov. 6 at Toronto\u2019s Carlton Cinema, is based on the true story of Hirut, a 14 year-old Ethiopian girl who accidentally kills a man who attempts to kidnap and marry her. As local law dictates, Hirut is faced with a death sentence, until women\u2019s legal aid lawyer Meaza steps in.<\/p>\n<p>Soda is also distributing the film in the U.K., where it opened in March, while Amplify Releasing holds the U.S. distribution rights to\u00a0<em>Difret<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><i>Difret\u00a0<\/i>is produced by Mehret Mandefro and via director Mehrani\u2019s Haile Addis Pictures shingle. In 2014, the film won Sundance\u2019s Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic and Berlin International Film Festival\u2019s Panoroma Audience Award.<\/p>\n<p>Other recent acquisitions made by Soda include Ben Wheatley\u2019s\u00a0<i>High-Rise<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Alice Winocour\u2019s\u00a0<i>Disorder<\/i>. The distributor is based in London and was\u00a0acquired by Vancouver\u2019s Thunderbird\u00a0in September 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jordan Pinto \/ Playback Thunderbird&#8217;s Soda Pictures has acquired all Canadian rights to the drama, which was executive produced by Angelina Jolie. Thunderbird\u2019s Soda Pictures has acquired the Canadian rights to\u00a0Difret, from writer\/director Zeresenay Berhane Mehari\u00a0and executive producer Angelina Jolie. 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