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Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentTrustNordisk has sold U.S. rights to “A Taste of Hunger,” an anticipated romantic drama starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (“Game of Thrones”) and Katrine Greis-Rosenthal (“A Fortunate Man”), to Magnolia Pictures.Directed by Christoffer Boe, “A Taste of Hunger” has also been acquired in a raft of territories, including Germany (Koch Films), Spain (Adso Films), Brazil (Synapse) and Greece (Rosebud).

If you look at Metacritic’s top-rated films of 2020, you may be surprised at the no. 2 ranked film of the year.

Best Feature“Collective” (Romania / Magnolia Pictures, Participant. Director/Producer: Alexander Nanau. Producer: Bianca Oana)“Crip Camp” (USA / Netflix.

Magnolia Pictures has acquired the worldwide rights, excluding Canada, to Lance Oppenheim’s documentary feature debut “Some Kind of Heaven.”The film, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, was produced by Darren Aronofsky’s Protozoa and Los Angeles Media Fund, which also financed the film.“Some Kind of Heaven” profiles The Villages, the nation’s largest retirement community, located in Central Florida.

Mackenzie Nichols Staff WriterIn honor of the 55th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act, Magnolia Pictures, Participant and Color Farm Media will host a series of live events tied to the milestone and the documentary “John Lewis: Good Trouble.”Producers will first lead a live tweet event of the film at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday, which will follow the live tweets of leaders in the Civil Rights space, elected representatives, filmmakers and more.

Hollywood studio Magnolia Pictures, ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's and sporting equipment giant Eddie Bauer are the latest companies to announce that they will join a growing advertising boycott of Facebook and Instagram for the month of July over the social media giant's failure to stop the spread of misinformation and dangerous content on its platforms. On Tuesday, Magnolia became the first Hollywood company to join the boycott.

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