BRUNSWICK, Maine (December 8, 2009) - Brunswick, Maine-based international film distributor Louise Rosen announces major news for three of her independent producer clients.

The feature documentary “A Small Act” has been selected for competition in the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.  Produced by Harambee Media, directed by Jennifer Arnold and produced by Patti Lee, “A Small Act” reveals how a young Kenyan’s life changes dramatically when a Swedish stranger sponsors his education. Years later, he founds his own scholarship program to replicate the kindness he once received. The screenings at Sundance will be the film’s world premiere. This marks the fifth film represented by Rosen that has been selected for Sundance.

Two other clients of Rosen’s have also achieved major acclaim in a season of recently announced awards and award nominations. At last month’s Sheffield Film Festival, Wishbone Films’ “October Country” was nominated for 5 Cinema Eye Honors including Best Nonfiction Feature, Best Debut Feature, Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Musical Score. The finalists will be announced in New York in January.  “October Country” was also nominated this week for Best Documentary by the Independent Spirit Awards sponsored by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers.  Independent Spirit Award nominations are given to artists who embody diversity, innovation and uniqueness of vision. The Independent Spirit Award winners will be announced in Santa Monica in March.

Furthermore, Rosen’s client Natalia Almada, of Altamura Films, won the Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award from the International Documentary Association (IDA) for “El General” – the same film for which she earned Best Director at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. The IDA presented Almada’s award during its 2009 IDA Documentary Awards ceremony, the foremost event dedicated to the art of documentary film based in Los Angeles. “El General” has also earned a nomination for the Truer Than Fiction Award by the Independent Spirit Awards.

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A SMALL ACT, a beautiful revelation of how one individual’s small act can indeed change a world, is an official selection for the Documentary Competition of the Sundance Film Festival! http://www.asmallact.com

OCTOBER COUNTRY has received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Documentary and was just awarded the Documentary Feature Film Award at Entre Vues in France! The film has also been nominated for five Cinema Eye Honors, earned a Gotham Award nomination, took home a Special Jury Award from Denver Starz Film Festival and was recently selected for Tromo Film Festival in Norway! http://www.octobercountryfilm.com

Natalia Almada’s Sundance Award winning film, EL GENERAL has earned Natalia an IDA Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award as well as a Truer Than Fiction Independent Spirit Award nomination! http://www.altamurafilms.com

Now the recipient of more than 5 awards, PRODIGAL SONS recently appeared at the Viennale with great success! “If you could look at only one documentary this year, it would have to be PRODIGAL SONS!” http://www.prodigalsonsfilm.com

THE MUSIC INSTINCT took home the Grand Prize at the Pariscience Film Festival and has received a special mention at the International Science Film Festival of Athens! http://www.pbs.org/wnet/themusicinstinct

Be sure to check out a full lineup of our titles on the Louise Rosen Ltd. website: http://www.louiserosenltd.com!

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