Rosemary Who? Get Ready for Emma’s Baby as ‘Birth’ Seduces Tallifornia Film Fund With ‘Grotesque and Terrifying’ Take on Pregnancy (EXCLUSIVE)

Estonian body horror is directed by Oskar Lehemaa, behind Sundance wibber 'Bad Hair,' and produced by Stellar Film

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Estonian director Oskar Lehemaa is ready to give “Birth” to his first English-language body horror. 

Presented at Frontières Co-Production Market, it follows a couple that, after years of failed attempts to conceive, decides to attend a secluded fertility retreat deep in the woods – as a last resort before IVF. But as the retreat’s ancient folk rituals take a sinister turn, Carl and Emma’s discover they have become part of a sacrificial rite.

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