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BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE Featurette

THE DISSIDENT Trailer & Poster

Briarcliff Entertainment announced today the acquisition of domestic distribution rights to THE DISSIDENT , the highly anticipated film from Bryan Fogel (Academy Award-winning director of ICARUS ). Following the film’s world premiere at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year to rave reviews, Briarcliff is planning a theatrical and VOD release in late 2020 along with other events to coincide with the second anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi's assassination. HanWay Films will handle international sales of the film. UTA Independent Film Group orchestrated both the domestic distribution deal, and the international sales deal on behalf of the filmmaking team. THE DISSIDENT is an edge-of-your-seat, adrenaline-filled thriller that plays out at the highest levels of power, exposing the labyrinth of deceit behind the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Khashoggi was a principled reformer who sought to create a more open socie...