ThinkFilm has acquired Canadian rights to the Mark A. Lewis tragic-comic adventure ILL FATED.

The deal went through following the film’s U.S. Premiere at the Slamdance Film Festival.

ILL FATED is the Coen-esque tale of a recent high school graduate who’s desperate attempt to leave his small town is complicated by his troubled girlfriend, promiscuous mother, and the return of the father who abandoned him 17 years earlier after impregnating his best friend’s wife.

Slamdance Film Festival Director Kathleen McInnis said, “We are delighted with the news; ILL FATED is a craftily-woven tale with dozens of twists and turns, and I couldn’t imagine a better company than ThinkFilm to bring it to the public.”