New films from ITN at EFM 2016

NATURAL SELECTION

110 min. HD. 2016. Complete. 

Cast: 

Katherine McNamara

(IMDB #12, Star of ABC Family's and NetFlix's Shadowhunters, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials),

Anthony Michael Hall 

(Netflix's War Machine with Brad Pitt, The Dark Knight, Foxcatcher), 

Catherine Missal

(Vacation), Amy Carlson

(CBS' Blue Bloods, Law & Order), Mason Dye (Lifetime's Flowers in the Attic, MTV's Teen Wolf and Finding Carter)

Synopsis: 

Teenager Tyler Evans feels as if the world has left him behind. Everyday at his new school, he fights for survival as he is easy prey among the bullies. Searching for answers, he looks to his manipulative friend Indrid who appears to have it all figured out. Soon, Tyler finds himself in a middle of the storm and gets caught up in something he may not be able to change. 

TRAILER: 

ASTHMA

90 min. Romance/Drama. HD. Complete. 

**US Theatrical Release -October 23rd, 2015 by IFC Films***

Directed by Jake Hoffman

Cast:  Krysten Ritter - 

IMDB # 47

(NetFlix's Jessica Jones, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23, Breaking Bad),

Nick Nolte, Benedict Samuel, Rosanna Arquette(Pulp Fiction), Iggy Pop,Goran Visnjic (ER), Gillian Zinser (90210), Joey Kern(Cabin Fever), Dov Tiefenbach, Odessa Rae(Hard Candy)

Synopsis:

 This drug-fueled rock 'n roll joyride follows two New York City slackers on a surreal, life-altering road trip. Heroin addict artist Gus (Benedict Samuel) has hit bottom - he even botches his own suicide attempt. With nothing to lose, he steals a Rolls Royce in an attempt to win over his tattoo artist crush, Ruby (Krysten Ritter). The pair embarks on a wayward journey that takes them everywhere from a neo-hippie commune to the bedside of Gus' gravely ill mother as they come to terms with their feelings for one another. Featuring Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, and punk icon Iggy Pop, Asthma captures the highs and lows of being young, lost, and in love.

Official Selection - Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

"Addict road trip drama ASTHMA is a fascinating study of character." - Village Voice

" ASTHMA  is distinctly original in the sense of its cinematic nuance and its ability to crawl over your skin like warm honey." - Autre Magazine

"Jake Hoffman's directorial debut Asthma is charming, hilarious, heartbreaking and like the lingering cough its main character can't get over, it stays with you for a while." - Paste Magazine

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gTZIZBWcs0 

ALICE THE DARKER SIDE OF THE MIRROR

102 min. Fantasy. HD. Complete. 
 

Synopsis: 

In 1905, a teenage Alice has just moved to the Pacific Northwest. She follows a mysterious man down a rabbit hole, leading her into Wonderland; a dark and curious world inhabited by characters from turn-of-the-century America and the Pacific Northwest.

SELLING POINTS: 

Drafts off the Disney's Theatrical release of ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, starring Johnny Depp and Anne Hathaway.

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ72XiW8e3o 

BOOST

95 min. Action/Crime. HD. 2015. Complete. 

Cast:  Danny Trejo, Danay Garcia (Prison Break),Michael Flores (Blackhat, Let's Be Cops), Grazi DiPaolo

Synopsis: 

When Jimmy finds a mysterious package in the trunk of his latest carjacking ("BOOST"), he is thrust into a violent underworld of criminals, and a race against the clock to save a little girl's life.

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V9iioSEqXI

STREET

90 min. Action. HD. 2015. Complete. 

**US Theatrical Release:October 30th, 2015**

Cast:  Beau 'Casper' Smart (Step Up 3D, Honey 2), Quincy Brown (Dope, Brotherly Love), John Hennigan (E.C.W., WWE), Kate Miner (The Campaign, Fired Up!), Mark Ryan (The Prestige), Shashawnee Hall (Bruce Almighty), Mindy Robinson (V/H/S)

Synopsis: 

Remo Street is a 23-year-old former wrestling champion who lost his father in the war and now struggles to support his ill mother and young sister. Street's heroic choice to defend a group of strangers unknowingly forces him into an underground fighting ring to keep his family protected from Russian mobsters. Coach Oz, one of the strangers he saved, shows Street gratitude by offering him a job at his local fight gym. Street is forced to fight for his life when a chance encounter puts him in the corner of an up and coming champ, a Russian gangster and the seedy underworld of gambling, arson and bare knuckle boxing. 

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0OppopD1U8 

  DITCH DAY MASSACRE

80 min. Horror/Thriller. HD. 2016. Complete.

Cast: Bill Oberst Jr. 

Synopsis: 

Jenny Bilson, a high school senior, is the perfect student, a wonderful daughter to a veteran police detective and an all American Dream. But the one mistake she is unaware of making is about to haunt her in a very violent way, as her past returns for revenge.

BEST FEATURE FILM - Burbank International Film Festival

BEST HORROR FEATURE- Burbank International Film Festival

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0N8eTigFAA 

  BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY

110 min. Action/Sci-Fi. HD. 2016. Complete.

