The movie "American Fable" premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival last year on March 13. Now, the film is slated for a February 2017 release in theaters.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, viewers can go see "American Fable" when it screens in theaters on Feb. 17 this year. The upcoming film is Anne Hamilton's ("Death Artists, Inc.," "The Inheritance") directorial debut.

Young actress Peyton Kennedy headlines the film as Gitty, an eleven-year-old girl who must choose between keeping a dark family secret and helping an outsider escape from a cruel fate. "American Fable" is set in the 1980s on a farm on the Midwest.

"American Fable" also stars Gavin MacIntosh ("Breathe," "Knocked Down"), Marci Miller, Kip Pardue ("Remember the Titans," "Ray Donovan"), Zuleikha Robinson ("The Merchant of Venice," "Ask Me Anything"), Richard Schiff ("Ray, "Solitary Man," "Kill the Messenger"), and Rusty Schwimmer ("Memories of Me," "The Perfect Storm").

The trailer for "American Fable" starts off with Gitty asking her father Abe for a "really scary story," but she hurriedly tells him that she also wants one with "a happy ending." Interspersed in the video are scenes of Gitty struggling to identify her dreams from reality. The young girl is haunted by a strange figure on horseback as her family struggles to maintain ownership of their farm.

In the trailer, Gitty also meets a mysterious man in a silo that her father forbids her from entering. The man asks her to keep his existence a secret, and one night Gitty overhears her parents talking about someone who is "not one of them." The man in the silo promises Gitty that he "can give [her] anything [she] wants, and more." As ill fortune befalls her family, Gitty must fight unknown forces to save everyone she loves.

In another article by The Hollywood Reporter, it is revealed that the inspiration for Hamilton's "American Fable" were places she grew up in and films she loved watching when she was younger. The director shared, "This movie has been a labor of love, and I'm delighted that it has found a home with IFC Midnight because they showed a deep appreciation of the visuals of the storytelling. I can't wait for people to see American Fable on the big screen."