The Owner
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The Owner is a multi-director, international feature film that follows a backpack around the world, on its way back to its owner. It is the first film produced by CollabFeature, a group of independent filmmakers from all over the world. Each filmmaker wrote and directed his or her own short segment of the film in his or her own country. The Owner began shooting in spring of 2010. It premieres in theaters around the world on May 25, 2012.[1][2] The project was created by Detroit-based filmmaker Marty Shea and web programmer Ian Bonner. File:Http://nairobinow.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/cf theowner poster nairobi11-sm.jpg
Plot
The Owner follows a lost backpack on a journey around the world, meeting several fascinating characters along the way. As the story progresses, we learn details about the mysterious man to whom the bag belongs—a man named "MacGuffin." The film brings together a variety of cultures, languages and film styles into a singular narrative plot.
The feature consists of 25 independently produced short segments (2 to 5 minutes) that are connected by the backpack's journey. Each segment picks up the narrative where the previous segment leaves off and in some cases are inter-cut.
With its 25 directors, The Owner will have more directors than Paris, je t'aime, which currently holds the Guinness World Record for the most directors (21) in one film.[1]
Filmmakers
- Marty Shea - Detroit, USA
- Rafael Yoshida - São Paulo
- Fahad Shaikh - Dubai
- Sabine Sebaali - Beirut
- Steve Murphy - London
- Omer Kula - London
- Varun Mathur - New Delhi
- Brian Shephard - Orlando, FL
- Asmit Pathare - Mumbai
- Nicolas Fogliarini - Paris
- Neha Raheja Thakker - Mumbai
- Vishesh Mankal - New Delhi
- Francois Coetzee - Cape Town
- Mairtin de Barra - Dublin
- Xavier Agudo - Berlin
- Yango González - Bogota, Colombia
- Alexander Schoenauer - Berlin
- Nino Leitner - Innsbruck, Austria
- Arne von Nostitz-Rieneck - Vienna
- Reenita Malhotra - Hong Kong
- Michael Canzoniero - New York
- Nicole Sylvester - Brooklyn
- Todd Felderstein - Los Angeles, USA
- Prashant Sehgal - New Delhi
- John Versical - Chicago
- Craig Lines - Newcastle, England
References
- ^ a b http://www.freep.com/article/20101119/ENT01/11190325/Backpack-stars-in-local-film#ixzz16XPY7HC3
- ^ "The Collabfeature Group | International Feature Film Group". Collabfeature.com. 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
- ^ Guinness World Records 2008 - Craig Glenday - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
- ^ "One movie, 25 directors". Hindustan Times. 2010-10-31. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
- ^ [1][dead link]