Synopsis: 

Five Spec Ops, Alpha Squad, head a simple Recon Mission that turns into an all out war for survival against a wave of undead experiments. Alpha Squad must fight, not just for the sake of their own survival, but the fate of the world.

TRAILER: COMING SOON!

  TREASURE STATE

83 min. Adventure/Family. HD. 2013. Complete.

Synopsis: 

In this family-friendly adventure, two teens must put their rivalry aside and join forces to stop notorious bandits and survive the brutal wilderness known as the Treasure State.

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxpMyME4O5c 

  STRAIGHT OUTTA OAKLAND

116 min. Urban. HD. 2014. Complete.

Synopsis: 

Four boys, now men, still live in their Oakland neighborhood. The community has transformed and what remains is the "hood."Each man negotiates his way through the day surviving the "hood" and discover there is only one way out.

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHGCzCTl3KU 

  THE DEVIL COMPLEX

90 min. Horror/Thriller. HD. 2015. Complete.

Synopsis: 

Based on true events. Filmmakers travel to Transylvania to document the world's most haunted Hoia Baciu forest (known as the Bermuda Triangle of Romania) which has a dark history of strange occurrences, ghost sightings and countless cases of missing people.

SELLING POINTS: 

Drafts off Sony's DVD release of THE FOREST, starring Natalie Dormer and Taylor Kinney.

Shot in the Hoia Baciu Forest (as seen on The Travel Channel's GHOST ADVENTURES)

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRDQwAGTm8I 

  PLAYING WITH DOLLS

80 min. Horror. HD. 2015. Complete.

Cast: Richard Tyson (Black Hawk Down)

Synopsis: 

A serial killer is purposely released from an asylum for the criminally insane so that he can continue his rampage.

SELLING POINTS: 

Ties into Lionsgate's Theatrical release of LEATHERFACE, starring Lili Taylor and Stephen Dorff.

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoE0uhxX37o 

  HOTELIER

84 min. Horror/Thriller. HD. 2014. Complete.

Synopsis: 

A paranormal investigator and his newly hired videographer explore an cursed hotel known for its supernatural occurrences, a serial killer and crazed clown.

SELLING POINTS: 

Drafts off Rob Zombie's Theatrical release of  the clown movie 31.

Ties into the the DVD release of AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL.

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwFXePR1Fkc 

  SECLUSION

98 min. Thriller. HD. 2015. Complete.

Synopsis: 

A group of friends is stalked by a killer at an isolated destination wedding.

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU4jh787HfQ 

  SOLITUDE

89 min. Thriller. HD. 2014. Complete.

Synopsis: 

James Erikson begins a journey to discover the truth behind a mysterious creature that haunts the woods in the small town of Solitude.

SELLING POINTS: 

Drafts off Sony's DVD release of THE FOREST, starring Natalie Dormer and Taylor Kinney.

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj6Xk9MJ7Jg 

  KIDNAPPED IN ROMANIA

88 min. Thriller. HD. 2015. Complete.

Cast: Michael Madsen (Tarantino's The Hateful Eight), Maia Morgenstern (The Passion of the Christ), Paul Sorvino (Goodfellas), Gouchy Boy (Brick Mansions)

Synopsis: 

A couple of journalists go missing during their work assignment in Romania.

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BQ_F5CSdys 

  AMERICAN POLTERGEIST

83 min. Thriller. HD. 2015. Complete.

Cast: Ashley Green Elizabeth (Muck), Simona Fusco (Beerfest, The Pool Boys), Luke Brandon Field (Outliving Emily, Where the Road Meets the Sun).

Synopsis: 

Over the course of five days, a group of friends experience once of the deadliest poltergeists in American history.

SELLING POINTS: 

Drafts off the Warner Bros./New Line Cinema's Theatrical release of THE CONJURING 2: THE ENFIELD POLTERGEIST, starring Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson.

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0Os2MFxM_I 

  AMERICAN POLTERGEIST 2

102 min. Horror/Thriller. HD. 2015. Complete.

Synopsis: 

After visiting a supposedly haunted forest, a teen girl comes to believe that a violent poltergeist followed her home and is stalking her.

SELLING POINTS: 

Ties into the Warner Bros./New Line Cinema's Theatrical release of THE CONJURING 2: THE ENFIELD POLTERGEIST, starring Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson.

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px4w9Vc2S9E 

BEVERLY HILLS CHRISTMAS

90 min. Family. HD. 2015. Complete. 

UPTV Exclusive World Television Premiere - December 6th, 2015

Directed by Brian Skiba 

Cast:  Dean Cain, John Savage (Deer Hunter), Donna Spangler (Matilda), Vincent De Paul (Poseidon, Riding in Cars with Boys), Brandon Tyler Russell (Smitty) and Jack the Pomeranian

Synopsis:

With help from a guardian angel, a spoiled teenage girl learns that true value is found in assisting others and not in material things.

Official Selection - Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival

TRAILER:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sppZaOJYhe4