DOWN WITH THE KING

Written by Xabi Molia & Diego Ongaro
Directed by Diego Ongaro
Produced by Rob Cristiano, Zach LeBeau & Kim Jackson
Starring Freddie Gibbs, Bob Tarasuk, Jamie Neumann, David Krumholtz & Sharon Washington
Distributed by Sony Pictures Worldwide / Stage 6 Films
4K, 101 MIN, 2021

Money Merc, a famous rapper disillusioned with the music industry and the pressures of being a celebrity, leaves the city and his career behind to find himself in a small-town farming community.

AWARDS

• Grand Prize - DEAUVILLE American Film Festival (France)
• Audience Award - AMERICAN Film Festival (Wroclaw, Poland)

OFFICIAL SELECTION

• CANNES Film Festival - ACID (France)
• DEAUVILLE American Film Festival (France)
• CHAMPS-ELYSÉES Film Festival (France)
• AUSTIN Film Festival (US)
• GANGNEUNG International Film Festival (Korea)
• AMERICAN Film Festival (Wroclaw, Poland)
• AMERICAN BLACK Film Festival (Miami, US)
• BERKSHIRE International Film Festival (US)
• PHILADELPHIA Film Festival / SpringFest (US)
• CHENNAI International Film Festival (India)
• OFF CAMERA (Krakow, Poland)
• UNKNOWN PLEASURES American Film Festival (Berlin, Germany)
• ANNONAY International Film Festival (France)
• LUXEMBOURG CITY Film Festival (Luxembourg)
• KOSMORAMA Trondheim Film Festival (Norway)
• SONOMA International Film Festival (US)
• SANDS International Film Festival (Scotland)
• MONS International Film Festival (Belgium)
• AMERICANA Film Festival (Spain)
• SARASOTA Film Festival (US)
• PHOENIX Film festival (US)
• MILWAUKEE Film Festival (US)
• CALGARY Underground Film Festival (US)
• BUCAREST AMERICAN INDEPENDENT Film Festival (Romania)
• ITINERANCE D’ALES (France)
• FILMFORT (Boise, ID/US)
• CAPITAL CITY Film Festival (US)
• JIM THORPE Film Festival (US)
• METZ Subversive Film Festival (France)

PRESS

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NEW YORK TIMES / Best 10 films of 2022
NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE / Best 10 performers of 2022
NEW YORK TIMES / Critic’s Pick
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