Status
Completed
Type
Cinereach-Supported Production
Year
2015
Production
Key Cast
Director
Robert Eggers
Producers
Robert Eggers (Writer-Director) is a Brooklyn-based writer and director. Originally from New Hampshire, Eggers got his professional start directing and designing experimental and classical theatre in New York City. Eggers eventually transitioned to film, directing several short films, and throughout his twenties, worked extensively as a designer for film, television, print, theater and dance. The Witch, his feature film debut as writer and director, won the Directing Award in the U.S. Dramatic category at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, where it premiered to critical acclaim. Eggers is currently in development on the medieval epic fantasy The Knight, with Jeff Robinov's Studio 8 and Parts & Labor. Also on his slate is a reimagining of F.W. Murnau's classic Nosferatu.
Robert Eggers (Writer-Director) is a Brooklyn-based writer and director. Originally from New Hampshire, Eggers got his professional start directing and designing experimental and classical theatre in New York City. Eggers eventually transitioned to film, directing several short films, and throughout his twenties, worked extensively as a designer for film, television, print, theater and dance. The Witch, his feature film debut as writer and director, won the Directing Award in the U.S. Dramatic category at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, where it premiered to critical acclaim. Eggers is currently in development on the medieval epic fantasy The Knight, with Jeff Robinov's Studio 8 and Parts & Labor. Also on his slate is a reimagining of F.W. Murnau's classic Nosferatu.
New England, 1630. Upon threat of banishment by the church, an English farmer leaves his colonial plantation, relocating his wife and five children to a remote plot of land on the edge of an ominous forest - within which lurks an unknown evil. Strange and unsettling things begin to happen almost immediately - animals turn malevolent, crops fail, and one child disappears as another becomes seemingly possessed by an evil spirit. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, family members accuse teenage daughter Thomasin of witchcraft, charges she adamantly denies. As circumstances grow more treacherous, each family member's faith, loyalty and love become tested in shocking and unforgettable ways.
The Witch is a Cinereach grantee.
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