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White Bird, a follow-up to 2017's Wonder, has set a digital release date. Directed by Marc Forster, the film expands the Wonder universe, which grossed $315 million globally. While Wonder focused on Auggie Pullman's challenges with Treacher Collins syndrome in a middle school setting, White Bird shifts to a historical narrative centered on Auggie's bully, Julian (played by Bryce Gheisar), who visits his grandmother (Helen Mirren) in France following his expulsion from school and learns of her survival story during the Nazi occupation of France in World War II.

After a limited theatrical run earlier this month, the digital release on VOD offers White Bird a renewed opportunity to connect with home audiences. According to Collider, the movie will be available at home starting on November 1. Viewers will be able to either rent or buy the movie, which is based on the novel by Wonder author R.J. Palacio.

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The foundation Amondo Films, which seeks to unite filmmakers across the globe with film production, events, workshops and screenings, is now in post-production on its first feature Hel.

Amondo is in post production on the film, which was backed by the Polish Film Institute, but is now using Indiegogo to raise $70,000 in finishing funds.

The filmmakers’ goal is to screen at international film festivals and release theatrically in early 2015.

Lodz Film School graduate Pawel Tarasiewicz makes his feature directorial debut, working alongside another debutante writer/director, Warsaw Film School graduate Katia Priwieziencew.

The cast features Philip Lenkowsky, Katarzyna Paskuda, Marcin Kowalczyk and Malgorzata Krukowska

Rewards for donors include the usual posters and T-shirts on up to an associate producer credit and a cut of the film’s profits for a $15,0000 donation. The campaign closes March 24.

Hel, set in Poland’s Hel peninsula, is about a lonely boy, a stripper and a mysterious writer who are involved in the...