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Exclusive: Producer Daniel Bekerman, whose The Apprentice, just premiered in competition at Cannes to rave reviews, has set his next feature Knight’s Camp, a dark comedy starring Judy Greer and Sophia Lillis.
Filmmaking duo Kyle Rideout and Josh Epstein co-wrote the screenplay, with Rideout set to helm.
Bekerman (The Witch), Chris Yurkovich (Slash/Back), and Jordan Hart are producing for Good Question Media in association with Scythia Films, along with Epstein. Casting is currently underway.
Knight’s Camp follows four bubble-wrapped teens at a medieval-themed summer camp. On the eve of the camp’s famous Battle of Twin Bridge re-enactment, the teens ignite an old legend and are accidentally transported to the real battle in 1297 A.D., where they are tasked with saving one of their ancestors...
Filmmaking duo Kyle Rideout and Josh Epstein co-wrote the screenplay, with Rideout set to helm.
Bekerman (The Witch), Chris Yurkovich (Slash/Back), and Jordan Hart are producing for Good Question Media in association with Scythia Films, along with Epstein. Casting is currently underway.
Knight’s Camp follows four bubble-wrapped teens at a medieval-themed summer camp. On the eve of the camp’s famous Battle of Twin Bridge re-enactment, the teens ignite an old legend and are accidentally transported to the real battle in 1297 A.D., where they are tasked with saving one of their ancestors...
- 5/30/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
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Rlje Films will release Slash/Back, Nyla Innuksuk's Indigenous Canadian sci-fi horror flick, on DVD and Blu-ray on December 13, 2022. We have three (3) copies of Slash/Back on Bluray to give away next week. Set in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, a sleepy hamlet nestled in the majestic mountains of Baffin Island in the Arctic Ocean, Slash/Back opens as the village wakes up to a typical summer day. No School, no cool boys (well... except one), and 24-hour sunlight. But for Maika and her ragtag friends, the usual summer is suddenly not in the cards when they discover an alien invasion threatening their hometown. These teenagers have been underestimated their whole lives but, using makeshift weapons and their horror movie knowledge, they show the aliens you don't...
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- 12/6/2022
- Screen Anarchy
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(Welcome to Under the Radar, a column where we spotlight specific movies, shows, trends, performances, or scenes that caught our eye and deserved more attention ... but otherwise flew under the radar. In this edition: a road trip dramedy takes a turn for the supernatural in "Next Exit," "Slash/Back" puts an extraterrestrial twist on a cultural coming-of-age tale, and "Something in the Dirt" goes for broke.)
Halloween has come and gone, Thanksgiving is firmly in the rearview mirror, and holiday season stress is already in full swing ... with the end of the year looming right behind it. If you're anything like me, three major seasonal shifts coming right after the other in such short order — combined with the annual scourge of Daylight Saving Time here in the States, of course — is enough to induce a debilitating case of tonal whiplash. So with our internal body clocks in chaos and good taste in shambles,...
Halloween has come and gone, Thanksgiving is firmly in the rearview mirror, and holiday season stress is already in full swing ... with the end of the year looming right behind it. If you're anything like me, three major seasonal shifts coming right after the other in such short order — combined with the annual scourge of Daylight Saving Time here in the States, of course — is enough to induce a debilitating case of tonal whiplash. So with our internal body clocks in chaos and good taste in shambles,...
- 11/30/2022
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
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Alien invasion movies are often at their most exciting than when they happen in a world we can relate to, which feels like home. That sucks if one happens to be Inuit. Early on in Slash/Back we see its young heroines discussing John Carpenter’s The Thing in that exaggerated, not quite accurate way that sheltered teenagers do, but nothing exciting ever happens in Pangnirtung, in frozen Nunavut. Bored Maika (Tsiana Shirley) is just biding time until she can get out of there and head for the bright lights and glamour of Winnipeg.
Viewers may see the place a little differently, having been privy to a prologue in which a visiting American scientist daft enough to move towards a roaring sound is eaten face first – and not by a bear. There’s something sinister in the snow and before long the girls run straight into it. Inuit myths and science fiction.
Viewers may see the place a little differently, having been privy to a prologue in which a visiting American scientist daft enough to move towards a roaring sound is eaten face first – and not by a bear. There’s something sinister in the snow and before long the girls run straight into it. Inuit myths and science fiction.
- 11/23/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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Welcome back to the Scene 2 Seen podcast!
I am your host Valerie Complex–film writer and associate editor at Deadline. On today’s episode, I chat with Nyla Innuksuk about her debut feature Alien invasion film, Slash/Back.
