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FilmRise collars Mongrel films

NATPE: New York-based distributor FilmRise has bagged rights to a raft of Toronto-based Mongrel Media’s films to distribute across digital platforms in Canada.

FilmRise is distributing more than 200 Mongrel films and docs to Canadian audiences, including Capote, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman; the Coen Brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis; Under the Skin, starring Scarlett Johansson; Golden Globe winner Carlos; Frances Ha and A Royal Affair.

“Mongrel’s films are among the crème de la crème of indie cinema. We are thrilled to be providing them digitally to Canadian audiences,” said FilmRise CEO Danny Fisher, who announced the deal here at Natpe Miami.

Max Einhorn, VP of acquisitions at FilmRise, and Andrew Frank, VP of sales and acquisitions at Mongrel, brokered the agreement.

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