XYZ Films has licensed a raft of territory rights ahead of its US release this week on Something In The Dirt, the comedic sci-fi horror from Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead that picked up an award at Sitges last month.
The company, which acquired the film in post and serves as global distributor, has licensed the film to Umbrella Entertainment in Australia and New Zealand, Indeed Film in Germany, Klockworx in Japan, Movie Cloud in Taiwan, and Nonstop in Scandinavia.
In other deals the film has gone to Nos Lusomundo for Portugal, Shaw Renters for Singapore, Exponenta Film for CIS, and Pictureworks for India. Lightbulb Film Distribution will release in the UK & Ireland.
XYZ Films will release the film on Friday in the US in 100 theatres in 30-plus markets through its domestic distribution operation led by James Shapiro. The film premiered at Sundance at the start of the year and was just named best film in the Sitges Jose Luis Guarner Critics’ Awards category.
Rustic Pictures financed Something In The Dirt, which stars the co-directors as neighbours who witness supernatural events in their Los Angeles apartment building and try to capitalise on the situation.
Benson, Moorhead, and David Lawson Jr served as producers, while the executive producer roster includes XYZ Films’ Nick Spicer, Nate Bolotin, Aram Tertzakian, and Maxime Cottray.
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