“A lot Ado About Dying,” Scott Chamber’s documentary about aged care that received the very best directing award at IDFA in 2022, has been acquired by First Run Options for the U.S. and Canada.

The characteristic, produced by Soilsiú Movies and Tiffin Movies, may have its U.S. competition premiere on the Santa Barbara Worldwide Movie Pageant forward of a nationwide theatrical launch set to launch at New York’s Movie Discussion board on March 15.

Chambers’ third feature-length documentary, “A lot Ado About Dying” offers with the problem of caring for aged and dying kinfolk. Producers describe the movie as “poignant and shifting, but in addition hilariously humorous,” following Chambers as he get very near his dying uncle, a retired homosexual actor who nonetheless needs to carry out “King Lear” earlier than it’s too late. The director’s earlier movies, “Each Good Marriage Begins With Tears” and “Cowboys in India,” each toured the competition circuit extensively earlier than broadcast outings within the U.Okay. on BBC Storyville and Channel 4 respectively.

“We’re delighted to be working with Marc Mauceri and his staff at First Run Options,” mentioned Soilsiú Movies’ David Rane, who distributed Soilsiú’s earlier title, “Younger Plato,” directed by Neasa Ní Chianáin and Declan McGrath.

“It’s a problem lately to get an arthouse documentary out into U.S. cinemas, even one as charming and humorous as ‘A lot Ado About Dying,’ and we admire the motivation and dedication of the groups at First Run Options and Movie Discussion board in releasing Simon’s fantastically directed movie. This movie deserves to be seen on the massive display screen, and there’s no higher staff to place it there.”

New York-based First Run, well-known for its 45-year historical past within the indie distribution world, has beforehand launched 4 editions of Michael Apted’s “Up” Collection (“28 Up,” “42 Up,” “49 Up” and “56 Up”) in addition to the “Quiet Epidemic,” “Earlier than Stonewall,” “Scrap” and “The Life and Instances of Allen Ginsberg.”

“’A lot Ado About Dying’ is a shifting and hilarious cinema documentary about rising previous unapologetically and the often-invisible relations who take care of us in our twilight years,” mentioned First Run’s Mauceri. “We’re honoured to be entrusted by director Simon Chambers to share his uncle’s story with audiences right here within the USA. Soilsiú Movies have gotten extra prolific by the yr in producing world class documentaries for cinema and we’re delighted to be working with them after the success they’d within the U.S. with ‘Younger Plato.’”