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Distribution: Picture This! Entertainment (www.picturethisent.com) |
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Fifteen
year old Mustafa has a nickname Schizo. He is hired by his mother’s
boyfriend to find fighters for illegal fistfights. His life is
changed forever when a young man mortally beaten in one of the
fights asks Schizo to deliver his prize money to his girlfriend
and young son. Schizo takes the money to the woman as promised
and falls in love with her. Now he knows for whom he has to make
money, no matter what the cost. In fistfights there are no rules…
until blood is spilled! |
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“If
you can imagine “Rebel Without a Cause” transported
to the desolate Central Asian steppes of the former Soviet Union,
that movie would be “Schizo” “….. |
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“This
is probably the first film from Kazakhstan to get anything like
mainstream distribution in the United States” - SALON.com |
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“Schizo”
is in the end a movie about it’s hero’s discovery
of his ability to feel and pride himself and to take responsibility,
and it is also, fittingly, a proud and responsible film. “
– A. O. Scott, New York Times |
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| Selective List of Awards | |||||||||||
| WINNER
- BEST ACTOR- Tokyo Film Festival WINNER - MAIN PRIZE BEST FILM - Cottbus Eastern European Film Festival WINNER - BEST DEBUT- XV Open Film Festival “Kinotavr”, Russia WINNER - BEST ACTOR- Morocco Film Festival WINNER - FIPRESCI INT'L FILM CRITICS AWARD- Haifa (Israel) Film Festival WINNER - BEST FILM BY A FEMALE DIRECTOR - Copenhagen Film Festival WINNER - GRAND PRIZE - Tallinn (Estonia) International Film Festival |
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| Selective List of Festivals | |||||||||||
| 2004
Cannes International Film Festival - Un Certain Regard 2004 Toronto International Film Festival 2004 Vancouver International Film Festival 2004 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2004 Chicago Film Festival 2004 Munich Film Festival 2004 Sofia International Film Festival 2004 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2004 Tokyo International Film Festival 2004 Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2005 Bangkok International Film Festival 2005 Rotterdam International Film Festival 2005 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival |
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