In the hours leading up to the unveiling, TIFF Programmer's Colin Geddes teased twitter followers on the make-up of his bijou section. Nine world premieres and one item from this year's SXSW in Ben Wheatley's Kill List are the make-up for this year's ten nights of Midnight Madness screenings, and of the 10-pack, film buyers have eight available items for North American pick-up with several US options, excluding Kill List which belongs to IFC Midnight and Livid early on) which Dimension grabbed early on.
There hasn't been that much in terms of sales to report on from the festival, but the hotly tipped dark and twisted horror film from Ben Wheatley has indeed found a home on the IFC Midnight label. After its world premiere screening last Saturday at midnight in the SXFantastic section of SXSW, Kill List, the film about an ex-soldier turned contract killer stars unknowns Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley and Swedish born, Pfeiffer lookalike MyAnna Buring (2005' The Descent).
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