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A Film By Markus Blunder

AUTUMN BLOOD

Starring SOPHIE LOWE

PETER STORMARE _____________________

Press Contact: Russell Posternak

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CURRENT REVIEWS

“Autumn Blood emphasizes atmosphere over all of its other constituting parts, with moody cinematography that

is equally beautiful and haunting. With a tight and elemental screenplay, evocative soundtrack and menacing

performances from Swedish actors Peter Stormare and Gustaf Skarsgård, Autumn Blood lingers long after credits

roll.” – Stockholm Film Festival

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AWARDS

WINNER Best Feature - San Diego Film Festival, 2013 WINNER Best Narrative Feature – Hollywood Film Festival 2013

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TRAILER LINK

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SYNOPSIS _________________________

High in the Mountains on a secluded farm a widowed mother dies leaving her two children alone and orphaned. Fearing being taken away and split up they keep their mother’s death a secret and survive off the land with no one to rely on but each other. The sixteen-year-old sister (Lowe) is one with nature, innocent, and unaware of the evils that exist in mankind. Her ten year old brother is traumatized and mute from witnessing a disturbing incident years earlier (the death of his father) involving the town's Mayor (Stormare). As the girl transitions into womanhood, a harsh brutality destroys her innocence when savage hunters (Skarsgard and Uhlenbrock) led by the Mayor's son (Vauramo) attack and rape her. A social worker (Bejhed) from a distant city arrives to investigate but ultimately it is the siblings who must come of age to protect each other and survive.

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CREW

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Writer/Director: Markus Blunder Producer Markus Blunder Story by: Günther Aloys Screenplay: Stephen T. Barton Executive Producer: Günther Aloys Co-Producers : Matt Tauber

Ingvar Thordarson Konstantin Seitz Burkhard Ernst

Associate Producers: Norbert Kneissl

Leo Baumgartner Gisli Gislason Yuki Matsumoto

Camera: Reed Morano A.S.C Sound: Matthew Sanchez Editor: Joe Landauer Supervising Sound Editor: Lewis Goldstein Music: Robert Miller Production Design: Maximilian Lange Costume Design: Maurizo Giambra Make-Up Artist : Lorraine Martin Hair Sty lis t: Namiko Nishida Production Company: Dreamrunner Pictures

Mountain Film Cult Movies

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CAST

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Sophie Lowe The Girl Maximil ian Harnisch The Boy Peter Stormare The Mayor Samuel Vauramo The Hunter Gustaf Skarsgård The Butcher Tim Morten Uhlenbrock

The Friend

Annica McCrudden The Social Worker George Lenz The Mail Clerk Nelly Gschwandtner The Hunter’s Wife Julia Dietze The Butcher’s Wife Hansa Czypionka The Priest Jonas Laux The Father Jacqueline Le Saunier The Mother Hannah Payr Young Girl El ias Doblander Young Boy Margarete Tiesel Village Woman

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ACTORS _________________________

SOPHIE LOWE – THE GIRL Sophie moved with her family to Australia at age 10 and first developed an interest in acting after appearing in a grade school musical production at age 16. Moreover, Lowe did some modeling in her early teens but eventually stopped modeling to concentrate on dancing instead. It was her dancing which led to Sophie attending the McDonald School of Performing Arts in Sydney, Australia, where she decided to more seriously pursue acting. She did several short films and TV ads prior to graduating from college in 2008.

Lowe made her feature length film debut as the titular main character in BEAUTIFUL KATE her performance was praised by critics and subsequently nominated for an AFI Award for Best Lead Actress. Her other credits include Natalie in the thriller BLAME which were released in 2010. BLAME was screened and received accolades at Cannes Film Festival , Melbourne International Film Festival, the 35th Toronto International Film Festival, the 47th Chicago International Film Festival and Buenos Aires International Film Festival of Independent Cinema.

Sophie is currently shooting ONCE UPON A TIME IN WONDERLAND, a spin off from the series ONCE UPON A TIME. She plays the lead character Alice. The show is set to premiere this fall.

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GUSTAF SKARSGÅRD – THE BUTCHER Gustaf Skarsgård was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård and My, a physician. He has five siblings: Alexander, Sam, Bill, Eija and Valter, and two half-brothers, Ossian and Kolbjörn, from his father's second wife, Megan Everett. Alexander, Bill, and Valter are also actors. His godfather is acclaimed Swedish actor Peter Stormare.

In 2007, Gustaf was named one of European films “Shooting Stars” by European Film Promotion. His selected filmography includes: Vikings (2013), The Big Leap (2013), Autumn Blood (2013), Kon-Tiki (2012), The Way Back (2010), Arn (2010), Iskariot (2008), Pyramiden (2007).

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PETER STORMARE – THE MAYOR A celebrated actor, director and playwright in his native Sweden, Peter Stormare made his American film breakthrough playing a quiet, sociopathic killer in the Coen Brothers' dark comedy, "Fargo" (1997). Prior to that, Stormare enjoyed a 15-year association with Ingmar Bergman at the Royal National Theatre of Sweden and appeared in films from such international directors as Louis Malle and Susanne Bier. In the U.S., Stormare went on to enjoy a prolific film career playing mean-spirited villains, intelligent bad guys, and ominous "foreigners" in high profile blockbusters like "Armageddon" (1998) and "Minority Report" (2002). He occasionally had opportunities to stretch his range for European directors like Lasse Hallstrom with "Chocolat" (2000) and Lars von Trier with "Dancer in the Dark" (2000), but mainstream American audiences came to recognize him through his many discomforting supporting roles as amoral ne'er do wells and mysteriously evil authority figures.

