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 MEETING WITH ITN AT AFM

OFFICE: LOEWS 705

 

Download our full color Catalogue

  

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/1w2bkemmha1bkgi/ITN_AFM%202013.pdf 

 

Please send your preferred AFM appointment date and time and an alternate via email to:

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If you are not attending AFM and interested in our titles, please email

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Regards,

Stuart Alson

President

Email: stuart@itndistribution.com

Website: www.itndistribution.com

 

 

  The SuspectTHE SUSPECT

90 min. Action/Thriller. Complete.

Cast: Mekhi Phifer (8 Mile, Dawn of the Dead), William Sadler (Iron Man 3), Sterling K. Brown (Army Wives)

Synopsis: A bank robbery takes an unplanned, deadly turn.

 WORLD PREMIERE

HBO's American Black Film Festival, Miami FL

Nominations:  Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay,

Best Actor: Mekhi Phifer, Beset Actor: Sterling K. Brown

OFFICIAL SELECTION

Sidewalk Film Festival, Birmingham AL

St Louis Black International Film Festival, St. Louis MO

Montreal International Black Film Festival, Montreal Canada

Third World International Film Festival, San Francisco CA

Brooking Institution: Screening and Panel Discussion, Washington DC

Twin Cities Black Film Festival, St. Louis Park MN

Louisville International Film Festival, Louisville, KY

Englewood International Film Festival, Englewood IL

Philadelphia Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA

Toronto Black Film Festival, Toronto, Canada

ReelWorld Film Festival, Toronto, Canada

 

The Suspect
 

 

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsE3QJf205w 

 

  So This is ChristmasSO THIS IS CHRISTMAS

115 min. Family. Complete.

Cast: Eric Roberts, Vivica A. Fox, Lexi Ainsworth

Synopsis:

Eighteen-year-old Ashley lives life in the fast lane. After a chance encounter with the handyman, she finds herself writing and directing a Christmas play for over sixty underprivileged kids. At the same time she runs headlong into her ultimate soul mate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So This is Christmas with Dog 

TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEskIfiDP4E 

 

  292.jpgTHE BATES HAUNTING

76 min. Thriller. Complete.

Cast: Ryan Dunn (Jackass), Jean Louise O'Sullivan

 

Synopsis: 

One year ago, Agnes Rickover attended opening night at the Bates Motel and Haunted Hayride to see her best friend Lily's dramatic debut. A horrific accident resulted in Agnes witnessing Lily's fiery death in a spectacle gone wrong. After a year of obsessing over a murder investigation everyone else thinks is open and shut, Agnes goes to work at the Haunt in an attempt confront her trauma. Horrific events begin to claim the lives of her coworkers and Agnes must figure out what is behind all of the "accidents" before more people die. 

 

TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bgB9IC7hkA 

 

  300.jpgTHE LIBRARY

90 min. Thriller. Complete.

 

Synopsis:

In a small town circa 1860 small pox takes the life of a little girl. She enters a world that will get her prepped and re-incarnated for her next life. The library is a second chance, a place to select a storybook life and be reborn. The evil darkness takes the girl into lower earth. All the corners of hell are fighting to keep her from reaching the next level. Three guardians are sent to rescue her but they only have 30 minutes. 

 

 

 

  The Survival GamesTHE SURVIVAL GAMES

95 min. Action. Complete.

Cast: Konrad Case, Robin Zamora, Mischa McCortney, Stephanie Rubin, Christos G. Vass, Heather Gornall

 

 

Synopsis: 

A group of friends camping trip turns into kidnapping, guns, and fighting for their lives. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6EKj26HhNk&feature=youtu.be 

 

  295.jpgTHE HOSPITAL

90 min. Horror. Complete.

Cast: John Dugan (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Scott Tepperman (Ghost Hunters International), Jim O'Rear (The Dead Matter), and Daniel Emery Taylor (Return Of The Swamp Thing).

Synopsis: Old St. Leopold's Hospital has many urban legends surrounding it, but the residents of Bridgeport all agree on one thing: tortured souls roam its abandoned halls. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Pastor Shepherd

 

PASTOR SHEPHERD

90 min. Family. Complete.

Cast: Danny Trejo, Maria-Elena Laas, Pastor Shepherd

Synopsis: The tale of a down-on-his-luck freeze-dried-pet-salesman and his journey to become the first-ever-cyber-evangelist.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRAILER

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o9bfkGD_jQ 

 

 

  NarxNARX

90 min. Action. Complete.

