The distributor has acquired US rights from Mongrel International ahead of the NEXT selection’s North American premiere in Park City on Friday.

The Fits

Anna Rose Holmer’s debut feature was developed and produced through the 2014/15 edition of the Venice Biennale Cinema College programme and received its world premiere in Venice last year.

Oscilloscope will release the film theatrically this summer 2016 with a launch at New York’s new Metrograph theatre.

Royalty Hightower stars in The Fits as a tomboy who aspires to break into a dance troupe that becomes afflicted by a mysterious bout of fainting spells.

Lisa Kjerulff and Holmer produced. Oscilloscope brokered the deal with Mongrel International president Charlotte Mickie on behalf of the filmmakers.

The film is the 2015 recipient of the Rooftop Films and Brigade Festival Publicity Grant.