The Ugly Stepsister, the Cinderella-inspired horror that played at Sundance Fest, has sold worldwide for Memento International.
Director Emilie Blichfeldt has reimagined a beauty-horror out of the classic fairy tale.
The film already sold to Shudder for North America, the U.K. and Australia-New Zealand before it’s world premiere in Park City, while Mer Film and Scanbox will release it in Scandinavia.
“The Ugly Stepsister” follows Elvira as she prepares to earn the prince’s affection at any cost. In a kingdom where beauty is a brutal business, Elvira will compete with the beautiful and enchanting Agnes to become the belle of the ball. Lea Myren, Thea Sofie Loch Naess and Ane Dahl Torp star.
The film is produced by Maria Ekerhovd in Norway for Mer Film (“The Innocents,” “War Sailor,” Joachim Trier’s upcoming feature “Sentimental Value”).
Memento’s 20th-anniversary slate also includes Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner “Atropia,” Berlin Panorama feature “Dreams in Nightmares” directed by Shatara Michelle Ford, Berlinale Special film “Ancestral Visions of the Future” directed by Lemohang Mosese and Haifaa Al-Mansour’s crime thriller “Unidentified.”
