Comics, music, secret agents, and cults; what more does a girl need to have fun?

ART e FACT FEATURE FILM

Feature film written, directed and produced by Robert Iolini.

Logline: In an apparently perfect society, a novice art curator becomes obsessed with a comic book hero, only to discover she might be real—and everyone wants a piece of her.

Themes: ART e FACT examines creativity as problem-solving, the absurdity of control systems, and the unexpected consequences of curiosity.

Synopsis: In what appears to be your typical modern city, a novice art curator named Yu gets the job of collecting a series of comics about a supposedly mythical character named Ikkyu. Seems like a fun gig until Yu begins reading the comics. Yu is recovering from a serious case of codependence and low self-esteem, and the comics trigger her vulnerability. She becomes quietly absorbed in the Ikkyu character, but when she finds out that Ikkyu could be a real person holding powerful secrets, her interest turns to obsession. She’s not the only one after Ikkyu—government agents, a cult, anarchists, and passionate fans are all in pursuit, and Yu becomes the centre of a secret obsessive vortex.

☆ Stars Andrea Tivadar as YU ☆

More info at IMDB + ART e FACTs Film Series

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Melancholy gentle mid-winter glow, Mongkok pop palace-ebo? Tunnelling inward to the centre of now new neo-Nippon-nature well-come to my tight fit maxi-maze – outer neon skin sheds ray-on-gun mysteries reflected in the thousand street eyes alive with hope and uniqueness, each pair a floating vessel carrying a billion possible memories . . . Now in decode mode, mobile and scanning, sensing no malice, only sadness, respect, awareness, sensitivity and then unexpectedly from this saline eyeball world a tear-drop falls.

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The agent must perform a sacrifice
Of flesh and fire, seeds and blood, to please
Byakko and to gain his good advice.
He casts the coins to know his destinies.