EXCLUSIVE: Obscured Releasing has secured the sale of provocative queer thriller Blue Movie to Peccadillo Footage, the UK-based distribution firm specializing in LGBTQ+ arthouse movie.
London-based gross sales agent Rapt Movies Worldwide has acquired remaining worldwide rights and struck offers with FilmIn (Spain), Synapse (Latin America) and Salzgeber (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) out of the Cannes market. There are ongoing discussions in different key territories.
Starring Reed Birney and Kieron Moore, Blue Movie, the function debut movie of writer-director Elliot Tuttle, was not too long ago launched within the U.S. and Canada by Obscured Releasing, and is deliberate to be launched by Peccadillo within the UK this fall.
The movie observe a swaggering fetish camboy (Kieron Moore) who accepts a non-public home name, solely to find his masked shopper (Birney) is his former middle-school instructor and a convicted intercourse offender.
Blue Movie had its world premiere on the 2025 Edinburgh Worldwide Movie Competition and its North American premiere at NewFest this previous fall. The movie additionally performed at OUTShine Movie Competition, Philadelphia Worldwide Movie Competition, Montclair Movie Competition within the U.S. and at worldwide festivals together with the Athens Worldwide Movie Competition.
Pic was produced by Bijan Kazerooni, Will Youmans, Waylon Sall and Adam Kersh, with Mark Duplass as consulting producer, and Birney and Eric Kohn as government producers.
The UK deal was negotiated by Invoice Guentzler and RJ Millard of Obscured with Tom Abell and Kahloon Loke on behalf of Peccadillo Movies. All different territories have been negotiated by Russell Webber of Rapt.
“Queer cinema, by its very title, is supposed to problem. It challenges the institution, it challenges perceptions and it challenges the viewer. Blue Movie is ideal Queer Cinema; the movie raises necessary, tough questions and refuses to offer straightforward solutions,” stated Tom Abell of Peccadillo, “Consequently it’s an ideal Peccadillo title and we’re extraordinarily proud to convey Blue Movie to cinemas within the UK and Republic of Eire.”
“I couldn’t be extra thrilled to accomplice with Peccadillo Footage,” stated Tuttle. “We first premiered in Edinburgh, and we’ve all been desperate to convey the movie again to the UK the place our journey began. And I do know our resident Brit, Kieron, is happy to have his Blue Movie homecoming. Furthermore, we’re grateful to Russell and Rapt Movies for bringing Blue Movie to audiences worldwide!”
Russell Webber, CEO of Rapt, added: “With Blue Movie, Elliot has crafted a exceptional debut that establishes him as a compelling new voice in queer cinema. It’s the form of fearless movie that challenges conference and deserves trade consideration. We’re past excited to announce the primary worldwide offers and anticipate a protracted tail of sustained purchaser curiosity because the movie continues to discover a wider viewers.”
