Vision Films Unveils Fresh and Timely Film Slate Screenings of “Adverse” Starring Academy Award Nominees Mickey Rourke and Sean Astin

Vision Films announced on Tuesday its feature film slate and AFM Market screenings for the new dramatic/crime thriller Adverse directed by Brian A. Metcalf, starring Academy Awards Nominees Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) and Sean Astin (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy), Golden Globe Nominee Penelope Ann Miller (The Artist), Thomas Ian Nicholas (American Pie), Golden Globe and Emmy Nominee Lou Diamond Phillips (Courage Under Fire) and Andrew Keegan (10 Things I Hate About You); and Teslafy Me, a feature documentary directed by Janja Glogovacabout the life of Nikola Tesla featuring interviews with Tesla’s great-nephew William Terbo, Brank Terizic (Senior Fellow at the Global Energy Center), world-famous artist Marina Abramovic, and composer and DJ Gramatik.

Other Vision feature films debuting at the American Film Market include the female-centered biker action film Nation’s Fire, a Sci-fi action thriller Transit 17, the feature documentary Banksy and the Rise of Outlaw Art, featuring rate interviews with Banksy himself, and Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones’ Road to Altamont, featuring interviews with the Stones’ tour manager Sam Cutler, Stones’ photographer Gered Mankowitz, and many more.

Private screenings of Adverse and Teslafy Me will be held during the AFM for domestic and international buyers.

“Vision Films is well known for our diverse slate of content from compelling independent feature films to timely documentaries,” says Lise Romanoff, Managing Director/CEO of Vision Films. “This AFM will be particularly exciting as we recently hired industry veteran Robby Amar as our VP of International Sales and brought on Almira Ravil as a sales consultant. Our Director of Domestic Distribution and Marketing Kristen Bedno will also be in attendance.”

Vision Films will be releasing these titles under their own DVD and VOD label in North America from November through January, and will be offering them to other distributors around the world.  

Vision Films is located in the Las Flores Suite on the 8th Floor at the Loews Hotel from Nov. 6-13. 

TITLE Adverse

GENRE Drama, Crime Thriller

Running time 90 Min Country of origin USA

Status: Post Production                    

Production company: Black Jellybeans Productions in association with Red Compass Media

Producer Brian A. Metcalf, Thomas Ian Nicholas

Director Brian A. Metcalf

Key cast Academy Award Nominee Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler, Sin City), Academy Award Nominee Sean Astin (The Lord of the Rings trilogy), Golden Globe Nominee Penelope Ann Miller (The Artist), Thomas Ian Nicholas (American Pie), Golden Globe Nominee Lou Diamond Phillips (Courage Under Fire)

Log line A ride-share driver with a questionable past attempts to pay off a dangerous crime syndicate to save his sister. With nowhere else to turn, he is driven to retribution and must settle the debt…or die trying.

TITLE Teslafy Me

GENRE Science, History

Running time 69 Min Country of origin Slovenia

Status: Completed

Production company: 3 VOX

Producer Janja Glogovac, Walter Krejci, Eero Henoinen, Patrick Giraldi

Director Janja Glogovac

Key cast William Terbo (NASA Engineer, Tesla’s great-nephew), Branko Terzič (Senior Fellow, Global Energy Center),Leonardo DiCaprio (actor, environmentalist), Marina Abramovic (artist, writer, filmmaker), Gramatik (composer, producer, DJ)

Log line Though Nikola Tesla pioneered electricity and wireless communication, he’s generally uncredited for his work; his ideas continue to shape our future.

TITLE Nation’s Fire

GENRE Action

Running time 90 Min Country of origin USA

Status: Completed

Production company Teknocentric

Producer Andy Lalino, Phillip B. Goldfine, Carmine Famiglietti, Thomas J. Churchill, Executive Producers Robert Ori, Jerry Roberts, Krista Grotte Saxon

Director Thomas J. Churchill

Key cast Krista Grotte Saxon (Check Point), Gil Bellows (Patriot), Bruce Dern (Nebraska), Paul Sloan (The Scorpion King), Chuck Liddell (Kick-Ass 2), Lou Ferrigno Jr. (S.W.A.T), Kristen Renton (Sons of Anarchy)

Log line: The former leader of a female motorcycle club loses her son in a school shooting caused by a known gangster. With the help of her old gang, they seek retaliation against those responsible.

TITLE Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones’ Road to Altamont

GENRE Music Culture 

Running time 105 Min Country of origin UK

Status: Completed                

Production company Spiritlevel Cinema

Producer Elio Espana, Tom O’Dell

Director Tom O’Dell

Scriptwriter Tom O’Dell

Key cast Sam Cutler (Stones’ tour manager), Ronnie Schneider (tour producer), Gered Mankowitz (Stones’ photographer), Michael Lydon (Altamont reporter), Joel Selvin (author), Charles Kaiser (author), Mark Paytress (author), Anthony DeCurtis (Rolling Stones Magazine contributing editor), Keith Altham (Stones’ publicist), Peter Richardson (author)

Log line As the dream of peace and love was shattered in the late 1960s amidst riots, assassinations and war, The Rolling Stones became a defiant voice in this turbulent era, which came to a shocking end at the Altamont festival.

TITLE Banksy and the Rise of Outlaw Art

GENRE Art, Culture

Running time 108 Min Country of origin UK

Status: Completed

Production company Spiritlevel Cinema

Producer Tom O’Dell, Elio España

Director Elio España

Scriptwriter Elio España

Key cast World-famous artist Ben Eine, Banksy’s former right-hand man, Steve Lazarides, graffiti pioneer John Nation, author and artist Felix ‘FLX’ Braun, renowned street artist Risk, museum curator Alan Ket, author and artist Scape, Banksy biographer Will Ellsworth-Jones

Log line Banksy, the world’s most infamous street artist, whose political art, criminal stunts, and daring invasions outraged the establishment and created a revolutionary new movement while his identity remained shrouded in mystery.

About Vision Films

Vision Films is a leading independent sales and VOD aggregator specializing in the licensing, marketing, and distribution of over 800 feature films, documentaries, and series from some of the most prolific independent film producers in the world. Led by Lise Romanoff, Managing Director/CEO Worldwide Distribution, Vision Films releases 2-4 films a month across Theatrical, VOD, DVD, and television platforms. www.visionfilms.net