Sep 25, 2013

GKIDS sets a month release for "Approved for Adoption"

The critically acclaimed French/Belgian animated documentary Approved for Adoption has lined up some US release dates. Distributor GKIDS will open the film beginning November 8 at the Angelika Film Center in New York, and November 22 at Laemmle Music Hall in LA. Expansion to other cities will follow. The film, directed by Jung Henin and Laurent Boileau, has picked up numerous awards on the festival circuit, including the Audience and UNICEF awards at Annecy in 2012.

Adapted from Jung's graphic novel Couleur de Peau: Miel (Color of Skin: Honey), Approved for Adoption recounts the upbringing of Jung, who was among the thousands of Korean children adopted by Western families after the end of the Korean War: