VANCOUVER, March 7, 2019 /CNW/ - Thunderbird Entertainment
Group Inc. (TSXV:TBRD) ("Thunderbird" or the "Company"), a global multiplatform entertainment company, is pleased to announce
that its releasing division, Thunderbird Releasing, will be distributing Sara Colangelo's award-winning drama The
Kindergarten Teacher, across the UK and Ireland. Following its UK debut at the 2018 London
Film Festival, the film arrives in theatres on Friday, March 8, 2019. The film will open in key
venues in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dublin and various
others across the UK and Ireland.
The Kindergarten Teacher is being supported by Birds' Eye View, a UK-based agency campaigning for gender equality
in film; as part of the Reclaim The Frame series, which is dedicated to highlighting films by women to build a more
balanced film future. With International Women's Day around the corner on March 8, the film's
release has special significance as part of the day's celebration of the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of
women around the world.
Starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and Gael Garcia Bernal, the dramatic
film focuses on a teacher who discovers her young student (Parker Sevak) may be a poetic prodigy,
and goes to extraordinary lengths to nurture his talent. Written and directed by Colangelo, the film scooped the U.S Dramatic
Directing prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018, amid fierce competition from Bo Burnham, Paul Dano and Boots Riley, among others.
"We're hugely proud to be staging this significant theatrical release of Sara Colangelo's
remarkable film, The Kindergarten Teacher, with an arguably career best performance from Maggie
Gyllenhaal," says Edward Fletcher, Managing Director of Thunderbird Releasing. "Responses
to the film from the theatres and critics alike have been fantastic and we're delighted to be able to share it with audiences
across the UK & Ireland."
Early reviews for the film are overwhelmingly positive, with Jordan Hoffman of the Guardian
calling it a "brilliantly observed ethical pretzel" and Tim Grierson of Screen
International calling Maggie Gyllenhaal's performance "superbly enigmatic."
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About Thunderbird Entertainment Group Inc.
Thunderbird Entertainment Group is a Vancouver-based global multiplatform
entertainment company with offices in Vancouver, Los Angeles,
Toronto, Ottawa and London.
Thunderbird creates award-winning scripted, unscripted and animated programming for the world's leading digital
platforms, as well as Canadian and International broadcasters. Thunderbird's vision is to produce high quality, socially
responsible content that makes the world a better place. The Company develops, produces and distributes animated,
factual and scripted content through its various divisions, including Atomic Cartoons, Great Pacific Television, Thunderbird
Productions and Thunderbird Releasing Limited.
About Thunderbird Releasing
Thunderbird Releasing is an all-rights film distribution company based in London and
part of the Thunderbird Entertainment Group. Recent releases include the Palme d'Or winning Shoplifters, and Lee Chang-dong's Burning as well as Toni Erdmann, Paterson, A Quiet Passion, My Life as a Courgette and the
documentary David Lynch: The Art Life.
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forward-looking statements are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on these statements, which only apply as of the
date of this news release, and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all.
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statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
SOURCE Thunderbird Entertainment Group Inc.
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