TIFF prize-winner ‘Forastera’ goes lands US deal

Grasshopper Film has acquired US distribution rights to Forastera, winner of the Fipresci Prize after its world premiere at last month’s Toronto International Film Festival. 

Grasshopper is planning a theatrical release next year. 

The film, the feature debut of Los Angeles-based Spanish writer-director Lucía Aleñar Iglesias, has also been sold to Atalanta for Spain, Folkets Bio for Sweden and Starcat for Japan. Alpha Violet is handling sales rights. 

Starring Zoe Stein, Lluís Homar and Núria Prims, Forastera centres on a young woman whose family vacation is dramatically disrupted by the violent death of her grandmother. 

The Spanish producers are Ariadna Dot of Vilaüt Films, Marta Cruañas of Presenta, Tono Folguera of Lastor Media, and Bàrbara Ferrer and Cesc Mulet of La Perifèrica Produccions. Also producing are Olivier Guerpillon and Marta Reguera of Sweden’s Fox In The Snow and Giovanni Pompili of Italy’s Kino Produzioni. 

Grasshopper Film founder and president Ryan Krivoshey commented: “We’re thrilled to bring Forastera to US audiences. Lucía Aleñar Iglesias has crafted a luminous, deeply felt debut - a film that explores adolescence, loss, and the mysterious ways we remain connected (across time, continents, and worlds). Told with striking visual precision and emotional grace, it heralds the arrival of an extraordinary new voice in contemporary cinema, and it’s exactly the kind of bold and visionary work we’re proud to champion.”

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