US FILM RELEASE The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye-ADOPT FILMS

Marie Losier-US FILM RELEASE The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye-ADOPT FILMS



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THE BALLAD March 8th, 2011
CLEARVIEW CINEMA-
CHELSEA/NYC

Made over the course of seven years, this brilliantly realized portrait explores legendary musician and artist Genesis P-Orridge of Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV and h/er romance with Lady Jaye, an artist and dominatrix. This often touching film focuses on their Pandrogyne project, where they sought to become two parts of the same person through body modification surgery. Filmed in 16mm and experimental in its technique, Losier’s film is a marvelously crafted work of art. Winner of the Berlin Film Festival Teddy and Caligary Award for Best Documentary. (BAM note)

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US Release / Dates and Theaters
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-Landmark Embarcadero/San Francisco, CA-March 9/15
-Landmark Shattuck/Berkeley, CA-March 9 to 15
-Camera 3/San Jose, CA-March 9 to15
-Landmark Kendall Sq./Cambridge, MA-March 23 to 29
-Landmark "E" Street Cinemas/Washington, DC-March 23 to 29
-Landmark Ritz at the Bourse/Philadelphia, PA-March 23 to 29
-Crest/Sacramento, CA-March 30 to April 5
-Walker Art Center/Minneapolis, MN-April 4
-Landmark Lagoon/Minneapolis, MN-April 6 to12
-Cedar Lee/Cleveland, OH-April 6 to12
-Regal Arbor/Austin, TX-April 6 to12
-Regal Tara/Atlanta, GA-April 6 to12
-Cable Car/Providence, RI-April 6 to12
-Landmark Nuart/W. Los Angeles, CA-April 13 to 19
-Camelview Cinemas/Scottsdale, AZ- April 20 to 26
-Wexner Center for the Arts/Columbus, OH- April 20 to 26
-Denver Film Center at Colfax/Denver, CO- April 27 to May 3rd
-Angelika Film Center/Dallas, TX-May 4 to 10
-Kahala/Honolulu, HI-May 4 to 10
-Tivoli/Kansas City, MO-May 4 to 10
-Detroit Film Theatre/Detroit, MI-May 25



Marie Losier - The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye-USA RELEASE March 8th-NYC-ADOPT FILMS

Adopt films nabs documentary "The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye" as first acquisition

Adopt films nabs documentary as first acquisition


By Tim Molloy
Wed Sep 7, 2011 12:49pm EDT

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Adopt Films, a new independent distribution company formed by October Films co-founder Jeff Lipsky and former exhibitor Tim Grady, have announced their first acquisition, the award-winning documentary "The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye."

The company plans to release French-American filmmaker Marie Losier's film in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2012.

Adopt Films, which will be based in New York, plans to acquire independent English-language films, both narrative and documentary, as well as foreign language films.

"I truly feel this might be the single best time to launch a new independent distribution company since Bingham Ray and I plotted out October in my then-living room in Sherman Oaks in 1990," said Lipsky. "Our focus at Adopt will be on films that have theatrical potential, first and foremost. I'm not a glass half-full kind of guy about the ongoing potential theatrical audience for independent films, I'm a glass three-quarters-full kind of guy."

He said he hoped Adopt's first releases would be as eclectic and high profile as such early October films as "Adam's Rib," "The Tune," and "Tous les matins du monde."

"Adopt will be in a better position to fully exploit our films in all media because we'll have fully exploited each film's table-setting theatrical rights first," Grady added.

Added Losier: "I am so happy to have met a ball of energy, ready to put all their talent, passion and dreams into my first feature film! This is going to be a wonderful adventure and a precious honor to be the first Adopt Films release."

Lipsky and Grady negotiated the deal with Losier and her producing and business partners Steve Holmgren and Martin Marquet. The film tells the story of a love affair between British musician and artist Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, founder of industrial bands COUM Transmissions, Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, and New York performance artist Lady Jaye (Jacqueline Breyer).

The film premiered at this year's Berlin Film Festival, where it won the prestigious Teddy and Caligari Awards. It was an official selection at this year's South by Southwest (SXSW), Tribeca, Hot Docs (Toronto), and San Francisco International Film Festivals.

Lipsky began his distribution career with "A Woman Under the Influence," working with his mentor, John Cassavetes. He was an executive at New Yorker Films, Samuel Goldwyn Films, and Skouras Pictures.

He is also a filmmaker, whose films include "Twelve Thirty," "Childhood's End," and the 2006 Sundance Film Festival Dramatic Competition selection "Flannel Pajamas."