Urchins

Jason Levangie, Shut Up & Colour Pictures

Language: English

Based On: Original Screenplay

Project Type: Feature Film (Scripted)

Genre: Horror

Stage of Development: Packaging

Estimated Length (minutes): 125 minutes

Director: Christian Sparkes

Director Bio:

Christian Sparkes is an award winning writer and director of film and television hailing from Newfoundland, Canada. He has directed numerous episodes of television and his films have screened at the world's top festivals including TIFF, Fantastic Fest and Busan. An alumnus of the prestigious Canadian Film Centre in Toronto, Christian’s debut feature Cast No Shadow was nominated for four Canadian Screen Awards including Best Picture, at which point Telefilm Canada named him one of Canada’s top directors alongside Xavier Dolan and David Cronenberg. His sophomore feature Hammer starring Will Patton and Mark O’Brien debuted in 2020 and received widespread acclaim from Roger Ebert, The Hollywood Reporter, and Variety magazine, amongst others. His third and fourth feature films, Sweetland and The King Tide, are currently touring the festival circuit, with the latter premiering as part of TIFF’s prestigious Platform Program.

Total Budget: $11M

Percent Confirmed: 10%

Currency: $ CAD

List names of confirmed partners:

Distributed by VVS

What is this project seeking?

Financing, Sales Agent, Broadcaster

Logline:

A brother is drowned and a curse is cast - who will survive?

Synopsis:

1890 - A sister's dark covenant to bring her twin brother back from the dead plunges their island fishing settlement into a flood of Depravity and revenge.

Contact Information: jason@shutupandcolour.com

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