The Witch (stylized as The VVitch) is a 2015 American horror film directed by Robert Eggers. The plot follows a Puritan family encountering forces of evil in the woods beyond their New England farm. It won the Directing Award in the U.S. Dramatic category at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. The film is scheduled to be released on February 26, 2016, by A24 Films. In the 17th century, a Puritan family lives alone on the edge of a New England wilderness. Soon their infant son disappears, their daughter is suspected of witchcraft, and the family begins to break down in the face of an unknown evil. The film had its world premiere at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2015. Prior to the film's debut at the festival, A24 Films and DirecTV had acquired distribution rights to the film, the film will premiere on DirecTV Cinema prior to its theatrical release. The film went on to screen at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on July 7, 2015. and the Melbourne International Fi...