Busan International Film Festival, the Largest Film Festival in Asia, Will Open on 4 October, 2018!

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“Isabelle”, a psychological thriller starring Adam Brody and Amanda Crew, will have its world premiere in Busan, South Korea, on October 6^th. The film will screen in the Midnight Passion section.    

Canadian film and TV producer/director Rob Heydon (“Ecstasy”) produced and directed the script, written by Donald Martin (“Milton’s Secret”). Sid Ganis and Joni Sighvatsson are the Executive Producers.

Rob Heydon commented: "We are absolutely thrilled and honored with our selection at Busan, one of the most important festivals in Asia. We believe this is a great fit with the local audience and the perfect start on the festival circuit."

In the vein of "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Exorcist", the film’s central premise is that desire can get you past anything, even death. After moving into the perfect New England neighborhood, an all-American couple's dream of starting a family shatters as they descend into the depths of paranoia and must struggle to survive a specter that wants nothing more than their very own lives.

Filmfestivals.com Bruno Chatelin tagged it: "Rosemary's Baby meets your worst nightmares."

Adam Brody stars in the Sony Crackle series “StartUp” and was in the Warner Bros. release “CHiPs”. Amanda Crew is one of the stars of HBO’s popular series “Silicon Valley” and starred in such films as “Freaks”, which sold at TIFF 2018 to Well GO for the US, as well as “Charlie St. Cloud”, “Sex Drive”, and “The Age of Adaline”.

Rob Heydon is the acclaimed Canadian director, whose first feature film “Ecstasy” was one of the Canadian hits of the recent past. “Ecstasy” was picked up for U.S. distribution and sold to over 40 countries in 2012.

Executive Producer Sid Ganis is the former President of the Paramount Pictures Motion Picture Group, where he helped launch "Top Gun" and "Fatal Attraction”. He also served as Executive Vice President, and then President of both marketing and distribution for Columbia Pictures. In addition, he served as Vice Chairman of Sony Pictures. As a producer, he has produced such hit films as "Big Daddy" and "Mr. Deeds" as well as the critically lauded drama “Akeelah and the Bee”. In 2005, Sid was elected to his first term as President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, a position which he held for four consecutive terms. He currently serves as Vice President on the Academy’s Board of Governors and as chair of the Academy’s museum committee.

Producer Rob Heydon was Executive Producer of the TV series “The Pinkertons”, which aired on the CW, and he produced the family film “Journey Home”, directed by Roger Spottiswoode. Rob produced and directed “Ecstasy”, based on Irvine Welsh’s book. Rob is working with LA-based Icelandic producer Joni Sighvatsson on “Last Rituals”, a Nordic Noir TV series set in Iceland for RUV and Rogers in Canada.

Joni Sighvatsson is President of Palomar in LA, and Chairman of Scanbox in Copenhagen. He has produced over sixty films, including “Z for Zachariah”, “Brothers”, and “K-19: The Widowmaker”. He was Executive Producer of the hit film “The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared.”

Screenwriter Donald Martin is an Executive Producer on “Isabelle”. His feature “Milton’s Secret”, starring Donald Sutherland, opened worldwide in 2016. Other feature credits include “Dim Sum Funeral” (HBO), “Shackles” (Sony), and the award-winning “Toto”, a hit on the festival circuit. His latest film “Welcome to Pine Grove!”, starring Ellen Burstyn and James Caan, is now in post-production.

“Isabelle” is a production of Rob Heydon Productions Inc., in association with Out of the Blue Entertainment.  

Private Equity is from Lazarus Effects and Rob Heydon Productions in Canada.

Adam Brody is represented by Kevin Volchok at UTA.

Amanda Crew is represented by Brian Nossokoff at UTA.

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