"My Kid Could Paint That" is the follow up to Bar-Lev’s directorial debut, the documentary "Fighter," (2000) which received awards at the Hamptons Film Festival, Newport Film Festival, Galway Film Festival, Karlovy Vary Film Festival and was named one of the top documentaries of 2001 by Newsweek, Rolling Stone, and the Village Voice. In his new documentary, Bar-Lev explores such diverse issues as child prodigies, the making of celebrities, the public's skepticism about modern art, and the ethics of documentary filmmaking. Marla Olmstead, the bashful little girl from Binghamton, New York, rocketed from total obscurity to international fame and sold more than $300,000 worth of paintings. Marla was compared to Kandinsky, Pollock, and even Picasso and her work captured the imagination of the world. But when the press turned against the Olmstead family, the making of the documentary itself became a point of contention, and Bar-Lev found himself drawn into his own story.

Sony Pictures Classics released the following statement: "This is a very beautiful and exhilarating film about so much: children, their parents, the value of art, and the nature of truth in all its guises. This is also a movie with major commercial possibilities. We couldn't be more pleased to be working with Amir, John Battsek, Josh Braun of Submarine, and Micah Green."

"It's a great thrill to be working with Tom, Michael and Dylan and the team at Sony Pictures Classics. Their appreciation of our film and desire to ensure it finds the widest possible cinema audience is incredibly exciting. It is also thrilling for all of us at Passion Pictures to be back working with the company who distributed our first feature doc 'One Day In September,'" said John Battsek of Passion Pictures Productions.

"I was deeply moved by Sony Pictures Classics' enthusiasm for 'My Kid Could Paint That,' comments writer/director Amir Bar-Lev. "I look forward to partnering with them in bringing this story to a wide audience."