Cannes Frontières Title ‘Above The Knee’ & Aussie Horror ‘Baal’ Land Sales Deals Ahead Of Beyond Fest Debuts

EXCLUSIVE: UK-based sales and distribution outfit Blue Finch Films has boarded worldwide rights to Frontières Cannes 2024 project Above The Knee and Australian horror flick Baal. 

Both films are set to debut at Beyond Fest 2024. Above The Knee is a Norwegian thriller. The film follows Amir, whose life with his beautiful girlfriend looks perfect but in reality, he is harboring a dark secret he knows no one will understand – ever since he can remember he has felt his left leg doesn’t belong to him. Plagued with visions of a rotting leg that must be amputated, he becomes determined to rid himself of this alien limb, whatever the cost may be. The film was written and directed by Viljar Bøe, and produced by Karl Oskar Åsli and Marie Waade Grønning. Lead actors Freddy Singh and Anders Fløysand also serve as executive producers.

Baal follows Grace, who returns to her small hometown to find her brother is missing. Determined to reunite with her family, she follows a lead that takes her deep into the wilderness. Lost, injured, and alone, soon her only hope is another hiker communicating with her via her radio. The official synopsis reads: Grace makes her way closer to this mysterious hiker – but suspicions about their true identity start to manifest. As the darkness grows ever more menacing and a threatening presence begins to consume Grace, who can she trust? 

The film is directed and written by Joseph Sims-Dennett with Aaron Bush, Babara Ings, and Raphael Sikic serving as producers, and Andrew Mann and Silvio Salom on board as executive producers.

Blue Finch’s international slate also includes Sitges title Zero from the director of Saloum, Oddity which won the Midnighter Audience Award at SXSW 2024, and Adilkhan Yerzhanov’s violent thriller Steppenwolf.