Utopia Buys Psychedelic Musical Comedy ‘Give Me Pity!’ Out of Fantasia (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comManori Ravindran International EditorUtopia has acquired the North American rights to Amanda Kramer’s “Give Me Pity!” ahead of the musical comedy’s North American premiere at Fantasia Film Festival.“Give Me Pity!” follows a Saturday Night variety show host who slowly unravels on screen in what Kramer has called “an untamed and intimate portrayal of diva culture, female vanity, created persona, and the prisms of fame.”The film enjoys its North American premiere at genre fest Fantasia in Montreal, Canada, on Friday.
Utopia has set an early 2023 release for the pic, and has partnered with boutique agency Aspect Ratio for a special distribution roll-out.
Prior to the movie’s commercial release, Aspect Ratio will handle non-theatrical and specialty art venue bookings. “Give Me Pity!” world premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in January, closing the Dutch festival’s Filmmakers in Focus section.
Indie sales, distribution and production company Alief picked up global sales rights ahead of Rotterdam, and later screened the film as part of Berlin’s European Film Market.In the pic, Sophie von Haselberg stars as Sissy St.
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