Outside (film)
Outside is a 2004 short film written and directed by Jenn Kao and starring Courtney Ford.[1]
The film won the Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Film award at the 2006 Comic-Con Independent Film Festival and a 2005 DGA Student Directing Award.[2] The film has screened at over 30 film festivals.
Plot
[edit]In post-apocalyptic society, people are isolated in sealed bunkers. A young woman is forced to confront her fears of the unknown when she makes contact with an Outsider.
Production
[edit]Outside was produced at the UCLA School of Theater Film and Television. It was writer/director Jenn Kao's MFA thesis film.[3]
Reviews
[edit]FilmThreat.com critic Doug Brunnel gave Outside 4 stars and called it "utterly captivating...a great film."[4]
Variety critic Tom McClean, part of the jury that named Outside Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Film at the 2006 Comic-Con International Film Festival, said that Outside was "like one of those great high concept sci-fi films of the 1970s".[5]
Details
[edit]- Shooting format: 35mm film
- Running Time: 22 minutes
References
[edit]- ^ See credits at http://imdb.com/title/tt0439748/
- ^ See list of awards at http://imdb.com/title/tt0439748/awards
- ^ Festival 2005, School of Theater, Film and Television / UCLA Spotlight
- ^ For text of full review see http://filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=7876
- ^ Comments appeared on McClean's Variety weblog: http://weblogs.variety.com/bags_and_boards/2006/07/cciiff_winners.html
External links
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