U.K.-based sales agent Mister Smith Entertainment has picked up international rights to “Grafted,” a New Zealand-set horror film which marks the feature directing debut of Sasha Rainbow. The film is now in production. Mister Smith will launch sales next month in Cannes.
The film tells story of a Chinese student who travels to New Zealand to complete the scientific work of her deceased father only to find a new way of achieving popularity, one body at a time.
“I am incredibly excited about playing in the body-horror space for such an incredible, surprising, female-lead-project like ‘Grafted.’ I can’t wait to unleash it to audiences around the world,” said Rainbow. She previously directed 2018 short film “Kamali,” about a mother fighting for her daughter’s rights through skateboarding in India, which was nominated for a BAFTA and long-listed for an Oscar.
The cast of “Grafted” is headed by Joyena Sun,...
The film tells story of a Chinese student who travels to New Zealand to complete the scientific work of her deceased father only to find a new way of achieving popularity, one body at a time.
“I am incredibly excited about playing in the body-horror space for such an incredible, surprising, female-lead-project like ‘Grafted.’ I can’t wait to unleash it to audiences around the world,” said Rainbow. She previously directed 2018 short film “Kamali,” about a mother fighting for her daughter’s rights through skateboarding in India, which was nominated for a BAFTA and long-listed for an Oscar.
The cast of “Grafted” is headed by Joyena Sun,...
- 4/11/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Production underway on Yamc’s first title ‘Grafted’ from Sasha Rainbow.
Head Gear Films’ Phil Hunt is partnering with Australia-New Zealand horror distribution specialists Monster Pictures on (Yet) Another Monster Company (Yamc), a New Zealand-based label for developing, distributing and financing horror and genre titles.
Yamc has an investment partnership with Hunt’s UK firm Head Gear, and is looking for projects from writers, directors, producers and creative teams. Operating out of New Zealand, Yamc has plans for an Australia-based version in the future.
The company is already in production on its first title Grafted, a coming-of-age body horror from New Zealand filmmaker Sasha Rainbow,...
Head Gear Films’ Phil Hunt is partnering with Australia-New Zealand horror distribution specialists Monster Pictures on (Yet) Another Monster Company (Yamc), a New Zealand-based label for developing, distributing and financing horror and genre titles.
Yamc has an investment partnership with Hunt’s UK firm Head Gear, and is looking for projects from writers, directors, producers and creative teams. Operating out of New Zealand, Yamc has plans for an Australia-based version in the future.
The company is already in production on its first title Grafted, a coming-of-age body horror from New Zealand filmmaker Sasha Rainbow,...
- 3/27/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Veteran producer Murray Francis plots three new features.
New Zealand’s Propaganda Film has entered into a multi-film partnership with expatriate philanthropist and businessman Own Glenn, to produce and finance a slate of commercial feature films in New Zealand.
Veteran film producer Murray Francis (10,000Bc [pictured], The World’s Fastest Indian) has spent the last decade facilitating international production in New Zealand. He established Propaganda Film in 2016 with a Nz$80,000 business development grant from the New Zealand Film Commission.
Propaganda was one of nine New Zealand companies funded under the Boost development scheme, which was established in 2015 to grow sustainable local screen businesses and accelerate slate-based projects.
Monaco-based Glenn is New Zealand’s most prolific philanthropist, having earned his fortune in logistics.
Under the terms of the deal with Francis, he will take a 50% stake in Propaganda Film and will co-finance and produce the first three films in the slate: crime comedy caper Inside Dope, to be directed...
New Zealand’s Propaganda Film has entered into a multi-film partnership with expatriate philanthropist and businessman Own Glenn, to produce and finance a slate of commercial feature films in New Zealand.
Veteran film producer Murray Francis (10,000Bc [pictured], The World’s Fastest Indian) has spent the last decade facilitating international production in New Zealand. He established Propaganda Film in 2016 with a Nz$80,000 business development grant from the New Zealand Film Commission.
Propaganda was one of nine New Zealand companies funded under the Boost development scheme, which was established in 2015 to grow sustainable local screen businesses and accelerate slate-based projects.
Monaco-based Glenn is New Zealand’s most prolific philanthropist, having earned his fortune in logistics.
Under the terms of the deal with Francis, he will take a 50% stake in Propaganda Film and will co-finance and produce the first three films in the slate: crime comedy caper Inside Dope, to be directed...
- 5/4/2017
- ScreenDaily
10,000 B.C. and The World’s Fastest Indian producer Murray Francis will launch New Zealand–based Propaganda Film with a slate of three features at the upcoming Marche Du Film at the Cannes Film Festival.
Francis set up Propaganda in 2016, with the aim of telling New Zealand stories that are international in scope, after a long career that has included working as a producer on Warner Bros.' 10,000 B.C., local box office hit The World’s Fastest Indian and Z is for Zachariah. Kiwi businessman and philanthropist Sir Owen Glenn, who will provide the company's financial backing, has taken a 50 percent stake...
Francis set up Propaganda in 2016, with the aim of telling New Zealand stories that are international in scope, after a long career that has included working as a producer on Warner Bros.' 10,000 B.C., local box office hit The World’s Fastest Indian and Z is for Zachariah. Kiwi businessman and philanthropist Sir Owen Glenn, who will provide the company's financial backing, has taken a 50 percent stake...
- 5/4/2017
- by Pip Bulbeck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Chris Pine, Amanda Seyfried and Chewitel Ejiofor to star in Craig Zobel’s thriller.
Craig Zobel’s Z for Zachariah, produced by Tobey Maguire and his production company Material Pictures along with Palomar Pictures and Zik Zak Filmworks, is confirmed to shoot in New Zealand. It will start shooting in late January in Canterbury and on locations in Banks Peninsula and Mid-Canterbury.
The cast features Chris Pine, Amanda Seyfried and Chewitel Ejiofor. The thriller, adapted from Robert O’Brien’s classic novel, is set in a remote valley which survives a nuclear holocaust.
Film New Zealand Chief Executive Gisella Carr said: “We are thrilled such a prestigious project is coming to New Zealand. To see a seminal piece of children’s literature brought to the screen here with a celebrated cast and production team is tremendous. This announcement represents a classic team effort by the New Zealanders involved, line producer Murray Francis, Film New Zealand...
Craig Zobel’s Z for Zachariah, produced by Tobey Maguire and his production company Material Pictures along with Palomar Pictures and Zik Zak Filmworks, is confirmed to shoot in New Zealand. It will start shooting in late January in Canterbury and on locations in Banks Peninsula and Mid-Canterbury.
The cast features Chris Pine, Amanda Seyfried and Chewitel Ejiofor. The thriller, adapted from Robert O’Brien’s classic novel, is set in a remote valley which survives a nuclear holocaust.
Film New Zealand Chief Executive Gisella Carr said: “We are thrilled such a prestigious project is coming to New Zealand. To see a seminal piece of children’s literature brought to the screen here with a celebrated cast and production team is tremendous. This announcement represents a classic team effort by the New Zealanders involved, line producer Murray Francis, Film New Zealand...
- 12/23/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
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