MetFilm Sales

30/09/2025

We are proud that HOLDING LIAT will air TOMORROW across the UK at 22:00 and streaming on BBC iPlayer. Presented by the BBC's award-winning strand Storyville, which presents the best international feature documentaries to the BBC. UK audiences, consider this your official invitation to experience a story that invites audiences to see the humanity in everyone. We can't wait to hear your thoughts.

16/09/2025

Sian Clifford gives a larger-than-life performance as a narcissistic aristocrat who hires a struggling filmmaker to record her every move, in Samuel Abraham’s eccentric mockumentary.

14/09/2025

Holding Liat is now showing in UK cinemas: https://metfilmstudio.com/distribution/holding-liat
★★★★ “Powerful and complex … Holding Liat is a valuable work"
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

10/09/2025

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"Brandon Kramer’s documentary complicates any simple view of the Israel-Gaza war in its portrait of one family’s agonising divisions"

Brandon Kramer’s documentary complicates any simple view of the Israel-Gaza war in its portrait of one family’s agonising divisions

05/09/2025

"Gar O’Rourke’s film channels the dignified kitsch of a Martin Parr exhibition, but the conflict smouldering over the horizon – which erupted during production – lends an uncommon gravity to everything." -Irish Independent

SANATORIUM will be in UK - and Irish cinemas via Eclipse Pictures - from September 5: https://www.metfilmstudio.com/distribution/sanatorium

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/movie-reviews/sanatorium-review-irish-made-ukrainian-documentary-deserves-its-oscars-push/a1658868151.html

A distant plume of smoke across the water hints at a deep ­unrest far beyond the perimeter of ­Odesa’s Kuyalnik ­Sanatorium.

04/09/2025

We are thrilled to share that LADY, MetFilm's upcoming feature directed by Samuel Abrahams and starring Sian Clifford and Laurie Kynaston, will have its World Premiere at the BFI London Film Festival London Film Festival.

LADY is a MetFilm Production. International Rights are represented by MetFilm Sales.

https://www.screendaily.com/news/bfi-london-film-festival-adds-four-to-lineup-including-world-premiere-of-samuel-abrahams-lady/5208536.article

03/09/2025

"rebellious mum on the edge will have you sobbing in sympathy" - The Guardian

We’re thrilled to bring THE COURAGEOUS to UK & Ireland cinemas this week. Directed by Jasmin Gordon, this powerful narrative is set in a small town on the edge of wild country, where an eccentric and delinquent mother (Ophelia Kolb) has had enough of the rules.

Now booking 🔗 https://www.metfilmstudio.com/distribution/the-courageous

01/09/2025

29/08/2025

"Intimate, empathetic, profoundly revealing..."
- Screen International

We are excited to share the first wave of international sales across key markets for the critically praised Berlinale Winner HOLDING LIAT.

The Darren Aronofsky-produced feature doc is set for its theatrical release in the UK from September 12. In the U.S., Film Forum will be handling its exclusive New York theatrical run, followed by a multi-city U.S. domestic release, date to be announced.

Exclusive via Deadline Hollywood:

'Holding Liat', About Gaza War & Israeli-American Hostage, Sets U.S. & International Distribution & Awards Run; Watch Trailer

20/08/2025

19/08/2025

Just in: Gar O'Rourke's feature doc SANATORIUM is Ireland's submission for the best international feature film category at the 98th Oscars.

☘️ Huge congratulations to the team at Venom Films, and all involved.

Screen Ireland VPRO SVT

Read the full story via The Hollywood Reporter 🔗

The documentary directed by Gar O’Rourke world premiered at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen.