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Faeryville, a
dystopian teen movie from INRI Studio, a Singapore independent film studio, has
been picked up for international sales by Eleven Arts, an American film
production and distribution company based in Los Angles. The feature film will see
its maiden screening at a Red Carpet World Premiere in LA, California, on
January 15, 2015, in a yet-to-be-announced theatre, with support from
Singapore-based publishing company Sterne & Lears Global Pte Ltd, the
publisher of F*** Magazine.
Written and
directed by award-winning independent filmmaker Tzang Merwyn Tong, Faeryville is a coming-of-age film about
a group of teenage misfits who are often bullied, and how they struggle to find
themselves in an increasingly surreal, ambiguous and apathetic world. Set in a
fictitious college, Faeryville is
about identity and friendship, and explores how victims of bullying are pushed
to extremes.
Following the
Los Angeles World Premiere, Faeryville will kick
start its world sales in Europe, at the Rotterdam Film Festival's CineMart and
the Berlin International Film Festival's European Film Market, with Eleven Arts
representing Faeryville as International Sales Agent.
The international
Film Premiere of Faeryville, as well
as the acquisition by international sales agent Eleven Arts, marks a milestone
for filmmaker Tzang Merwyn Tong and his independent Singapore-based studio,
INRI Studio.
Tzang has made 3 award-winning featurettes: e'Tzaintes (2003), A Wicked Tale (2005), and V1K1: A Techno Fairytale (2010), with e’Tzaintes and A Wicked Tale getting a bit of an cult following in Berlin and Montreal when it was released in 2005 with underground screenings in clubs and indie art spaces. A Wicked Tale, which is a psychoerotic re-imagination of Red Riding Hood, premiered to critical acclaim at the Rotterdam International Film Festival; and was the Closing Night Film at the Montreal FanTasia Film Festival. Tzang is also the youngest Singaporean director to release a film commercially on DVD.
Tzang has made 3 award-winning featurettes: e'Tzaintes (2003), A Wicked Tale (2005), and V1K1: A Techno Fairytale (2010), with e’Tzaintes and A Wicked Tale getting a bit of an cult following in Berlin and Montreal when it was released in 2005 with underground screenings in clubs and indie art spaces. A Wicked Tale, which is a psychoerotic re-imagination of Red Riding Hood, premiered to critical acclaim at the Rotterdam International Film Festival; and was the Closing Night Film at the Montreal FanTasia Film Festival. Tzang is also the youngest Singaporean director to release a film commercially on DVD.
Eight years in
the making, Faeryville was very much
an underdog battle from pre-production to post-production. From budget
constraints and a
highly controversial story to a massive thunderstorm that killed the most
expensive day of shooting, there were innumerable obstacles in the making of Faeryville. However, true to the
underdog, rebel spirit of the film and INRI Studio, director Tzang Merwyn Tong
kept going and remained faithful to his vision for Faeryville. Faeryville is Tzang’s first full length feature film.
For now, Faeryville is primed and ready for its international debut, followed by world sales in the European Film Market, with international sales rep on board. This marks an achievement not just for the filmmaker, but also for Singaporean Independent Cinema, proving that local independent films can punch above their weight class in the global arena, even without the might of a major international studio behind them.
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