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EXCLUSIVE:<\/strong> Sumerian Pictures has picked up U.S. rights to Mile End Kicks, an indie rom-com starring Euphoria\u2018s Barbie Ferreira that premiered to critical acclaim at this year\u2019s Toronto Film Festival.<\/p>\n The film, from writer-director Chandler Levack (I Like Movies), which currently sits at 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, will be released nationwide at a date not yet disclosed.<\/p>\n More from Deadline<\/strong><\/p>\n In Mile End Kicks, Grace Pine (Ferreira) is a 24-year-old music critic in the summer of 2011 writing a book about Alanis Morissette\u2019s Jagged Little Pill, when she gets romantically involved with two people in the same struggling indie rock band. Set in Montreal\u2019s Mile End music scene, where Mac DeMarco, Arcade Fire and Grimes started their careers, the film is an honest look at a young female writer reclaiming her voice, full of ill-advised sex, drugs and rock n\u2019 roll.<\/p>\n Sumerian Pictures\u2019 President of Content Strategy, Rob Williams, said the film is \u201csmart, hilarious and speaks from the heart.\u201d It is, in other words, \u201cexactly the kind of film you want to see with an audience.\u201d<\/p>\n XYZ Films co-financed Mile End Kicks in conjunction with IPR.VC and reps global sales rights outside Canada. A Zapruder Films\/Banner House Production, produced with the participation of Telefilm Canada, SODEC, Ontario Creates, Crave and CBC Films, in association with Rhombus Media, it also stars Devon Bostick (Oppenheimer), Stanley Simons (The Iron Claw), Juliette Gari\u00e9py (Red Rooms) and Jay Baruchel (BlackBerry).<\/p>\n The film is produced by Matthew Miller (BlackBerry), Pat Kiely (Three Night Stand) and Julie Groleau (The Decline) and will be released in Canada by Elevation Pictures, with Entract Films releasing in Qu\u00e9bec.<\/p>\n In a statement to Deadline, Levack said, \u201cI\u2019m utterly delighted that American audiences will have the chance to see Mile End Kicks on the big screen next year! My favourite cinematic experiences have all been watching rom-coms in a theatre and I can\u2019t wait to laugh, cry and cringe with you. Thank you so much to Sumerian Pictures for their support and my producing team and our partners. I am especially grateful to my brilliant cast and team of collaborators who helped me tell this story across the two solitudes of Ontario and Quebec.\u201d<\/p>\n Sumerian has recently been involved with indies including Queen of the Ring, starring Emily Bett Rickards, Josh Lucas, and Walton Goggins; Divinity, from executive producer Steven Soderbergh, which premiered at Sundance; and Turnstile: Never Enough, which premiered at the 2025 Tribeca Festival. Williams negotiated the Mile End Kicks acquisition on behalf of Sumerian Pictures with Pip Ngo at XYZ Films.<\/p>\n Best of Deadline<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Deadline’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source nz.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" EXCLUSIVE: Sumerian Pictures has picked up U.S. rights to Mile End Kicks, an indie rom-com starring Euphoria\u2018s Barbie Ferreira that premiered to critical acclaim at this year\u2019s Toronto Film Festival. 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