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Bonita Drake, one of two directors of upcoming horror comedy American Burger, participated in the film festival Ramaskrik 24-26 October, "Norways spookiest filmfest" they say. Bonita presented the film as work in progress and screened a few clips to an enthusiastic audience... highly entertaining and much appreciated, rumour says.

Watch an interview with Bonita at the festival.

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[tweetable]The documentary Kiruna-Rymdvägen (Kiruna-Space road) by Liselotte Wajstedt takes part in Nordische Filmtage Lübeck 2013[/tweetable],  30th Oct- 3rd Nov.

 

Festival Profile:

"The Nordic Film Days Lübeck, first presented by the Lübeck Film Club in 1956 and taken over by the Hanseatic City of Lübeck in 1971, has one of the longest traditions of any film festival worldwide. It is the only festival in Germany, and the only one in Europe, which is entirely devoted to the presentation of films from the North and Northeast of Europe.

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The Nordic Film Days Lübeck is both an audience festival and an important meeting place for the film industry in Germany and northern Europe. Many directors whose debut works were presented in Lübeck have gone on to earn fame around the world - such as Bille August, Lasse Hallström, Aki Kaurismäki or Fridrik Thór Fridriksson."

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Liselotte Wajstedt's second 1hr documentary is in official selection at the Indegenious Film + Media Arts Festival, imagineNATIVE in Toronto, Canada, Oct 16-20.

Festival profile:

The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival celebrates the latest works by Indigenous peoples at the forefront of innovation in film, video, radio, and new media. Each fall, imagineNATIVE presents a selection of the most compelling and distinctive Indigenous works from around the globe. The Festival's programming, cultural & social events, and Industry Series attract and connect filmmakers, media artists, programmers, buyers, and industry professionals. The works accepted reflect the diversity of the world's Indigenous nations and illustrate the vitality and excellence of our art and culture in contemporary media.

http://imaginenative.org/festival/node/2705

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Director [tweetable]Maximilian Hult’s feature debut, has been selected to open the 32nd Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival. [/tweetable]HEMMA (Home) is also one of 17 films in International Competition. The Festival opens on the 31st of Oct 2013. 

Mannheim-Heidelberg Festival profile:

"The International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg has a long tradition of introducing film artists of the future and their aesthetic language to the world. The festival offers an inspiring environment for talented new filmmakers and showcases heretofore unknown talents each year who are all driven by their increased awareness, a strong personal vision and a powerful ambition."

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Tonight Director Maximilian Hult received the Busan Bank Award / The Audience Choice at the closing ceremony in the grand outdoor cinema in Busan Cinema Center. The price is 20 000 USD and is shared between the Director and the Distributor that takes on the distribution in South Korea.

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World Premiere for HEMMA (HOME) in Busan, South Korea

Maximilian Hult's first feature film HEMMA (HOME) has been Officially selected for Competition in the Flash Forward section at the 18th BUSAN International Film Festival (BIFF), which takes place on October 3rd through 12th, 2013. Flash Forward is a section for new narrative features from non-Asian filmmakers reflecting audacious creativities with clear senses of cinema as an art form.

The film is produced by LittleBig Productions in co-operation with Movieboosters, Filmmakers Stockholm and Spellbound Productions, Iceland with support from The Icelandic Film Centre and The Ministry of Industries and Innovations.

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This year for Cannes Film Festival we have joint forces together with the leading Nordic producers and film makers to bring the most exiting genre movies and TV series under one roof.

This is what people is commenting about the Nordic Genre Invasion:

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LittleBig Productions (American Burger), and Blind Spot Pictures (Iron Sky) are joining forces to meet the audience strong wish for simultaneous access on all platforms.

The mission is to bring American Burger directly to the audience and make the film available all over the world – in all platforms.

American Burger is a happy horror comedy written and directed by first-time filmmakers Bonita Drake & Johan Bromander. The directors bring a busload of American students on a culture trip in Europe. In the middle of nowhere they stumble upon a mysterious Hamburger stand and are about to realize that European notion of American Hamburgers is terrifyingly different to what they’re used to…

The global day-and-date release is planned for late autumn this year, the exact date to be released soon. American Burger will be available as original English language version with subtitling in several different languages.

“We believe the time is right for a distribution that is adjusted to the wishes and demands of the film lovers out there. The audience is a powerful driving force and we strongly believe that this model will accommodate their wish and proof it’s the way to go in future distribution.” (Producer Anna G Magnusdottir, LittleBig Productions)

“Having followed the distribution of Iron Sky, another fan-driven, Internet-active film, I’m bound to believe that a day-and-date release for such films, like American Burger, where worldwide Internet audience can have an access to the film as soon as possible in the best possible quality, without the hindrance of DRM, is the best strategy.” (Timo
Vuorensola, Iron Sky)

“Global release is such an exciting thing. For us as directors a Global event and meeting the audience directly is a dream come true. It’s like saying, “Here you go World, have
some American Burger! Enjoy!” (Directors Bonita Drake & Johan Bromander)

www.americanburgerthemovie.com
www.facebook.com/AmericanBurgermovie
twitter.com/AmBurgerMovie

 

Contact:
LittleBig Productions
Anna G Magnusdottir
Anna.g@littlebig.se
+46 70 2616465

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