Outside (film)

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Outside is a 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 worldwide.

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[edit] Plot

Outside is a science-fiction film set in a post-apocalyptic society where people are isolated in sealed bunkers. In the film, a young woman is forced to confront her fears of the unknown when she makes contact with an Outsider.

[edit] Production

Outside was produced at the UCLA School of Theater Film and Television. It was writer/director Jenn Kao's MFA thesis film.[3]

[edit] Reviews

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]

[edit] Specs

Shooting format: 35mm film
Running Time: 22 minutes

[edit] External links

Official Movie Site http://www.outsidethemovie.com


[edit] References

  1. ^ See credits at http://imdb.com/title/tt0439748/
  2. ^ See list of awards at http://imdb.com/title/tt0439748/awards
  3. ^ Festival 2005, School of Theater, Film and Television / UCLA Spotlight
  4. ^ For text of full review see http://filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=7876
  5. ^ Comments appeared on McClean's Variety weblog: http://weblogs.variety.com/bags_and_boards/2006/07/cciiff_winners.html
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