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MUBI, the global film distributor, streaming service, and production company, will release Lurker, the boundary-pushing debut feature from writer/director Alex Russell (The Bear, Beef), in Canadian theatres on August 22, 2025.The film received its World Premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, its International Premiere in the 2025 Berlinale, and is the Closing Night selection for 2025 New Directors/New Films. Praised as “unsettling… audacious” (IndieWire) and “darkly compelling” (The Guardian), Lurker stars Canadian actor Théodore Pellerin (Becoming Karl Lagerfeld, Franklin, Beau is Afraid), Archie Madekwe (Saltburn, Midsommar), Sunny Suljic (Mid90s), Havana Rose Liu (Bottoms, Hal & Harper), Zack Fox (Abbott Elementary, Pause with Sam Jay), and Daniel Zolghadri (Y2K, Eighth Grade).
Lurker was produced by Alex Orlovsky (His Three Daughters, Memory, Never Rarely Sometimes Always), Duncan Montgomery (His Three Daughters, Memory), Galen Core (Pet Shop Days, The Sweet East), Charlie McDowell (The One I Love, The Summer Book), Jack Selby (His Three Daughters), Marc Marrie (His Three Daughters), Francesco Melzi d’Eril (Bones and All, Suspiria), Olmo Schnabel (Pet Shop Days), and Archie Madekwe. Production companies include High Frequency Entertainment, MeMo, Arts & Sciences, TWIN Pictures and Case Study Films.
SYNOPSIS
When a twenty-something retail clerk encounters a rising pop star, he takes the opportunity to edge his way into the in-crowd. But as the line between friend and fan blurs beyond recognition, access and proximity become a matter of life and death.
The directorial debut from The Bear and Beef writer-producer Alex Russell, LURKER is an exhilarating cat-and-mouse thriller made for the moment. Online fixation meets reality in this parasocial, paranoid film driven by a brilliant score and star-making performances.
DIRECTOR’S BIO
Alex Russell is the writer & director behind LURKER, which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. He most recently served as a Co-Executive Producer on Netflix/A24’s BEEF, for which he won an Emmy award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series. And he was recently a Supervising Producer on FX’s THE BEAR. His episode – ep 207 - titled “Forks,” was one of the best reviewed episodes of television last year and nominated for a WGA award. He got his start as a staff writer on the first two seasons of DAVE – and was also recently a Producer on Hulu’s series INTERIOR CHINATOWN.
About MUBI
MUBI is a global streaming service, production company and film distributor dedicated to elevating great cinema. MUBI creates, curates, acquires and champions visionary films, bringing them to audiences all over the world.
MUBI is a place to discover ambitious films, from both iconic directors and emerging auteurs. All carefully chosen by MUBI’s curators. With MUBI GO, members in select countries can get a free ticket every week to see the best new films in cinemas. And Notebook explores all sides of cinema culture — both in print and online.
Some previous and upcoming MUBI Releases include: Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance, Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, Joshua Oppenheimer's The End, Magnus von Horn's The Girl with the Needle, Pinny Grylls & Sam Crane's Grand Theft Hamlet, Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla, Ira Sachs’ Passages, Pedro Almodóvar’s Strange Way of Life, Molly Manning Walker’s How to Have Sex, Aki Kaurismäki's Fallen Leaves, Charlotte Wells’ Aftersun, Park Chan-wook’s Decision to Leave, Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World, Lukas Dhont’s Close, and Céline Sciamma’s Petite Maman.
MUBI Productions include Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind starring Josh O’Connor, Christopher Andrews' Bring Them Down starring Christopher Abbott and Barry Keoghan, Elizabeth Sankey’s Witches, and Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross’ Gasoline Rainbow. MUBI Co-productions include Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother starring Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Tom Waits, Charlotte Rampling, Cate Blanchett, Vicky Krieps, Indya Moore and Luka Sabbat, Karim Aïnouz’s Rosebush Pruning starring Callum Turner, Riley Keough, Jamie Bell, Lukas Gage, Elena Anaya, Tracy Letts, Elle Fanning and Pamela Anderson, and Michel Franco’s Memory starring Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard.
