EXCLUSIVE: The Bay Of Silence, Paula van der Oest's thriller starring Claes Bang (Dracula), Olga Kurylenko (Death Of Stalin) and Brian Cox (Succession), has sold into numerous key territories.
Vertical Entertainment swooped on North American rights to the project, striking a deal with Christian de Gallegos of International Film Trust (IFT), who represented the filmmakers.
IFT also closed a number of other key international territory deals on the film including: UK and Australia/New Zealand (Signature Entertainment), CIS (Paradise), Spain (Corbi), China (Time-In-Portrait), Greece (Spentzos), Israel (Five Stars), Turkey (Filmdom), Poland (Monolith), Hungary (Cinetel), Ex-Yugo (Blitz), India (Pictureworks), Middle East (Shooting Stars), Philippines (Viva), South Korea (Korea Screen), and airlines (Cinesky).
Dutch filmmaker Paula van der Oest directed from a screenplay written by Caroline Goodall, based on Lisa St Aubin de Terán's novel of the same name.
The film was funded and executive produced by Media Finance Capital alongside Imperative Entertainment, Vigilants, TS Entertainment and Ngage Productions, with additional support from the Netherlands Film Fund (NFF) and Film Commission Liguria, Italy.
Caroline Goodall (Silent Bay Productions), Cheyanne Kane (Vigilants Entertainment), Alain De Levita (Levitate Film) and Jason Newmark (Newscope Films) served as producers on the film.
The Bay Of Silence is an artfully crafted thriller with exceptional performances from the entire cast. We're excited to bring this electrifying film to North American audiences.