Borderline Films: Trio maps out distinctive route

Antonio Campos, Sean Durkin and Josh MondDon't tell Borderline Films producers Antonio Campos, Sean Durkin and Josh Mond that there's a divide between commercial and arthouse fare."The concept that individuals a couple of things are thought separate is frustrating," Durkin states. "I truly don't believe creating a film having a studio or creating a film by ourselves matters as lengthy as everybody is on a single page. There is a middle ground."The 3 principals named their Brooklyn-based feature, commercial and musicvideo production outfit Borderline being an homage for this conviction. They are also adamant about being employed as a collective.While one directs, another two produce, and rotate accordingly.Their latest project, "Martha Marcy May Marlene," which Durkin authored and directed, has received the type of buzz that films -- of indie or studio origin -- crave.Among Sundance's greatest success tales, "Martha," designed for a modest $600,000, rapidly offered to Fox Searchlight for reported $1.six million in The month of january.The shingle has additionally just signed a 2-year, first-look cope with Fox Searchlight."This might seem like an abrupt (success story), but it's been eight many years of taking little steps," Durkin states.Individuals little steps started once the trio were NYU film students."A lot of our first conversations were about developing a production company," Mond states. "I was very business oriented right from the start. It had been never a conscious thought -- we produce our very own work and that is it."Despite their student status, in 2004 the trio attempted to mount an element known as "Laid," a higher-school laffer starring Jonah Hill in the first feature role. Ultimately, financing fell through."Using that process we learned what we should were able to,Inch Campos states. "The truth that it did not exercise only made that bond much more powerful."The 3 did not waste finding their next project. "Purchase It Now" -- a brief designed for $1,000 written and directed by Campos and shot by Durkin -- won the very best Cinefondation prize in the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. 3 years later, Campos' feature "Afterschool" (Durkin and Mond created) first showed in Not Certain Regard at Cannes.With the prosperity of "Martha," Borderline is more busy than ever before. The 3 producers are developing scripts and therefore are in publish-production on Campos' "Simon Killer," starring Brady Corbet like a guy who moves to Paris following a breakup and it has an affair having a prostitute.10 PRODUCERS To Look At 2011Jason Michael Berman Borderline Films Tyler Davidson & Sophia Lin James Gay-Rees Lawrence Inglee Red-colored Granite Pictures Laura Rister Jonathan Schwartz Diarmid Scrimshaw Kevin Walsh Contact Addie Morfoot at news@variety.com