Former war correspondent Michael Maren’s feature directorial debut A Short History Of Decay stars Bryan Greenberg, Linda Lavin, and Harris Yulin.

Paladin will release the film in spring and ARC Entertainment will handle all post-theatrical US rights.

A Short History Of Decay premiered at the Hamptons International Film Festival last autumn and centres on a disillusioned Brooklyn writer who gets a new lease on life when he visits his ailing father in Florida.

Kathleen Rose Perkins, Benjamin King and Emmanuelle Chriqui round out the key cast.

Paladin’s Mark Urman brokered the deal with producer and attorney Alfred Sapse.