Kino Lorber has acquired the North American rights to Fernanda Valadez’s timely Mexican migrant drama Identifying Features (Sin Señas Particulares), which made its World Premiere on Saturday …
Film Festival in the World Dramatic Competition. The film is set to roll out in theaters this summer followed by a VOD release on KinoNow.com and home video release.marks the feature debut of Valadez, which tells the story of Magdalena, a mother who embarks on a journey in search of her son who disappeared en route to the US border.
“We count on Sundance to elevate the worthiest independent films and especially reveal the dramatic power of documentaries,” said Richard Lorber, President and CEO of Kino Lorber. “But here’s a cinematic reminder how an exquisitely wrought narrative drama can go beyond even the best factual films to deliver the highest emotional impact. Fernanda Valadez’s devastatingly poignant work unpacks another dimension of human meaning beyond the numbing headlines.
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