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AFM 2013 |
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Award Winning BORGMAN
Winner of the Siren Award for Best International Feature Film at Lund International Fantastic FF, the Silver Méliès for Best European Fantastic Film at Strasbourg European Fantastic FF, Time Machine Award for Life Achievement and Best Film in Fantastic Feature Film Competition at the Sitges International Fantastic FF, Best Film in Feodora Competition at Haifa International FF, and Golden Calves for Best Film, Best Actress (Hadewych Minis) and Best Screenplay at the Netherlands Film Festival.
BORGMAN is also the official entry from the Netherlands for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 2014 Academy Awards. BORGMAN was released in the Netherlands on August 29th by Cinéart, and reached a total of €706,212 EUR in box office.
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LINSANITY
- USA
box office success
Released in the US
by Ketchup Entertainment, LINSANITY had a very strong opening weekend at $103K,
giving the docu a solid $11,444 average in 9 theaters. It was also the top
documentary on iTunes. The box office reached $250,000 USD in 10 days.
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MONSOON SHOOTOUT was awarded the NETPAC Award at the Hawaii International Film Festival
SIDDHARTH was awarded the Audience Award at the Reunion Island Film Festival
RIGOR
MORTIS is nominated for 3 Golden Horse Awards: Best New Director, Best Visual
Effects, Best Make-up & Custom Design
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| MARKET SCREENINGS |
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| DJINN |
| by Tobe Hooper |
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UAE / 2013 / 86' / English, Arabic / Supernatural Horror Thriller
Cast: Khalid Laith, Razane Jammal
Official Selection: Abu Dhabi
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| ScreeningS (INTERNATIONAL MARKET PREMIERE) |
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Nov 9, SAT, 9.00 am, AMC Santa Monica 5
Nov 10, SUN, 3.00 pm, AMC Santa Monica 7
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| Synopsis: Renowned genre master Tobe Hooper returns to form with DJINN, a powerful story of a young Emirati couple who return home only to discover that their new apartment in a luxury high-rise is also home to the malevolent beings known as Djinn. A unique new take on the haunted house tale, DJINN explores demonic possession and uncovers the dark, nightmarish truth behind what lurks in this high rise building. |
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| FINAL
RECIPE |
| by Gina Kim |
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South Korea / 2013 / 98’ / English / Drama
Cast: Michelle Yeoh, Henry Lau, Chin Han
Official
Selections: Opening Film Culinary Zinema: Film and Gastronomy, San
Sebastian, Hawaii
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| ScreeningS (INTERNATIONAL MARKET PREMIERE) |
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Nov 8, FRI, 3.00 pm, AMC Santa Monica 5
Nov 9, SAT, 3.00 pm, AMC Santa Monica 7
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| Synopsis: Once a famous chef, Hao’s Chinese restaurant is now an unpopular destination. He despises the fact that people nowadays do not respect traditional dishes and he has become a bitter old man. Hao’s only hope is that his grandson Mark enters a prestigious university, but Mark’s dream is to follow in his grandfather’s footsteps and become a chef. |
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| iNUMBER NUMBER |
| by Donovan Marsh |
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South Africa / 2013 / 96’ / Zulu / Action, Thriller
Cast: S'dumo Mtshali, Presley Chweneyagae, Israel Makoe
Official Selection: Toronto
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Nov 7, THU, 9.00 am, Laemmle Monica 4
Nov 11, MON, 3.00 pm, Laemmle Monica 4
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| Synopsis: When honest undercover cop Chili Ngcobo (winner of the TV Talent show, ‘Class Act’, S’dumo Mtshali), and his by-the-book partner, Sello ‘Shoes’ Moshoeshoe (lead actor of the Oscar Winning film ‘Tsotsi’, Presley Chweneyagae), are cheated out of a large reward by their corrupt superiors, Chili finds another way of getting the money he feels they deserve. Chili penetrates a cash-in-transit heist gang, and instead of busting them, convinces his partner to participate in a once off score. |
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| KISS
THE WATER |
| by Eric Steel |
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USA / 2013 / 80’ / English / Documentary
Official Selections: Tribeca, Edinburgh, Vancouver, Woods Hole, Hot Springs, Hamptons
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| Nov 7, THU, 3.00 pm, Fairmont 3 |
