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A harrowing and heart-wrenching look into one woman's devastating grief for her deceased sister—and the unthinkable thing she will do to bring her back—the short horror film Resurrektor has enjoyed a well-received run on the festival circuit over the past year. Directed by Angad Aulakh from a script Aulakh co-wrote with Taylor Sardoni, Resurrektor is now available to watch online in its entirety, and Daily Dead is thrilled (and chilled) to exclusively premiere its online debut for viewers to enjoy!

You can watch Resurrektor in its entirety below, and we also have the official press release with additional details on the short horror film!

Press Release: Following a global film festival tour, critical acclaim and top honors at Oscar, BAFTA, and Canadian Screen-qualifying film festivals, award-winning horror short Resurrektor is now available to stream online. The film received laurels and awards from festivals including New York International Shorts Film Festival,...

Engaging in a secluded environment in an overall unfamiliar culture can be a daunting prospect for many people as they embark on the latest phase of their lives. Not only do the main characters of the new drama, ‘Autumn Lights,’ must learn how to immerse themselves in a remote region of Iceland as they strive to find a much needed serenity, but so do the main actors and filmmakers of the movie. First-time feature film writer, director and producer, Angad Aulakh, collaborated with a fellow American, actor-producer Guy Kent, to make the first Icelandic-American co-production to be shot and completed in Iceland. Joined by Italian actress, Marta Gastini, the trio [ Read More ]

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Dead and absent women cause a man to have feels, but in an ethereal way, you know, with “artistic” female nudity and nonsensical pseudophilosophical dialogue. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

My cinematic psychic powers inform me that this movie exists as a thing solely because someone had access to two amazing houses down the beach from each other in remotest Iceland, and someone else said, “Dude! We have to make a movie here! It would look amazing.” And it’s true: Autumn Lights does look pretty good, and its setting is indeed spectacular. So it’s a pity that this is the movie that American writer-director Angad Aulakh, in his feature debut, decided to make. I couldn’t really tell you what it’s about, beyond a visiting American photographer, David (Guy Kent), wandering...

Though it may seem like there are fewer and fewer milestones in the world of film, look no further than “Autumn Lights,” the first independent American-Icelandic co-production both shot and completed in Iceland. In the film, young American photographer David (played by newcomer Guy Kent) is on assignment in a remote Icelandic community. One day, he discovers a deserted crime scene and becomes implicated in a local investigation, forcing him to remain in the town. While he’s there, he crosses paths with an intriguing Italian woman (Marta Gastini) who’s living with her Icelandic husband (Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson) in the countryside. As his fascination with the couple intensifies, he finds himself enscsonced in their lives. Watch an exclusive clip from the film below.

Read More: Film Acquisition Rundown: Oscilloscope Dates ‘Girl Asleep,’ 26 Aries Sets First Theatrical Release And More

The film is written and directed by Angad Aulakh, and is his feature-length debut.

Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.

– Oscilloscope Laboratories will open Rosemary Myers’ subversive debut feature, “Girl Asleep,” preceded by Amy Nicholson’s delightful, award-winning documentary short, “Pickle,” at Landmark NuArt in Los Angeles on September 23 and at Landmark Sunshine in New York on September 30, with a nationwide rollout to follow. Billed as “a vibrant portrayal of Australian adolescence” the film follows what happens when “Greta Driscoll’s bubble of obscure loserdom is burst [and] her parents throw her a surprise 15th birthday party and invite the whole school! Perfectly content being a wallflower, suddenly Greta’s flung far from her comfort zone into a distant, parallel place.”

– NYC-based film production and theatrical distribution company 26 Aries will release their first theatrical release, Kurt Vincent’s...

Plus: Miss Sloane gets Us awards season release date; Freestyle Digital Media acquires Autumn Lights; and more

David Dastmalchian and Hiam Abbass are to join the previously announced cast on Alcon Entertainment’s Untitled Blade Runner sequel.

Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Robin Wright, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Carla Juri, Mackenzie Davis, Barkhad Abdi and Dave Bautista star in the sci-fi that Denis Villeneuve directs.

The Blade Runner sequel will open on October 6, 2017, via Warner Bros in North America. Sony handles international distribution.

EuropaCorp and FilmNation announced that Miss Sloane will open in the Us on December 9, positioning it for a potential awards run. John Madden directed Jessica Chastain and Mark Strong in the political lobbyist drama. EuropaCorp handles worldwide distribution.Freestyle Digital Media, the recently acquired digital film distribution division of Entertainment Studios, has acquired North American rights to Angad Aulakh’s feature Autumn Lights, which the producers say is the first Us-Icelandic co-production to be shot...

Exclusive: Freestyle Digital Media has acquired North American rights to U.S.-Icelandic co-production, Autumn Lights. The mystery drama will go out in a limited theatrical release on October 21 with a day-and-date VOD debut. Check out the trailer above. Directed by first-time feature helmer, Angad Aulakh, who also wrote the screenplay, the film stars newcomer Guy Kent, along with Marta Gastini (Borgia), Sveinn Ã"lafur Gunnarsson (Rams) and Thora Bjorg Helga…...

The UK’s revived Icon Film Distribution is adding to its release slate with four pick-ups from Cannes. Ifd acquired Jc Chandor’s A Most Violent Year with Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain; Equals by Drake Doremus with Nicholas Hoult and Kristen Stewart; The Legend Of Barney Thompson starring Robert Carlyle, Ray Winstone and Emma Thompson; and It Follows, the horror pic from David Robert Mitchell that ran in Critics’ Week. Ifd is showing itself a savvy buyer and recently released animated feature Postman Pat: The Movie which has grossed over $4M in its first 10 days. Icelandic producers Davíd Óskar Ólafsson and Árni Filippusson, exec producers on David Gordon Green’s Prince Avalanche, are moving forward with their first English-language drama, Autumn Lights. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Angad Aulakh who wrote the screenplay. Newcomer Guy Kent is starring as a young American photographer on assignment in...

Producers of Metalhead and Either Way team with La’s Ashley M Kent on the English-language drama.

Shooting started yesterday in Iceland on English-language drama Autumn Lights, the feature directorial debut of Angad Aulakh.

The producers are Los Angeles-based attorney Ashley M Kent, and Mystery’s David Oskar Olafsson and Arni Filippusson; the latter was one of Efp’s Producers on the Move at Cannes last month. Olafsson and Filippusson’s credits include Metalhead, Either Way (remade as Prince Avalanche), King’s Road and Country Wedding.

The cast features Guy Kent [pictured], Marta Gastini, Sveinn Olafur Gunnarsson and Thora Bjorg Helga.

Kent stars as a young American photographer who meets an enigmatic couple while on assignment in remote Iceland.

Today’s film is the 2013 short Wooden Hills. The film is written and directed by novice filmmaker Angad Aulakh, and stars India Wadsworth, who was seen in theatres in Christopher Nolan’s smash hit The Dark Knight Rises, and Guy Kent, last seen in the 2013 indie Meth Head.

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