Searching for Sugar Man

Searching for Sugar Man
Director
Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn
Country
Sweden
Year
2012
Genre
Documentary
Scriptwriters
Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn
Production
Red Box Films, Passion Pictures, Canfield Pictures

Storyline

In the early 1970s, A&M released two albums by a singer-songwriter known only as Rodriguez, who dropped out of sight and was rumored to have died after the records failed to sell.  When Rodriguez unexpectedly attracted a cult following in South Africa, however, two of his ardent fans decided to track down the truth behind his disappearance from the music scene.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Barcelona International Music Documentary Film Festival, IN-EDIT 2012
Sundance Film Festival 2012
Winner: World Cinema Audience Award - Documentary- and Special Jury Prize
Tribeca Film Festival 2012
Official Selection

Oscar 2013
Winner: Best Documentary
BAFTA Awards 2013
Winner: Best Documentary
European Film Awards (EFA) 2013
Finalist for People’s Choice Award

Releases

Spain (22 of February 2013)

Call for proposals Development
Media support 20,000.00€

Call for proposals Distribution Automatic
Year 2013
Call number 07/2012

Greece: FILMTREINT (FILMTRADE) KINIMATOGRAFIKES EPIXEIRISEIS
Austria: FILMCASINO & POLYFILM BETRIEBS
Czech Republic: AEROFILMS
Portugal: ALAMBIQUE, DESTILARIA DE IDEIAS - UNIPESSOAL
Croatia: DISCOVERY

Call for proposals Distribution Automatic
Year 2011
Call number 01/2011

SPAIN: AVALON DISTRIBUCION AUDIOVISUAL SL
FRANCE: ARP SAS