Film Movement has acquired North America rights to “Peaches Goes Bananas,” Marie Losier’s documentary about the trailblazing feminist queer icon, musician and producer known as Peaches.
The movie is represented internationally by Best Friend Forever and world premiered at the Venice Days sidebar which runs alongside the film festival.
Film Movement will be releasing the movie theatrically, followed by a roll-out on digital platforms and home entertainment.
The documentary portrays Peaches, whose real name is Merrill Nisker, and showcases her concerts, as well as her bond with her sister Suri and her creative process.
Losier is best known for directing critically lauded documentaries including “The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye,” which won the Teddy Award at the Berlinale in 2011; “Cassandro El Exotico!,” winner of the Cannes ACID section in 2018; and “Felix in Wonderland,” which had its world premiere in Locarno in 2019. Losier’s work has also been celebrated with a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2018, where all her films were acquired for the museum’s archives; as well as at the Jeu de Paume, Museum of Contemporary Art in Paris a year later.
“After releasing Marie’s wonderful ‘Cassandro the Exotico,’ we eagerly waited to see whose story she would put her indelible stamp on next,” said Michael Rosenberg, president of Film Movement who announced the deal with Martin Gondre at Best Friends Forever. “Once we saw ‘Peaches Goes Bananas,’ we were transfixed by her unconventional portrait of a true queer icon and know that it’ll resonate with audiences across North America,” he continued.
“Peaches Goes Bananas” was produced by Carole Chassaing at Tamara Films (“Cassandro El Exotico!”), Sébastien Andres and Alice Lemaire at Michigan Films (“The Damned,” “It’s Raining in the House”). The film will be released by Norte Distribution in France, and Galeries Distribution in Belgium.
Film Movement’s slate of recent acquisitions include “Julie Keeps Quiet,” Belgium’s official Oscar entry for best international film; “An Unfinished Film,” directed by Lou Ye, which recently won the top prizes at the Golden Horse Film Festival, and “My Sunshine,” Japanese director Hiroshi Okuyama’s Cannes Un Certain Regard drama.
