Oscilloscope Laboratories Buys Elizabeth Lo’s Love Triangle Documentary ‘Mistress Dispeller'(EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comBrent Lang Executive Editor Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to Elizabeth Lo‘s “Mistress Dispeller,” a new documentary that had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival.
Produced by Anonymous Content and Impact Partners, the film follows a woman in China who is desperate to save her marriage. She hires a professional to go undercover and break up her husband’s affair.
Lo had intimate access to all the players in this family drama, enabling her to explore it from all sides of a love triangle. “Mistress Dispeller” picked up two awards in Venice, before screening at festivals including Toronto, Camden, Chicago, DOC NYC and Camerimage, where it won the Golden Frog Grand Prix for best documentary feature.
It received more than a dozen festival awards, as well as multiple nominations at the Cinema Eye Honors 2024. It will play next at CPH:DOX 2025.
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