‘The Gymnast,’ Starring Ethan Embry and Britney Wheeler, Acquired by Visit Films Ahead of Rotterdam World Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

Visit Films has acquired worldwide sales rights to U.S film “The Gymnast,” which will have its world premiere in the Tiger Competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. The film will also screen next month at the European Film Market in Berlin.

“The Gymnast,” which was written and directed by Charlotte Glynn, follows a 16-year-old elite gymnast and her single father, a die-hard “gym dad,” in a former mill-town devastated by the loss of industry, as they fight to reinvent themselves after a potentially career-ending injury.

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The film stars Ethan Embry (“Grace and Frankie,” “Christy,” upcoming in “Scream 7,” “By Any Means”), Britney Wheeler, Margarita Levieva (HBO’s “Task,” “Daredevil: Born Again”) and Will River (“Son of the South”).

It is produced by Ricky Tollman (“Run This Town”) and Luke Spears (“Child Eater”). Executive producers include Randy Manis (“Margin Call,” “Kill Your Darlings”), David Thion (“It Was Just an Accident,” “Anatomy of a Fall”), Henry Simonds, Offer Egozy, Liesl Wilke, and Kate Geller. Co-producers are Max Mooney (“A Fresh Hell”) and Ariella Naymark (“Nirvanna the Band the Show”).

Glynn was named one of the “25 New Faces in Independent Film” by Filmmaker Magazine and has been awarded residencies at Yaddo and the Berlinale Talents.

“The Gymnast” previously participated in Sundance’s Catalyst Program, IFP Week’s Project Forum, Cine Qua Non Screenwriting Lab, U.S. & French Connection, and the Los Cabos International Film Festival Works in Progress market.

Glynn said, ” ‘The Gymnast’ is a world and story that’s been with me for a decade. Monica’s story, the struggle of loss and reinvention, is at the heart of the film and is connected to the fire that’s been keeping me going through these years of trying to get the film made.”

Visit’s president Ryan Kampe said, “It is so rare to find a film with such universal themes. Charlotte has masterfully depicted the pressure and ambition involved in high level competition as well as the abyss that can come with changes to one’s goals and dreams.”