CollabFeature

CollabFeature[1] is a group of independent filmmakers from all over the world who have come together to create feature films made up of multiple individual stories. Each filmmaker writes and directs his or her own small segment of a film in his or her own country. The group's first feature began shooting in spring of 2010 and will be completed in 2012.^[1][2] The project was created by Detroit-based filmmaker Marty Shea and web designer Ian Bonner.

Filmmakers

• Marty Shea - Detroit, USA
• Rafael Yoshida - Sao Paulo
• Fahad Shaikh - Dubai
• Sabine Sebaali - Beirut
• Mitch Horn - Bedford, NY
• Stanislava Buevich - London
• Giacomo Mantovani - London
• Steve Murphy - London
• Omer Kula - London
• Varun Mathur - New Delhi
• Brian Shephard - Orlando, FL
• Asmit Pathare - Mumbai
• Nicolas Fogliarini - Paris
• Neha Raheja Thakker - Mumbai
• Vishesh Mankal - New Delhi
• Francois Coetzee - Cape Town
• Mairtin de Barra - Dublin
• Xavier Agudo - Berlin
• Yango González - Bogota, Colombia
• Alexander Schoenauer - Berlin
• Nino Leitner - Innsbruck, Austria
• Arne von Nostitz-Rieneck - Vienna

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Current Project

CollabFeature's first multi-director project is a feature film about a backpack that travels the globe. It is passed around in an effort to get it back to its owner—a man named "MacGuffin." The feature consists of 25 short films that are connected by the backpack's journey. Each short film is approximately 2 to 5 minutes long.

With its 25 directors, the feature will have more directors than Paris je t'aime, which currently holds the Guinness World Record for the most directors (21) in one film.^[4]

Filming began on May 29, 2010. The filmmakers plan to premiere the feature in 2012.^[1][5]

Plot

The film follows a lost backpack on a journey around the world, meeting several fascinating charaters along the way. As the story progresses, we learn details about the mysterious man to whom the bag belongs. The film brings together a variety of cultures, languages and film styles into a singular narrative plot.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} http://www.freep.com/article/20101119/ENT01/11190325/Backpack-stars-in-local-film#ixzz16XPY7HC3
2. ^ http://www.collabfeature.com
3. ^ http://www.collabfeature.com/bios
4. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=rbZMg7CGnKYC&pg=PA316&lpg=PA316&dq=paris+je+t'aime+guinness&source=bl&ots=oOaBOgzocV&sig=ntvde-LPXsy7d40jrus3krX549k&hl=en&ei=ernxTPXcEIi4sAOZ2I3aCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CBMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
5. ^ http://www.hindustantimes.com/One-movie-25-directors/Article1-619830.aspx

External Links

http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/film/dubai-filmmaker-in-international-collaboration?pageCount=2

http://www.hindustantimes.com/One-movie-25-directors/Article1-619830.aspx

http://www.collabfeature.com/press/docs/mag_brazil1.pdf