Set in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, a sleepy hamlet nestled in the majestic mountains of Baffin Island In the Arctic Ocean, Slash/Back opens as the village wakes up to a typical summer day. No School, no cool boys (well… except one), and 24-hour sunlight. But for Maika and her ragtag friends, the usual summer is suddenly not in the cards when they discover an alien invasion threatening their hometown. These teenagers have been underestimated their whole lives but using makeshift weapons and their horror movie knowledge, they show the aliens you don’t f***with the girls from Pang.
With this as her first feature film, she talks about how the whole thing came together.
I am your host Valerie Complex–film writer and associate editor at Deadline. On today’s episode, I chat with Nyla Innuksuk about her debut feature Alien invasion film, Slash/Back.
Set in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, a sleepy hamlet nestled in the majestic mountains of Baffin Island In the Arctic Ocean, Slash/Back opens as the village wakes up to a typical summer day. No School, no cool boys (well… except one), and 24-hour sunlight. But for Maika and her ragtag friends, the usual summer is suddenly not in the cards when they discover an alien invasion threatening their hometown. These teenagers have been underestimated their whole lives but using makeshift weapons and their horror movie knowledge, they show the aliens you don’t f***with the girls from Pang.
With this as her first feature film, she talks about how the whole thing came together.
- 11/8/2022
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
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Exclusive: The New York-based Visit Films has acquired world rights excluding Canada to the video store dramedy I Like Movies, which will debut as part of the Discovery program at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.
The film was co-written and directed by first-time filmmaker Chandler Levack who negotiated the deal with Ryan Kampe of Visit Films alongside producer Lindsay Blair Goeldner and co-producer Evan Dubinsky.
Set in Burlington, Ontario, in 2003, the film follows hyper-ambitious teenage cinephile Lawrence Kweller, who dreams of attending film school at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. In order to raise the hefty tuition fee, he gets his dream job at the local video store, Sequels. Wracked with anxiety about his future, Lawrence begins alienating the most important people in his life, including his best friend, Matt Macarchuck, and his single mother, Terri, all while developing a complicated friendship with his older female manager, Alana.
The film was co-written and directed by first-time filmmaker Chandler Levack who negotiated the deal with Ryan Kampe of Visit Films alongside producer Lindsay Blair Goeldner and co-producer Evan Dubinsky.
Set in Burlington, Ontario, in 2003, the film follows hyper-ambitious teenage cinephile Lawrence Kweller, who dreams of attending film school at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. In order to raise the hefty tuition fee, he gets his dream job at the local video store, Sequels. Wracked with anxiety about his future, Lawrence begins alienating the most important people in his life, including his best friend, Matt Macarchuck, and his single mother, Terri, all while developing a complicated friendship with his older female manager, Alana.
- 8/10/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
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The Toronto International Film Festival Primetime program is set to spotlight seven compelling and thought-provoking television series from around the world — including five world premieres. In addition to series premieres, TIFF will present season premieres of established and beloved shows.
Returning to the Glenn Gould Theatre, TIFF’s Industry Conference lineup also announced today will engage and inspire industry delegates from all over the world with a highly curated slate of sessions and inspiring speakers. This year’s festival runs September 8 through 16.
Heading up the series lineup is, among others, Lars von Trier with the return of his twisted dark comedy series “The Kingdom,” revolving around a supernatural hospital. Alexander Skarsgård joins the cast of the series this time.
“TIFF recognizes serialized storytelling as one of the most groundbreaking creative mediums today,” said Anita Lee, Chief Programming Officer, TIFF. “Growing increasingly risk-taking, it continues to attract top writers and directors globally.
Returning to the Glenn Gould Theatre, TIFF’s Industry Conference lineup also announced today will engage and inspire industry delegates from all over the world with a highly curated slate of sessions and inspiring speakers. This year’s festival runs September 8 through 16.
Heading up the series lineup is, among others, Lars von Trier with the return of his twisted dark comedy series “The Kingdom,” revolving around a supernatural hospital. Alexander Skarsgård joins the cast of the series this time.
“TIFF recognizes serialized storytelling as one of the most groundbreaking creative mediums today,” said Anita Lee, Chief Programming Officer, TIFF. “Growing increasingly risk-taking, it continues to attract top writers and directors globally.
