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Outsider Pictures, with Strand Releasing, has acquired North American rights to Sabrina McCormick’s “Sequestrada,” starring Tim Blake Nelson and Gretchen Mol.

The deal was struck by Paul Hudson, president of Outsider Pictures, and Miguel Govea, along with Brett Walker, of Alief, as world sales consultants for the filmmakers.

Outsider and Strand will give “Sequestrada” a theatrical run in select cities starting with Los Angeles and New York on Nov. 15. A VOD and DVD release follows on Dec. 17.

“Sequestrada” marks the debut feature of McCormick, a climate change expert and producer who credits include segments of the Emmy-winning Showtime series “The Year of Living Dangerously.” She co-directs and co-writes with Soopum Sohn (“Island to Island”).

It introduces Kamodjara Xipaia as the 13-year-old daughter of an Arara chieftain who is captured by sex traffickers. Her only hope of rescue is the American banker (Blake Nelson) behind the construction of the massive...

We've already posted a round-up of features we caught at this year's Kaffny--Korean American Film Festival New York (which you can read here and here)--but now we're going take a look at two films that weren't able to be part of this year's lineup because of music rights or other similar issues. They're still very much worth taking notice of, and are likely to appear in other screenings or forms at some point in the year. "Make Yourself At Home" (aka "Fetish") The debut feature from filmmaker Soopum Sohn couldn't be any more different from his Oscar winning experimental short…...

Following our first round-up, here are a few more flicks showcased in New York's Korean American Film Festival which ends March 20th. Stay tuned for more coverage, including reviews of "Should've Kissed" by Cinefondation-residency alum Jinoh Park and "Make Yourself At Home" by student Academy Award-winning director Soopum Sohn. Also on the horizon is an interview with filmmakers Dai Sil Kim-Gibson and "Killer of Sheep" helmer Charles Burnett. "Centre Forward" Produced in North Korea, "Centre Forward" is exactly the kind of movie you'd expect to come out of a military dictatorship. Complete with wistful music seemingly ripped from a Hollywood…...