Cast:

Fat Joe, Chris Mulkey(Boardwalk Empire, The Purge), Rocky Passafaro, Alex Maisonette, Jason Rodriguez

Synopsis: 

Based on a shocking true story. An undercover cop puts his life on the line to fight corruption in his department, while trying to take down the biggest Drug Kingpin of New York City. No one can be trusted as the body count rises. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmWRaMxvXWc&feature=youtu.be 

 

  293.jpgEXIT TO HELL

81 min. Action/Horror/Thriller. Complete.

Cast: Kane Hodder (Jason X, Ed Gein, BTK), Tiffany Shepis (Cyrus), Rena Riffel (Showgirls, Mulholland Dr.), Jason Spisak (Pirahna 3D)

 

Synopsis: 

A local gang rob a mafia run strip club, shooting up the place and killing anyone in sight. They head south for the border, but when they enter the town of Redstone and begin terrorizing the locals, they find that crime is a dish best served cold!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCamsVJnAMA 

 

  296.jpgTHE BACKPACKER

91 min. Action/Thriller. Complete.

Cast: Vincent Stone, Laura Andersen

 

Synopsis: 

This Summer stay off the back roads!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Virgin AlexanderVIRGIN ALEXANDER

90 min. Comedy. Complete. 

Cast: Rick Faugno, Paige Howard (Adventureland), Bronson Pinchot (True Romance, Risky Business), Elizabeth Masucci (Shame, Theo), Mika Boorem (Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, Blue Crush),  Joe D'Onofrio (Goodfellas, Spider Man, We Own the Night).

 

Synopsis:

Alexander is a 26 year old scrap hauler who is facing eviction. In a last ditch effort to save his house from the bank, he turns it into a brothel - even though he has never had sex before. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEZ5es8J7Rc&feature=youtu.be 

 

  Killer AntsKILLER ANTS

80 min. Thriller. Complete. 

Synopsis:

There are more than 100 billion fire ants on earth. They swarm in seconds. Attack in the thousands. And kill within minutes. And now, they are coming to wreak havoc in Texas. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhRB6lihqq4 

 

  Ouija

THE OUIJA EXPERIMENT 

90 min. Horror. Complete.

Cast: Justin Armstrong, Dave Clark, Miranda Martinez, Carson Underwood, Eric Window

Synopsis: A group of friends play with a ouija board and record it. The footage they captured cannot be explained.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kCHtl7BqNo

 

 

  Sins

 

SINS

90 min.

Action/Thriller. Complete.

Cast: Danny Glover, Steven Bauer (Scarface, Primal Fear), Michael MadsenJohn Savage (The Godfather: III, The Deer Hunter), Anne Jeffreys (General Hospital), Hal Yamanouchi (Push), Giovanni Martorana

Synopsis: Two ex-gangsters meet on a high speed train to Sicily. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRAILER: 

 

  294.jpgTHE SECRET        VILLAGE

90 min. Thriller. Complete.

Cast: Jonathan Bennett (Pawn, Van Wilder, Mean Girls), Ali Faulkner (Twilight: Breaking Dawn), Stelio Savante (Starship Troopers 3), Richard Riehle (Office Space, The Man From Earth) 

Synopsis: Two strangers research a mysterious outbreak of mass hysteria in a small village.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRAILER:

 

  The Legends of Nethiah

 

THE LEGENDS OF NETHIAH

93 min. 

Sci Fi/Action/Fantasy. Complete.

Cast: John Heard (Home Alone, Home Alone 2, Prison Break), Theresa Russell (Spider Man 3, Eureka, The Last Tycoon), Robert Picardo (Star Trek, Total Recall, Stargate: Atlantis), Julie Michaels (Titanic, Batman Forever).

Synopsis: A grandfather introduces his grandson to a fantasy world of creatures and science-fiction. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5sGxKN7mn8 

 

 

  Alcatraz StorageALCATRAZ STORAGE

90 min. Thriller. Complete. 

Synopsis:

A group of strangers find themselves trapped inside the haunted Alcatraz Storage. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  AmyAMY

90 min. Thriller. Complete.

Cast: Christopher Atkins (The Blue Lagoon), Jessica DiGiovanni, Kurt Peterson, Kris Smith, Clayton Meyers

Synopsis: Amy is blessed with the psychic power of clairvoyance, an extra-sensory perception.  Amy witnesses haunting visions as her entire village begins the fall into demonic possession. A funeral director (played by Christopher Atkins, Blue Lagoon: The Awakening) uses Amy's clairvoyant abilities to determine the covert leader behind the fall. As Amy and Christopher try to stop the fall of their village, the Devil takes over Amy's soul-forcing Christopher to perform a dangerous exorcism.

