Luna Carmoon’s Venice Winner ‘Hoard’ Acquired for U.S. and Canada by Sunrise Films (EXCLUSIVE)
Sunrise Films has acquired Luna Carmoon’s “Hoard” for the U.S. and Canada.
The film debuted at Venice in 2023, where it won three prizes. It went on to an extended festival run including at the BFI London Film Festival, Athens, Mumbai and Goteborg.
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Sunrise Films is a new production and internationally focused distribution company that has been launched by Vertigo Releasing CEO Rupert Preston and chair Nigel Williams.
The “Hoard” cast includes Saura Lightfoot-Leon, Lily-Beau Leach and Deba Hekmat alongside Joseph Quinn, Hayley Squires and Samantha Spiro. The film follows a young girl (Leach) living in London in 1984 as she navigates her mother’s obsessive hoarding. Flashing forward to the girl’s teenage years, she (Lightfoot-Leon) must confront the madness and trauma of her late mother when a stranger (Quinn) arrives on her doorstep.
“Hoard” is produced by Delaval Film, Erebus Pictures and Anti-Worlds with financing from the BFI. BBC Film developed and co-financed the film. Sunrise Films will release “Hoard” theatrically and digitally in September.
Vertigo Releasing holds the rights for the U.K. and Ireland, while Alpha Violet is handling international sales.
Andrew Nerger, head of U.S. and international distribution at Vertigo Releasing, said: “From the opening moments, we were captivated by ‘Hoard.’ It is unlike anything else out there, with moments that stay with you for ages. Headlined by spellbinding performances and with a wonderful style of its own, it really does cement Luna Carmoon as one of the brightest talents in British cinema. It was the easiest choice to make it one of our first titles for our new label and we are thrilled at the prospect of being able to introduce North American audiences to one of the finest British films of recent years.”
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