INTRODUCTION
Hi there! My name is József Gallai, writer and co-director of an upcoming horror/drama/found-footage film entitled A GUIDEBOOK TO KILLING YOUR EX. My frequent collaborators are Gergő Elekes, director of internationally acknowledged short drama BLUE DREAM and Sándor Gál, director of award winner short film MOVE ON.
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A Guidebook to Killing Your Ex - isn't that something we all need sometimes? And for those of us tired of reading, our team is ready to make a film out of it. All we need at this stage is some help to complete it to be as perfect as possible.
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"Guidebook" is a Hungarian/US independent feature horror film created by Elekes Pictures and Rovar Pictures after their horror features BODOM and MOTH.
PREVIOUS ACHIEVEMENTS - SHORT FILMS
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BLUE DREAM (5 mins, directed by Gergő Elekes)
WATCH IT NOW
- 5th Mikro Festival of Amateur Films, Serbia (Official Selection, 2014)
- X. Pannonfíling Mozgóképes Találkozó, Hungary (Official Selection, 2014)
- 1st Indieburgh Fest, Scotland (Official Selection, 2014)
- The Online Film Festival (Official Selection, 2014)
- FICAE 1 Festival Internacional de Contrometrajes Arte Y Entermedades, Spain (Official Selection, 2014)
- Los Angeles Cinefest, U.S. (Official Selection, 2015)
- Festival of the Cinematics, U.S. (Official Selection, 2015)
- Timeline Film Festival, Italy (Official Selection, 2015)
- Heart of the Pines Festival, U.S. (Official Selection, 2015)
- Indore International Film Festival, India (Official Selection, 2015)
- Whatashort - India International Online Film Festival (Official Selection, 2015)
- 12 Months Film Festival, Romania (Best Editing, Best Actress - 2nd Place, 2015/X)
- Wendy's Shorts Awards, U.S. (Best Under 5 Minutes Short Drama, 2016)
- The Monthly Film Festival, UK (Nominated for Best Original Score, 2015)
- European Short Films Amarante, Portugal (Official Selection, 2015)
- Indie Film Festival, Switzerland (Official Selection, 2015)
- Wendy's Shorts Awards, U.S. (Official Selection, 2015)
- 12 Months Film Festival, Romania (Best Editing - 3rd Place, 2015/XI)
PREVIOUS ACHIEVEMENTS - FEATURE FILMS
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INTERVIEW (69 mins, directed by G. Elekes & J. Gallai)
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- Headline International Film Festival, Canada (Award of Merit, 2014)
- 21st Student Film Week, Hungary (Official Selection, 2014)
- Indie Film Depot, U.S. (Official Selection, 2014)
- 21st Student Film Week, Hungary (Official Selection, 2014)
- Bram Stoker International Film Festival, UK (Opening Film, 2014)
- 30 Dies Festival, Andorra (Official Selection, 2014)
- Golden Rake Award for Indie Horror, U.S. (Official Nomination, 2015)
- New York Scary Film Awards, U.S. (Official Selection, 2015)
- Full Moon Horror & Fantasy Film Festival, Romania (Official Selection, 2015)
- Amazon Horror Awards, Brazil (Official Selection, 2015)
- 12 Months Film Festival, Romania (Best Feature Fiction - 3rd Place, 2015/XII)
MOTH (81 mins, directed by G. Elekes & J. Gallai)
TRAILER
SYNOPSIS
A lonely man with an intention of documenting every important detail is planning to kill his ex-girlfriend within 72 hours only to realize things are not as easy as he previously imagined.
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Balázs Szitás as John Doe
CAST
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BALÁZS SZITÁS (John Doe)
Mr Szitás was born in 1 March 1985 in Dunaszerdahely, Slovakia. In 2010 He started to build his own company, the Kriptonit. He works there as art director, music producer, choreographer, actor, and dancer as well.
He played the title hero in THE BEAST (a.k.a. CSICSKA, directed by Attila Till; Best short film at Stockholm Film Festival and Tampere Int'l Film Festival in 2011) and had a significant part in OPEN GRAVE (directed by Gonzalo López-Gallego, starring Sharlto Copley) and in SON OF SAUL (ACADEMY AWARD WINNER- Best Foreign Language Film of the Year, 2016).
KATA SARBÓ (The Ex)
Ms Sarbó was born in Budapest. The first time she wanted to become an actress is when she watched The Professional directed by Luc Besson. Natalie Portman's acting engaged her; it is one of her all time favourite actress ever since.
She had a role in the following series: THE BORGIAS, HOUDINI. She will appear in Ron Howard's INFERNO.
Supporting actors are TAMÁS SZILÁGYI (HACKTION) and STEFÁNIA MOLNÁR (extra in THE RAVEN and IN THE LAND OF BLOOD AND HONEY).
CREW
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JÓZSEF GALLAI - DIRECTOR/WRITER/PRODUCER
started filming with his roommate in 2008 and he has worked on short and feature projects for five years. He made his first feature film entitled ADAM AND EVE in 2010. He also writes screenplays and works as an actor. Co-director and writer of Hungary's first feature length found footage horror film BODOM.
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GERGŐ ELEKES - PRODUCER/EDITOR
started filming with his friends in 2005 as a hobby. He took filmmaking on higher level in 2010 and since then he has been working on short and feature projects. He made his first feature film SILENT CHANGE in 2012 for which he also composed the music. Director of internationally acknowledged short film BLUE DREAM.
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JAY SORENSEN - EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
has been a horror movie fan since childhood. She is especially interested in international contributions to the genre. She is an avid supporter of indie films and first became a producer in 2011. She was an extra in Francis Ford Coppola's YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH. Executive producer of DON'T GO TO THE REUNION (2013) and Romania's first found footage horror BE MY CAT: A FILM FOR ANNE.
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SÁNDOR GÁL- CO-PRODUCER
has already made a lot of montages, film-clips, fan made trailers as a hobby. He made his first official short film as writer, director and editor in 2015. Producer of Hungarian independent science fiction feature R.E.M and writer/director of award winner short film MOVE ON.
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Kata Sarbó & Szitás Balázs
OUR MAIN GOALS
- Present a valuable and successful horror film
- Reforming the found-footage genre
- Attendance on acknowledged horror festivals
- Theatrical, DVD & VOD release
INTERVIEWS WITH THE DIRECTOR
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Until 2016: finishing script & casting
January - May 2016: finding all locations
June - August 2016: rehearsals
September - October 2016: shooting all scenes
November - December 2016: post-production
January 2017: Film is completed
From January 2017: festival submissions, finding distributor(s)
WHAT WE NEED
We have already managed to assemble an extremely talented cast and crew and now, we could definitely use your kind and inevitable help. With the amount we could cover the salaries for actors and festival fees (more than 50 horror festivals).
Some post-production services (sound mixing), catering, transportation, locations, smaller cameras (e.g. spy cams), advertising and postage costs would also be covered.
Be part of the film and CHOOSE YOUR WEAPON!
We can offer several perks, for instance:
- private links to our previous features
- IMDb credits (thanks, special thanks, very special thanks)
- signed posters
- signed script
- T-shirt (with the logo of the film)
- pen (with the logo of the film)
- DVDs
- contributing producer credit
- associate producer credit
- producer credit
- executive producer credit
- special relic(s) from the film
- behind-the-scenes footages
- original soundtrack of our previous features
- product placement
- spy cam John Doe will use
- JOHN DOE'S 4K CAMERA
OTHER WAYS TO HELP
- Find the film on Facebook and IMDb and spread the word!
- Tell people about this campaign!
- In case of any ideas, do not hesitate to contact on the following email address: gallai365@gmail.com