Duo is a love story where music brings
a young boy with Down Syndrome and a young violinist together. It is
a film about children, but it also questions the role of their parents.
This is why both children and adults can identify with it. Filled with
timeless music by Paganini and Rachmaninov, Duo is a film that can reach
a very wide audience.
Since Duo was voted best short screenplay
in its NYU production class. It has received a lot of attention from
students, faculty members, and top industry professionals from ICM,
William Morris, etc... Alexandre Ginnsz received the "Warner Bros.
Pictures film Production Award" and the "Martin Scorsese Award"
to support the production and completion of Duo.
Duo is the type of program that any
television station is looking for. Alexandre has already
contacted Canal+, in France, and Crystal Sky Communications, in Los
Angeles. They all showed great interest in the film, and are
currently waiting for a video copy of it. Other potential buyers in
Europe include TF1, France 2, France 3 (in France), Arte (in France
and Germany), Première (in Germany) and Channel 4 (in the
United Kingdom). In the United States, the film could
be shown on cable stations such as Bravo or the Independent Channel,
or as an "after school special" on PBS.
To help this release, as well as a
possible theatrical release, Duo will be submitted to several international
film festivals such as Sundance, Venice, Cannes, Berlin, London, or
any other event where it can be seen by distributors, TV stations, the
press, and the public.
Given the combination of Jon Furmanski's
breathtaking cinematography, Irène Ginnsz's brilliant musical
performance, a unique cast, and a very moving and original story, Duo
is an entertaining film with an important message. There is no doubt
it will reach a very wide and diverse audience.