Jacquelyn Mills‘ “Geographies Of Solitude” Acquired by Cinema Guild
Jacquelyn Mills will transport audiences to Sable Island. Deadline reports that U.S. rights to her documentary about the “rich ecoysytem” of the “remote sliver of land in the Northwest Atlantic,” “Geographies of Soltitude,” has been acquired by Cinema Guild....
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Jacquelyn Mills will transport audiences to Sable Island. Deadline reports that U.S. rights to her documentary about the “rich ecoysytem” of the “remote sliver of land in the Northwest Atlantic,” “Geographies of Soltitude,” has been acquired by Cinema Guild. The doc is set to hit theaters next year, beginning with a run in NYC at Anthology Film Archives from January 25-31.
Shot on 16 mm, “Geographies of Solitude” follows Zoe Lucas, a “naturalist and environmentalist who has lived there for over 40 years, collecting, cleaning and documenting marine litter that persistently washes up on the island’s shores,” per the source.
The documentary won the Caligari Film Award, C.I.C.A.E. Award, and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 2022 Berlinale, where it made its world premiere. It also took home Best Canadian Documentary and the Emerging Canadian Filmmaker Award at Hot Docs. Mills is up for Best Cinematography at the IDA Awards for her work on the film.
“Geographies of Solitude’ is a labor of love that took over four years to create,” said Mills. “We never could have expected this kind of reception for a film made on a shoestring budget with a micro team. We are completely thrilled and honored to be collaborating with Cinema Guild.”
Cinema Guilt President Peter Kelly added, “We were swept away by ‘Geographies of Solitude.’ Jacky brings us a marriage of character and setting unlike anything we’ve seen in contemporary nonfiction. We can’t wait to share it with U.S. audiences.”
Mills’ other credits include “In the Waves” and “Leaves.”
