Protagonist Launches Specialist Label Ahead of Cannes With Slate Including Vice Doc, Lucien Laviscount Rom-Com and Paul Walter Hauser, Walton Goggins Drama (Exclusive)

London-based sales, finance and production company Protagonist Pictures has launched a boutique label on the eve of Cannes.
Announced by Protagonist CEO Dave Bishop, Protagonist Picks will be led by industry vet Isabel Ivars and, according to the company, will be focused on “bringing distinctive and bold projects to wide global audiences” and whose “nimble and tailored method reflects the ever-changing marketplace.”
Protagonist Picks will sit alongside Protagonist’s slate of first run features and well-established library and will focus on non-theatrical premium partners.
The new specialist label launches with an inaugural slate of five titles, with plans to add additional titles ahead of key markets.
The slate includes a pair of documentaries in “Vice is Broke,” directed by Eddie Huang (“Fresh Off the Boat”) and “Bigger Than Art,” directed by Alvaro Porras and Gonzalo Fernandes De Cordova. In the wake of Vice Media’s bankruptcy, “Vice is Broke” and...
Announced by Protagonist CEO Dave Bishop, Protagonist Picks will be led by industry vet Isabel Ivars and, according to the company, will be focused on “bringing distinctive and bold projects to wide global audiences” and whose “nimble and tailored method reflects the ever-changing marketplace.”
Protagonist Picks will sit alongside Protagonist’s slate of first run features and well-established library and will focus on non-theatrical premium partners.
The new specialist label launches with an inaugural slate of five titles, with plans to add additional titles ahead of key markets.
The slate includes a pair of documentaries in “Vice is Broke,” directed by Eddie Huang (“Fresh Off the Boat”) and “Bigger Than Art,” directed by Alvaro Porras and Gonzalo Fernandes De Cordova. In the wake of Vice Media’s bankruptcy, “Vice is Broke” and...
- 5/6/2025
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
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