Sundance 2016: Netflix Picks Up Streaming Rights to Iranian Horror Movie ‘Under the Shadow’
Netflix has picked up the streaming rights to Iranian horror film “Under the Shadow,” which will premiere Friday night at the Sundance Film Festival.
The film written and directed by Babak Anvari is set in Iran in 1988 during the Iran-Iraq War, and follows Shideh (Narges Rashidi) and her daughter Dorsa (Avin Manshadi) as they start to believe their home is haunted by “djinn,” an evil spirit.
Lucan Toh, Oliver Roskill and Emily Leo of Wigwam Films produced the foreign film with dialogue spoken entirely in Farsi.
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“Under the Shadow” is set to debut on Netflix later this year after a theatrical run, but no other details of the release were available at this time.
Netflix has already picked up the rights to Ellen Page‘s “Tallulah,” and Paul Rudd‘s “Fundamentals of Caring.” The streaming service’s other upcoming projects include “War Machine” with Brad Pitt and “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.”
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“Under the Shadow” will premiere on Friday as part of the “Midnight” section at the Egyptian Theatre. XYZ Films brokered the deal on behalf of the filmmakers.
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