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"Alone, Alone" Set to Make Worldwide Premiere at AOF Int'l Film Festival

Los Angeles, CA [July 24, 2013]

The short film “Alone, Alone.” starring Alicia Newman and James Heikkila will be making its worldwide premiere at the Action on Film International Film Festival in August of this year. 

Written, directed and produced by Ophir Gottlieb through Turn on Dark Productions, “Alone, Alone.”  is a disturbing story that touches at the heart of some of the most difficult subjects in American society – anxiety, insomnia and suicide.  The film is based on true events and closes with breathtaking statistics including the fact that someone commits suicide every 17 minutes in America.

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The story surrounds a young woman, plagued by anxiety and horrific insomnia, who finds herself haunted by suicidal thoughts and fantasies. Her only path to survival is to face the different perspectives of her persona. When fear, anxiety, analyst and anger battle inside her mind without restraint, suicide seems to be the only escape. It is her journey to find the one true authority inside or die trying, the voice of a mother that has been silent for her whole life.

View the trailer here:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HsPnk04QjE&list=UUVLEwnXh0-0YZWn4O_VUPqg

Award winning cinematographer Mark Herzig was the film’s director of photography.   Multi-award nominated musician Ziv wrote the original score and theme song.

Writer/Director Ophir Gottlieb says:

“I am thrilled to be presenting “Alone, Alone.” for the first time at AOF.  Del Weston is one of the great geniuses in the film festival circuit and I could not be more pleased to premiere our film at his venue.”

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