IFC Films lands rights to SXSW festival winner Shithouse

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

Recently during the virtual SXSW Film Festival, filmmaker Cooper Raiff's coming-of-age romantic comedy SHITHOUSE won the Grand Jury Prize for best narrative feature. Not long after nabbing the prestigious award, IFC Films has announced that they've acquired the rights to distribute the film in North America.

Written, directed, and starring Raiff, SHITHOUSE tells the complicated tale of Alex, a lonely, friendless college freshman who considers transferring to a college closer to his only friends, his mother and sister, when he attends a party at Shithouse, his campus party house, and has a relationship with his resident advisor, Maggie, played by Dylan Gelula. (via THR)

"Independent film has an extraordinary new voice in Cooper Raiff, and we were completely won over by this honest and endearing debut. We look forward to releasing what will be the first film of a long and promising career for him," Arianna Bocco, executive vp of acquisitions and productions at IFC Films, said in a statement.

Starring alongside Raiff for his debut feature are Amy Landecker (A SERIOUS MAN, DOCTOR STRANGE, DAN IN REAL LIFE) and Logan Miller (ESCAPE ROOM, SCOUTS GUIDE TO THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE).

Now that IFC Films has landed the rights to SHITHOUSE, it's only a matter of time before a release date is announced, and audience members who missed out on this year's SXSW event can experience Raiff's promising feature film debut.