my eight or nine cents:
If this is to get the film picked up for distribution, that needs to be way more obvious. I had to click on "The Movie", and then click on "Movie Facts", before getting to the nitty gritty. Generally there are an assortment of oddities regarding the site presentation, although the overall design is quite good (uncluttered, functional, attractive).
The movie trailer seems to encapsulate the film properly, although I had to read the synopsis in order to get the actual story, especially the parts about the girl- that the bad guy was her dad, and that the photographer ends up being "hunted". Maybe a re-cut to either emphasize the theme or to elucidate the plot would be good (I don't think you can do both in one trailer). The music ended up being a distraction, sort of "pushing" me through the trailer, rather than complimenting the content. I think I understand it was intended to provide a certain atmosphere, but it muffles the dramatic content, which is not always broadly stated. On reflection, it seems the kind of music where the visual cuts need to come at specific musical points, which would integrate the two more properly.
The "suprise" clip after the closing logo seems like a cheap shot, coincident with the fact that it shows literally, a cheap shot. Effective maybe- completely out of context, definitely. If this were a pure action flick, I'd go for it, but that's hardly the feel of the piece. End with some dignity. Maybe make it the last clip, before BLACK OUT.
Looks good for distribution, though 80 minutes is a little slim. The performances are good, although the bad guy dad seems a little young, hence the confusion regarding whether he's the dad, brother, cousin...
Odd that credits area of the website is called "Behind the scenes", and that the first page gives us the armourer, composer, and photograper, with the full crew another click away. Definitely an oddly organized website that looks great.
Unclear as to what your connection to this property is at this time. Sorry that it sounds like you've got an orphan out there. Definitely something that could be distributed through several different channels (tv, internet, DVD, cable). The poster needs faces on it. People need to see FACES! It's our nature.
Sorry, but "A European style drama with war aspects." sucks. Don't know what the convention is for Fishing for Distribution loglines, but any sentence that ends with "aspects" puts me off the hook, bigtime. Of course I just ended a sentence with "bigtime", but that's my style choice and I'm standing behind it. Maybe "DRAMA: A traumatised war photographer clashes with a smalltown hood, whose daughter yearns for a better life." - perhaps too much of a synopsis, but it does end with a noun.
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