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Jan Oliver Lucks, the New Zealand-based director of “There Is No I in Threesome,” has signed with U.S. talent agency ICM Partners for representation in all areas.

The controversial film about an open relationship premiered on WarnerMedia’s HBO Max streaming service earlier this year and was the first New Zealand movie to do so. “Threesome” will have its theatrical world premiere at the New Zealand International Film Festival in early November.

Lucks, who says he is always interested in film as a tool for exploring vulnerability, turned the camera on himself for “There Is No I In Threesome.” In love, newly engaged and maintaining a long-distance relationship, he and his fiancée decide to throw traditional rules out the window by opening-up their relationship before they tie the knot.

Lucks was born in Germany to an Iranian-Indian mother and a German father. In 2005 he moved to New Zealand to...

The Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival (Nziff) has revealed 12 local titles that will play at the festival this year.

The films include eight documentaries, two dramas and two retrospective films and seven of them are world premieres. Following its U.S. premiere on HBO Max, Jan Oliver Lucks’ “There Is No I in Threesome” will have its theatrical world premiere at the festival.

Films also include Michelle Savill’s “Millie Lies Low”; Luit Bieringa’s “Signed, Theo Schoon”; Peter Bell Brook’s “Mark Hunt: The Fight of His Life”; and Lula Cucchiara “Fiona Clark: Unafraid.”

Briar March’s “Mothers of the Revolution”; a restored and remastered version of pioneering filmmaker Merata Mita’s landmark film “Patu!”; Tu Neill’s “Ayukawa: The Weight of a Life”; John Mills and Aileen O’Sullivan’s “Whetu Marama – Bright Star”; Kathleen Gallagher’s “Rohe Kōreporepo – The Swamp, the Sacred Place” And Dr. Annie Goldson...

A couple’s polyamorous Rumspringa before tying the knot is only the jumping-off point for the new HBO Max meta-documentary There Is No I in Threesome. Director Jan Oliver Lucks, who goes by Ollie, and his actress-fiancée, Zoe, are an attractive, creative, 30-ish pair living in a vintage camper in a small New Zealand town when they aren’t in a long-distance relationship because of their respective jobs. Opening up that relationship gives Ollie opportunities to make up for a sexually wasted youth and further explore his attraction to other men. But it’s Zoe who reaps most of the benefits of their arrangement,...

A couple’s polyamorous Rumspringa before tying the knot is only the jumping-off point for the new HBO Max meta-documentary There Is No I in Threesome. Director Jan Oliver Lucks, who goes by Ollie, and his actress-fiancée, Zoe, are an attractive, creative, 30-ish pair living in a vintage camper in a small New Zealand town when they aren’t in a long-distance relationship because of their respective jobs. Opening up that relationship gives Ollie opportunities to make up for a sexually wasted youth and further explore his attraction to other men. But it’s Zoe who reaps most of the benefits of their arrangement,...

WarnerMedia has picked up the intimate, sexually themed New Zealand-made documentary There is No I in Threesome.

The film will have its world premiere at the WarnerMedia Lodge at the Sundance Film Festival this weekend, followed by a streaming release on Feb. 11, just in time for Valentine’s Day.

There is No I in Threesome is directed by Jan Oliver Lucks who also co-wrote and stars in the film alongside co-writer Natalie Medlock. It is produced by Alexander Behse and Alex Reed.

The film is described as a “modern-day love story, exploring the ups, downs and surprises of an open ...

WarnerMedia has picked up the intimate, sexually themed New Zealand-made documentary There is No I in Threesome.

The film will have its world premiere at the WarnerMedia Lodge at the Sundance Film Festival this weekend, followed by a streaming release on Feb. 11, just in time for Valentine’s Day.

There is No I in Threesome is directed by Jan Oliver Lucks who also co-wrote and stars in the film alongside co-writer Natalie Medlock. It is produced by Alexander Behse and Alex Reed.

The film is described as a “modern-day love story, exploring the ups, downs and surprises of an open ...

Engaged, but not exclusive. On Tuesday, Jan 26., HBO Max released a trailer for its new documentary feature, There Is No "I" in Threesome, which follows a newly engaged couple as they embark on an open relationship. "That's Zoe, she's an actress and this is me, Ollie. I make films," director and star Jan Oliver Lucks starts off in the trailer below. "We got engaged one year ago and have been in an open relationship for three months." While Zoe and Ollie may be "in love," as the preview touts, they are not exclusive. This is made abundantly clear as the trailer teases plenty of hookups, including the pair's "first threesome." On why...