FREE Advance Screening for IFP/PHX Members Only

IFP Phoenix is excited to be able to offer 10 pairs of tickets to the advance screening of “Martha Marcy May Marlene“.  This special offer is available on a first-come first-serve basis to IFP Phoenix members only.

Note: Due to the special nature of this IFP Phoenix members-only offer, if you reserve the tickets but do not attend the screening, you will not be eligible for future free IFP Phoenix members-only offerings for the remainder of your current yearly membership.  This is a very special opportunity!

In Attendance

This special advance screening will be attended by the film’s star Elizabeth Olsen and Writer/Director Sean Durkin.

About the Film

Martha Marcy May Marlene:  http://www.foxsearchlight.com/marthamarcymaymarlene/

MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE

Official Release: October 21, 2011

Written and Directed by: Sean Durkin

Produced by: Josh Mond, Antonio Campos, Chris Maybach, Patrick Cunningham

Cast: Elizabeth Olsen, Christopher Abbott, Brady Corbet, Hugh Dancy, Maria Dizzia, Julia Garner, John Hawkes, Louisa Krause, Sarah Paulson

MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE is a powerful psychological thriller starring Elizabeth Olsen as Martha, a young woman rapidly unraveling amidst her attempt to reclaim a normal life after fleeing from a cult and its charismatic leader (John Hawkes). Seeking help from her estranged older sister Lucy (Sarah Paulson) and brother-in-law (Hugh Dancy), Martha is unable and unwilling to reveal the truth about her disappearance.  When her memories trigger a chilling paranoia that her former cult could still be pursuing her, the line between Martha’s reality and delusion begins to blur.

ELIZABETH OLSEN (Martha) is not only a vivacious and engaging young actress, but she is also a full time student at New York University’s prestigious Tisch School of the Arts.

Last January, THE SILENT HOUSE, which Olsen starred in, showcased at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.  THE SILENT HOUSE is the re-imagining of the successful Uruguayan psychological horror-thriller, LA CASA MUDA.  The movie is based on a true story which occurred during the late 1940′s in a small village in Uruguay.  It focuses on a girl (Olsen), who second by second intends to leave the house unharmed, but ends up discovering the dark secret it hides.  The film was directed by Chris Kentis and Laura Lau, the team behind the terrifying shark tale OPEN WATER.

Recently, Olsen began filming LIBERAL ARTS starring as Zibby opposite Josh Radnor. The film follows a thirty-something guy (Radnor) and a coed (Olsen) who spark a connection due to their mutual love for books and music, though their age difference complicates their fledgling relationship.

This past spring, Olsen finished filming RED LIGHTS starring opposite Robert De Niro, Cillian Murphy, and Sigourney Weaver. The film centers on a psychologist and her assistant, whose study of paranormal activity leads them to investigate a world-renowned psychic. The film will be released in 2012.

Next, Olsen will begin filming VERY GOOD GIRLS co-starring Dakota Fanning, Peter Sarsgaard, and Dustin Hoffman. The film is about two New York City girls (Olsen and Fanning) who make a pact to lose their virginity during their first summer out of high school. When they both fall for the same street artist, they find their friendship tested for the first time.

Olsen can also be seen in the film PEACE, LOVE, AND MISUNDERSTANDING co- starring Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Chace Crawford. The film is about a conservative lawyer who takes her two teenage children to meet their estranged, hippie grandmother in Woodstock. The film will be released in 2011.

Olsen is also very familiar to the stage as she understudied on the Off-Broadway play Dust and the Broadway play Impressionism while attending college. Other workshops include Bottom of the World  by Lucy Thurber (Atlantic Theatre Company) and The Living Newspaper (DRD Theatricals).  Her training includes attending the Atlantic Acting School and Moscow Art Theatre School.

Olsen currently resides in New York.

SEAN DURKIN’S (Written and Directed by) most recent short film, MARY LAST SEEN, premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and made its European premiere at 2010 Director’s Fortnight in Cannes, where it won the PRIX SFR for Best Short before going on to screen at New York Film Festival, London, and AFI.

A co-founder of Borderline Films, a New York City based production company, Sean has also produced three feature films including his Borderline partner Antonio Campos’ acclaimed AFTERSCHOOL for which Sean was nominated for a 2009 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. AFTERSCHOOL premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and has gone on to screen at many festivals around the world, including New York Film Festival, Berlin and AFI.   AFTERSCHOOL was also nominated for two Gotham Awards and was released theatrically by IFC Films in October 2009.  More recently, Sean executive produced the feature TWO GATES OF SLEEP, directed by Alistair Banks Griffin.   The film premiered at 2010 Director’s Fortnight in Cannes and was distributed by Factory 25 earlier this year.  Sean also produced the upcoming Antonio Campos-directed SIMON KILLER.