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EXCLUSIVE: Anonymous Content has signed filmmaker Markian Tarasiuk for practice pursuing nan breakout occurrence of his characteristic directorial debut, Hunting Matthew Nichols.
Tarasiuk directed, starred, and has a communicative by in installments connected nan mockdoc found-footage scary film, which received aggregate show awards and wide captious recognition. Produced connected a reported $275k budget, Hunting Matthew Nichols generated online buzz done an immersive, true-crime-inspired trading run that helped nan movie move a profit up of its release.
Tarasiuk bypassed nan accepted distribution exemplary entirely, securing theatrical accumulation straight pinch theatre chains without partnering pinch a distributor. The movie played connected complete 900 screens domestically.
His contributions to Hunting Matthew Nichols extended beyond filmmaking, serving arsenic nan imaginative unit down nan film’s distribution strategy and trading campaign. He conceived, developed, and led nan project’s immersive Alternate Reality Game experience, building a fictional online interactive ecosystem that transformed audiences from passive viewers into progressive participants successful nan mystery. The run generated much than 30 cardinal impressions crossed integer platforms.
In Hunting Matthew Nichols, two decades aft her relative and his friend mysteriously disappeared, Tara Nichols, a documentary filmmaker, sets retired to lick their missing persons case. When an unsettling portion of grounds is revealed, Tara and her unit analyse nan disturbing circumstances surrounding nan lawsuit and effort to uncover nan truth astir her brother’s disappearance.
Tarasiuk is presently processing a sequel to the deed indie title as he continues to build toward larger-scale commercialized workplace filmmaking.
Prior to his activity down nan camera, Tarasiuk built a successful acting profession pinch credits crossed TV and film, specified as the CW’s Supernatural, Netflix’s Virgin River, Surface, and The Night Agent, and Hallmark’s True Justice.
Tarasiuk continues to beryllium represented by Play Management.
