Asylum Seekers (film)

Asylum Seekers
Asylum Seekers
Directed by	Rania Ajami
Written by	Rania Ajami; Jake Pilikian;
Produced by	Molly Conners; Alex Twersky; ; Executive Producers; Gill Holland; Christopher Woodrow
Starring	Pepper Binkley; Bill Dawes; Judith Hawking; Daniel Irizarry; Stella Maeve; Camille O'Sullivan ; Lee Wilkof;
Cinematography	Lyn Moncrief
Edited by	Susan Graef;
Music by	David Majzlin;
Distributed by	TBA
Release dates	June 13, 2009 ; (CineVegas);
Running time	89 minutes
Language	English
Budget	$1,500,000 (est.)

Asylum Seekers is a British feature film written and directed by Rania Ajami. The film was the first indie completed on the Red Digital Cinema Camera and premiered at the 2009 CineVegas International Film Festival. In 2004 Ms. Ajami was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s ‘25 New Faces of Indie Film’.

Plot Summary

Work, family, relationships, deadlines, terrorism, information overload... When modern life is getting crazier and crazier, day by day, who wouldn't think about getting out? Leaving it all behind? Wouldn't that be the only sane response to this mad world? "Asylum Seekers" is about escapism, about feeling the pressure and deciding on a radical solution. Our six characters can't take their various stresses any more and are heading for the door marked EXIT. It leads to a deluxe, exclusive, luxuriously-appointed mental asylum, an adult funfair where they can let it all go and be waited on hand and foot for the rest of their carefree lives. Or so it seems... The first twist is that there are limited places. Only one free bed remains. The competition is on. And there are many other surprises lying in wait for the unwary, would-be-insane patient... The ride out of the world they know has only just begun!

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