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Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Dogwoof Boards A24 and Sandbox-Produced Double Sundance Award Winner ‘André Is an Idiot' (EXCLUSIVE)
Dogwoof has acquired international sales rights to 'André Is an Idiot,' directed by debut filmmaker Tony Benna. The film premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival, where it won both the Audience Award and the Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award in the U.S. Documentary Competition. Dogwoof will present the film to buyers at Cannes, with a market screening planned for May 15. Submarine Entertainment is handling North American rights. More from Variety Fatih Akin's 'Amrum' Debuts Teaser Ahead of World Premiere in Cannes (EXCLUSIVE) Shia LaBeouf Doc, Quentin Tarantino Talk, David Lynch Tribute and Mariska Hargitay Directorial Debut on Cannes Classics Lineup John Rhys-Davies to Star in Horror Creature Feature 'Bone Keeper,' With REinvent Handling World Sales (EXCLUSIVE) When André, a brilliant idiot, learns he is dying from a disease that could have been detected with a colonoscopy, he decides to document his final journey. An iconoclastic ad man, he defied convention throughout his life. True to form, André approaches mortality with his trademark humor and curiosity, determined to learn how to die both happily and ridiculously. In a unique collaboration with Benna, André's stories and musings are brought to life through imaginative stop-motion animation, capturing his distinctive approach to life's challenges and joys. The film is a celebration of resilience, inappropriate humor, and the beauty of fully embracing the human experience – even at its end. 'André Is an Idiot' is produced by A24 Films, Sandbox Films and Safehouse Pictures. The film marks Dogwoof's second collaboration with A24 Films, following 2024's Sundance title 'Look Into My Eyes,' and its fifth with Sandbox Films, after Werner Herzog's 'Fireball,' David France's 'How to Survive a Pandemic,' the Oscar-nominated 'Fire of Love,' and Sundance award-winner 'Nocturnes.' Dogwoof's head of sales Cleo Veger said: 'We're excited to be working with A24 and Sandbox Films on the bold, unexpected, hilarious and quietly heartbreaking 'André Is an Idiot.' The film is one of the most surprising and unforgettable documentaries we have seen, audiences will fall in love with André and his inspirational approach to living and dying.' The producers are André Ricciardi, Tory Tunnell, Joshua Altman, Stelio Kitrilakis and Ben Cotner. It is executive produced by Jessica Harrop, Nicole Stott, Emily Osborne, Marissa Torres Ericson, Joby Harold, Lee Einhorn and Greg Boustead. Best of Variety Emmy Predictions: Talk/Scripted Variety Series - The Variety Categories Are Still a Mess; Netflix, Dropout, and 'Hot Ones' Stir Up Buzz Oscars Predictions 2026: 'Sinners' Becomes Early Contender Ahead of Cannes Film Festival New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week
New York Times
31-01-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Sundance Gives Top Honor to ‘Atropia,' a Comedy About Playing War
The comedy 'Atropia,' starring Alia Shawkat as an Iraqi-American actress cast in the role of an insurgent at a military role-playing facility, won the top prize in the Sundance Film Festival's U.S. dramatic competition on Friday. 'This timely and timeless first feature was both hilarious and damning in its portrayal of the theater of war,' read a citation from the dramatic-competition jury, which was made up of the directors Reinaldo Marcus Green and Celine Song and the actor Arian Moayed. Like many of the independent films that premiered at this muted edition of Sundance, 'Atropia,' written and directed by Hailey Gates, has not yet sold to a distributor. Neither has the comedy 'Twinless,' about a man struggling to process the loss of his identical twin, though the film won the festival's U.S. dramatic-competition audience award and a special jury award for acting for its star Dylan O'Brien. At the time of the festival's awards ceremony, only two movies had managed big sales: the body-horror film 'Together,' with Alison Brie and Dave Franco, and the elegiac period drama 'Train Dreams,' starring Joel Edgerton. Both movies played out of competition. Here are the rest of the top awards. For a complete list of winners, including short films and special jury prizes, go to Grand Jury Prizes U.S. Dramatic Competition: "Atropia' U.S. Documentary Competition: 'Seeds' World Cinema Dramatic Competition: 'Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears)' World Cinema Documentary Competition: 'Cutting Through Rocks' Next Innovator Award: 'Zodiac Killer Project' Directing, U.S. Dramatic: Rashad Frett, 'Ricky' Directing, U.S. Documentary: Geeta Gandbhir, 'The Perfect Neighbor' Directing, World Cinema Dramatic: Alireza Khatami, 'The Things You Kill' Directing, World Cinema Documentary: Mstyslav Chernov, '2000 Meters to Andriivka' Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic: Eva Victor, 'Sorry, Baby' Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award, U.S. Documentary: Parker Laramie, 'André Is an Idiot' U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting: Dylan O'Brien, 'Twinless' U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast: 'Plainclothes' U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Archival Storytelling: 'Selena y Los Dinos' U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: 'Life After' World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Creative Vision: Georgi M. Unkovski, 'DJ Ahmet' World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Writing: 'Two Women' World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award: 'Mr. Nobody Against Putin' World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Freedom of Expression: 'Coexistence, My Ass!' NEXT Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast: 'Mad Bills to Pay' Audience Awards U.S. Dramatic Competition: 'Twinless' U.S. Documentary Competition: 'André Is an Idiot' World Cinema Dramatic Competition: 'DJ Ahmet' World Cinema Documentary Competition: 'Prime Minister' Next: 'East of Wall'
