Two ambitious filmmakers from Kyrgyzstan and the United States have launched a Kickstarter campaign for Culmination, an action / thriller feature film set in Kyrgyzstan.
American filmmaker Alexander Beasley and Kyrgyz director Kanat Omurbekov started a crowdfunding campaign for implementing the project. The Kyrgyz and American production has assembled an international team hailing from five countries and three continents. Culmination‘s composer, Federico Truzzi, a native of Milan, Italy has already composed the title track for the film.
The film’s narrative revolves around an unfaithful businessman, who as a result of his dark past, now struggles to clear his name and ransom his son from an avenging kidnapper within the next 24 hours.
The main premise of the film is about justice and how one cannot escape the wrongs which have been committed in the past.
According to the filmmakers, Culmination will be the first live action feature film to a use a still photography camera. The Canon 50D was manufactured with no video function but has been modified by the developers at Magic Lantern to record high quality cinema video.
Currently, the producers of Culmination are seeking $50,000 to fund their project with the crowdfunding platform, Kickstarter. The funding campaign will end on February 22, 2015. If successful, the film will be released in March of 2016 in Kyrgyz theaters and globally distributed with Vimeo On Demand.
