{"id":912859,"date":"2026-09-28T13:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/912859\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T13:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:38:09","slug":"fandango-distribution-acquires-rescue-rts-joins-as-broadcaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/912859\/","title":{"rendered":"Fandango Distribution Acquires &#8216;Rescue,&#8217; RTS Joins as Broadcaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tItaly\u2019s Fandango Distribution has acquired Sine Plambech\u2019s Rescue for all rights, including theatrical release, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tRadio T\u00e9l\u00e9vision Suisse (RTS) has come on board as a broadcaster, joining pre-sale partners DR, VPRO, SVT and NRK, in deals negotiated by Vienna-based Autlook Filmsales, which handles worldwide sales on the film.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe agreements land as Plambech, serving as president of the documentary competition jury at the 22nd <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/zurich-film-festival\/\" id=\"auto-tag_zurich-film-festival_1\" data-tag=\"zurich-film-festival\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zurich Film Festival<\/a>, presents the European premiere of Rescue in the festival\u2019s Now\/Future section this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tRescue tells the story of Roro, a Yemeni mother of young children fighting to reunite her family after a Mediterranean rescue operation left her separated from her husband and held in captivity in Libya. Filmed with rare access aboard Doctors Without Borders\u2019 Geo Barents, the documentary examines the fallout of Europe\u2019s \u201cexternalization\u201d of migration control to North African countries, tracing one woman\u2019s fight for justice, dignity and the right to be seen amid a broken system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe film is written by Plambech and Janus Metz, and produced by Elk Film\u2019s Andreas Dalsgaard, Sofie Husum Johannesen, and Tereza \u0160im\u00edkov\u00e1. Troels N\u2019koya Jensen is the cinematographer, with editing by Per K. Kirkegaard and Marion Tuor and music by Uno Helmersson. Running 80 minutes, the film is in Arabic, English and French with English subtitles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tRescue had its world premiere at TIFF and screens in Zurich\u2019s Now\/Future section, which this year features nine films exploring human rights, social conflict and sustainable development. Presented in collaboration with the EurAsia Heart Foundation and Dementia Research Switzerland, the section highlights figures committed to equality and social justice alongside perspectives on ecological, social and economic questions for the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tPlambech is currently heading up the doc competition jury in Zurich. She is an award-winning director, anthropologist and senior researcher at the Danish Institute for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/international\/\" id=\"auto-tag_international_1\" data-tag=\"international\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">International<\/a> Studies (DIIS). Among other things, she directed Mission Trafficking (2010, in collaboration with Judith Lansade) and Becky\u2019s Journey (2014), and provided the research foundation for From Thailand to Thy (2008) and From Thy to Thailand (2008), both directed by Janus Metz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tHer major breakthrough, Heartbound (2018), which built upon the two films from 2008, had its world premiere at TIFF, was selected for IDFA, and won the Golden Eye Award for best international documentary at the Zurich Film Festival that year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Italy\u2019s Fandango Distribution has acquired Sine Plambech\u2019s Rescue for all rights, including theatrical release, The Hollywood Reporter has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":912860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49,48,75,77,348,314420,49094],"class_list":["post-912859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-international","tag-tv","tag-zurich-2026","tag-zurich-film-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=912859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/912860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=912859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=912859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=912859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}