EXCLUSIVE: Xander Robin’s feature film debut closes Critics’ Week.

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The first teaser trailer has landed for Xander Robin’s feature film debut Are We Not Cats ahead of it closing Venice Critics’ Week on Friday (Sept 9).

Source: Tricoast Worldwide

Are We Not Cats was one of three genre titles to screen as a work-in-progress at the Cannes Marche this year as part of an inaugural partnership between genre market Frontières and the Cannes Film Festival.

The film tells the story of a man (Michael Patrick Nicholson) who loses his job, his girlfriend and his apartment in a single day. As he attempts to restart his life, he meets a women (Chelsea Lopez) who shares his unorthodox compulsive habit of eating hair.

Robin also wrote the script, inspired by his personal experiences. Theo Brooks and Joshua Sobel of F Productions are producers.

Tricoast Worldwide is handling worldwide rights to the film, with the deal negotiated by Daisy Hamilton, vp acquisitions, after viewing the film at Frontières.