KIDS WITH GUNS / Feature film
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
Directed by Anthony James Faure
Produced by Anthony James Faure, Antony Renault and Florent Larriven
CAST :
FRANCE
The movie is listed 3 times in competition for the 2018 PAMA for :
– Best Feature Film
– Best Actor Éric Chantelauze
– Best Production
PITCH : Two nobodies find their ticket to the Parisian Golden Youth parties in the form of a bag filled with drugs, leading them in the mayhem of a rough police investigation.
Festival’s appreciation :
“It’s a character’s quest, it’s a fight, it’s a journey for these kids to rise from the dark side of the Paris’ pavement to try and reach their dreams. Through bad choices, luck and reality, the directors tell a story of freedom in their own way. A directorial debut to watch.”
HIGHLIGHT :
It’s not the Gorillaz song but it could be. Producer / director Anthony Faure jumped from short film to his feature directorial debut on his own. A couple of friends, a crowdfunding campaign, and a lot of energy to show his abilities to make a full length film. Independent, new players in the game, KID WITH GUNS’ team is to keep an eye on, for sure.
Anthony James Faure is a French film director and producer. Born in Venezuela, he shared his life between South America (Venezuela, Chile) and Paris (France) where he lived for 15 years. Passionate about music and theater, he finally chose Film: he graduated in Film Studies and Screenwriting/Producing/Directing at the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and at the Conservatoire Libre du Cinéma Français (CLCF) as an Assistant Director. After producing and directing many short films and his first feature film “Kids with Guns”, he decided to move to New York during the post production of the film. In the US, he worked on several short films, music videos and feature films as Assistant Director, Producer or Director, while attending a One Year Filmmaking Program at the New York Film Academy.