EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Goldhaber’s newest characteristic movie, Faces of demisewith Barbie Ferreira (Euphoria) and Charli xcx, has been chosen for the UK and Eire by Signature Leisure and could have its UK premiere at this 12 months’s Edinburgh Worldwide Movie Competition (EIFF).
Faces of demise would be the closing observe for Edinburgh’s Midnight Insanity.
The movie, a reimagining of John Alan Schwartz’s 1978 movie, follows a web site content material moderator (Ferreira) who turns into obsessive about a sequence of disturbing movies that seem to recreate scenes from the enduring Faces of Loss of life movie sequence.
The movie additionally stars Dacre Montgomery (Stranger Issues), Josie Totah (The buccaneers), Aaron Holliday and Jermaine Fowler (Sorry to trouble you).
Goldhaber directed from a screenplay he co-wrote with Isa Mazzei (Cam). The movie was produced by Greg Gilreath (Coronary heart eyes), Adam Hendricks (Coronary heart eyes), Susan Montford (Shoot them), and Don Murphy (Transformers: The Final Knight). The chief producers are Rick Benattar (Bullet head), Derek Bishé and Isa Mazzei.
“We had been drawn to this daring, extremely business tackle the beloved gory cult basic from the beginning,” Katie Wilkinson-Javes, Signature’s senior director of acquisitions, mentioned in a press release.
“Led by a gifted younger solid who convey new power to the franchise, the movie delivers every thing followers might need whereas introducing it to a brand new technology. We’re proud to launch it at EIFF after which convey the movie to audiences throughout the UK and Eire.”
Current EIFF Midnight Insanity titles embody Alien: Romulus, the substance, the poisonous avengerand that of Ben Wheatley Bulk. Chee Keong Cheung’s motion thriller Dangerous day on the workplace will open the shutter this 12 months.
“Midnight Insanity is, above all, about daring voices, movies that take dangers and filmmakers who embrace provocation,” Paul Ridd, CEO and pageant director of EIFF, mentioned in a press release.
“It is becoming that we shut this 12 months’s choice with such a sublime and ingenious movie from director Daniel Goldhaber and co-writer Isa Mazzei. These two have quietly made a number of the most fun and daring movies of the final decade, and with Faces of demisethey’ve crafted a reboot that is recent, trendy, and stuffed with concepts. It’s additionally a complete pleasure to observe with an viewers. We’re delighted.
EIFF 2026 will happen from August 13 to 19.