Category: Events
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Full Fight Scene from Death Grip – Watch Now Online
We’ve posted one of the many fights from Death Grip online for your viewing enjoyment. This is the “Knife Fight” between myself and Alvin Hsing. If you dig it, please spread the word about the theatrical premiere on June 30th, and keep an eye out at our online store for the DVD and Blu Ray!
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Navigating the Action Film Industry of the Future
In my last post I used Cannes and AFM to take a snapshot of the action industry and predict what the climate will be like in a couple years. Impossible? Maybe, but using some basic principles I think we can be pretty accurate, within fifty percent. So how does it relate to us as indie…
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Final Thoughts from An Action Filmmaker In Cannes – European Film Financing
The journey home from Cannes was long, but it gave me some time to evaluate the whole trip. The most shocking realization was how little we knew about the European film industry simply because we live in the USA. Even attending the American Film Market didn’t prepare us for what Cannes was all about. The…
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An Action Filmmaker in Italy – Part of the Cannes 2012 Trip
Tuesday, May 22 – Our time in Italy was short but sweet, punctuated with our sound designer Matteo and a stunt team called D-Unit. We went into the fashion capital of Milano, where we went to the only coffee place that resembled Starbucks called Arnold Coffee. Italy is the only European country that doesn’t have…
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An Action Filmmaker in Cannes – Day 4
Day 4 – Saturday May 19 Today was much more relaxed. I slept in until 7:10am for a change and spent the first two hours writing. Rebecca and I ate some of the fine, bagged 2€ madelines from the supermarket and set off to catch all the booths we may have missed. What we found…
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An Action Filmmaker in Cannes – Day 3
Day 3 – Friday, May 18. Got to the producer’s workshop late. The speakers were two producers, one of whom, Katriel Schory, manages an Israeli film fund that finances 3-5 films per year at about $500,000 each. The discussion was on what kind of producers we are, creative, financial, or personal (often, you’re only one…
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An Action Filmmaker In Cannes – Day 1
We left on Tuesday morning at 4am for the Oakland airport, driven by a man named Kabir, who took special interest in my having worked on a Bollywood film, Love Aaj Kaal, and he loved action films in general. Turns out he has a brother in the Bollywood industry. We exchanged business cards. Before leaving…
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Death Grip Theatrical Premiere Tickets Now On Sale
Visit http://tinyurl.com/DeathGripMoviePremiere to purchase tickets for the Death Grip Theatrical Premiere on Saturday, June 30 at 7:00 PM at the Bal Theatre in San Leandro. Tickets are $10 each and can be held for you at will call. Hope to see you there!
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Join the Death Grip Premiere Event on Facebook
Update: You can now purchase tickets for the premiere at http://tinyurl.com/DeathGripMoviePremiere for $10 each! Make sure you join the Death Grip Theatrical Premiere Event Page on Facebook to get regular updates about the big release day coming up! Just to recap, the details of the premiere are: Death Grip Theatrical Premiere When: Saturday June 30,…
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Death Grip is going to Cannes (the market)
Rebecca Ahn and I are attending the Cannes film market this year in May. Production designer Ejay Ongaro is likely attending as well. Death Grip isn’t in the film festival, though. That deadline’s long since passed. Our sales agent Wonderphil will be there selling Death Grip to distributors. Here’s hoping for the best! At the…