Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. (He has also directed several installments in Russia’s most successful live-action film franchise, a series of holiday-themed comedies unreleased in the U.S.) As a producer, though, Bekmambetov is more innovative. He’s a low-key pioneer, running thriller plots on a new operating system with his so-called “Screenlife” movies.
These projects, like
and
Searching, tell their stories entirely through computer screens, an extension of the first-person effect seen in found-footage horror. Watching a missing-persons case or a vengeful ghost story unfold through streaming video, chat boxes, and search results isn’t necessarily a more “realistic” window into genre filmmaking; like found footage, it requires different forms of contrivance in pursuit of a particular effect. But the surprisingly successful technique has a way of teasing out subtleties of behavior not available to traditional narrative, and immersing audiences in familiar online
Bekmambetov and Graphic India will team up to develop a slate of original local-language films.
22 Dec, 2020 - 02:15 PM IST | By indiantelevision.com Team
MUMBAI: Russian director and producer Timur Bekmambetov, whose creation of the innovative Screenlife format has spawned hit movies such as Profile and Unfriended, is setting his sights on India by striking a partnership with local players Graphic India and Reliance Entertainment.
Bekmambetov and Graphic India founder Sharad Devarajan will team up to develop a slate of original local-language films leveraging the Screenlife genre in India. The deal will commence with three films from up-and-coming Indian filmmakers, the first of which is aiming to go into production early next year.
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