The Orchard has acquired American distribution rights to Birds of Passage out of the 2018 Cannes Film Fest.

Two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett, Cannes film festival jury president this year, led a women’s march up the steps of the Palais Lumiere Saturday night, aiming to promote gender equality in the global film industry.

There are 82 women as a symbol for the 82 female-directed films that have played at Cannes’s official competition, compared with 1645 films directed by men,” said the 5050×2020 organization.

Bleecker Street has acquired North American rights to Joe Penna’s Arctic, starring Mads Mikkelsen.