IFC Midnight Picks Up ‘Saint’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday April 21, 2011 @ 12:10pm PDT

IFC Midnight has acquired U.S. rights to the Dutch film Saint, directed by Dick Maas, ahead of its North American premiere tonight in New York. The slasher film reimagines Santa Claus as a murderous bishop unleashed on Amsterdam. The deal was negotiated by Arianna Bocco, SVP of Acquisitions & Productions for Sundance Selects/IFC Films, with Nate Bolotin of XYZ Films on behalf of the filmmakers.

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IFC Midnight Buys Aussie Hooker Thriller ‘X’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday December 14, 2010 @ 12:30pm PST
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IFC’s genre label IFC Midnight has acquired U.S. rights to the Jon Hewitt-directed genre thriller X, described as “love, chance, escape and the oldest profession in the world, as experienced by two beautiful women on one ugly night that will change their lives forever.” IFC prexy Jonathan Sehring said the film … Read More »

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IFC Films Buys Adrien Brody Film ‘Wrecked’ For Midnight Label

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The IFC genre label IFC Midnight has acquired US rights to the Michael Greenspan-directed Wrecked, a psychological thriller  which stars Adrien Brody as a man who awakens in a car wreck at the bottom of a steep cliff. He can’t … Read More »

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