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRAILER: 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83vY_QUEnxk 

 

  The Family

 

THE FAMILY

90 min. Thriller. Complete.

Cast: Tony Todd (Candyman, The Man From Earth, Final Destination), Kane Hodder (Jason X, Friday the 13th VII and VIII), Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes), Angie Savage

Synopsis: It's hard for a family to stay together when killing is in their blood.

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaMVKgcoQe4 

 

 

  AFTER DOOMSDAYAFTER DOOMSDAY

90 min. Sci-Fi. Complete.

Synopsis: Set against the backdrop of a post-Apocalypse Earth, After Doomsday is about a survivors who struggle in the aftermath.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRAILERhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr869mDQaTA&feature=youtu.be 

  

 

  Do Not Disturb

DO NOT DISTURB

85 min. Thriller/Horror. Complete.

Cast: Stephen Geoffreys (Fright Night, 976-Evil, Mr. Hush), Tiffany Shepis (Abominable, Night of the Demons, Cyrus), Ezra Buzzington (The Hills Have Eyes, The Artist, The Prestige, Bad-Ass), Corey Haim (The Lost Boys, Crank: High Voltage, License to Drive)

Synopsis: Plagued with personal demons, Don checks into a seedy motel room to enact a bloody rampage. When he checks in, no one checks out.

  

  

  TRAILER: 

 

  Silence

SILENCE

90 min. Thriller. Complete.

Cast: Matthew Lawrence (The Hot Chick, Mrs. Doubtfire), Masiela Lusha (The George Lopez Show, Kill Katie Malone), Muse Watson (I Know What You Did Last Summer series, The Last Exorcism II)

Synopsis: Colby loses his wife Annabelle to suicide. After her passing, he hears, sees and experiences the unknown. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRAILERhttp://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdx9g0_of-silence-trailer_shortfilms 

  

 

  God Don't Make the Laws

GOD DON'T MAKE THE LAWS

 100 min. Thriller. Complete. 

Cast: Ella Rae Peck (Gossip Girl, Deception, upcoming Sony Pictures 'The Call' with Halle Berry), Paul Sorvino (Goodfellas, Nixon), Robert Prescott (Burn After Reading, Michael Clayton), Peter Vack (CBGB), Bruce Davison (Oscar nominee & Golden Globe winner, Short Cuts, Longtime Champion, X-Men, X2)

Synopsis: Does time exist when nothing changes? That is the question for the picturesque Village of Rockwell, where time has frozen. Nobody gets sick; nobody ages, and nobody dies due to a tragic bus crash that took the lives of the 1977 undefeated Rockwell High School Basketball Team.


 

 TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrkX3Xch9IA 

 

 

  Knockdown

 

KNOCKDOWN

90 min. Action/Thriller. Complete.

Cast: Tom Arnold (True Lies, Hit and Run),
Bai Ling (Red Corner,The Crow), Casey Evans

Synopsis: A former American Boxer now exiled in Bangkok, is forced to confront his violent past after meeting a mysterious fight fan from his hometown

 

 

 

 






 

 

 

 

 

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8PYbSnI3dU 

 

  Driving by braille

DRIVING BY BRAILLE

106 min. Womens Drama. Complete.

Cast: Tammin Sursok (Pretty Little Liars, The Young and the Restless, Aquamarine, Daytime Emmy Award Nominee), Finola Hughes (General Hospital, Like Crazy, Daytime Emmy Award Winner), Steven Bauer (Scarface, Golden Globe Nominee), Ryan Eggold

Synopsis: Sarah Corso is deeply afraid of turning out like her mother who had the progression of love, marriage, kids, etc. right up until the day she suffered a psychotic break down.

 

 

 

 

 

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe7_9J1CiC0 

 

     

 

 
 
 

  Ashes

 

ASHES

90 min. Thriller. Complete.

Cast: Piper Perabo (Covert Affairs, Looper, The Prestige), Ajay Naidu (NBC's Lateline, Office Space, Requiem for a Dream, The Wrestler), Heather Burns (HBO's Bored to Death, NBC's Twenty Good Years, Miss Congeniality), Faran Tahir (Iron Man, Star Trek, Elysium)

Synopsis: ASHES follows the story of two brothers whose lives are unraveling. As one brother plummets deeper into mental illness, the other, Ashes, copes by throwing himself into the world of crime.

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRAILERhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmgWOb81sU8 

 

 
 
 
 


 

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