Stormare’s selected filmography includes: Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013), The Last Stand (2013), Autumn Blood (2013), The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2010), Entourage (2009), Prison Break (2005/06), Minority Report (2002), The Million Dollar Hotel (2000), The Big Lebowski (1998).

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SAMUEL VAURAMO – THE HUNTER Vauramo was born in Vantaa, Finland. Vauramo graduated from the Finnish Theatre Academy in 2005. After graduating he worked at the Theatre of Kotka , where he acted in Aleksis Kivi 's famous play Nummisuutarit. In 2005, he starred as a rap DJ in the praised film Tyttö sinä olet tähti with Pamela Tola. He received a Jussi nomination (Finland's equivalent of an Oscar for Best Leading Actor for his role. He has also appeared in several television series and is currently working on new film projects. He is considered one of Finland's most promising young actors. Got the nickname "Sam The Slam" for doing his own stunts during the filming of "Bunraku". Most of the stunts involved falling down on hard surfaces - repeatedly.

In 2009 Samuli Vauramo received the Shooting Star-award at the Berlin Film Festival.

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MAXIMILIAN HARNISCH – THE BOY Maximilian has been performing at the Vienna National Theatre since the early age of five. During the casting process for AUTUMN BLOOD Maximilian accompanied a friend, who is a very established child actor, to the studio. Even so he was not invited to the casting, Maximilian got noticed by the director and snatched up the lead part from a large pool of known child actors. AUTUMN BLOOD was Maximilian’s first experience in front of a film camera. He is a young talent to watch out for.

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THE CREATIVE TEAM _________________________

MARCUS BLUNDER – THE DIRECTOR Markus is an internationally acclaimed advertising director known for his stunning visuals and emotionally true character portrayal. After producing and directing several short Films, of which two won Silver and Bronze at the Houston World Fest, Markus was invited to join David Fincher’s famed Propaganda Films in Hollywood.

Following his success in music videos Markus segued into the world of commercials and quickly established himself – according to the Cannes issue of ‘Campaign Magazine’ as “one of the world’s hottest new directors”.

Markus has directed award winning global campaign spots for a wide range of prestigious clients including Lexus, Samsung Mobil Phones, Mercedes, American Express, Nintendo, Mitsubishi, Bank of China, T-Online and Audi. Markus has just completed Post-production for his first full-length feature film entitled AUTUMN BLOOD, which will be released theatrically in the USA early 2014.

And like every restless Artist Markus has several new, very unusual projects in the works.

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REED MORANO – THE CINEMATOGRAPHER In early 2013, Reed was one oft he few woman to be invited to become a member of the American Society of Cinematographers. 2011 she received the Kodak Vision Award and was named one of Variety's "10 Cinematographers to Watch" as well as one of IONCINEMA.com's "American New Wave 25". Reed was also featured as one of the five innovative cinematographers in ICG Magazine's "Generation Next". Reed's work was again featured at the Sundance Film Festival in 2013: Kill Your Darlings, a 35mm feature premiering in the US Dramatic Competition, is a period piece about the Beat poets set in 1943 which stars Daniel Radcliffe, Michael C Hall, Dane DeHaan, Ben Foster, Jack Huston, Elizabeth Olsen, Kyra Sedgwick, David Cross, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Kill Your Darlings will be released in theatres by Sony Classics in fall 2013.

Her earlier work includes Frozen River, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and went on to be nominated for two Academy Awards (Best Actress for Melissa Leo and Best Screenplay) and seven Independent Spirit Awards including Best Picture.

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GÜNTHER ALOYS – THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER The Austrian Guenther Aloys is a restless spirit, a highly creative pioneer of the tourism industry with the courage to dare the extraordinary and to engage in constant change. Stars such as Tina Turner, Elton John and Bill Clinton have already followed the lead of the successful hotelier ("Elizabeth Arthotel", "Madlein") to the popular skiing and fun sports resort Ischgl. The passionate gourmet and visionary focuses primarily on developing future attractions; he makes the Alps exciting, breaking limits and revolutionizing old ways of thinking. Cinema, his newest passion, led to the creation of Mountain Film Gesmbh – a company created together with the Director/Producer Markus Blunder.

Mountain Film aims to produce original and moving stories with universal subjects.

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ADDITIONAL MATERIAL _________________________

TECHNICAL DATA

Austria 2013 Language: English

Length: 100 Min

Shot on 65mm and 35mm Screen Aspect Ratio: 2,35:1

Audio: Dolby SR

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PRESS INFORMATION

Drama English spoken

Less than 30 lines of dialogue in the film First film by the Director, Markus Blunder

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LOCATIONS

AUTUMN BLOOD was shot entirely on location in Tirol, Austria / Ischgl, Ötz, Umhausen-Niederthai, Boden-Pfafflar, Reutte and Ehrwald.

Produced with the support of ”Film Location Austria,” a Production Incentive for the Film Industry, provided by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth. Supported by Cine Tirol Film Commission.

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