World Premiere, Rome International Film Festival
“Visual artistry . . . nothing short of masterful.”
– Los Angeles Times
“intoxicating beauty.”
– New York Times
“truly poetic… lustrous cinematography”
– Chicago Sun-Times
“Beautifully composed.”
– Chicago Reader
“…cryptic images of ominous beauty, held together by pure surface tension, exert a strange fascination.”
– Variety
“Alexei Kaleina and Craig Macneill’s proudly minimalist affair favors ambiguity over soap-operatics, evoking the inescapable heartache of a loss so great, it cannot be uttered.”
– TimeOut NY
“Stunning cinematic debut … a film guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat.”
– i-D Magazine
At an abandoned schoolhouse, a young couple confronts the dark and the unexpected.
Starring Michael Kelly (Fair Game, Law Abiding Citizen), Jicky Schnee (Perestroika), Ana Asensio (Zenith), and Rip Torn
In a haunting and beautiful countryside, a young couple hopes to start a new life. Andrew and Claire find themselves far from their roots. They move into an old schooldhouse that sits on a farm owned by an elderly widow and her blind niece, Maria. The couple’s arrival sets off events that will alter all the lives of everyone around them. As tensions build, a late summer thunderstorm and a solar eclipse trigger dark outcomes.
Date
City
Venue
Country
09/10/10
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09/16/10
The Afterlight in
New York, New York
Quad Cinema
United States
Address: 34 West 13th Street.
Venue phone: 1 212-255-2243.
Film page
03/25/11
-
03/31/11
The Afterlight in
Chicago, Illinois
Facets Cinematheque
United States
Address: 1517 West Fullerton.
Film page
06/02/11
The Afterlight in
Walton, New York
Walton Theatre
United States
Time: 7:30pm.
Address: 31 Gardiner Place.
Alexei Kaleina and Craig Macneill in person, in the town where the film was shot!
Film page
09/02/11
-
09/08/11
The Afterlight in
Seattle, Washington
Grand Illusion Seattle
United States
Address: 1403 NE 50th Street.
Venue phone: 1 206.523.3935.
Film page
09/02/11
-
09/08/11
The Afterlight in
Los Angeles, California
Downtown Independent
United States
Address: 251 S. Main Street.
Film page
Tour: VOD and DVD release
11/01/11
-
01/31/12
The Afterlight in
Mass DVD Release
Netflix, Amazon, Family Video, and everywhere
United States
Film page
02/02/12
-
04/30/12
The Afterlight in
movie store
YouTube / Google Play
United States
Admission: $1.99.
Film page
DVD wholesale: Visit MVD, or 800-888-0486
– Los Angeles Times
In a haunting and beautiful countryside, a young couple hopes to start a new life. Andrew and Claire find themselves far from their roots. They move into an old schoolhouse near a farm inhabited by an elderly widow and her blind niece, Maria.
While the local media report on an approaching solar eclipse, their relationship deteriorates…
additional materials: Making of, 5.1 sound, digital download of soundtrack
