Off Season (2012 film)

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Off Season
Off Season 2012 film poster.jpg
Directed byKatie Carman
Written byElizabeth Lee
Produced byKatie Carman
Elizabeth Lee
Cold Hands Productions
Spinning Hexagon
StarringElizabeth Lee
Kimani Shillingford
Abe Koogler
Dan Odell
Mchale Bright
Jun Naito
CinematographyJay Kidd
Edited byKatie Carman
Music byJustin Schornstein
Release date
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Off Season is a 2012 noir thriller independent film directed by Katie Carman and starring Elizabeth Lee, Kimani Shillingford, Abe Koogler, Mchale Bright, Dan Odell and Jun Naito. The film had its premiere screening on May 28, 2012 at the Anthology Film Archives.

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Plot summary

Sylvie Stone takes refuge in an isolated beach hideaway after her husband is convicted of a sweeping act of financial fraud. A series of frightening occurrences lead her to discover she's being stalked by a mysterious presence.

Premise

Daily Grindhouse called it a ""...a frighteningly original semi-supernatural tale of guilt and ripped-from-the-headlines redemption" in their review of the film, [1] and Film Threat has said that "this isn’t a film that believes in some final twist, but instead, if you’re paying attention, the clues and direction for the narrative are all right there." [2]

Festivals

Off Season was chosen as an official selection of the NY NewFilmmakers Winter Series at Anthology Film Archives [3] in January 2013. The film was also an official selection of the 2013 KIN International Film Festival in Yerevan, Armenia. [4]

Release

Off Season is currently available for download and streaming from Amazon OnDemand. [5]

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References

  1. "No-Budget Nightmares: Off Season (2012)".
  2. "Reviews | Film Threat".
  3. "NewFilmmakers.com - Winter 2013 Quarterly". www.newfilmmakers.com. Archived from the original on 2012-12-31.
  4. "Home". kinfestival.wordpress.com.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-07-08. Retrieved 2013-07-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)