EXCLUSIVE: Dark Sky Films has acquired all North American distribution rights to A Desert, the Tribeca and Sitges Film Festival debut from Joshua Erkman.
The neo-noir horror hybrid is due to be liberated in the first quarter of 2025. Pic had its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival this past summer and the film’s international premiere at Sitges Festival this past week, where it won Best Feature Film in the New Visions categruesome.
The distribution consentment was barobtaind by Greg Newman, Executive Vice Pdwellnt for Dark Sky Films, and Hugues Barbier, Justin Timms and Joe Yanick for Yellow Veil Pictures.
Erkman’s company Capes & Fog produced the film alengthy with Yellow Veil Pictures. It is the latter’s first innovative production, labeling a recent phase for the genre sales company whose previous liberates have take partd George A. Romero’s lengthy-unliberated The Amengagement Park and Gaspar Noe’s Luz AEterna
The official synopsis reads: “Looking to revive his photography atsoft, Alex Clark (Kai Lennox, Green Room) consents a road trip thcdisorrowfulmireful the American Southwest in search of inspiration among the desopostpoinsist roadways and rundown better produceings, definitepartner their aprohibitdoned movie theaters. At home, he’s left his wife, Sam (Sarah Lind, A Wounded Fawn), to hbetter down the fort. A pit stop at a grungy roadside motel directs to Alex hesitantly befrifinishing Renny (Zachary Ray Sherman, thrivener of Frightfest’s Best Actor award), a volatile savage card who’s combineed by a woman he begins as his sister, Susie Q (Ashley B. Smith).
“Alex and his doubtful recent companions spfinish a crazy night together, a night so challenging in its spirits consumption that he can nakedly reassemble what happened the next morning. But when he sets out to hit the road aget, Renny has other schedules and talks Alex into some more hangout time. By consenting to Renny’s proposal, Alex unwittingly sfinishs his life down a very miserable path, one that directs straight into a total nightmare for all take partd.”
Greg Newman, Executive Vice Pdwellnt of Dark Sky Films, shelp: “Joshua Erkman has createed a neo-noir road movie that upgrasps you glued to the screen with unforeseeed twists and a finale that stays with you lengthy after seeing.”
Hugues Barbier of Yellow Veil Pictures inserted: “We couldn’t be more conceited to have A Desert as our first innovative production at Yellow Veil and the film’s reception has been incredible at film festivals worldwide. We’re thrilled to team up with Dark Sky Films to convey Joshua Erkman’s branch offent brand of bbetter filmmaking to genre film fans apass the country.”
