TrustNordisk has sold the North American rights for Anders Morgenthaler´s drama I AM HERE to LA-based distributor Brainstorm Media.
The deal was negotiated between Susan Wendt, Head of Sales at TrustNordisk and Meyer Shwarzstein President at Brainstorm Media.
“We feel privileged to have acquired this film. Anders Morgenthaler's filmmaking is imaginative and Kim Basinger's performance is enthralling. We are convinced it will be well-received by critics and audiences alike”, says Meyer Shwarzstein, President at Brainstorm Media.
“We are excited to work together with Brainstorm Media on I AM HERE. They are very passionate and we are looking very much forward to a good and close cooperation”, says Susan Wendt, Head of Sales at TrustNordisk.
Anders Morgenthaler´s drama world premiered at the Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas in September and stars Academy Award®-winning actress Kim Basinger (L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, 1997 and GRUDGE MATCH, 2013) in the leading role as a successful business executive, struggling to fulfill her greatest wish of all: to bring a child to the world. After suffering yet another miscarriage, a doctor informs Maria that she's too old to carry a child and her whole world comes crashing down. Devastated and unable to accept her fate, Maria sets out on a desperate and perilous quest to realize her dream of motherhood.
I AM HERE is also starring Peter Stormare (FARGO, 1996; ARMAGEDDON, 1998), Jordan Prentice (IN BRUGES, 2008; MIRROR, MIRROR, 2012) and Sebastian Schipper (RUN LOLA RUN, 1998; 3, 2010).
I AM HERE is produced by Marie Gade Denessen and Julie Lind-Holm for Zentropa Entertainments32, co-produced by Maria Köpf for Zentropa Entertainments Berlin, Jamila Wenske and Sol Bondy for One Two Films, with executive producers Peter Aalbæk Jensen for Zentropa, Peter Nadermann for Network Movie/ZDF „Das kleine Fernsehspiel“ in collaboration with Arte, and Jessica Ask for Film i Väst, with support from Danish Film Institute, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, DFFF and in collaboration with TV2/Denmark, Morgenthaler Office and Viking Brothers Entertainment.
TrustNordisk handles international sales.
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BRAINSTORM MEDIA
Founded in 1995, Brainstorm Media is a full service US film distributor and production company. The company is a boutique with a strong base of strategic partners.
While it has handled thousands of movies, the company focuses more on quality than on volume. Widely recognized for its expertise in TV and VOD, it continues to push the threshold by integrating digital, TV, and theatrical strategies.
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