The Circuit

Regent Releasing has acquired Lynn Roth's period drama "The Little Traitor," starring Alfred Molina as a British officer in occupied Palestine.  Pic won the Audience Award at the Palm Beach Int'l. Film Festival and is set to unspool at the Palm Springs fest on January 16.  Regent will release the film in Fall of 2009.

"Although 'The Little Traitor' is a historical drama, it has tremendous relevance to the Israeli and the Palestinian conflict," said Roth.  Set in 1947-months before Israel becomes a state-story centers on a militant 11-year-old Palestinian seized by Molina.  Pic was adapted from Amos Oz's tome 'The Panther in the Basement."

Deal was negotiated by Regent's Mark Reinhart with Lynn Roth and co-producer William Jarblum for Panther Productions along with Todd Leavitt.

Palm Beach International Film Festival will be the first festival to participate in "A&E IndieFilms Spotlight," the channel's new indie film focused campaign.  Selected films from the fest will run in short segments on the network.  Later, one film will be televised nationally. 

A&E IndieFilms is the production arm of the channel that acquires and produces docs, including the Sundance doc "American Teen."

Palm Beach fest runs April 10-17.