Shudder Acquires Award-Winning Film ‘Tigers Are Not Afraid’
It’s been called “one of 2018’s best undistributed films” (SlashFilm) and now you can also call it a Shudder Exclusive. Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thrillers and the supernatural, announced today that it has picked up all rights to writer-director Issa Lopez’s acclaimed feature Tigers Are Not Afraid where you can see it later this year. I’m incredibly happy to announce that Shudder will distribute Tigers Are Not Afraid for English-language audiences,” said Lopez. “Shudder is an outstanding curator of the best and the weirdest of international fantastic cinema, including many of my favorite new movies from trailblazing filmmakers. The opportunity to have Tigers Are Not Afraid among them is an absolute honor.” Lopez’s film combines horror and fantasy to deliver a moving portrait of the dire circumstances of the children left behind by Mexico’s brutal drug wars. Estrella ( Paolo Lara) is ten-years-old and alone. Given three magical wishes, she asks first that her missing mother come
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