Sherry Media Group has picked up Canadian distribution rights to Vancouver filmmaker Josephine Anderson’s feature documentary Curl Power.
The Telus original doc will be released in theatres under Sherry Media Group’s The Impact Series banner on Oct. 11, according to a news release. The Impact Series is an original film series focused on social and environmental issues.
Curl Power, which made its world premiere at the 2024 Hot Docs fest, is written and directed by Anderson. Secret Bench Films’ Anderson is also a producer and executive producer alongside Mike Johnston of Studio 104 Entertainment. Ken Tsui is the production exec for Telus. Johnston negotiated the deal on behalf of the producers, with Jennifer Kolber for Sherry Media Group.
Curl Power centres on a team of teenage girls as they pursue their dream of becoming Canadian National Curling Champions, and seek out their own paths amid the legacies of their world champion mothers.
“Josephine’s intimate and naturalistic portrayal of her subjects is truly something special,” The Impact Series CEO Jim Sherry said in a statement.
Documentaries previously released by The Impact Series include Maite Alberdi’s The Eternal Memory and Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh’s Writing With Fire.
Image courtesy of Studio 104 Entertainment/Secret Bench Films