Echo Chamber - 230 - Part Three
There's still more juice to come in this week's @EchoChamberFP 'Part THREE' has another interesting conversation!
We look at a new indie feature, that takes real events and crafts them into a heartfelt, character driven story that anyone can connect to, regardless of nationality or background! The writer / director then sits down with us to talk about his motivations & insights gained from making his feature debut!
'Crossing' is written & directed by Arthur Ian.A Soviet family is divided along East-West lines. Andrei (Kiril Kulish, Mesrop Tsaghikyan & Rudolf Martin), a free-spirited teenager, follows his dream to become a successful businessman in the United States—twenty years later, his new world is shattered by the Great Recession. Forced to reunite with his family and caught between struggles both present and past, Andrei reexamines the values from a life that he left behind.
Watch the conversation: HERE!
Crossing - Poster
Crossing
Watch Review: Here.
Mind the Indie Film Festival: 15th June 2019
Digital Release Date: 1st December 2022
Director: Arthur Ian
Cast: Rudolf Martin, Marina Sirtis, Mesrop Tsaghikyan, Kiril Kulish, Lily Vardan, Karen Kocharyan, Kathleen Gati, Isidora Goreshter, Teri Reeves, Alex Veadov, Ilia Volok, Siobhan Flynn, Stepfanie Kramer, Jayden Maddux, Lindsey Payne, Teri Reeves, Bart Tangredi, Sarkiss Yen
Credit: Off Shore Productions
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 78 min
Cert: 12a
Trailer: Here.
Watch via Prime Vide: Here.
Watch via Prime Vide UK: Here.
Website: Here.
Facebook: Here.
Instagram: @crossingthemovie
Watch the conversation: HERE!
Arthur Ian
Arthur Ian
Director, Writer, Cinematographer
Arthur Ian was born in the former Soviet Union, in the Republic of Armenia, where he first became interested in theater and film. He has received his Masters and Doctoral Degree in Political Science from Stanford University, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue his interest in film and theater. His work has focused on such socially relevant issues as child trafficking, ethnicity and ethnic identity, and theatrical interpretations of classical English and Russian authors.
In 2005, Ian worked with director Eric Tucker, of LA based Bighead Theatricalities, to produce their version of Macbeth. In a tough year, the Shakespeare play landed number six on LA Weekly’s Steven Leigh Morris ‘Best of 2005’ list, also nominating Ian’s Macbeth for Best Overall Production.
Ian went on to direct "Looking For Romeo", a heartbreaking documentary about male prostitution and human trafficking involving both children and teenagers. It aired on “Planete +” television network in France, and later distributed on major television networks in Europe, Australia and Canada, and became an official selection at Newfest, New York Film Festival, the Melbourne Film Festival, Santa Fe Film Festival, and several others.
Crossing has already been invited to participate in the Singapore Film Festival and the Russian Film Festival in Moscow.
Follow Arthur via:
IMDb: Here.
YouTube: Here.
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'Back Again’ by Dilated Peoples - 2006