Cinedigm, an independent content distributor and digital platform operator, has acquired North American rights to cross-cultural holiday drama “A New Christmas.” The film will have its world premiere at the Heartland International Film Festival on Oct. 13.
Cinedigm plans to release it in North American cinemas, on digital and on demand in December.
“A New Christmas” is written by Travis Hodgkins and directed by Daniel Tenenbaum (“Landing Up”).
Indo-American actor Prashantt Guptha (“The Tashkent Files”) stars as a lonely medical student in New York, estranged from his wife. He meets a charming woman from Africa, played by Grace Wacuka (“Before and After”) who persuades him to show her the city’s Christmas decorations, thereby leading him to rediscover the magic of the season and get his life back on track.
The film is produced by U.S. entities Savi Creations (“Tu”) and Mulberry Films (“The Last Laugh”), in association with Besties Make Movies...
Cinedigm plans to release it in North American cinemas, on digital and on demand in December.
“A New Christmas” is written by Travis Hodgkins and directed by Daniel Tenenbaum (“Landing Up”).
Indo-American actor Prashantt Guptha (“The Tashkent Files”) stars as a lonely medical student in New York, estranged from his wife. He meets a charming woman from Africa, played by Grace Wacuka (“Before and After”) who persuades him to show her the city’s Christmas decorations, thereby leading him to rediscover the magic of the season and get his life back on track.
The film is produced by U.S. entities Savi Creations (“Tu”) and Mulberry Films (“The Last Laugh”), in association with Besties Make Movies...
- 10/3/2019
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Daniel Tenenbaum’s “Landing Up” has much to say about the hard living conditions in a city like New York; about the trials and tribulations young people must confront in order to have a stable job, friends, a normal love life, and yes, even a place to live. Admittedly, the film does try to do this by telling a very over-the-top story, populated by well interpreted yet slightly hateful characters, but even though some aspects of the plot might be hard to digest, all in all, “Landing Up” ends up working quite well. In any case, the movie’s main problem would be that the themes it conveys are more interesting than the plot itself. Tenenbaum and his team manage to develop a palpable atmosphere that effectively...
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- 5/19/2018
- Screen Anarchy
E’Dena Hines, the slain budding actress and step-granddaughter of actor Morgan Freeman, will appear in her final film in June — as her ex-boyfriend is due in court this summer on murder charges in her 2015 death.
Lamar Davenport is expected to appear in court on Aug. 2, according to a spokesman with the New York County District Attorney’s Office — just months after Hines’ final film, Landing Up, premieres in Los Angeles and New York City.
Davenport’s trial date has not been scheduled.
Hines stars as the street-smart Cece in the film about two young homeless women. She completed the...
Lamar Davenport is expected to appear in court on Aug. 2, according to a spokesman with the New York County District Attorney’s Office — just months after Hines’ final film, Landing Up, premieres in Los Angeles and New York City.
Davenport’s trial date has not been scheduled.
Hines stars as the street-smart Cece in the film about two young homeless women. She completed the...
- 6/1/2017
- by Char Adams
- PEOPLE.com
E’Dena Hines, a budding actress and step-granddaughter of actor Morgan Freeman, was brutally murdered just days after completing what would be her final film, Landing Up, in the summer of 2015.
Nearly two years later the first trailer for the film, which tells the story of two young homeless women, is being released and People has the exclusive first look at Hines’ final performance.
Hines stars as a street-smart homeless woman named Cece who teams up with her best friend Chrissie, played by the film’s screenwriter, Stacey Maltin, to seduce men into giving them food and shelter. All the while,...
Nearly two years later the first trailer for the film, which tells the story of two young homeless women, is being released and People has the exclusive first look at Hines’ final performance.
Hines stars as a street-smart homeless woman named Cece who teams up with her best friend Chrissie, played by the film’s screenwriter, Stacey Maltin, to seduce men into giving them food and shelter. All the while,...
- 6/1/2017
- by Mike Miller
- PEOPLE.com
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