By Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, Film EXCLUSIVE: IFC Midnight has acquired North American rights to Relic, the thriller that world premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was slated to be part of the Midnighters section of the recently canceled SXSW.
The directorial debut of Natalie Erika James stars Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote and Australian theater legend Robyn Nevin.
Pic is produced by Anna McLeish, Sarah Shaw, Nine Stories Productions’ Jake Gyllenhaal and Riva Marker, with AGBO Films’ Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Todd Makurath and Mike Larocca executive producing.
Scripted by James and Christian White, the film will be released by IFC Midnight this fall. Nevin plays Edna, an elderly and widowed matriarch who goes missing.
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