Mark Sayre - New Distribution Company with a Focus on Foreign Cinema

The Forge, a new indie distributor, is positioning itself to one day become like Neon.

I sat down with the CEO and founder, Mark Sayre, who is reshaping the American cinema landscape by distributing incredibly moving and cinematic foreign films for US audiences.

This year, his company is releasing three:

• Black Dog

  • Premiere: Cannes

  • Prize: Cannes’ Un Certain Regard

  • Nomination: The Gotham Awards Best Director

  • Nomination: Indie Spirit Award Best International Film

• Resynator

  • Premiere: SXSW

  • Prize: SXSW Documentary Audience Award

  • Features: Beastie Boys, Peter Gabriel, Fred Armisen

• Sujo

  • Premiere: Sundance

  • Prize: Sundance World Cinema Grand Jury Prize Dramatic

  • Mexico’s official Oscar submission

All three films are deep meditations on death as a force of psychic renewal on the living.