Indie distributor Cinema Guild has acquired North American distribution rights for documentary “For The Moon” (“Car la Lune”), directed by Éric Baudelaire, that will premiere in the Currents section of the upcoming New York Film Festival.

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The film is a collaborative work created with five visually impaired students at the National Institute for the Young Blind in Paris. 

Shot at the institute, “For the Moon” “moves between observational cinema and collective invention, questioning the very notion of the gaze and the construction of images when our perception of the world relies on senses other than sight,” according to the synopsis.

The doc, created in collaboration with Mèï Jendoubi, Jade Ebara Ossebi, Iris Fontanella, Crystal Lau Chang, and Kadiatou Diakite, “gradually unfolds an expanded experience of perception and redefines the idea of the visible through those who do not ‘see,’ yet teach us how to see anew,” the synopsis points out. 

U.S.-born Éric Baudelaire is an artist and filmmaker based in Paris whose previous features comprise “The Anabasis of May and Fusako Shigenobu, Masao Adachi and 27 Years Without Images” (2011);  “Letters to Max” (2014); and “A Flower in the Mouth” (2022). His works have circulated widely on the film festival circuit including at Locarno, Toronto, New York, and Rotterdam. 

“Eric and his collaborators once again beautifully capture the joy of filmmaking in all its forms,” said Cinema Guild President Peter Kelly, in a statement. “We are honored to bring this work to theaters and beyond.” 

Cinema Guild’s upcoming releases include Hong Sangsoo’s “The Day She Returns” and “Nowhere to Lay My Eyes.” Recent releases include several Otar Iosseliani restorations, Kamal Aljafari’s “With Hasan in Gaza,” and Aleksandre Koberidze’s “Dry Leaf.”