Avanti Productions & Management

A S Y L U M  (short film)

written & directed by Joern Utkilen 

After a successulf World Premiere in Hamburg International Shorts Film Festival

on 8th June 2011, ASYLUM by BAFTA award winning director JOERN UTKILEN,

with MIHAI ARSENE as Alfred Islami (lead), opens  

in Edinburgh International Film Festival, as well as

Kortfilmfestivalen Norwegian Short Film Festival in Grimstad.

Failed asylum seeker Alfred refuses to surrender his dream of starting afresh with a bio-dynamic farm – against all the odds being stacked against him.

Further festival participations:

35th Open-Air Film Festival Weiterstadt, screening on 14th August

Milano Film Festival, screening on 11th September, 9pm

Bergen International Film Festival, screening on 22nd October

Upsalla International Short Film Festival, screening between 26th - 28th October

Kurzfilmtage Winterthur - screening between 10th-13th November

produced by BAFTA award winning producers

Carolynne SINCLAIR KIDD and Matthieu DE BRACONIER

Sponsors: FILM 4 & Scottish Screen

Production Companies: IMAGINE PICTURES & THE BUREAU