XYZ Films has acquired North American rights to “Indemnity,” an action thriller from South African director Travis Taute that’s set to world premiere at Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival. Written a…
Written and directed by Taute, “Indemnity” tells the story of an ex-firefighter in Cape Town who’s forced to fight for his life after being accused of murdering his wife. Starring Jarrid Geduld, Nicole Fortuin and Andre Jacobs, pic is produced by Benjamin Overmeyer and Bradley Joshua for, the South African production outfit behind the Netflix series “Blood and Water” and the Fantasia prize winner “Number 37.
The film follows Theo Abrams, a former firefighter from Cape Town suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder who wakes up one morning beside his wife’s dead body. With no memory of what transpired and all evidence pointing to him as the murderer, Abrams sets out to prove his innocence, uncovering proof along the way of a global conspiracy that not only threatens his life but could change the course of the nation forever.
“Inspired by these classics, our ambition as filmmakers at Gambit Films was really to change the perception on the kinds of genre films that can be produced in South Africa,” Taute continued, “and through ‘Indemnity,’ to demonstrate our ability to tell a highly entertaining and engaging genre story, with universally relatable themes that we hope audiences will come to really resonate with.”