IFC Midnight announced from the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival that the company is picking up Zack Parker’s PROXY for release in the US. The film made its world premiere in the Vanguard section of the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival and will play next at the 2013 Fantastic Fest; and stars Alexia Rasmussen, Alexa Havins, Kristina Klebe and Joe Swanberg. In PROXY, a pregnant young woman seeks consolation in a support group after she is viciously attacked by a hooded assailant. Gradually she comes to realize that nothing and no one in her life is as it appears in this shocking and challenging thriller. 

 Zack Parker’s PROXY is a European-style suspense-thriller that promises to challenge the traditional cinematic form.

A very pregnant Esther Woodhouse (Alexia Rasmussen) is walking home after her latest OB appointment, when she is brutally attacked and disfigured by a hooded assailant. When Esther seeks consolation in a support group, she finds friendship and empathy in Melanie (Alexa Havins), another mother scarred with tragedy. Esther soon begins to believe that the horrific event might be a bittersweet act of fate. However, friendship and empathy can be very dangerous things when accepted by the wrong people.

PROXY marks the fourth feature film by Writer-Director-Producer Zack Parker and his largest undertaking to date. Shot on-location in the varied mid-west scenery of Indiana, Zack utilized the latest in filmmaking technology to bring this horrific tale to life. With a stellar cast (Alexia Rasmussen, Alexa Havins, Kristina Klebe, Joe Swanberg) a talented production team, including Along The Tracks Productions alumni Executive Producer Michael Khamis, Cinematogrpaher Jim Timperman, Sound Designer Sonny Wingler, the musical stylings of the ever-talented team The Newton Brothers, as well as new addition, Producer Faust Checho of FSC Productions, PROXY is sure to deliver a never before seen cinematic journey. via Proxy The Movie.