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| Currently,
the company is focusing on production and development of feature
films and internet content projects such as Indierag.com. We
have also completed a new theatrical feature "Ethan Mao"
which is due out in festivals in the fall. With its experience
in theatrical and video distribution, Margin is building itself
slowly and steadily as a media content production and distribution
company in the turbulent independent film marketplace. |
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| Margin
began in 1996 when filmmaker Quentin Lee founded and incorporated
the company. The Company began its activity by producing its
first feature film "Shopping for Fangs," directed
by Quentin Lee and Justin Lin, which was critically acclaimed
at film festivals such as the Toronto International Film Festival,
San Francisco Asian American Film Festival and the Nortel Palm
Spring International Film Festival. |
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| 1n
1997, the Company ventured into theatrical distribution with
its first release "Bugis Street," which opened in
major U.S. markets including New York, Los Angeles, Seattle,
and San Francisco. Directed by Hong Kong's controversial art
house director Yonfan, "Bugis Street" is the first
film made in Singapore after 20 years of its industry's dormancy.
Margin shepherded this controversial epic about a young girl's
coming-of-age in a brothel of transsexuals and transvestites
in the 60s' Singapore through North American film festivals
all the way to its theatrical and video release. The film won
critical acclaim from both the New York Times and the Los Angeles
Times. |
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| In
1998, the Company released "4 Faces of Eve," "Flow"
and "Shopping for Fangs" theatrically in the US It
also distributed "Flow" and "Bugis Street"
on home video. |
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| In
1999, the Company theatrically distributed Camera Obscura's
controversial underground film on virtual reality, "Virtue,"
Yonfan's "Bishonen" (official Toronto and Berlin selection),
Lina Shanklin's "Summerspell" (official Sundance and
Munich selection), "Bao," a father and son drama and
Loc Do's "Bastards" about abandoned Vietnamese orphans
in Orange County. Margin also distributed "Fall 1990,"
an award winning gay short and "Shopping for Fangs"
along with other titles on video. |
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| In
2000, while maintaining its distribution activities, Margin
produced "Drift," directed by Quentin Lee, a digital
feature. |
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| In
2001, due to the difficulty of the independent distribution
market place, Margin began re-shifting its core business to
production and development. Nevertheless, Margin theatrically
distributed "Drift" in Vancouver, Canada. |
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| In
2002 and 2003, Margin developed and begins preproduction on
several features including "Campus Ghost Story" and
"Ethan Mao." It has also distributed "Drift"
theatrically in Los Angeles and sold the video rights to Wellspring
Media. |
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