Genre distribution label Chroma is coming in hard with news that they have acquired North American rights to a trio of international features, including Poland’s Dead by Dawn and Estonia’s The Black Hole, reports Variety.
“Writer-director Dawid Torrone’s Dead by Dawn represents a rare giallo entry from Poland, delivering theatrical horror through stylized visuals.
In Dead by Dawn, actors rehearsing at the mysterious Heissenhoff theater face a deadly threat when a masked killer appears. The theater, play, and murders are revealed to be part of an occult ritual.
“After its world premiere at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, the feature played Morbido Fest, Screamfest and Grimmfest, earning a special mention for best cinematography at the latter.”
“Moonike Siimets’ The Black Hole presents an absurdist, arthouse approach to sci-fi through its triptych structure following a small Estonian community dealing with extraterrestrials, a giant spider and an Austrian in breeches after a black hole materializes inside a lilac bush.
In the film, residents at an apartment block district long for a better life, but when a black hole appears mysteriously in a lilac bush, they have to face aliens, a giant spider and an Austrian in breeches.
“Following its Fantastic Fest 2024 premiere, the film collected awards at Les Utopiales in France, the Sognielettrici Electricdreams International Film Festival in Milan, the Warsaw International Film Festival, goEast in Germany, the UnderGround Film Festival in Calgary and the European Film Festival Palić in Serbia.”
Chroma negotiated the deals with The Coven for “Dead by Dawn,” EST Media for “Mash Ville” and The Reel Suspects for “The Black Hole.”
The South Korean title Mash Ville, described as a whiskey-soaked kimchi western, will be Chroma’s first release from the package, dropping digitally on Jan. 23.
“Part of what fuels Chroma’s passion for genre cinema is how powerfully it transcends language. These three international films grabbed us immediately – they’re gripping, entertaining, and wildly inventive in ways that will resonate instantly with genre fans, proving that the best, wildest ideas cross boundaries and cultures,” said Ahbra Perry, VP of Chroma. “A blood-curdling scream sounds the same in any language, and Dead By Dawn, The Black Hole, and Mash Ville push that universality to thrilling extremes. Adding these titles to the Chroma slate reflects exactly the kind of exciting, high-impact global storytelling we’re committed to releasing in 2026.”
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