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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2010: Alistair Banks Griffin’s Two Gates of Sleep

Most recently invited to the NYFF 08’s with his short Gauge, Griffin appears to be part of a collective of filmmakers worth keeping a very close eye on. There’s an inkling of Days of Heaven, Ballast and Shotgun Stories (guns/open fields) and that’s enough to get me interested.

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#71. Two Gates of Sleep

Two Gates of Sleep Alistair Banks Griffin

Photo Exclusive: Featuring Brady Corbet and David Call.

Director/Writer: Alistair Banks Griffin
Producers: Andrew Renzi (Sympathy for Delicious) and Antonio Campos, Sean Durkin, and Josh Mond (Afterschool)
Distributor: Rights Available.

The Gist: When Jack’s mother turns up dead at the edge of a field near his rural home, he and his brother set out on an arduous journey to fulfill her last wish…(more)

Cast: Brady Corbet, Karen Young and David Call.

Why is it on the list?Most recently invited to the NYFF 08’s with his short Gauge, Griffin appears to be part of a collective of filmmakers worth keeping a very close eye on. There’s an inkling of Terrence Malick and more recent examples such Ballast and Shotgun Stories (guns/open fields) and that’s enough to get me interested.

Release Date/Status?: A major European film festival such as Cannes is likely.

 
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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