Sonja O’Hara To Direct Feature ‘Cottagecore’

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-nominated filmmaker and actress Sonja O’Hara has signed on to direct the feature project Cottagecore, which Verve Ventures and UTA Independent Film Group will introduce to buyers at the upcoming Tribeca Creators Market.

Verve and UTA are co-repping North American sales on the film. 

Cottagecore is one of the twelve narrative features invited to participate in the annual Tribeca Film Festival Creators Forum and Market. Companies that have previously attended the market include Sony Pictures Classics, Neon, HBO, Plan B, Impact Partners, and Paramount+. 

The Cottagecore synopsis reads: When jealousy and resentment simmer during a polyamorous, Gen Z intimacy retreat, the weekend descends into violent chaos.

Bec Smith of Anonymous Content will Executive Produce. Producers are O’Hara (Tender), Phok (Stake Land), Independent Spirit Award-winner Corey Moosa (Margin Call), and Michael K. Dwyer (Hanky Panky) for A Group of Ferrets, Emmy-nominee Zach Hagen (What We Do in the Shadows), and Sabrina Munik (Locked) for Pink Flamingos Films.

O’Hara is a Canadian genre creator and actor. She was previously listed as a “Filmmaker To Watch” by Independent Magazine. Past recipients include Moonlight’s Barry Jenkins. O’Hara’s debut feature, Root Letter, starred Danny Ramirez (Top Gun: Maverick). She is also set to direct Harvey Keitel and Rita Moreno in her upcoming psychological thriller, Theirs. 

O’Hara created and starred in the Emmy-nominated Shudder series Doomsday. She is represented by Verve, Gotham Group, and Fox Rothschild.