Jenny Slate, Zach Galifianakis Star In THE SUNLIT NIGHT – Available on VOD on July 17, 2020

The trailer and poster for a new drama called THE SUNLIT NIGHT which stars Jenny Slate and will be releasing on VOD on July 17^th from Quiver Distribution. Also starring Zach Galifianakis and Gillian Anderson, check out the preview below.

THE SUNLIT NIGHT follows an aspiring painter (Slate) from New York City to the farthest reaches of Arctic Norway for an assignment she hopes will invigorate her work and expand her horizons. In a remote village, among the locals, she meets a fellow New Yorker (Sharp), who has come in search of a proper Viking funeral only to find that the Chief (Galifianakis) is but a re-enactor from Cincinnati. The eclectic crew ranges from “home” to “lost,” within the extreme and dazzling landscape of the Far North. Under a sun that never quite sets, and the high standards of an unforgiving mentor, Frances must navigate between ambition, desire, obligation, and risk in order to find a way forward.

Based on the novel by Rebecca Dinerstein Knight, the film is directed by David Wnendt and is his English language debut. The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival in January 2019.

Wnendt made his mark at Sundance 2014 with WETLANDS, an adaptation of Charlotte Roche’s bestselling novel. His next feature LOOK WHO’S BACK, which he adapted from the best-selling satirical novel by Timur Vermes, brought in over $20m at the German box office and had an international release on Netflix. 

Wnendt’s powerful debut film – the acclaimed COMBAT GIRLS – tells the story of a young neo-Nazi gang member whose convictions slowly evolve when she meets a young Afghan refugee. The film earned Wnendt the Bavarian Film Award for Best Young Director, the Young German Cinema Award and the Prix Genève-Europe for Best Screenplay.