- 8/10/2022
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
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Stars: Tasiana Shirley, Alexis Vincent-Wolfe, Chelsea Prusky, Nalajoss Ellsworth, Frankie Vincent-Wolfe, Shaun Benson, Kristian Bruun | Written by Nyla Innuksuk, Ryan Cavan | Directed by Nyla Innuksuk
Shot in and around the remote fishing village of Pangnirtung near the arctic circle, Nyla Innuksuk’s debut feature Slash/Back opens with a researcher taking permafrost samples discovering a smoking hole in the tundra. His research into it is cut short when a tentacle reaches out and attacks him. Stuck in a town so small and remote that even Walmart won’t open a store there, the girls “borrow” a boat and cruise out to a remote cabin to hang out. But when a strange-looking polar bear attacks Aju things take a turn for the worse.
It might not be The Thing, but body-jumping aliens are back in the frozen north. And it’s up to a group of Indigenous girls, Maika (Tasiana Shirley...
Shot in and around the remote fishing village of Pangnirtung near the arctic circle, Nyla Innuksuk’s debut feature Slash/Back opens with a researcher taking permafrost samples discovering a smoking hole in the tundra. His research into it is cut short when a tentacle reaches out and attacks him. Stuck in a town so small and remote that even Walmart won’t open a store there, the girls “borrow” a boat and cruise out to a remote cabin to hang out. But when a strange-looking polar bear attacks Aju things take a turn for the worse.
It might not be The Thing, but body-jumping aliens are back in the frozen north. And it’s up to a group of Indigenous girls, Maika (Tasiana Shirley...
- 6/30/2022
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
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Rlje Films And Shudder Acquire Nyla Innuksuk’S “Slash/Back” Genre Bending Alien Invasion Story Captivated Audiences at This Year’s SXSW Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, and Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, have acquired Nyla Innuksuk’s crowd-pleasing Slash/Back, produced by Good Question Media, following its successful premiere at this year’s SXSW. The …
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- 6/29/2022
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
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40th Anniversary Classic Giallo Film Tenebrae Coming July 26 in 4K Ultra HD: "Italian horror master Dario Argento elevates the giallo genre to new heights with 1982's Tenebrae, a darkly humorous and notoriously grisly murder-mystery that many consider to be one of his finest works.
Now, Synapse Films, in conjunction with Arrow Video, makes this gory suspense classic available for the first time on Uhd in a new 4K restoration for Tenebrae's 40th anniversary!
American mystery author Peter Neal comes to Rome to promote his newest novel, Tenebrae. A razor-wielding psychopath is on the loose, taunting Neal and murdering those around him in gruesome fashion just like the character in his novel. As the mystery surrounding the killings spirals out of control, Neal investigates the crimes on his own, leading to a mind-bending, genre-twisting conclusion that will leave you breathless!
Co-starring John Saxon (A Nightmare on Elm Street), Daria Nicolodi (Phenomena...
Now, Synapse Films, in conjunction with Arrow Video, makes this gory suspense classic available for the first time on Uhd in a new 4K restoration for Tenebrae's 40th anniversary!
American mystery author Peter Neal comes to Rome to promote his newest novel, Tenebrae. A razor-wielding psychopath is on the loose, taunting Neal and murdering those around him in gruesome fashion just like the character in his novel. As the mystery surrounding the killings spirals out of control, Neal investigates the crimes on his own, leading to a mind-bending, genre-twisting conclusion that will leave you breathless!
Co-starring John Saxon (A Nightmare on Elm Street), Daria Nicolodi (Phenomena...
- 6/29/2022
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
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Rlje Films have acquired Nyla Innuksuk’s Slash/Back, the indigenous Canadian alien invasion flick, and will release it in cinemas later this year. It will also be available on VOD/Digital and stream on Shudder at that time. Okay, this is weird, but also cool. Just this past weekend I found out that Slash/Back was playing at one of the local rep cinema's here in town. Lamenting the point that I had missed the screening but also pissed that we've heard fuck all about it from its distributor I did end up finding it unceremouniously dumped for rent on another major streamer. But now this news yesterday? The universe has an algorithm all its own. Our own Josh was able to catch its world...
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- 6/29/2022
- Screen Anarchy
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Aliens are headed to the arctic in the upcoming sci-fi invasion film Slash/Back, and Deadline reports today that Rlje Films and Shudder have acquired the film for U.S. release. Directed by Nyla Innuksuk, Slash/Back is “expected to be released in theaters and on VOD/Digital before streaming on Shudder later this year.” “It was a dream […]
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- 6/28/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
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Rlje Films and Shudder have acquired Nyla Innuksuk’s “Slash/Back,” an alien invasion thriller that premiered to raves at this year’s SXSW.
The two companies are business units of AMC Networks. The film is expected to be released in theaters and on VOD/Digital before streaming on Shudder later this year. Shudder is focused on horror, thriller and supernatural content, so the appeal is obvious.
