UK sales outfit Bankside Films has acquired Aboriginal Australian filmmaker Jon Bell’s debut psychological horror The Moogai, reports ScreenDaily.
In the film…
“A young Aboriginal couple brings home their second baby. What should be a joyous time takes a sinister turn, as the baby’s mother starts seeing a malevolent spirit she is convinced is trying to take her baby.”
The feature explores post-natal depression, transgenerational trauma and Australia’s Stolen Generation (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who were removed from their families between 1910 and 1970), explains the site. It is based on Bell’s short film of the same name (pictured above).
The cast includes Shari Sebbens and Meyne Wyatt, who both appeared in Bell’s original short. Tessa Rose, Clarence Ryan, Toby Leonard Moore and Bella Heathcote also star.
It is produced by Australian outfit Causeway Films and based on a screenplay by Bell.
Production commences in Australia at the end of October.
Producers are Kristina Ceyton and Samantha Jennings of Causeway Films – whose credits include The Babadook and Talk To Me – with Mitchell Stanley of No Coincidence Media.
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