Wolfe Releasing Nabs Four Films At Frameline 37

Wolfe Releasing, the world’s largest exclusive distributor of gay and lesbian films, has acquired the US and Canadian rights to three films screening at Frameline 37 - San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival: Bruno Barreto’s REACHING FOR THE MOON (winner of Frameline’s Audience Award), Director Yen Tan’s PIT STOP and Director Stephan Lacant’s FREE FALL, and worldwide rights (excluding UK, France & Germany) to Writer/Director Chris Mason Johnson’s TEST.

“These are four of the best LGBT movies of the year,” said Wolfe President Maria Lynn, adding, “REACHING FOR THE MOON is an exquisite English-language production depicting the Brazilian heyday of Pulitzer Prize-winning lesbian poet Elizabeth Bishop; TEST is an astute and beautiful drama about a young modern dancer navigating gay life in San Francisco during the early days of the AIDS crisis; FREE FALL has been called the German Brokeback for its deeply moving portrayal of a German policeman who unexpectedly begins to fall in love with a fellow male officer and PIT STOP shows us a story we simply have not seen before, observing the dreams and desires of two small-town gay men with subtlety and grace.”

Director Bruno Barreto’s (Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, View From the Top) tale of a messy, yet gloriously romantic, relationship follows poet Elizabeth Bishop (Miranda Otto, The Lord of the Rings trilogy) as she sets sail for Rio de Janeiro and a life-changing relationship with the wealthy—and very butch—architect Lota de Macedo Soares (Glória Pires).  The films also stars three-time Golden Globe nominee Treat Williams (Hair, Prince of the City) and, in addition to the Audience Award at Frameline, won the Audience Award for Best Feature at the 2013 Toronto Inside Out Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival.

In a poignant and powerful story of love set in 1985, TEST explores the relationship of two friends who must navigate through a world full of promise while navigating the risks of a newly-named disease called AIDS. Written and directed by Chris Mason Johnson (The New Twenty), the film stars Scott Marlowe and Matthew Risch. 

From German director Stephan Lecant, FREE FALL (aka Freier Fall) tells the dramatic story of a man who veers off the conventional path he thought he was on, only to find himself in the middle of a love triangle. The drama stars Max Reimelt (The Wave), Hanno Koffler (Summer Storm) and Katharina Schuttler (Oh Boy).

Director Yen Tan’s (Ciao, Happy Birthday) PIT STOP stars Bill Heck, Marcus DeAnda, Amy Seimetz (TV’s “The Killing”) and John Merrimen in the tender story of a pair of alienated gay men living in an Texas town and yearning for romance. The film was also an official selection at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.