Making MIDNIGHT MASS: "Over a decade in the making, Mike Flanagan (Creator/Showrunner/Director) and Trevor Macy (Executive Producer) discuss the genesis of Midnight Mass; a personal project for Mike that’s largely inspired by his Catholic upbringing."
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SHUDDER ANNOUNCES NEW ORIGINAL FILM RAGING GRACE: "AMC Network’s Shudder, the premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, announced today the new Original Film Raging Grace, written and directed by BIFA-nominee Paris Zarcilla (Pommel, The Century Egg), produced by Chi Thai (The Promise, Little Miss Sumo) and starring Filipina actress Max Eigenmann (Verdict) and David Hayman (The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Finding Your Feet). Described as a “Coming of Rage” film, which spotlights the Filipino immigrant experience through a blend of horror and drama, Raging Grace begins production this November in the UK and will debut in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand in 2022. In Raging Grace, an undocumented Filipina immigrant lands a job as a careworker for a seemingly terminal old man, securing a better life for her and her daughter. But a dark discovery threatens to destroy everything she’s strived for and holds dear.
“In Raging Grace, rising filmmaker Paris Zarcilla and producer Chi Thai craft a subversive, contemporary spin on gothic horror,” said Shudder’s Emily Gotto, VP of Acquisitions, and Sam Zimmerman, VP of Programming. “With a bold, urgent portrait of race and power, Raging Grace will take an old, dark house and make it new again.”
Said Zarcilla: “Raging Grace will be the first British-Filipino feature in British cinema history. Growing up Southeast Asian in London, I was taught to assimilate, to excel but not to stick out, to aspire to whiteness and white approval, to be the model minority, a good immigrant, to not rock the boat. Writing this film terrified me because it goes against everything my Asian parents taught me about assimilation. To make this film is to approach a place of trauma and horror. That is what it is to approach the master’s house. It’s about challenging old and new white power; it’s about smashing through the barriers that have held back East and Southeast Asian talent; it’s about raging gracefully. Raging Grace is a cathartic spectacle that explores the trauma of being an undocumented worker, but most importantly, a celebration of Filipino culture and our place in this world. Here’s to dismantling the master’s house and thanks for AMC Networks and Shudder for giving me the platform to do it.”
Said Thai: “Raging Grace is a rare and exciting alignment of all my personal and professional principles and values as producer, a working mother and a refugee. Working with Paris has been and will continue to be an incredible creative adventure. My hope is for this film to be the spark that triggers an uprising of British East and Southeast Asian filmmaking on a global stage. Instrumental in making this happen has been AMC Networks and Shudder - our formidable partners who have empowered us to share our vision without compromise.”
Zarcilla’s film Pommel, supported by Creative England, the BFI and Refinery Media, was nominated for Best British Short at the prestigious BIFA (British Independent Film Awards), and Special Jury Mention for Excellence in Directing at the Oscar-qualifying Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, and was nominated for Best International Short at the Oscar-qualifying Short Shorts Asia in Japan. He wrote and directed two-part television drama, The Century Egg for the Emmy-nominated production company Refinery Media. Zarcilla has also been commissioned to develop Inspector Low, a primetime television series adaptation based on the book by Neil Humphreys for 108 Media.
Thai is an independent producer who works across television and features. She has been a Cannes Lions finalist three times. Her production company was listed in Creative England’s leading creative companies in the UK and selected for the prestigious BFI Vision Award. Thai’s recent credits include Netflix Original documentary Little Miss Sumo, Royal Television Society-nominated virtual reality feature IF, commissioned by Google, Automat, a drama for Sky, and The Promise, an adaptation of The New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year by Nicole Davies and Laura Carlin for the BBC. Thai’s current roster includes a television adaptation of the Caldecott-winning picture book Me…Jane by Patrick McDonnell with five-time Academy-nominated animation studio Cartoon Saloon. She is developing a feature adaptation of Dark Chapter, winner of the Not Booker Prize (2017) by Winnie M. Li with Northern Irish Screen, and adapting the award-winning sci-fi novel The Boy in the Tower by Polly Ho-Yen into a television series with the support of BFI YACF.
Raging Grace is produced by Shudder, Chi Thai and Darlene Malimas."
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SLEEPY HOLLOW INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: "“Certain it is, the place still continues under the sway of some witching power that holds a spell over the minds of the good people, causing them to walk in continual reverie." —WASHINGTON IRVING, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”
After its thrilling inaugural year in 2019, the SLEEPY HOLLOW INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (SHIFF) returns this October 15-17, 2021, in the comfort of your very own hollow, virtually bringing you a provocative and exhilaratingly eclectic selection of noteworthy feature films and short films via Filmocracy.com !
In the creative spirit of Washington Irving’s classic tale, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and the actual town that inspired it, Sleepy Hollow, NY, the historic cradle of the American supernatural, SHIFF endeavors to celebrate notable genre cinema that draws artistic inspiration from the past and present to usher in a new era of genre legends.
For PROGRAM & TICKETS visit www.SleepyHollowFilmFest.com
TICKET SALES START OCT 1, 2021
2021’s selection of feature films includes
ACHOURA directed by Talal Selhami
ALONE WITH YOU directed by Emily Bennett and Justin Brooks
FOR ROGER directed by Aaron Bartsuka
HOUSE OF INEQUITY directed by Josh Hale
KING CAR directed by Renata Pinheiro
THE MARSHMALLOW MYSTERY TOUR directed by Jeff Beals and Matthew Beals
NIGHT CALLER directed by Chad Ferrin
THE REENACTMENT directed by Andrew Ford
ROOMMATE WATNED directed by Michael McCartney
A SAVANNAH HAUNTING directed by William Mark McCullough
TERROR EYES directed by Delaney Bishop
THEY LIVE INSIDE US directed by Michael Baliff
WICKED GAMES directed by Teddy Grennan
Short film selections include
AXE TO THE FACE directed by Andrew Moorehead
THE BUCCA BOO directed by Kyle Knopf
CLEAN CUT directed by Dylan James Amick
CRAZY HAT FRIDAYS directed by Lorenzo Benitez
DAVID directed by Shelby O’ Boyle
dav/ID directed by Jeff Frumess
DREAMWORLD: PINE BUSH NY directed by Rose Felice
EVERMORE NEVERMORE directed by Amber Ray Synder
FAMILY HISTORY directed by Mark J. Parker
THE GIFT directed by Jacintha Charles
HONOUR THY MOTHER directed by Yinghui Fu
HOT WOOL directed by Tony Olsen
MEDUSA directed by Katie Graubart
THE MISADVENTURES OF ICABOD CRANE directed by Guido Jiménez-Cruz
MOMMA, DON’T GO directed by Rafael De Leon, Jr.
SAWA directed by Harinarayan Rajeev
SYNONYMOUS WITH directed by Thom Hilton
THAT HALOWEEN directed by Mike Hickey
UNICORN directed by Jason Tropiano
In addition to these virtual screenings on Filmocracy, SHIFF is also hosting a HORSELESS CARRIAGE CINEMA pop-up at Kingsland Point Park in Sleepy Hollow, NY Oct 15-17, 2021. Three nights of revival big-screen, double-feature fun under the stars includes the likes of THE THING, CHOPPING MALL, ARACHNOPHOBIA and more! Tickets are available now at www.SleepyHollowFilmFest.com"
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