BAFTA-Winning ‘Under the Shadow’ Filmmaker Babak Anvari and Production Company Two & Two Pictures Sign With Range (EXCLUSIVE)

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Brent Lang

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Range has signed BAFTA-winning filmmaker Babak Anvari and his production company Two & Two Pictures.

The London-based, Iranian-born filmmaker’s feature directorial debut “Under the Shadow,” which he also wrote, premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. The Persian-language psychological supernatural horror film established Anvari as one of the biggest discoveries out of the festival and Netflix quickly acquired the film, later releasing it to continued critical acclaim. The film went on to win numerous festival awards, including the New Visions Award at Sitges. It was also selected as the United Kingdom’s entry for best foreign language film for the 89th Academy Awards and was nominated for two BAFTA Awards in 2017, winning for outstanding debut. It was also nominated for six British Independent Film Awards, winning for best screenplay among two other wins.

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