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IFC Sells 'River' to Blumhouse and Universal

Updated 2026-09-14 20:40 UTC 1 source Neutral

IFC sold its Midnight Madness film ‘River’ for over $10 million to Blumhouse and Universal at the Toronto Film Festival. The sale was met with strong interest, indicating a potentially active market despite initial slow pace.

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The first big sale out of the Toronto Film Festival is an odd duck in what many have complained to be a very slow market despite the addition of an official market. IFC came in with Joshua Guiliano’s River in Midnight Madness. The response was so rabid that other distributors wanted it includi
2026-09-14 20:23 UTC
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