Another sale: Panorama Entertainment has announced that it has acquired North American rights to director Max Perrier's "The Ante," a Slamdance narrative feature film. "This picture is one-of-a-kind, a dark comedy with offbeat overtones of horror, film noir and western genres; hard to confine into a box," said Valerie Gagnon, of the film's producer Peter Proffit Pictures.

In a press release, Panorama officials say they'll screen the film at festivals this year, before a spring theatrical release.

Here's how Slamdance blurbs the film: "When down-on-his-luck Sam Bailey takes a wrong turn on a remote country road, he ends up with more than a little dirt to wash off his shoes after a miserable farmwife’s hope for a better life becomes his worst nightmare. After Sam’s greedy Russian wife discovers his deadly secret, she ups the ante with her own crazy plot — playing with Sam's life to cover her bet. An offbeat dark comedy with overtones of film noir and western genres, The Ante tells the story of a man’s absurd gamble to save his innocence. Three desperate people who bet everything they have in a brainless high-stakes game of loser-loses-all."

The film screens today at 6 p.m. at the Treasure Mountain Inn, 255 Main St., Park City. Online ticket sales have closed, but there might be a few tickets available prior to the screening; check www.slamdance.com for details.
— Ellen Fagg Weist