“Slash/Back” is the feature directorial debut of Innuksuk, who also co-wrote the film with Ryan Cavan (“The Secret Goat”). It stars a young cast that includes Tasiana Shirley, Alexis Wolfe, Nalajoss Ellsworth and Chelsea Prusky.
“The brilliant effects, strong female leads and fun, adventurous story make this a film we know audiences are going to love,” said Mark Ward, chief acquisitions officer at Rlje Films.
Critics embraced the film after it debuted at SXSW, with Variety‘s Peter Debruge writing, “Indigenous director Nyla Innuksuk...
The two companies are business units of AMC Networks. The film is expected to be released in theaters and on VOD/Digital before streaming on Shudder later this year. Shudder is focused on horror, thriller and supernatural content, so the appeal is obvious.
“Slash/Back” is the feature directorial debut of Innuksuk, who also co-wrote the film with Ryan Cavan (“The Secret Goat”). It stars a young cast that includes Tasiana Shirley, Alexis Wolfe, Nalajoss Ellsworth and Chelsea Prusky.
“The brilliant effects, strong female leads and fun, adventurous story make this a film we know audiences are going to love,” said Mark Ward, chief acquisitions officer at Rlje Films.
Critics embraced the film after it debuted at SXSW, with Variety‘s Peter Debruge writing, “Indigenous director Nyla Innuksuk...
- 6/28/2022
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
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Teenagers often experience the same emotions across different societies, even in isolated communities at the end of the world, from processing shame in their cultures to wanting to seek fun while pursuing their independence. That’s certainly the case for first-time actress Tasiana Shirley’s protagonist of Maika in the new sci-fi adventure movie, ‘Slash/back.’ The drama […]
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- 4/3/2022
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
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Slash/Back Review — Slash/Back (2022) Film Review from the 29th Annual South by Southwest Film Festival, a movie directed by Nyla Innuksuk, written by Ryan Cavan and Nyla Innuksuk and starring Tasiana Shirley, Alexis Wolfe, Nalajoss Ellsworth, Chelsea Prusky, Melissa Hood, Amelie Albert-LeBlanc, Shaun Benson and Kristian Bruun. Director Nyla Innuksuk brings a unique Inuit [...]
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- 3/26/2022
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
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The settlement of North America is intricately linked with the abuse, conquer, and genocide of the Indigenous people. Not only were these First Nations stripped of their lands, but their individual mythologies, cultures, and languages were eradicated via this settlement, stolen children, and abuses in the reservation and residential school systems. Of course, these myriad atrocities are impossible to list within a movie review, but one of the worst offenses of the North American frontier myth was to strip the North American Native people of their symbolic individuality — lumping hundreds and thousands of unique people and nations into one massive, enemy — the ultimate bad guy in the most popular U.S.
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- 3/21/2022
- by R. Colin Tait
- The Playlist
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SXSW is still on-going with the music portion at the center of attention, but the films at this years festival were unforgettable. Because SXSW champions independent cinema, it gives move lovers like me the chance to discover movies I wouldn’t have heard of outside of traveling to Austin. Below I provide some quick cut capsule reviews for Aftershock, Woman on the Outside, Slash/Back, and Bitch Ass, which are a few of the films that made an impression on me. Be sure to put these on your radar!
Aftershock
Directors and producers Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee’s documentary Aftershock chronicles life in the aftermath of the skyrocketing maternal deaths among Black women in the United States. Black maternal death includes numerous factors regarding race, sex, income, and preventable. Shamony Gibson and Amber Rose Issacs are two Black women with tragic backstories as both women died from medical negligence in hospitals.
Aftershock
Directors and producers Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee’s documentary Aftershock chronicles life in the aftermath of the skyrocketing maternal deaths among Black women in the United States. Black maternal death includes numerous factors regarding race, sex, income, and preventable. Shamony Gibson and Amber Rose Issacs are two Black women with tragic backstories as both women died from medical negligence in hospitals.
- 3/21/2022
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
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Having started SXSW with a family-friendly horror film (of sorts) that didn’t quite hit the mark, it’s invigorating to end the Austin-based festival with another family-friendly effort that not only remembers to have fun, but also refrains from handholding its younger viewers through some serious subject matter. That’s what Nyla Innuksuk, in her feature directorial […]
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- 3/18/2022
- by Trace Thurman
- bloody-disgusting.com
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In the simplest terms, Nyla Innuksuk's "Slash/Back" is "Attack the Block" meets "Reservation Dogs." Innuksuk honors Inuit roots by opting away from another "Stranger Things"-style coming-of-age horror hybrid that takes place on suburban streets. "Slash/Back" transports viewers to the Canadian territory of Nunavut, precisely the hamlet of Pang, highlighted by glacier-created fjords and Baffin Island mountains for incredible natural production values. Innuksuk and co-writer Ryan Cavan write about teenagers processing their Indigenous surroundings as much as global adolescent problems like curfews and crushes, for a uniquely Inuit creature feature that's got enough of what monster fans might crave.
