EXCLUSIVE: National Geographic Documentary Films is closing a mid-seven-figure worldwide rights deal for Fire of Love, the Sara Dosa-directed documentary that opened the festival and created a stampede of bidders in what is the first deal on the virtual ground here.

 WASHINGTON, DC -January 23, 2022– National Geographic Documentary Films has acquired Worldwide Rights to Sundance Film Festival documentary FIRE OF LOVE from director Sara Dosa (The Seer and the Unseen).

National Geographic Documentary Films will release FIRE OF LOVE theatrically later this year.

Submarine negotiated the deal with National Geographic Documentary Films.

The film is a Sandbox Films, Intuitive Pictures & Cottage M production

National Geographic Documentary Films previously released the Academy Award, BAFTA and seven-time Emmy Award-winning film Free Solo and the Academy Award-nominated film The Cave