Kino Lorber Acquires The Documentary Bugs For Theatrical Releases In The US

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Published on Tuesday, 17 May 2016 18:17

Kino Lorber has acquired all US rights to BUGS, a documentary produced by Danish powerhouse Sigrid Dyekjær, of Danish Documentary, investigating the next big food trend: edible insects. Reviewers praised the film after its world premiere at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival.

Kino Lorber is looking to build on the press coverage garnered since then (see Salon and Huffington Post articles). 

Director Andreas Johnsen succeeds in balancing the travelogue of two head chefs from Nordisc food lab with a serious political view on the issue. Kino Lorber is planning a theatrical release in the fall, followed by a digital, educational and packaged media release later this year. 

"Although scientists and agribusiness have started touting edible insects as the future of sustainable food, the notion of eating bugs hasn't exactly gained much popularity among the general public. Head Chef Ben Reade and Lead Researcher Josh Evans from the Nordic Food Lab in Denmark are looking to change that. With a focus on food diversity and deliciousness, they set out on a globe-trotting mission to take on the politics of the palate, sampling grubs in the Australian outback, pillaging giant wasp nests in Japan and attending food expos where entrepreneurs pitch their flavorless farmed crickets.

"Along the way, they put their own haute cuisine spin on local insect delicacies, whipping up dishes like cricket and grasshopper ravioli, maggot cheese gelato and bee larva ceviche. Equal parts culinary documentary, political conversation starter and travelogue, filmmaker Andreas Johnsen's absorbing documentary sets out to unearth the role bugs will play in the future of agriculture and to break down the cultural barriers keeping insects off our plates." (Synopsis by Ian Hollander; Tribeca Film Festival).

Autlooks CEO Salma Abdalla adds: "Kino Lorber successfully released our documentary El Bulli: Cooking in Progress, so we are happy to continue our work on another landmark food documentary."

Richard Lorber, Kino Lorber's CEO, also added: "We were itching to buy BUGS from the minute we saw it! Rare is the doc that's as entertaining as it is important. We can't wait to bring this deliciously original film and series to screens large and small across America."
  

With a library of more than 1,000 titles, Kino Lorber Inc. has been a leader in independent art house distribution for over 30 years, releasing 25 films per year theatrically under its Kino Lorber, Kino Classics, and Alive Mind Cinema banners, including five Academy Award® nominated films in the last seven years.
 
In addition, the company brings over 100 narrative and documentary titles each year to the home entertainment, educational and digital markets with in-house DVD and Blu-ray distribution and direct sales to all major platforms digital platforms.