{
  "id": 2124024,
  "title": "Sundance Prizewinner Luke Lorentzen’s Documentary ‘Boatbuilders’ Boarded by Metfilm Sales Ahead of Venice World Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/sundance-prizewinner-luke-lorentzens-documentary-boatbuilders-boarded",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-20T11:18:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/global/luke-lorentzen-boatbuilders-metfilm-sales-venice-1236838855/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "MetFilm Sales has acquired worldwide sales rights to “Boatbuilders,” Luke Lorentzen’s portrait of a Maine boatbuilding community, which is set to receive its world premiere in the Open Section of the 83rd Venice Intl. Film Festival on Sept. 7. MetFilm Sales will present the film to buyers at the upcoming Toronto Intl. Film Festival Market […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}