Cinema Libre in zen zone on 'Pass'

'The Greatest Pass'Cinema Libre Studio has acquired privileges to Jon Fitzgerald's documentary "The Greatest Pass," the storyline of seven searchers who consume a yogi on the motorcycle journey of self-discovery up with the greatest pass from the Indian Himalayas. Cinema Libre acquired "Pass" in the Topanga Film Festival and plans a theatrical release in April in La and NY. All privileges aside from foreign TV were acquired by Cinema Libre. Film focuses on a contemporary yogi and guru, Anand Mehrotra, who bears the responsibility of the Vedic prediction that forecasts he'll die in the late 20s within an accident. Adam Schomer, who organized the ride, created and authored. It is the second documentary for Fitzgerald following "The Rear Nine." He's an old festival director from the American Film Institute, Santa Barbara Intl. Film Festival and Abu Dhabi Film Festival and among the founders from the Slamdance Film Festival and lately released Cinecause.com for connecting socially relevant films to related causes. "My first film was switched lower by Sundance, which is among the explanations why Slamdance was founded," Fitzgerald stated. "Realizing that there's frequently an excellent value for niche films to experience more compact festivals, we developed our fest strategy around specific regional occasions wishing for connecting using the audiences. Getting a distributor at Topanga was icing around the cake." "Pass" won the Spotlight Award at Topanga and received the crowd award in the North Park Film Festival and also the jury prize for Documentary in the Naples Intl. Film Festival. Schomer's documentary "Once the Dust Forms," a consider the results of nuclear testing around the kids of Kazakhstan, is within publish-production. Cinema Libre has launched a lot more than 100 game titles, including "Fuel," "The Finish of Poverty?," "London River" and "South from the Border" and it is developing "Confessions of the Economic Hit Guy" right into a feature. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com