- Asylum Seekers (film)
Infobox Film | name = Asylum Seekers
caption =
director =Rania Ajami
producer =Molly Conners Alex Twersky Gill Holland Christopher Woodrow
writer =Rania Ajami Jake Pilikian
starring =Pepper Binkley Bill Dawes Daniel Irizarry Stella Maeve
Camille O'Sullivan Lee Wilkof Judith Hawking
cinematography =Lyn Moncrief
editing =Susan Graef
distributor = TBA
released =2008 (USA)
runtime = 94 minutes
language = English
budget = $1,500,000 (est.)
imdb_id = 1132135
followed_by ="Asylum Seekers" (2008) is a British
feature film written and directed byRania Ajami . The film was the first indie completed on the revolutionaryRed Digital Cinema Camera . In 2004 Ms. Ajami was one of 8 directors cited inFilmmaker Magazine ’s ‘25 New Faces of Indie Film’.Plot
Work, family, relationships, deadlines, terrorism, information overload... When modern life is getting crazier and crazier, day by day, who wouldn't think about getting out? Leaving it all behind? Wouldn't that be the only sane response to this mad world? "Asylum Seekers" is about escapism, about feeling the pressure and deciding on a radical solution. Our six characters can't take their various stresses any more and are heading for the door marked EXIT. It leads to a deluxe, exclusive, luxuriously-appointed mental asylum, an adult funfair where they can let it all go and be waited on hand and foot for the rest of their carefree lives. Or so it seems... The first twist is that there are limited places. Only one free bed remains. The competition is on. And there are many other surprises lying in wait for the unwary, would-be-insane patient... The ride out of the world they know has only just begun!
References
* [http://www.asylumseekersmovie.com Official Site]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1132135/ Internet Movie Database]
* [http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/summer2004/features/25_faces21-25.php Filmmaker Maganzine article on Rania Ajami, Summer 2004]
* [http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/spring2008/redcamera.php Filmmaker Maganzine article on Rania Ajami, Spring 2008 ]
* [http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/blog/2008/07/25-new-faces-update-2.php#comm Filmmaker Maganzine article on Rania Ajami, Summer 2008]"'
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