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TURBO KID
SALES All rights, World DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, USA FIN
Release date : Aug 28, 2015
 
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Completed - ENGLISH - Action/Adventure, Comedy - 89 minutes

Log Line

In a post-apocalyptic wasteland in 1997, a comic book fan adopts the persona of his favourite hero to save his enthusiastic friend and fight a tyrannical overlord.




Previous markets

  • Cannes 2014 (Debut)
  • Toronto 2014 (Line up)
  • Sundance 2015 (Line up)
  • Berlin EFM 2015 (Premiere)
Full history

Year of production : 2014

Director(s) : Anouk WHISSELL, Yoann-Karl WHISSELL, François SIMARD
 Writer(s) : Anouk WHISSEL, Yoann-Karl WHISSEL, François SIMARD
 Cast : Munro CHAMBERS, Laurence LEBOEUF, Michael IRONSIDE, Aaron JEFFREY, Edwin WRIGHT

 Producer(s) : Anne-Marie GELINAS, Ant TIMPSON, Jason EISENER, Tim RILEY, Patrick EWALD (Epic Pictures Group), Shaked BERENSON (Epic Pictures Group)

Synopsis

Set in the post-apocalyptic year of 1997, turbo kid is a retro-futuristic nostalgic tribute to 80’s action-adventure films that follows a teenager who goes on an adventure to save the girl of his dreams. Winner of the Audience Award at SXSW & Fantasia and winner of Best Death and Best Actress at Frightfest.

Production

Country(ies) : CANADA, NEW ZEALAND

Distributors More info with Europa distribution

FRANCE Aug 28, 2015 PROGRAM STORE
JAPAN Oct 03, 2015 KING RECORDS CO
SPAIN Aug 28, 2015 A CONTRACORRIEN
SWEDEN NONSTOP ENTERTA
USA Aug 28, 2015 EPIC PICTURES G


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Festivals and Awards

Sundance Film Festival 2015 Midnight
Sitges - Intl Fantastic FF of Catalonia 2015 - Oficial Fantastic (Best Music Award & Carnet Jove Jury Award for Best Film)
SXSW 2015
Dallas International Film Festival 2015
Imagine Film Festival 2015
Little Rock Film Festival 2015
Seattle international Film Festival 2015
Sydney Film Festival 2015
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2015
Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival 2015
BiFan - Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival 2015
New Zealand International Film Festival 2015
Fantasia International Film Festival 2015
Melbourne International Film Festival 2015
Fantasy Filmfest 2015
Film4 FrightFest 2015
L'Étrange Festival 2015
MOTELX - Lisbon International Horror Film Festival 2015
Helsinki International Film Festival 2015
/Slash Film Festival 2015
Kaohsiung Film Festival 2015
Mórbido Film Fest 2015
San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival 2015
Trieste Science+Fiction Festival 2015
Molins Film Festival 2015
Titanic International Filmpresence Festival 2016


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