Kisses picked up for US Distribution
New York-based Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to the Irish box office hit KISSES.Written and directed by Lance Daly, KISSES has screened at some of the worlds most prestigious festivals such as the Toronto, Locarno and Telluride film festivals and has won numerous awards such as the recent Audience Award at the Miami Film Festival and the two IFTA wins (Best Director, Best Editing) at this years IFTA awards.
The film stars 12 year old Kelly O'Neill and Shane Curry as Kylie and Dylan, two young children who decide to run away from their dysfunctional homes and spend a night on the streets of Dublin's inner city. But as the night wears on, and Dublin takes on a darker character, the two kids have to rely on the kindness of strangers, the songs of Bob Dylan and their trust in each other to survive the night.
KISSES was produced by Macdara Kelleher with Fastnet Films (The Halo Effect, Tonight is Cancelled) and was funded by the IFB, Film I Vast, the BCI, TV3 and Zentropa. It is being distributed by Element Pictures Distribution and Focus Features International is handling overseas sales.
Oscilloscope Laboratories' slate includes So Yong Kim's Treeless Mountain, Scott Hamilton Kennedy's The Garden, Kelly Reichardt's Wendy and Lucy and Anders Ostergaard's Burma VJ.
Kisses is available to buy on dvd in stores nationwide and from http://www.kisses.ie/.