Neon Intl. has added to its growing EFM slate with Jason Buxton’s “Sharp Corner,” starring Ben Foster (“Hell or High Water,” “Leave No Trace”) and Cobie Smulders (“How I Met Your Mother,” “Avengers”). The company, launched last year as the sales arm of Neon, will launch the project in Berlin.
The under-the-radar feature, now in post-production, is based on the short story from Russell Wangersky’s Giller Prize-shortlisted collection “Whirl Away,” and marks Buxton’s follow up to his debut film, 2012’s ”Blackbird,” which won the best first feature in Toronto and picked up the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes Écrans Juniors.
“Sharp Corner” follows a dedicated family man who becomes obsessed with saving the lives of the car accident victims on the sharp corner in front of his house — an obsession that could cost him everything.
The film, a Canadian-Irish co-production, is produced with the participation of Telefilm Canada, the Canada Media Fund, Screen Nova Scotia, ontario Creates and in association with Bell Media/Crave. Producers include Paul Barkin (“Night Raiders,”“The colony”) for Alcina Pictures, Marc Tetreault & Jason Levangie (“Queen of My Dreams,”“Kids vs. Aliens”) for Shut Up & Colour Pictures, Susan Mullen (“Maudie,”“Brooklyn”) for Kobalt Films and Buxton for Workhorse Pictures and Cameron Maclaren. Elevation Pictures distributes the film in Canada with Noah Segal and Adrian Love executive producing.
“Sharp Corner” joins Steven Soderbergh’s Sundance-bowing “Presence” and Ben Shirinian’s recently announced “The Housewife,” starring Naomi Watts, Tye Sheridan, Michael Imperioli and Norman Reedus, in the Neon Intl. EFM lineup.