Founded in 2007 by Efe Cakarel, MUBI is the biggest community of film lovers anywhere, with members across 190 different countries. MUBI is headquartered in London, with 14 offices across the world and over 400 employees. MUBI acquired renowned sales agent and production company The Match Factory and Match Factory Productions in January 2022, and a majority stake in leading Benelux film distributor Cinéart in February 2024.
About Production Companies
About High Frequency
High Frequency was founded in 2014 by producer Duncan Montgomery and financier Jack Selby. In 2021 High Frequency launched its financing arm High Frequency Holdings and welcomed producer Alex Orlovsky to the company. High Frequency strives to produce commercially viable films while supporting filmmakers and their creative visions. Current completed projects include two films at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival: Alex Russell’s Lurker and Eva Victor’s Sorry, baby. Recent releases include Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl and Azazel Jacobs’ award winning film His Three Daughters. Other recent films include Windfall and The Summer Book directed by Charlie McDowell and Michel Franco’s Memory starring Jessica Chastain. High Frequency recently wrapped production on Derek Cianfrance’s Roofman starring Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst. The film will be released by Paramount in the Fall of 2025.
About TWIN Pictures
TWIN Pictures is a full service production and financing company founded by Olmo Schnabel and Galen Core. They focus on collaborating directly with filmmakers and creatives in the independent space. TWIN Pictures concentrates on personal projects with creative integrity, telling unique stories and taking risks outside of the traditional mold both on a domestic and international scale. Their upcoming feature PET SHOP BOYS stars newcomers Dario Yazebek Bernal and Jack Irv and is directed by Schnabel.
About MeMo Films
MeMo Films is a production company co-founded in 2010 by acclaimed distributor and film producer Francesco Melzi d'Eril and entrepreneur and fashion designer Gabriele Moratti. It is a successful player in the Italian film industry, thanks to collaborations with renowned directors such as Luca Guadagnino, Julian Schnabel and Dea Kulumbegashvili as well as emerging talents. MeMo's natural inclination is to produce highly successful projects with an innate international appeal.
About Case Study Film
Case Study Films was founded in 2022 by Lily Collins, Charlie McDowell and Alex Orlovsky. The production company, which aims to tell compelling and unconventional stories with a commercial appeal across film and television, develops material both internally and with outside filmmakers and talent, discovering, supporting, and giving voice to the next generation of storytellers from diverse backgrounds. Recent projects include Memory, starring Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard; Sorry, Baby, starring Eva Victor and Naomi Ackie; His Three Daughters, starring Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne, and Elizabeth Olsen; and The Summer Book, directed by McDowell and starring Glenn Close and Anders Danielsen Lie.
About Arts & Sciences
Arts & Sciences was started 15 years ago as a boutique production company that specializes in producing award-winning advertising content, music videos, fine art projects, and original documentaries and feature films. Representing a diverse group of top directors and creators, Arts & Sciences was named a Creativity A-List Production Company for the past seven years in a row. Arts & Sciences work has been recognized by every major advertising award show- The Cannes Lions, The Clios, AICP Awards, D&ADs, The One Show and the Andys.
The company's original content work has expanded significantly into feature film production, with several notable releases including the acclaimed 2024 feature "His Three Daughters," starring Carrie Coon, Elizabeth Olsen, and Natasha Lyonne, directed by Azazel Jacobs. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2023 and was acquired by Netflix for worldwide distribution. Arts & Sciences also produced "French Exit" and partnered with The LA Philharmonic to produce fine artist Doug Aitken's experimental feature "Lightscape." The company's upcoming productions include "Lurker," starring Archie Madekwe and Theodore Pellerin, directed by Alex Russell, which will premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, and director Alex Prager's feature debut "Dreamquil," starring Elizabeth Banks and John C. Reilly, set for release in 2025.
Our original content work has been featured in The New York Film Festival, The Toronto Film Festival, The Berlin Film Festival, the New Frontiers showcase at the Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, The New Yorker, Nowness, & Purple Magazine. Arts & Sciences has produced work for every major global brand including Google, Apple, Meta, Nike, AT&T, & American Express.
Arts & Sciences is headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in New York and London.
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