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Founded in 1968, The Cinema Guild is a leading distributor of independent, foreign and documentary films, with a collection of over 900 acclaimed and award-winning titles. All films in this section come wtih Public Performance Rights and are available on DVD. Please inquire about digital rights.

November 2009

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The Beaches of Agnes wins Outstanding Achievement In Direction at the Cinema Eye awards. (LINK)

DVDBeaver raves about our 24 CITY DVD - "An exceptional DVD... Transfer looks wonderful... One of our strongest recommendations. Fans of the director shouldn't hesitate a moment." (LINK)

The Beaches of Agnes nominated by the Directors Guild of America for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries. (LINK)

The New York Times calls Sweetgrass, "the first essential movie of this young year... Wonderful... Magnificent... A graceful and often moving meditation on a disappearing way of life." (LINK)

Beeswax poster selected as one of the twenty best posters of the year by The Auteurs. (LINK)

Video Librarian highly recommends La Corona and Throw Down Your Heart; and calls At the Death House Door, "a genuinely moving film on a controversial subject."

The Beaches of Agnes wins Best Non-Fiction Film from the National Society of Film Critics.

Three films make it on the New York Times Best of the Year lists! Manohla Dargis selects The Beaches of Agnes and Beeswax (with 35 Shots of Rum a runner up). Stephen Holden picks 35 Shots of Rum. A.O. Scott lists 24 City and The Beaches of Agnes as runner-ups. Plus some kinds words from Manohla Dargis:

"Companies like the newly revitalized Cinema Guild (which this year distributed celebrated features from Agnes Varda, Claire Denis and Jia Zhang-ke)... continue to release tremendous work." (LINK)



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