The film follows barely-teens Maika (Tasiana Shirley), Jesse...
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The film follows barely-teens Maika (Tasiana Shirley), Jesse...
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- 3/16/2022
- by Matt Donato
- Slash Film
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In “Slash/Back,” something sinister from outer space lands a stone’s throw from the Arctic Circle, and humanity’s first line of defense proves to be a group of Inuit girls armed with nothing but their wits and a bunch of traditional hunting and fishing tools. In most low-budget alien-invasion movies, the heroes/victims are fairly generic, whereas the extra-terrestrial threat is what draws the crowd. But Native helmer Nyla Innuksuk (who co-wrote with Ryan Cavan) turns that equation inside-out, making this spunky band of save-the-world teens the main reason to see her movie — although the novel far-north location and reasonably fresh monster effects don’t hurt.
Innuksuk shot her debut in and around Pangnirtung, a tiny fishing community in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, where the sun never sets. Surrounded by snowy tundra, this gorgeous, remote location looks out on distant mountains, suggesting a less-intense version of John Carpenter...
Innuksuk shot her debut in and around Pangnirtung, a tiny fishing community in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, where the sun never sets. Surrounded by snowy tundra, this gorgeous, remote location looks out on distant mountains, suggesting a less-intense version of John Carpenter...
- 3/15/2022
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
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Cinema is a window, not a mirror. I find myself repeating this mantra a lot lately, as some aging corners of cinema culture become more and more myopic, complaining about lack of representation for over represented groups or so-called force diversity. One of the things that has always drawn me to the movies is the idea that I can step into an unfamiliar world and experience it through the eyes of those who live there. Thousands of movies later, one can definitely get jaded and start to feel like they’ve seen everything, which is why it’s so exciting when a project like Nyla Innuksuk’s debut feature Slash/Back comes along. Set in the far northern Canadian territory of Nunavut, a vast and beautiful region that drapes...
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- 3/14/2022
- Screen Anarchy
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Really super jealous of our Josh right now as he heads into the world premiere of Nyla Innuksuk's sci-fi horror Slash/Back at SXSW today. But to be fair, this is coming full circle for him as he chose Slash/Back as one of his top projects that was presented at Frontieres back in 2018. Go ahead, Josh, you deserve this. He's purposely avoided the first footage from Slash/Back that bowed on Deadline yesterday. If you don't feel as adamant about possible spoilers you can have a look for yourself down below. It's a simple clip. In it three of our young heroines come bursting into one of their homes and start stocking up on weapons. It's a wonderful, quick montage of zoom cuts, a familiar...
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- 3/13/2022
- Screen Anarchy
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Ahead of the SXSW debut of their latest film, “Slash/Back,” three of the thriller’s producers —- Scythia Films’ Dan Bekerman and Stellar Citizens’ Chris Yurkovich and Alex Ordanis —- announced the launch of the new full-service production company, Good Question Media.
Bekerman, Yurkovich and Ordanis will serve as partners and producers in the new venture, which will oversee film and television projects, supporting them from inception through distribution and packaging with the Good Question Media development fund.
As one of the very few Canada-based private equity funds, the company is uniquely positioned to access the international treaty funding systems. But that’s just one way the veteran producers aim to use their combined expertise.
“We’ve always been united in the belief that a fundamental strength of storytelling is its ability to challenge how an audience thinks or sees the world,” Bekerman, Yurkovich and Ordanis told Variety in a joint statement.
Bekerman, Yurkovich and Ordanis will serve as partners and producers in the new venture, which will oversee film and television projects, supporting them from inception through distribution and packaging with the Good Question Media development fund.
As one of the very few Canada-based private equity funds, the company is uniquely positioned to access the international treaty funding systems. But that’s just one way the veteran producers aim to use their combined expertise.
“We’ve always been united in the belief that a fundamental strength of storytelling is its ability to challenge how an audience thinks or sees the world,” Bekerman, Yurkovich and Ordanis told Variety in a joint statement.
- 3/12/2022
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
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Aliens are headed to the arctic in the upcoming sci-fi invasion film Slash/Back, and the first clip today gives us our first introduction to the teen heroes doing battle with aliens. In Slash/Back, “Maika and her ragtag friends discover an alien invasion in their tiny arctic hamlet, and it’s up to them to fight back. Utilizing […]
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- 3/9/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
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