U.Okay. gross sales and distribution outfit Blue Finch Movies has boarded worldwide rights, excluding Australia and New Zealand, to thriller “Birdeater.”

The debut characteristic from filmmaking duo Jack Clark and Jim Weir follows a bride-to-be who’s invited to affix her personal fiancé’s bachelor get together on a distant property within the Australian outback. However because the festivities spiral into beer-soaked chaos, uncomfortable particulars about their relationship are uncovered, and the celebration quickly turns into a feral nightmare.

Blue Finch describes the movie as “an unapologetic take a look at how Australia’s iconic masculine id has turn into incompatible with modern gender politics.” The movie stars Shabana Azeez (“Run Rabbit Run”) and Mackenzie Fearnley (“Operation Buffalo”) because the soon-to-be-wedded couple. Written by Clark, the movie is produced by Stephanie Troost and Ulysses Oliver of Breathless Movies. The Australian and New Zealand rights are with Umbrella Leisure.

The movie screened on the Melbourne Worldwide Movie Pageant and the Sydney Movie Pageant, the place it received the viewers award for Australian narrative characteristic. It is going to have its worldwide premiere at SXSW within the Visions strand.

The administrators met whereas learning on the Australian Movie Tv and Radio Faculty and based unbiased manufacturing firm Fax Machine after graduating. Clark and Weir are earlier nominees of BBFF’s Younger Australian Filmmaker of the Yr Award for his or her shorts “Threshold” and “Julia” respectively.

Clark and Weir mentioned: “We’re nonetheless pinching ourselves. South By has been our holy grail pageant for thus a few years and to truly have a movie screening there’s surreal. ‘Birdeater’ was designed to be skilled in a packed cinema and we are able to’t wait to see how SXSW audiences react to it.”

Mike Chapman of Blue Finch Movies added: “’Birdeater’ is among the most visually arresting and daring debut options we’ve seen lately. Blue Finch focuses on championing expertise and we are able to’t be extra excited to be bringing this gem to a wider viewers.”

Ari Harrison of Umbrella Leisure mentioned: “‘Birdeater’ is a formidable characteristic debut that matches the capabilities, rigidity and vitality of its Australian New Wave predecessors equivalent to ‘Wake In Fright’ and ‘Walkabout.’ After a really profitable pageant launch Down Beneath we’re thrilled for its worldwide premiere to be showcased at SXSW Austin in excellent firm.”

Blue Finch’s worldwide slate additionally contains Adilkhan Yerzhanov’s “Steppenwolf,” which is able to premiere at Rotterdam later this month, Sitges and Past Fest title “Final Straw,” Tribeca chosen “You’ll By no means Discover Me,” and SXSW narrative competitors winner “Raging Grace.”