THEIR INNOCENCE IS THEIR DOWNFALL

Summer Scars

Genre: Horror
Director: Julian Richards
Cast: Kevin Howarth, Ciaran Joyce, Amy Harvey
           Jonathan Jones, Darren Evans

This confrontational coming-of-age thriller is a haunting look into the destruction of innocence and the depths of fear. When a gang of raucous teens play hooky in the woods, they cross paths with a mysterious drifter. Preying on their adolescent curiosity and naiveté, the sadistic vagabond easily wins them over only to inflict humiliating and torturous mind games with a rusty switchblade and a gun. Trembling and desperate, these kids realize that their only chance at survival is to embrace the darkness within and fight back with some wicked games of their own.

                                            Awards & Appearances

From the Director of The Last Horror Movie
WINNER
2003 New York City Horror Film Festival - Best Actor

Winner of…

2008 BAFTA Awards - BAFTA Film Award
2008 WorldFest Houston - Bronze Award: Suspense Thriller
2008 Seattle True Independent Film Festival - STIFFY: Best Child Acting
2008 Santa Cruz Film Festival - Jury Award: Best Narrative Feature
2007 Austin Fantastic Fest - Horror Jury Prize Best Actor

“Summer Scars sheds serious light on the choices we are forced to make under extreme circumstances where our impulsive reactions can sometimes take us beyond what we thought capable. With an unsettlingly Jekyll and Hyde like performance from Kevin Howarth, writer/director Julian Richards superbly captures the essence of life-changing experiences. The resonance of a single event is beautifully explored here, this is a definite must for all British Film fans.”

– Ramchandra Solanki, Raindance

Bangkok Love Story

Genre: Drama Gay Romance
Rating: Not Rated
Director: Poj Arnon
Cast: Rattanaballang Tohssawat, Chaiwat Thongsaeng, Wiradit Srimalai,
          Chutcha Rujinanon

Steamy Thai nights provide the backdrop for unbridled romance, crime and action as two men unexpectedly brave forbidden love. Maek, a cold assassin-for-hire, is sent to knock off Iht, a police informant, when in a twist of fate the killer is shot for refusing to pull the trigger. After making their escape, an indelible bond is forged when the vulnerable assassin is nursed back to health by handsome, married Iht. But as taboo feelings of desire swell between the swarthy new lovers, their relationship is discovered. Now there’s no turning back as enemies, friends and lovers are pitted against each other.

“…will likely gain what stature it can in pop culture as the ‘Thai Brokeback Mountain’ or maybe ‘that gay hitman movie.’”

– Rotten Tomatoes

Film Festival Appearances

14th Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
2007 Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
34th Brussels International Independent Film Festival

Award Winner of…

Grand Prize: International Competition
2007 Brussels International Independent Film Festival

National Film Association Award: Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, Best Sound
2008 Thailand National Film Association Awards

“Feels like the unholy offspring of Mike Judge and R. Crumb.”

– The Los Angeles Times

Dante’s Inferno

Genre: Comedy
Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 78 Min.
Country of Origin: USA
Language: English
Director: Sean Meredith
Cast: Dermot Mulroney, James Cromwell

Hell goes animated as apocalyptic graphic novel artwork and eerie Victorian toy theater converge in this subversively satiric update of a literary classic. Reinterpreted with the use of intricately hand-drawn puppets and stunning miniature sets, this bizarre travelogue narrated by Dante, a hard-living hoodie-clad twenty-something, will take you on a gritty, violent tour of hell that bears a disturbing resemblance to our own world. Featuring the dark, mood-drenched voice of Dermot Mulroney (Zodiac, My Best Friend’s Wedding) as Dante, and the wizened pipes of James Cromwell (L.A. Confidential, “Six Feet Under”) as his ghostly guide, Dante’s Inferno is like nothing you’ve ever experienced before.

“The sheer level of artistry involved is immersive and like nothing you’ve ever seen on the big screen. Easily one of the most original films of the year, and probably one of the best, too.”
Luke Y. Thompson, OC Weekly

WINNER OF …

Best Feature Film - 2007 Lausanne Underground Film Festival
Spirit of Underground Award - 2007 Boston Underground Film Festival
Staff Award for Best Feature - 2007 San Francisco Indie Fest
Best Animated Feature - 2007 Delray Beach Film Festival
Best Director - 2007 Silver Lake Film Festival
Most Unique Film - 2007 Eugene Int. Film Festival

“There’s enough of the divinely comic in this ‘Inferno’ to justify a pair of sequels.”

- Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix

“A brilliantly conceived adaptation…The script alone is too clever for words…The music score by Mark McAdam is outstanding…”

- Life with Movies and Maxxxx