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Sky Wang is an award winning director. His debut feature film “Lost in Apocalypse” has won over 80 awards and received 40-plus nominations. Sky was born in Mainland China and eventually moved to the United States. He graduated from Columbia College in Chicago with a degree in film where he directed numerous shorts.

On the occasion of the film screening at the Fractured Visions Film Festival, we spoke with him about his casting process, working with actors and the music used in “Lost in Apocalypse”.

Lost in Apocalypse is your debut feature. Can you tell us about how you came to be a filmmaker and why you choose this project as your debut?

I have to start off by saying that I actually didn’t choose this project, because the project chose me, in a way. The best that I can explain it is as follows. As many other film school graduates,...

“Lost in Apocalypse” is a Chinese zombie film directed by Sky Wang. The film is Wang’s feature debut and is based on a comic of the same name by Ruibo Cao. “Lost in Apocalypse” won Best Horror film at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Awards. It also won Best Debut Film Maker plus Best Horror / Science Fiction Genre Feature Film Award at the 2018 Calcutta International Cult Film Festival.

Lost in Apocalypse screened at Fractured Visions Film Festival

The story starts in media res with the characters amid a zombie virus outbreak. We start at the half way point of the film with the characters on the run and then flash back to the beginning of the outbreak. I found the way the story is told at the beginning of the film very unique. If you didn’t know this was a zombie movie you wouldn’t really know what you are getting into.

The organisers of the Fractured Visions Film Festival have announced the line-up for their inaugural event. Says the organisers:

Over the past 10 months the festival has been privileged to witness some of the finest examples of modern horror from across the world. But after a tough selection process with dozens of stunning submissions, the official selection for the 2018 Fractured Visions Film Festival has been made.

Children Of The Fall (Israel) – UK Premiere

Rachel Strode, a young immigrant with a dark past, arrives in Israel during the Fall of 1973 to volunteer in a Kibbutz and to convert to Judaism. Soon, she realises that the local Kibbutz members don’t take kindly to foreigners, and the evening of Yom Kippur (the most important holiday in the Jewish faith), brings a brutal threat to her and her fellow volunteers. What began as a fun celebration of youth quickly turns into a menacing and bloody night of terror,...

Event will take place on September 29 and 30.

Fractured Visions Film Festival, a two-day event showcasing horror cinema from across the world, has revealed the official selection for its inaugural event.

Taking place on September 29 and 30 at Tramshed in Cardiff, the official selection includes three UK premieres and five Welsh premieres.

Titles chosen include the UK premiere of Eitan Gafny’s Children Of The Fall, which premiered at Tallinn Black Nights. The film is about a young immigrant arriving in Israel who looks to convert to Judaism, but soon realises the local Kibbutz members don’t take kindly to foreigners.

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