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First Look at New French Thriller ‘In Their Sleep’
Opening in France this March is a new promising horror flick from newcomers Caroline du Potet and Eric du Potet entitled In Their Sleep (Dans ton sommeil). Beyond the break you’ll find 4 clips clips from the thriller that stars Anne Parillaud (La Femme Nikita) as a woman grieving the death of her son. Then late one night, her car accidentally hits Arthur, a young man the same age as her boy, who suddenly emerges out of the forest and onto the road. Wounded and frightened, he is running from a mysterious assailant, hunting him down after Arthur caught him red handed in the act of burglary. Sarah sympathizes with him, taking him in, only to be tracked down by the burglar whose murderous rage towards Arthur forces her to take action. Unbeknownst to Sarah, things aren’t quite the way they seem…but by the time she finally realizes, it is too late to turn back…
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Dead Meat Announces Horror Short Film Competition With Theatrical Release Planned for This Halloween
Hosted by James A. Janisse and Chelsea Rebecca, the mega popular YouTube channel Dead Meat has announced their latest project: a short film competition they call Fresh Meat.
Indiewire exclusively reveals the details this week, with the website noting that the horror short film competition will spawn an anthology feature film being unleashed in theaters!
“This is our way of finding, highlighting, and amplifying people who can do these things — who already have done them — and helping develop their ideas and make them bigger,” James A. Janisse tells the outlet. Chelsea Rebecca adds, “We’ve been there: fresh to Los Angeles, wanting to make movies, having no money. There have been countless, countless meetings to figure out the logistics of how we can make sure filmmakers are fully supported by this.”
They’re partnering with Atlas Entertainment’s Atlas Literary and Hades Film on the project, with submissions opening up Saturday, July 25, and closing Monday, August 24.
“Shorts from around the world are eligible, provided English is the submission’s primary spoken language, and a $50 submission fee applies,” Indiewire explains in their report.
How it will work is that “roughly 10 films” will be selected from the submission pile, and they’ll be put together into a feature film anthology experience. Filmmakers whose shorts are selected for the Fresh Meat anthology feature will receive a monetary award and they’ll also be given a cut of the theatrical profits. Their shorts will even be up for “first-look consideration for feature development through a joint venture between Dead Meat and Hades Films.”
The plan is to release the Fresh Meat anthology into theaters on October 12.
Head over to Indiewire to learn more about Dead Meat’s Fresh Meat competition!