EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-nominated filmmaker and actress Sonja O’Hara has signed on to direct the function venture Cottagecore, which Verve Ventures and UTA Impartial Movie Group will introduce to patrons on the upcoming Tribeca Creators Market.
Verve and UTA are co-repping North American gross sales on the movie.
Cottagecore is likely one of the twelve narrative options invited to take part within the annual Tribeca Movie Competition Creators Discussion board and Market. Firms which have beforehand attended the market embody Sony Photos Classics, Neon, HBO, Plan B, Influence Companions, and Paramount+.
The Cottagecore synopsis reads: When jealousy and resentment simmer throughout a polyamorous, Gen Z intimacy retreat, the weekend descends into violent chaos.
Bec Smith of Nameless Content material will Govt Produce. Producers are O’Hara (Tender), Phok (Stake Land), Impartial Spirit Award-winner Corey Moosa (Margin Name), and Michael Ok. Dwyer (Hanky Panky) for A Group of Ferrets, Emmy-nominee Zach Hagen (What We Do within the Shadows), and Sabrina Munik (Locked) for Pink Flamingos Movies.
O’Hara is a Canadian style creator and actor. She was beforehand listed as a “Filmmaker To Watch” by Impartial Journal. Previous recipients embody Moonlight’s Barry Jenkins. O’Hara’s debut function, Root Letter, starred Danny Ramirez (Prime Gun: Maverick). She can also be set to direct Harvey Keitel and Rita Moreno in her upcoming psychological thriller, Theirs.
O’Hara created and starred within the Emmy-nominated Shudder collection Doomsday. She is represented by Verve, Gotham Group, and Fox Rothschild.
