Regent acquires 'Departures' rights

January 05, 2009 Regent Releasing has acquired North American distribution rights to "Departures," the latest film from Yojiro Takita and Japan's submission for the best foreign-language film Oscar. Departures" marks the newest addition to the slate of art-house world cinema titles that Regent has acquired in recent months, including the 2008 Cannes Un Certain Regard Jury prize winner "Tokyo Sonata," Iran's Academy Awards submission, "The Song of Sparrows," "Serbis" and "$9.99. "Departures" recently won several festival awards including the Grand Prix des Ameriques Prize at the 32nd Montreal World Film Festival, the Audience Award for best feature at the 28th Hawaii International Film Festival, as well as awards for best picture, best director and best actor at the Golden Rooster Awards in China.

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