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Indie Film Distribution/Production Company Rogue Arts has just signed a partnership agreement with Fairway Film Alliance to distribute films globally.   The partnership began at Afm where three of Rogue Arts new titles were launched successfully.   "We are creating these kind of relationships in order to be completely transparent with both our investors and our filmmakers.    It is a great time of growth in our company", stated company founder, Kirk Harris.   "Our goal is a new type of company where partnership with the filmmaker really means both the filmmaker and the distributor benefit from the proceeds and know step by step what is occurring with the films," stated Don Franken, also a Principal at Rogue Arts.  

Rogue Arts has produced 8 films and Rogue Arts and Fairway Films Alliance has handled the distribution of more than 50 titles.   Founded as a production company in 2004 by Actor/Filmmaker Kirk Harris, company executives now include Celebrity sports talent and marketing agent Don Franken, Retired Navy Special Forces Swcc Vernon Mortensen and Fairway Films Alliance's Marty Poole.  "With over 20 years working film in film sales, and also as a filmmaker, I felt it was time to create a company by, with, and for the filmmaker" stated Fairway Films Alliance founder, Marty Poole.  Another feature of the Rogue Arts and Fairway Film Alliance partnership is the unique blend of world sales, theatrical booking, digital content knowledge and PR and Marketing experience the principles have.  

Recent produced titles include: The Kid: Chamaco, directed by celebrated Mexican producer Miguel Necoechea starring Martin Sheen, Kirk Harris and Gustavo Sanchez Parra.   They also include the freshly completed Western Thriller The Sorrow,  directed by Rogue Arts' Vernon Mortensen and starring Harris, John Savage and Michael Madsen.  

Noted distribution titles include:  "Flickering Lights" from Academy Award Winning Anders Thomas Jensen and starring Ulrich Thomsen and Mads Mikkelsen.  Wim Wenders presents Michael Meredith's "Three Days of Rain" starring Peter Falk, Blythe Danner and Lyle Lovett and last but not least,  "Spooky House" from director William Sachs starring Ben Kingsley and Mercedes Ruehl.  

Rogue Arts titles have screened at the Sundance, Berlin, Toronto, Slamdance and Venice Film Festivals.  

Recent titles that premiered at Afm were the FX action film "Time Warrior", Terrorist subway thriller "Red Line" and "The Sorrow".   "Time Warrior" and "Red Line" were acquired through a new strategic alliance with the San Diego Film Festival to provide distribution for some of their premiere entries. 

Additionally, Rogue Arts has two TV series in development as well as several feature projects of varying budgets in the pipeline.  ...

A look at what's new on DVD today:

"The Thin Red Line" (1998)

Directed by Terrence Malick

Released by Criterion Collection

No, you won't be getting the hours of deleted Adrien Brody or George Clooney footage from Malick's World War II epic, but this Criterion version is most certainly an upgrade from the previous bare-bones DVD edition with 14 minutes of outtakes, new interviews with Sean Penn and composer Hans Zimmer, among others from the cast and crew, an audio commentary with cinematographer John Toll, production designer Jack Fisk and producer Grant Hill and more.

"7 Days" (2010)

Directed by Daniel Grou

Released by Mpi Home Video

French Canadian horror author Patrick Senécal adapts his own novel to celluloid about a doctor (Claude Legault) who intercepts the man (Remy Girard) who raped and murdered his young daughter and turns the tables on him in a cabin in the woods. With a résumé including TV series like "Vampire High,...

Miguel Necoechea’s “Chamaco” (“The Kid”), the latest feature film by Los Angeles-based Rogue Arts, was acquired over the holidays by Los Angeles based Maya Entertainment. The film was purchased in advance of its U.S. premiere at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. A U.S./Mexico co-production between Rogue Arts and Ivania Films, Mexico City, the film premiered in Octboer at the Morelia Film Festival.. Shot in Mexico City, the film tells the …...

Mexico City -- Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" will open the seventh edition of the Morelia International Film Festival, adding a touch of international glory to a key platform for emerging Mexican talent.

Tarantino will present his latest picture in Morelia when the weeklong film fest kicks off Oct. 3. Festival director Daniela Michel said other confirmed guests include French filmmaker Bruno Dumont, newcomer actress Molly Windsor and Michael Fitzgerald, producer of Tommy Lee Jones' "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada."

Romania will be the guest country of honor. "Tales From the Golden Age," a series of five shorts written by Romanian helmer Cristian Mungiu, will make its Mexico debut.

More than 80 films comprising Mexican features, documentaries and shorts will compete at this year's edition. Among the full-length fiction pictures in competition is Miguel Necoechea's boxing film "Chamaco," featuring Martin Sheen. Other notable titles include Rigoberto Perezcano's immigration drama...

Boxing drama Chamaco (The Kid) begins filming this week in Mexico City under director Miguel Necoechea.

The films stars Alex Perea as an aspiring Olympic boxer as well as Martin Sheen and Kirk Harris, who become his mentors. The film is co-produced by Ivania Films of Mexico City and Rogue Arts of Los Angeles. Don Franken, Necoechea and Harris are producing from a screenplay by Necoechea, Harris and Carl Bessai. Exec producers are Bruce Randolph Tizes and Philip Bligh, both of Radio London Films, which has acquired U.S. and Canada distribution rights.