“The first film we acquired was Cette Maison (2022), a Haitian-Quebecois film by Miryam Charles,” Isra Al Kassi, co-founder of the independent distribution outfit T A P E Collective, tells Deadline, over coffee, in London.
“It’s an experimental documentary shaped around reenactments, and at the time, so many people said to me, ‘What were you thinking? That’s a hard sell, but you did it.’ The reviews were great, and it made the Sight & Sound best films of the year list.”
In the ensuing years, the T A P E Collective has become experts in the “hard sell,” acquiring an eclectic list of titles and providing them with inventive, bespoke theatrical releases. Highlights include Lina Soualem’s Bye Bye Tiberias, an acquisition out of Venice in 2023, Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich’s beloved debut feature, The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire, and, most recently, All That’s Left Of You, the latest feature from Cherien
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