Lightning Entertainment has bolstered its AFM slate with international sales rights to the drama starring Lucas Till, Josh Duhamel and hot awards contender Laura Dern.

Maria Bello, Tom Everett Scott and Jae Head round out the key cast on the story of a talented New York DJ who finds new meaning in life after he is sentenced following an overdose to the custody of his estranged father in small-town North Dakota.

Commercials and music video director Daniel Duran makes his feature debut on Bravetown from a screenplay by Oscar Orlando Torres, who produced with Phyllis Laing.

Acquisitions and sales consultant Richard S Guardian and svp Joseph Dickstein negotiated the deal with producers rep Julio Caro and Ramo Law.