After premiering in the spring at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas, Daryl Wein's film went on to win the award for best documentary feature at LA Outfest this year. Here Films nabbed domestic rights and will distribute the film theatrically through sister outfit Regent Releasing in March.

The film profiles the late Richard Berkowitz, one of the first people to promote safe sex practices shortly after the discovery of AIDS. Wein and David Oliver Cohen produced the Ro*Co Films project.

"'Sex Positive' carries a vital message still today about an epidemic that's hitting American youth hard, as HIV rates have nearly doubled between 2001 and 2006," said Regent's Mark Reinhart, who announced the buy on World AIDS Day.

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