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Violent

Forum of Independents - Competition 2014 / Violent / Canada 2014

This visually powerful and original movie is the writer-director project of the Vancouver-based band We Are the City. The plot unfolds in Bergen and the heroine is young Dagny, whose memories of the five people who loved her most rise to the surface at the moment Dagny undergoes a fateful and tragic experience.

Synopsis

This visually powerful movie is the writer-director project of the Canadian rock band We Are the City, and was created to coincide with the release of their latest CD of the same name. The movie uses musical motifs from the recorded songs, and the plotline is a loose interpretation of the subject matter appearing in the songs on the CD. The story takes us to Bergen, Norway, and the protagonist is young Dagny, whose reminiscences of the five people who loved her most rise to the surface at the moment she undergoes a tragic, life-changing experience. This refreshing picture has an original and precisely elaborated structure in which various time planes intermingle, while the vivid atmosphere is rounded out with authentic acting performances. Vancouver-based We Are the City, formed in 2008, includes singer-keyboardist Cayne McKenzie, drummer Andrew Huculiak, and guitarist David Menzel. Their debut album, In a Quiet World, was released in 2009.

About the film

104 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Andrew Huculiak / Screenplay Andrew Huculiak, Cayne McKenzie, Josh Huculiak, Joseph Schweers / Dir. of Photography Joseph Schweers / Music We Are the City / Editor Joseph Schweers / Producer Amy Darling, Nicole Irene Dyck, Josh Huculiak / Production Amazing Factory / Coproduction Media Darling / Cast Dagny Backer Johnsen, Tor Halvor Halvorsen, Tomine Mikkeline Eide, Yngve Seterås, Mari Sofie Andreassen, Bryn Bowen, Karl Bird / Contact Media Darling
www: www.violentfilm.com

About the director

Andrew Huculiak (Vancouver, Canada) is the drummer of the popular Vancouver band We Are the City, as well as a member of Amazing Factory Productions. Shot with his friends, Violent is his feature debut and the fulfillment of the talented Canadian director’s lifelong dream. Violent will be presented at Karlovy Vary as a world premiere.