Lost in Karastan is a 2014 black comedy film directed by Ben Hopkins.[2]
| Lost in Karastan | |
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| Directed by | Ben Hopkins |
| Written by | Ben Hopkins Paweł Pawlikowski |
| Produced by | Daniel Zuta Mike Downey Sam Taylor Vladimir Katcharava Artem Vassiliev |
| Starring | Matthew Macfadyen MyAnna Buring Noah Taylor Ali Cook |
| Distributed by | Brandstorm Entertainment AG Film and Music Entertainment 20 Steps Production Metrafilms |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Countries | Germany United Kingdom Georgia France |
| Languages | English Russian Turkish |
| Box office | $ 1 641[1] |
Plot
editLost in Karastan[3] is a gentle black comedy about a confused British director, Emil, who is hired to direct a production in the Caucasus region. The country, Autonomous Republic of Karastan, is led by an eccentric corrupt but benign dictator. There Emil embarks on one of the wildest journeys of his already diverse career.[4]
Cast
edit- Matthew Macfadyen as Emil Forester
- MyAnna Buring as Chulpan
- Noah Taylor as Xan Butler
- Ali Cook as Daniel
- Ümit Ünal as Saro
- Richard Van Weyden as President Abashiliev
- Vedat Erincin as Mountain Man
- María Fernández Ache as Marian
- Amiran Katchibaia as Agdur
- Leo Antadze as Igor
- Lasha Ramishvili as Ruslan
- Dato Velijanashvili as Shadow
Release
editLost in Karastan[5][6] premiered in the UK[7] as the opening film of the London Comedy Film Festival[8][9] (LOCO)[10] on 22 January 2015.[11]
Awards
editAt Filmfest Hamburg,[12] the film won the 'Hamburg Producers Awards'[13] for the best 'European Cinema Co-production' and 'German-European Cinematic Production',[14] presented to Daniel Zuta and Vladimer Katcharava.
Ben Hopkins was nominated for the 'Grand Prix des Amériques' award at the Montréal World Film Festival[15] in 2014.[16]
References
edit- ^ "Lost in Karastan (2014)". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ Kemp, Stuart. "Matthew Macfadyen Signs to Star in Ben Hopkins' 'Epic'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- ^ "Welcome To Karastan". Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ^ "Lost in Karastan". British Council. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ "Lost in Karastan". Film and Music Entertainment Ltd. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ Mitchell, Robert. "Macfadyen to topline Ben Hopkins' 'Epic'". Variety. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ Adams, Mark. "Lost in Karastan". Screen Daily. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
- ^ "Lost in Karastan opens LOCO London Comedy Film Festival". Film and Music Entertainment Ltd. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ Wendy, Mitchell. "LOCO to open with Lost In Karastan". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- ^ Rose, Steve. "Pop Up Cinema, Horror-On-Sea: this week's new film events". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ^ "LOCO presents the UK premiere of Lost in Karastan with Matthew Macfadyen, MyAnna Buring & Ben Hopkins". The London Comedy Film Festival. Loco Team. Archived from the original on 2 March 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ "AWARD CEREMONY AT FILMFEST HAMBURG". Filmfest Hamburg. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ "Hamburg Producers Award for European Cinema Co-Productions". Filmfest Hamburg. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "Award ceremony at Filmfest Hamburg". Film Festivals.com. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ "Lost in Karastan". Festival des Films Monde du. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ^ "LOST IN KARASTAN". Montreal Film Festival. Retrieved 5 March 2015.