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| Synopsis: In a cottage in northern Scotland, Megan Boyd twirled bits of feather, fur, silver and gold into elaborate fishing flies – at once miniature works of art and absolutely lethal. Wherever men and women cast their lines for the mighty Atlantic salmon, her name is whispered in mythic reverence, and stories about her surface and swirl like fairy tales. With breathtaking cinematography and expressive, hand painted animation, KISS THE WATER adheres to and escapes from traditional documentary form, spinning the facts and fictions of one woman life into a stunning film about craft, devotion, love, and its illusions. |
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| BORGMAN |
| by Alex van Warmerdam |
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The Netherlands, Belgium,
Denmark
/ 2013 / 113’ / Dutch / Suspense Drama
Cast: Jan Bijvoet, Hadewych Minis, Jeroen Perceval
Official
Selections: Busan,
Toronto, Strassbourg, London, Sitges, Athens, Cannes Competition 2013
Awards: Golden Calves for Best Film, Best Actress, Best Screenplay
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| Screening |
| Nov 10, SUN, 1.00 pm, Doubletree 1 |
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| Synopsis: Borgman’s arrival in the tree-lined avenues of an exclusive residential area is the beginning of a series of unsettling events around the carefully constructed facade of a wealthy couple, their three children and their nanny. |
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| LINSANITY |
| by Evan Jackson Leong |
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USA / 2013 / 88' / English / Documentary
Featuring: Jeremy Lin
Official
Selections: Sundance 2013, Hong
Kong, Zurich
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| Nov 10, SUN, 9.00 am, Doubletree 1 |
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| Synopsis: In February 2012, the New York Knicks, mired in a disappointing season and out of desperation, looked to the end of their bench and found Jeremy Lin, an undrafted free agent from Harvard. On the verge of seeing his lifelong NBA dream vanish, Lin – at, or near what was believed to be his last chance as an NBA professional, underwent a now-legendary run, obliterating stereotypes along the way, and in the process birthed a global phenomenon known as “Linsanity.” Basketball – and the world – was never the same. Director Evan Jackson Leong chronicles Jeremy Lin’s inspirational story long before that fateful month and at a time when Lin was still struggling to find a place in a league that didn’t want him while never wavering on his faith and hope for an opportunity. |
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| MONSOON
SHOOTOUT |
| by Amit Kumar |
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India / 2013 / 88' / Hindi / Police Drama, Thriller
Cast: Vijay Varma, Nawazuddin Siddiqi
Official
Selections: Cannes,
Montreal, St. Petersburg, Fantastic Fest, Helsinki, Hawaii, Chicago, Sitges, Stockholm
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| Nov 11, MON, 11.00 am, AMC Santa Monica 7 |
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| Synopsis: MONSOON SHOOTOUT explores the impact that one’s choices make on the lives of others. As heavy monsoon rains lash the badlands of Mumbai, Adi, a rookie cop out on his first assignment faces a life altering decision when he must decide whether to shoot or not to shoot. Each decision takes him on a journey that pits him against a system which demands a compromise of his morals. Finally, however, Adi and we come to understand that every choice has its price. |
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| RIGOR
MORTIS |
| by Juno Mak |
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Hong Kong /
2013 / 101’ / Cantonese / Action, Horror, Drama
Cast: Chin Siu-Ho, Kara Wai, Nina Paw, Antony "Friend" Chan, Lo
Hoi Pang, Richard Ng, Chung Fat
Official
Selections: Venice, Toronto, Fantastic Fest-Austin, Sitges,
London, Tokyo, Hong Kong Asia FF
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Nov 8, FRI, 9.00 am, AMC Santa Monica 3
Nov 10, SUN, 5.00 pm, AMC Santa Monica 3
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| Synopsis: In this eerie and chilling, contemporary, action/special effects laden homage to the classic Chinese vampire movies of the 1980’s, writer-director-producer, Juno Mak makes his feature directorial debut. Co-produced by J-Horror icon Takashi Shimizu, and reuniting some of the original cast members of the classic Mr. Vampire series, RIGOR MORTIS is set in a creepy and moody Hong Kong public housing tower whose occupants we soon discover, run the gamut from the living to the dead, to the undead, along with ghosts, vampires and zombies.. |
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| SIDDHARTH |
| by Richie Mehta |
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Canada, India / 2013 /
