Exclusive: MPI Media Group has acquired North American distribution rights for Saïd Belktibia’s French thriller Hood Witch starring Golshifteh Farahani and Denis Lavant.
The Chicago-based company announced the acquisition on the eve of the film’s screening at horror-focused The Overlook Film Festival in New Orleans this weekend, following a buzzy world premiere at SXSW.
MPI will release the movie via its genre subsidiary Dark Sky Films in late fall 2024.
Iranian and French acting star Farahani plays a single mother who makes a living from smuggling exotic animals and illicit products such as birds of prey, venom and rare roots.
In a bid to get her son out of the city and offer him a better future, she designs and develops a mobile app that connects clients and marabouts.
It is a success but a patient’s consultation turns into a tragedy and...
The Chicago-based company announced the acquisition on the eve of the film’s screening at horror-focused The Overlook Film Festival in New Orleans this weekend, following a buzzy world premiere at SXSW.
MPI will release the movie via its genre subsidiary Dark Sky Films in late fall 2024.
Iranian and French acting star Farahani plays a single mother who makes a living from smuggling exotic animals and illicit products such as birds of prey, venom and rare roots.
In a bid to get her son out of the city and offer him a better future, she designs and develops a mobile app that connects clients and marabouts.
It is a success but a patient’s consultation turns into a tragedy and...
- 4/3/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Daily Dead is proud to return as one of the sponsors for this year's Overlook Film Festival, taking place April 4th–7th in New Orleans, and following their impressive initial lineup announcement earlier this month, Overlook has now announced their full schedule for their 2024 edition that includes additional films, in-person guests, immersive programming, and free horror trivia that is once again presented by Daily Dead!
We have the official press release with additional details below, and be sure to visit Overlook Film Festival's official website for more information!
Press Release: March 20, 2024 | New Orleans, LA – The Overlook Film Festival, the annual celebration of all things horror, announced today the full schedule for its 2024 edition, including some surprise new additions and special guests. Taking place April 4 – April 7 in America’s most haunted city, New Orleans, Louisiana at the Prytania Theatres, the horror festival announced seven additional films to its lineup, as well as new immersive events,...
We have the official press release with additional details below, and be sure to visit Overlook Film Festival's official website for more information!
Press Release: March 20, 2024 | New Orleans, LA – The Overlook Film Festival, the annual celebration of all things horror, announced today the full schedule for its 2024 edition, including some surprise new additions and special guests. Taking place April 4 – April 7 in America’s most haunted city, New Orleans, Louisiana at the Prytania Theatres, the horror festival announced seven additional films to its lineup, as well as new immersive events,...
- 3/20/2024
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Founded in 2012, Paris-based WTFilms, run by Gregory Chambet and Dimitri Stephanides, has built a strong reputation as a sales agent for break-out genre pics and has recently diversified into production, to access hit projects. As competition ramps up for more ambitious projects with strong theatrical potential, Chambet decided to move to Los Angeles in mid-2023, while Stephanides remains based in Paris.
“At WTFilms, we aim to continue to work on both sides of the Atlantic,” explains Chambet. “In the current market it’s important to invest in projects by talented directors, with innovative concepts, budgeted above $5 million. It makes sense for me to be based here because we work a lot with partners here and L.A. is a key talent hub. We’re on the lookout for talent from all around the world. There are really exciting genre directors popping up everywhere – in North America and also in Latin America and Asia.
“At WTFilms, we aim to continue to work on both sides of the Atlantic,” explains Chambet. “In the current market it’s important to invest in projects by talented directors, with innovative concepts, budgeted above $5 million. It makes sense for me to be based here because we work a lot with partners here and L.A. is a key talent hub. We’re on the lookout for talent from all around the world. There are really exciting genre directors popping up everywhere – in North America and also in Latin America and Asia.
- 1/15/2024
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
WTFilms will be at the Rendez-Vous with a genre-focused slate.
Paris-based sales outfit WTFilms has taken on Fabrice du Welz’s Belgian crime thriller Maldoror and unveiled a first look at the film inspired by a true story.
The film stars Anthony Bajon as an impulsive police recruit tasked with a secret mission to track a dangerous sex offender. But when the operation fails, he goes rogue to hunt down the culprits. Now in post, the film is produced by Belgium’s Frakas Productions, with The Jokers Films’ production arm.
Maldoror also stars Alexis Manenti, Béatrice Dalle, Sergi Lopez, Laurent Lucas...
Paris-based sales outfit WTFilms has taken on Fabrice du Welz’s Belgian crime thriller Maldoror and unveiled a first look at the film inspired by a true story.
The film stars Anthony Bajon as an impulsive police recruit tasked with a secret mission to track a dangerous sex offender. But when the operation fails, he goes rogue to hunt down the culprits. Now in post, the film is produced by Belgium’s Frakas Productions, with The Jokers Films’ production arm.
Maldoror also stars Alexis Manenti, Béatrice Dalle, Sergi Lopez, Laurent Lucas...
- 1/15/2024
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
The seventeenth edition of MotelX in Lisbon, Portugal, has come and gone. For one week festival attendees got some of the best that the festival circuit has to offer. Now that things have calmed down it is time to share with everyone the winners from this year's event. Danish film Superposition, from Karoline Lyngbye, was awarded The Méliès d’argent Award for Best European Feature Film. The creative couple Stine and Teit and their young son Nemo leave their urban life in Copenhagen behind in favour of an isolated forest in Sweden, where they hope to find themselves as individuals. Hood Witch, by French director Saïd Belktibia was given an honorable mention... A woman earns a living by smuggling exotic animals and illegal goods, developing...
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- 9/20/2023
- Screen Anarchy
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