Focus Features sets US release for Sundance entry ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’

Focus Features has set a March 13, 2020, limited North American release for Never Rarely Sometimes Always, one of two titles from the studio set to premiere in Sundance in January.

Universal Pictures International handles distribution outside North America, excluding free UK TV rights, which BBC Films retains.

Eliza Hittman (Beach Rats) wrote and directed the film about two teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania faced with an unintended pregnancy and a lack of local support, who embark on a life-changing trip to New York City.

Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder, Théodore Pellerin, Ryan Eggold, and Sharon Van Etten star. Pastel’s Adele Romanski (Moonlight) and Sara Murphy are producing.

Tango Entertainment, BBC Films and Mutressa Movies co-financed Never Rarely Sometimes Always.

Focus’ Sundance slate includes Carey Mulligan thriller Promising Young Woman, which will open in North America on April 17, 2020.

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