Sundance

Submarine Entertainment announced today that it has sold foreign rights to Todd Douglas Miller's film DINOSAUR 13, the Opening Night film of this year's Sundance Film Festival and also screening in the US Documentary Competition, to Dogwoof Global with rights in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa sold to Madman Entertainment and International Airline Rights, excluding North America, to Jaguar Distribution. Earlier in the festival Submarine sold all North American rights to LIONSGATE and CNN Films. The deals were negotiated by David Koh, Josh Braun & Dan Braun of Submarine Entertainment along with Evan Krauss of Gray Krauss Statford Des Rochers LLP on behalf of the filmmakers along with Anna Godas, Ana Vicente, Oli Harbottle & Vesna Cudic of Dogwoof Global; Paul Wiegard, Managing Director of Madman Entertainment; and Mona Kwan, VP of Acquisitions & Publicity for Jaguar Distribution.

DINOSAUR 13 follows the odyssey of paleontologist Peter Larson of South Dakota's Black Hills Institute of Geological Research after his history-making find of a nearly intact 65 million year-old fossilized skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex they name Sue. Larson and his team became involved in a battle for the rights to their discovery involving competing paleontologists, Native American tribal nations and museums. DINOSAUR 13 was Directed and Produced by Todd Douglas Miller with cinematography by Thomas Petersen and music composed by Matt Morton. 
 

"We are thrilled that DINOSAUR 13 has found a home internationally,” said Director Todd Douglas Miller. “We look forward to sharing our incredible true story with audiences worldwide and working with Dogwoof Global, Madman Entertainment, and Jaguar Distribution."
 

"We are delighted to have come on board for DINOSAUR 13 both for UK distribution and foreign sales,” stated Oli Harbottle of Dogwoof Global. “This fascinating and engrossing film immediately grabbed our attention from the moment it was announced as Opening Night Film, and with strong US and Australian partners already in place, we look forward to delivering the best possible strategy both at home and overseas."

About Submarine Entertainment
Submarine Entertainment is a hybrid sales, production and distribution company based in NY. Recent and upcoming titles include Finding Vivian Maier, The Dog, 20 Feet from Stardom, Blackfish, Dirty Wars, Cutie & the Boxer, Searching for Sugar Man, Muscle Shoals, The Unknown Known, among numerous others. Submarine principals also represent Creepy & Eerie comic book library and are developing properties across film & TV platforms. Submarine has also recently launched a domestic distribution imprint & label called Submarine Deluxe and a low budget genre label called Torpedo Pictures.

About Dogwoof Global

Dogwoof Global is the international sales arm of Dogwoof offering filmmakers worldwide sales representation, coming on-board at any stage of a project. The remit is compelling, narrative-driven documentaries with international theatrical potential as well as a clear appeal to audiences in the UK. 

Established in 2011, the sales team consists of Ana Vicente (theatrical & digital) and Vesna Cudic (TV and acquisitions). Recent high profile titles include Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s BAFTA nominated Blackfish which has been an international box office sensation, Eugene Jarecki’s The House I Live In, Matthew Aker’s Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present, and in the pipeline Doug Block’s uplifting 112 Weddings and Ryan Mullins’s Chameleon. Recent festivals included Toronto and IDFA where Dogwoof represented, amongst the current slate, Beeban Kidron’s InRealLife and Madeleine Sackler's Dangerous Acts. Sundance 2014 sees new title Web Junkie by Sosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia make its world premiere.