LA-based EST Studios has boarded worldwide sales rights excluding Japan to the Tokyo-set psychological thriller Intimate Stranger and is in talks with buyers at AFM.
Mayu Nakamura directed the 2021 Tokyo International Film Festival’s Nippon Cinema Now selection starring Asuka Kurosawa and rising talent Fuju Kamio.
Intimate Stranger takes place in a post-Covid Tokyo and follows a woman searching for her missing teenage son who is approached by a shady young man claiming to know his whereabouts. Over time the strangers entrap each other with deception. Tetsujiro Yamagami served as producer.
“Intimate Stranger is deep with social critique and features an unconventional female protagonist, and EST is looking forward to introduce this mind-bending genre film to audiences at AFM,” said EST Studios acquisitions executive Michelle Lee.
The company just signed a sales partnership with Malaysia’s Jazzy Pictures and represents Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival horror selection Warning From Hell at AFM alongside horror-comedy Takut Ke Tak.
Recent sales titles include Korean-American filmmaker Young Min Ki’s directorial debut Dawning, 2022 Sundance Kids section premiere Maika, and Sundance entry Every Day In Kaimuki.
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