‘Black Dog’ and ‘Resinator’ to Get Theatrical Releases from The Forge

The Forge Acquires North American Rights to Cannes Prize Winner Guan HuBlack dog“, as well as worldwide distribution rights to Alison Tavel’s “Resynator”, which won Best Documentary Feature at South by Southwest.

The Forge also recently acquired North American rights to the French horror-comedy “Balconets“, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and next week at the American-French Film Festival in Hollywood.

Black Dog, which won the Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes 2024, follows ex-con Lang (Eddie Pan) who “returns to his hometown where he forms an unexpected bond with a stray black dog. Both outcasts, they embark on a transformative journey together,” reads the official logline. The film grossed over $2.4 million in just two days at the box office in China.

Resinator, Tavel’s directorial debut, “tells the legacy of inventor Don Tavel through the eyes of his daughter Alison, who was just ten weeks old when he died in a car accident in 1988.” As for her “genius” father, Alison had no true connection to him in her life until she rescued his synthesizer prototype from her grandmother’s attic. What begins as a curious resurrection project turns into an insatiable journey through the world, aided by estranged family, lost friends, fellow inventors and famous musicians such as Grace Potter, Peter Gabriel, Fred Armisen, Gotye and John Anderson. official representative. description.

Both films will be released in 20 North American markets before the end of 2024. Additional release information, including additional festival dates, will be provided in the near future.

The Forge was founded in 2019 by longtime indie producer Mark Mathias Sayre. Some of the distributor’s other releases include “Freedom Path,” “Low Low” and “Boom: A Film About the Sonics.”