International Film Trust (IFT)

International Film Trust (IFT)

AFM Office: 815

8383 Wilshire Blvd
Suite 310
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
United States


Phone: 424 278 4224

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Contacts

Founder & Principal
Michael Benaroya

Executive
Alex Hundt

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President, Sales
Christian De Gallegos

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Sales Associate
Gregory McLachlan

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Founder & Principal
David Todd Shepherd


Production Profile

International Film Trust (IFT) is an international sales and distribution company operated by producers for producers with over 20 years of experience in producing, finance, international sales and distribution.

IFT's slate includes action comedy SHOWDOWN AT THE GRAND, starring Terrence Howard (Empire) and Dolph Lundgren (THE EXPENDABLES franchise), to be released by Shout! Studios on Nov 10, 2023; upcoming survival thriller BUNKER with Tyrese Gibson, Devon Sawa, Kate Bosworth , and Katie Cassidy, to be completed in November 2023; action-thriller DANGEROUS, starring Scott Eastwood (SUICIDE SQUAD), Mel Gibson (LETHAL WEAPON franchise), Famke Janssen (TAKEN franchise) and Tyrese Gibson (MORBIUS), released in the U.S. and select international territories by Lionsgate; Mena Suvari (AMERICAN BEAUTY)-helmed GRACE AND GRIT, based on the worldwide bestselling book by Ken Wilber; Sundance 2019 Competition coming-of-age darling TO THE STARS, starring MANCHESTER BY THE SEA's Kara Hayward along with Liana Liberato (THE BEST OF ME), two-time VEEP Emmy winner Tony Hale, Jordana Spiro (Netflix’s OZARK), Malin Akerman (Showtime’s BILLIONS, WATCHMEN), Shea Whigham (Amazon’s HOMECOMING), Lucas Jade Zumann (TV’s ANNE WITH AN E), and Adelaide Clemens (SundanceTV’s RECTIFY), directed by Martha Stephens (LAND HO!) and released by Samuel Goldwyn in April 2020; mystery-thriller THE BAY OF SILENCE, starring THE SQUARE breakout Claes Bang (THE NORTHMAN), Olga Kurylenko (DEATH OF STALIN) and Brian Cox (HBO's SUCCESSION), directed by Paula van der Oest (Foreign Language Academy Award nominated ZUS & ZO), released by Vertical Entertainment in 2020;

Family rom-com I HATE KIDS, starring Tom Everett Scott (THAT THING YOU DO, LA LA LAND), Tituss Burgess (UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT), newcomer Julian Feder and Rachel Boston (500 DAYS OF SUMMER); AGAINST THE CLOCK (fka HEADLOCK), a spy-fy thriller starring Dianna Agron (GLEE), Mark Polish, Justin Bartha (the HANGOVER trilogy) and Andy Garcia (OCEAN'S THIRTEEN), theatrically released in January 2019 by Gravitas Ventures. HAUNTING ON FRATERNITY ROW (fka PARTY CRASHER), a frat house horror directed by Brant Sersen (SANATORIUM), produced by Michael Benaroya (MARGIN CALL, LAWLESS) and Sarah Victor Yaffe of Unique Features, the company behind A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, released theatrically by Vertical Entertainment in fall 2018. AND THEN I GO aka TRIGGERED, directed by Vincent Grashaw, based on the best-selling novel "Project X" by Jim Sheridan, starring Justin Long, Melanie Lynskey, Arman Darbo and Sawyer Barth, which premiered at the LA Film Festival 2017 and released by The Orchard in the US in April 2018. WHEELER, directed by Ryan Ross, starring Stephen Dorff and Kris Kristofferson, released by Eone/Momentum in February 2017. UNLESS, directed by Alan Gilsenan, and starring Catherine Keener, Matt Craven, and Hannah Gross, which premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. SALT AND FIRE, directed by legendary filmmaker and Academy Award® nominee Werner Herzog (CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS, INTO THE INFERNO), starring two-time Academy Award® nominee Michael Shannon (NOCTURNAL ANIMALS, MIDNIGHT SPECIAL), Veronica Ferres (DAS LEBEN IS ZU LANG, KLIMT) and Golden Globe® winner Gael García Bernal (AMORES PERROS, MOZART IN THE JUNGLE), which premiered in Special Presentation at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.

CELL, based on the Stephen King bestseller, directed by Tod Williams (PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2), starring John Cusack (LOVE & MERCY) and Samuel L. Jackson (THE HATEFUL EIGHT), released theatrically in the U.S. by Saban Films and Lionsgate in July 2016. CYMBELINE, a modern day Shakespeare adaptation starring Academy Award® nominee Ethan Hawke (BOYHOOD), Academy Award® nominee Ed Harris (THE HOURS), Milla Jovovich (RESIDENT EVIL) and Dakota Johnson (FIFTY SHADES OF GREY), directed by Michael Almereyda (HAMLET), produced by Academy Award® winner Anthony Katagas (12 YEARS A SLAVE) alongside Michael Benaroya (MARGIN CALL), which premiered at the 2014 Venice Film Festival and was released theatrically in the U.S. by Grindstone and Lionsgate in March 2015. SOME VELVET MORNING, written and directed by Neil LaBute (THE WICKER MAN), starring Alice Eve (STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS) and Stanley Tucci (THE HUNGER GAMES series), which premiered at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival and was released theatrically by Tribeca Films in the U.S. in December 2013 and internationally by Sony in 2014.


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Bunker

Suspense, Thriller | English | 2023

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Showdown at the Grand

Action/Adventure, Comedy | English | 92 minutes | 2023

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Bunker

Suspense, Thriller | English | 2023

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Showdown at the Grand

Action/Adventure, Comedy | English | 92 minutes | 2023

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Dangerous

Action/Adventure, Thriller | English | 99 minutes | 2021

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Grace And Grit

Biography, Drama, Romance | English | 112 minutes | 2021

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Headlock

Science-Fiction, Thriller | English | 102 minutes | 2018

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TO THE STARS

Drama | English | 109 minutes | 2019

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HAUNTING ON FRATERNITY ROW

English | 99 minutes | 2018

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AND THEN I GO

Drama | English | 99 minutes | 2017

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I HATE KIDS

Comedy, Family, Romance | English | 90 minutes | 2018

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Wheeler

Drama | English | 101 minutes | 2016

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Unless

Drama | English | 93 minutes | 2016

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The Words

Drama, Mystery, Thriller | English | 102 minutes | 2012

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Salt and Fire

Thriller | English | 2016

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Cell

Action/Adventure, Thriller | English | 95 minutes | 2014

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Bleeding Heart

Drama, Suspense | English | 98 minutes | 2015

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Cymbeline

Action/Adventure, Romance | English | 97 minutes | 2014

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Exists

English | 81 minutes | 2013

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Some Velvet Morning

Drama | English | 82 minutes | 2013

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