Oscilloscope Laboratories Acquires Ann Oren’s ‘Objet a’ Ahead of Locarno World Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired the North American rights to “Objet a,” ahead of its world premiere in the international competition at the 2026 Locarno Film Festival. The film is written and directed by Ann Oren and co-written by Geoffroy Grison.

The acquisition marks the second collaboration between Oscilloscope and Oren, following the U.S. release of her critically acclaimed debut feature, “Piaffe,” in 2023. The film stars Aenne Schwarz (“All is Well”), Louis Hofmann (“Dark”), Simone Bucio (“Piaffe”), and Georg Friedrich (“Bright Nights”).

According to the official logline: “Ingeborg and Adam are visionary hand surgeons bound by love, control and irresistible fixations. She is compelled to steal objects; he longs to become one. When an accident brings the enigmatic Gaia into their lives, unexpected desires begin to take shape, unsettling the careful balance that has long defined their relationship.”

“No one is currently making films like Ann Oren,” Aaron Katz, SVP Of acquisitions at Oscilloscope, said in a statement. “She is a visionary artist and ‘Objet a’ feels like a natural progression after ‘Piaffe.’ Connection, objectivity, intimacy, kink, nature, artificiality – this is a mesmerizing film from a singular filmmaker and we’re extremely excited to partner with this team again to bring it to theaters soon.”

“I’m interested in human desire and in how it connects us to other species,” Oren said in a statement. “The human body is the starting point for my cinematic language: the more control we have over it, the more we separate ourselves from the natural world we are a part of. And Objet a speaks to this.”

“Objet a” is Oren’s return to Locarno after world premiering “Piaffe” in the Concorso Internazionale in 2022. The film is produced by Schuldenberg Films in co-production with Tarantula, asterisk* and ERT with support by Film Fund Luxembourg, German Federal Film Fund, Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Hessen Film & Medien, Creative Europe Media, German Federal Film Board, Hellenic Film and A/V Center-EKKOMEΔ.