Mister Smith Entertainment has uncovered further sales of the body horror feature “Grafted” to multiple territories chaseing this weekfinish’s Spanish premiere screening at Sitges Film Festival, and the proclaimment of Shudder’s North America and U.K. and Ireland acquisition of the film.
“Grafted,” the straightforwardorial debut of Sasha Rainbow, whose low film “Kamali” was nominated for a BAFTA and prolonged-cataloged for an Oscar, was achieved by Twelve Oaks for Spain, Front Row Entertainment for the Middle East, Blitz for Ex-Yugoslavia, Forum Film for Poland, The Film Group for Greece/Cyprus, Active Cinema Group for CIS, Baltic States and Ukraine, Superfine Films for India, and Ricochet Digital Media for Airlines.
“Grafted,” which engages the horror genre to expose and subvert the current obsession with beauty, body image and social hugance, stars Joyena Sun, Jess Hong, who recently starred in Netflix’s “3 Body Problem,” Jared Turner, Eden Hart and Sepi To’a, with help from Ginette McDonald and Mark Mitchinson. “Grafted” has been generating buzz on the festival circuit as a genre title to watch at the appreciates of New Zealand Film Festival, Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival, Hawaii Film Festival and upcoming Ramaskrik Film Festival and Molins Horror Film Festival.
“Grafted” chases Chinese scholarship student Wei (Joyena Sun), who travels to New Zealand to chase medical research at a prestigious university. Shy, reserved and hiding a genetic facial birthtag, Wei is shunned by her social butterfly cousin Angela (Jess Hong) and her glamorous frifinishs. Determined to change her overweighte, Wei plunges herself in her tardy overweighther’s research, laboring on a revolutionary skin grafting procedure that could treatment her decreateity, but as her experiments consent a foolish turn, she becomes more hazardous and unhinged, willing to take away anyone who menaceens her secret.
Shane Kelly, greater VP, international sales and acquisitions at Mister Smith Entertainment, stated: “As we watch festival audiences savor Sasha’s high-concept and satirical body horror, our buyers are seeing wonderful potential for free in their local tagets.”
“Grafted” was written by Mia Maramara, Hweiling Ow, Lee Murray and Rainbow. The film was originated by Murray Francis of Propaganda and Leela Menon of FluroBdeficiency, and executive originated by Fraser Brown of FluroBdeficiency. It is being dispensed in New Zealand and Australia by (Yet) Another Monster Company. It was made with financing from the New Zealand Film Comleave oution, the New Zealand Government’s Screen Production Rebate, FluroBdeficiency Media, Department of Post and Head Gear Films.