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Mavet U S A

Directed by: Emile Haris
Written by: Emile Haris
Starring: Yim Chan Tong, Yair Milanov
Blogged by: russem
U S A, 2004, Runtime 4 mins

Film Summary

A game of seemingly regular chess takes place in a darkened room between an overconfident younger man in old man's clothes and a middle-aged man with overwhelming anxiety. However, looks can be deceiving for one wrong move in this game can mean life or death. And the game cannot be stopped . . .

Forms: Experimental, Narrative Fiction, Short
Genres: Drama, Religious, Avant-garde, Film Noir, Fantasy, Independent, Post Modern, Surreal, Supernatural
Niches: Asian, Asian American, Christian, Jewish, Senior/Aging, Student, Mature/Adult

Community Critique

My Rating

Average Audience Rating

four Stars

4 Average 1 Ratings

Lighting and cinematography are great!

4 Stars
lrp

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Screenings & Events

Los Angeles International Short Film Festival

Los Angeles, U S A
September 2005 (Film Festival)

Independent Film Festival of North Texas (IffyNTX.com)

Too-Short Films Finalist
North Texas, U S A
October 2006 (Film Festival)

Park City Film Music Festival

Silver Medal for Excellence
Park City, U S A
January 2007 (Film Festival)

International Festival of Cinema and Technology

Washington DC, U S A
October 2007 (Film Festival)

International Festival of Cinema and Technology

Jacksonville, U S A
December 2007 (Film Festival)

Cast & Crew

Production

Annika Leichtweiss (Coproducer), Emile Haris (Executive Producer, Director), Russ Emanuel (Executive Producer, Producer)

Writing

Emile Haris (Writer)

Performance

Yair Milanov (Lead Actor), Yim Chan Tong (Lead Actor)

Camera

Yossi Sasson (Cinematographer/DP)

Post Production

Emile Haris (Picture Editor), Neil Argo (Sound Editor)

Music

Neil Argo (Original Music/Composer)

Representation

Russ Emanuel (Publicist)

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Talk About Mavet

Hi everyone,

Found out that MAVET got into the Independent Film Festival of North Texas, will be screened in August there - you can go to http://www.iffyntx.com for more info! Thanks!

Russ

russem May 25, 2006 10:16AM

Hi Dstraus, thanks for the comment, sorry about the synopsis it was for Withoutabox to submit to fests and they wanted a 250 word one for a 4 minute film! Right now there's no fests lined up for it though there might be. If so, I will be posting it here!

Russ

russem May 18, 2006 12:28AM

Hey - looks like an interesting film - but seems like you told us the whole story in the synopsis?? How can we watch it?

Dstraus May 17, 2006 05:03PM

Hi everyone, this is a film I produced MAVET, directed by Emile Haris. Just wanted to say hi for now!

Russ

russem May 17, 2006 04:52PM