VMI & Verdi Productions Team For U.S. Distribution Fund With Eye On AFM For First Acquisitions
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Vantage Media, the domestic distribution arm of sales firm VMI Worldwide, is partnering with Chad A.
Verdi’s Verdi Productions (Bleed For This) on a fund to acquire and distribute independent films. Vantage has grown its slate in recent months with titles including What Remains (pictured), the true crime-thriller starring Andrea Riseborough and Stellan Skarsgård, Fernando Trueba’s Haunted Heart starring Matt Dillon, and The Ballad of Davy Crockett, starring William Moseley.
Vantage and Verdi are planning on an annual slate of twelve cast-driven titles and the former will be attending the upcoming American Film Market in Las Vegas to meet with sales agents and filmmakers.
The deal was negotiated by Chad A. Verdi, CEO of Verdi Productions, and Andre Relis, CEO of Vantage Media and VMI Worldwide. “Verdi and VMI have been long standing partners working on countless pictures for over a decade.
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