EXCLUSIVE: Buffalo 8 has acquired the North American theatrical and digital distribution rights to PH-1 out of TIFF.

The film is described as a “tense political thriller.” It is directed by Mark Kassen (Jobs), who also stars in the lead role.

Set entirely in a high-rise penthouse, PH-1 follows promising politician Payton Burnham (Kassen), who is held hostage by an anonymous captor and forced to watch as his life is systematically dismantled in real-time by both social and traditional media. As the hours tick by, he must unravel the identity and motives of his tormentor—before there’s nothing left to salvage.

The film co-stars Abubakar Salim (House of Dragons), Dina Shihabi (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan), Jesse L. Martin (The Flash, Rent, Law & Order), and Vinessa Shaw (3:10 to Yuma, Ey

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