January 10, 2014 – D Films announced earlier today it has acquired the exclusive, long-term Canadian distribution rights in all media to director Fred Schepisi’s romance Words and Pictures from Voltage Pictures. The film stars Academy Award® nominee Clive Owen, Academy Award® winner Juliette Binoche and Golden Globe® nominee Amy Brenneman. The announcement was made by Jim Sherry, President and CEO of D Films.

Words and Pictures depicts the story of a writer whose talent has dried up (Owen) and an artist (Binoche), struggling to paint as her body betrays her. The two rivals clash at the school where they teach, sparking both a flamboyant courtship and a school-wide war in which the students decide which is more powerful, the word or the picture?

Schepisi is best known for directing films such as Six Degrees of Separation, Roxanne and A Cry In The Dark, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe® Award for Best Director. He made his directorial debut in Libido and has since directed 23 films.

Words and Pictures is produced by Latitude Productions’ Curtis Burch in collaboration with Dallas-based Lascaux Films. The film was written by Gerald Di Pego (The Forgotten, Message in a Bottle).

Words and Pictures made its world premiere as a Gala Presentation at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. The film is being distributed in the US by Roadside Attractions and is slated for a Spring 2014 release.

The deal was negotiated by Michael Robson, Vice-President of Marketing and Development for D Films and Elisabeth Costa de Beauregard Rose, President of International Sales and Distribution for Voltage Pictures.