96’ / Hindi / Drama
Cast:Rajesh Tailang,
Tannishtha Chatterjee, Anurag Arora
Official
Selections: Venice, Toronto, London, Mumbai
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Nov 6, WED, 11.00 am, Broadway Cineplex 4
Nov 11, MON, 9.00 am, Broadway Cineplex 4
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| Synopsis: After sending away his 12 year-old son Siddharth for work, Mahendra (a chain-wallah who fixes broken zippers on the streets) is relieved - his financial burdens will be alleviated. But when Siddharth fails to return home, Mahendra learns he may have been taken by child-traffickers. With little resources and no connections, he travels across India in pursuit, with the hope that whatever force arbitrarily took his child away will return him unharmed. |
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| UPCOMING FILMS |
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| CAMERA |
| by James Leong |
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Singapore, Hong Kong /
2013 / 95' / Cantonese, Mandarin / Suspense, Thriller
Cast: Sean Li, Venus Wong, Calvin Poon Yuen Leung
Status: Completed
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| Synopsis: Ming is a surveillance expert with an
obsession - he wants to film everything he sees. It’s a compulsion born of a
childhood accident, which left him blind in one eye. Following a design he
believes his father left him, Ming builds a miniature camera which he installs
in his bad eye, restoring his sight and allowing him to record everything he
sees. He becomes the perfect surveillance device. |
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| DRIVING BACK FROM DUBBO |
| by Sue Brooks |
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Australia / English / Coming of Age
Cast: Sam
Neill, Miranda Otto, Richard Roxburgh
Status: Pre-production
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| Synopsis: Cassie,
a free spirited fifteen year old, runs away with her best friend. Her parents
Denise and Dan enlist the help of an aging private detective to find their daughter.
But life is unraveling faster than anyone can put it back together. A wry drama
about lies, secrets, grief and love. |
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| HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES |
| by John Cameron Mitchell |
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USA / English / Romance, Sci-Fi, Music
Status: Pre-production
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| Synopsis: Based on a science fiction short story by Neil
Gaiman, HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES is about a couple of British 1970s
wannabe punk rocker teenage boys, Enn and Vic, who head to a party to meet
girls, only to find that the girls there are much different than they could
have ever imagined. |
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| LOVE IS STRANGE |
| by Ira Sachs |
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USA / 2014 / English / Drama
Cast: John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, Marisa Tomei
Status: In production
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| Synopsis: After 28 years together, Ben and Jorge tie the
knot in a City Hall wedding in lower Manhattan.
On the return from their honeymoon, Ben gets fired from his longtime job.
Suddenly, with no real savings to count on, the couple finds that they can’t
afford the rent on their small Chelsea
apartment and married life is absolutely not what they expected it to be. |
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| SUNSET SONG |
| by Terence Davies |
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UK / English / Epic Drama
Based on the original novel by: Lewis Grassic Gibson
Cast: Peter Mullan, Agyness Deyn
Status: Pre-production
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| Synopsis: Set in the early 20th century, Chris Guthrie
suddenly finds herself running the farm and raising her siblings after her
mother’s death and her father’s incapacity. But when love comes to Chris she
must send her man off to the Great War and manage the farm in a land about to
be changed forever by the onset of technology and war. |
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| UNFRIEND |
| by Joselito
Altarejos |
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Philippines / 2013 / 93' / Filipino / Drama
Cast: Sandino Martin, Angelo Ilagan, Boots Anson-Roa
Status: Completed
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| Synopsis: On Christmas Day, David, 15,
finds out that his boyfriend, Jonathan, 17, has taken another lover. The
discovery leads him on the brink of depression making him think of ways to get
him back at all cost. |
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Phone: +1-310-458-6700 (redirect to room 817)
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