Satirical Sci-Fi Fable ‘Can I Get a Witness?,’ Starring Sandra Oh, Acquired by Visit Films (EXCLUSIVE)

Visit Films has acquired international sales rights excluding Canada for “Can I Get a Witness?,” a poetic and satirical sci-fi fable written and directed by Canadian auteur Ann Marie Fleming.

The film had its world premiere at Toronto and has been selected to play in competition at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. Mongrel Media will be releasing the film Canada.

The film is set in the not-too-distant future where we’ve solved all the world’s problems: mitigated climate change, eradicated poverty, and achieved true trans-species equality. There’s just one catch… humans have to end life at 50 and teenage artists have to document it, and it’s Kiah’s first day on the job.

“Can I Get a Witness?” stars Keira Jang, in her feature debut, alongside Sandra Oh (“Killing Eve”) and Joel Oulette (“Trickster”). The film is produced by Ann Marie Fleming, Raymond Massey (“Iron Road,” “Meditation Park”), Ruth Vincent (“Window Horses,” “Ed, Edd and Eddy”) and executive produced by Haydn Wazelle (“Hector and the Search for Happiness,” “Hello Destroyer”), and Oh.

Fleming said, “I am excited to work with Visit Films. They have a keen understanding of the changing ecosystem of film distribution and how the indie can thrive in it. I feel like we are real partners in how ‘Can I Get a Witness?’ will find its way in the world.”

Fleming’s work as a filmmaker includes fiction, documentary and animation. She’s directed short films including “You Take Care Now” (1990) and “Blue Skies” (2002), and features such as “The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam” (2003) and “Window Horses,” which screened at Toronto in 2016.