{"id":3141,"date":"2018-02-18T20:00:06","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T20:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2018\/02\/18\/protagonist-inks-uk-deal-on-sundance-hit-the-kindergarten-teacher-exclusive\/"},"modified":"2018-02-18T20:00:06","modified_gmt":"2018-02-18T20:00:06","slug":"protagonist-inks-uk-deal-on-sundance-hit-the-kindergarten-teacher-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2018\/02\/18\/protagonist-inks-uk-deal-on-sundance-hit-the-kindergarten-teacher-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Protagonist inks UK deal on Sundance hit &#8216;The Kindergarten Teacher&#8217; (exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Tom Grater\/ Screen Daily\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2902\" src=\"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/-\/media\/1278101_thekindergartenteacher_172166.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>UK sales outfit Protagonist Pictures has moved fast to tie up a UK deal on the newest title on its slate, Sara Colangelo\u2019s Sundance hit\u00a0<em>The Kindergarten Teacher<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thunderbird Releasing has picked up UK rights to the well-received Park City premiere, which stars Maggie Gyllenhaal and Gael Garc\u00eda Bernal.<\/p>\n<p>In the film, a remake of Nadav Lapid\u2019s acclaimed 2014 feature, Gyllenhaal plays a teacher who becomes obsessed with a five-year-old child in her class whom she considers to be gifted, which spirals her onto a desperate path to nurture his talent.<\/p>\n<p>Writer-director Sara Colangelo scooped Sundance\u2019s best director prize following the film\u2019s debut in the festival\u2019s US Dramatic programme.<\/p>\n<p>Talia Kleinhendler and Osnat Handelsman Keren produced through Pie Films with Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray under their Maven Films banner, alongside Gyllenhaal.<\/p>\n<p>The film was financed and co-produced by Pia Pressure, Farcaster Films, Imagination Park Entertainment, Manhattan Productions and PaperChase Films. WME represents US rights.<\/p>\n<p>Protagonist\u2019s director of international sales George Hamilton negotiated the deal with Thunderbird Releasing\u2019s managing director Edward Fletcher.<\/p>\n<p>Protagonist is screening\u00a0<em>The Kindergarten Teacher<\/em>\u00a0at the EFM in Berlin and is also showing a promo for Chanya Button\u2019s\u00a0<em>Vita &amp; Virginia<\/em>, which Thunderbird also acquired for the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Thunderbird\u2019s Edward Fletcher said: \u201cWe\u2019re delighted to be teaming up again with Protagonist on the exceptional\u00a0<em>The Kindergarten Teacher<\/em>, which along with<em>\u00a0Vita &amp; Virginia<\/em>\u00a0will be key titles in a strong 18\/19 theatrical slate for Thunderbird Releasing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Protagonist\u2019s managing director, sales and distribution Vanessa Saal, added: \u201cWe\u2019re excited to celebrate another successful collaboration with our friends at Thunderbird Releasing who are the perfect partner to bring\u00a0<em>The Kindergarten Teacher<\/em>\u00a0to UK Cinemas. This stunning second feature from Sara Colangelo and a career best performance from Maggie Gyllenhaal will no doubt intrigue and delight theatre audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thunderbird\u2019s recent releases include\u00a0<em>Toni Erdmann, A Quiet Passion, My Life As A Courgette. Upcoming are Sweet Country\u00a0<\/em>and<em>\u00a0Redoubtable.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Protagonist is also shopping Kristoffer Nyholm\u2019s\u00a0<em>Keepers<\/em>, Pawel Pawlikowski\u2019s\u00a0<em>Cold War<\/em>, which will be distributed in the US by Amazon Studios, and Joanna Hogg\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Souvenir<\/em>\u00a0which has Martin Scorsese as executive producer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Grater\/ Screen Daily\u00a0 UK sales outfit Protagonist Pictures has moved fast to tie up a UK deal on the newest title on its slate, Sara Colangelo\u2019s Sundance hit\u00a0The Kindergarten Teacher. Thunderbird Releasing has picked up UK rights to the well-received Park City premiere, which stars Maggie Gyllenhaal and Gael Garc\u00eda Bernal. In the film, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2018\/02\/18\/protagonist-inks-uk-deal-on-sundance-hit-the-kindergarten-teacher-exclusive\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Protagonist inks UK deal on Sundance hit &#039;The Kindergarten Teacher&#039; (exclusive) - Thunderbird Entertainment<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2018\/02\/18\/protagonist-inks-uk-deal-on-sundance-hit-the-kindergarten-teacher-exclusive\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Protagonist inks UK deal on Sundance hit &#039;The Kindergarten Teacher&#039; (exclusive) - Thunderbird Entertainment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tom Grater\/ Screen Daily\u00a0 UK sales outfit Protagonist Pictures has moved fast to tie up a UK deal on the newest title on its slate, Sara Colangelo\u2019s Sundance hit\u00a0The Kindergarten Teacher. 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