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About GPI: Asia's Finest Gothic International Films
Founded in 2010 by a group of dedicated film-makers, Gothic Pictures International seeks to produce quality international Gothic and horror films, specifically in Southeast Asia but with the pan-Asian and western cultures in mind.
The primary goals of Gothic Pictures International are to make good films in the Gothic and horror genres and also to promote Asian film-makers who wish to create new, cutting-edge dark and dramatic films. We believe that quality, excellent Gothic films can and should be made, and that they can promote Asian culture, as well as excellent film-making without the hesitations or apologies usually associated with "horror movies" and "independent projects." Ultimately, we hope to build a cinematic and cultural bridge between east and west.
To these ends, we have garnered financing and gathered together talent from many countries, producing a synergy of talent and professional quality. We want to earn the respect of the film-making world, not by merely scaring people or making money, but by producing outstanding films. That having been said, we don't mind frightening folks, and we do want to make money! However, we realize that if our end products are poor, the scares won't be there and neither will the profits. We believe that box office and excellence can go hand in hand in the independent and international film-making worlds and specifically in Asia.
Our Mission & Goals
Our mission is simple: To produce and encourage quality, independent and international Gothic and horror films and related genres, in an Asian setting or with substantial Asian ties. To realize these concepts, we seek the following goals:
- Gathering together quality film-making professionals in Asian nations to make outstanding Gothic and horror films.
- Encouraging and teaching budding Asian film-makers who want to make feature films.
- Producing films with real drama and characters and not just lots of blood and special effects.
- Creative marketing and finding new distribution possibilities for our own and other films by like-minded film-makers.
Joining Past & Present for the Future
Much has been said recently about modern film-makers with a Gothic bent returning to "old-style horror" for inspiration. We say this is a good thing, insofar as anything that gives a creative artist inspiration to create quality work is admirable. There's nothing like watching some of the old horror films from the 1930s and 1940s, even the 1950s, to get the imagination juices flowing. This kind of inspiration can also serve as an antidote to the plentiful horror trash (Hollywood and independent) that seeks audiences in the name "horror" nowadays.
However, we also believe that new ideas and ways of storytelling and filming should also serve as inspiration for new films. Interestingly, much of this novel flavor in modern horror and Gothic film is coming from Asia. Ironically, Asian film-makers are calling on their cultural roots and historic traditions to bring in this "new blood." In addition, we are continually looking for good ideas and concepts for films in Gothic-related genres, for example, crime drama, fantasy and science fiction.
A dynamic locus and truly creative fervor in modern Gothic and horror film-making emanates from this collision of past and present, east and west, old ways and the edgy new. Of course, our Gothic forefathers (and mothers!) who created and nurtured the genres in ages past would be hugely pleased at this phenomenon. Gothic storytelling flows out of a time-honored tradition. After all, true Gothic stories always emerge from the conflict between an evil past and an unforgiving present.
This war between old and new is what Gothic and true horror are all about. Like any war between opposites, this battle's outcome doesn't have to be bad. We here at GPI believe that, not only will the results be positive, but they will also determine the shape of Gothic and horror film-making in the future for decades to come. We firmly believe that this renaissance in Gothic imagination will flower in all parts of the world and in the creative souls of many film-makers yet to be born.
