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The controversial, Australian-produced, award-winning feature film ‘Anno 2020’ will premiere on YouTube, Odysee, Daily Motion and Rumble, among other streaming platforms, on September 13.

This global release milestone was announced today by the film’s lead producer Gil Ben-Moshe, of MoneyShot Productions. It follows last year’s sold-out red-carpet cinema screenings in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

Speaking from his Sydney office, Ben-Moshe said following the success of the interstate screenings in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland, his production team was excited to share their unique work with international streaming audiences.

“While ‘Anno 2020’ was very well received by cinemagoers, we believe it is tailormade for viewing on streaming platforms given its multimedia style and sometimes contentious handling of the lockdowns and other pandemic-related challenges experienced in 2020,” he said.

“The travel restrictions prevented us from always physically being on set – except for the Australian scenes. Even then, we had to film clandestinely at times.”

Directed by New Zealand-Australian writer-director James Morcan who adapted the ‘Anno 2020’ screenplay from his published novel of the same name, the film is an epic mystery-drama shot in 17 cities, on four continents and features dialogue in four different languages.

Writer-director James Morcan describes ‘Anno 2020’ as an alternative movie.

Billed as a global kaleidoscope of interconnected characters seeking redemption, answers and justice amidst the chaos of 2020, its cast members are an ensemble of renowned actors from around the world.

They include leading Australians Erin Connor (Occupation: Rainfall), Greg Poppleton (The Chronicles of Narnia), Brett Partridge (Water Rats) and Audrey Nitschke (Wolf Like Me), American veterans Kevin Scott Allen (American Primeval), Sheila Ball (Assault On VA-33) and La Rivers (Equal Standard), as well as Chinese-American Crystal J. Huang (Dark Feathers), as well as rising US actor-singer Jessica Castello (Oildale).

Morcan agreed ‘Anno 2020’ has been crafted specifically for the streaming experience.

“It is an alternative movie with controversial themes that mainstream outlets would likely censor,” he said.

“It was apt that one of the awards it won was ‘Best Experimental Film’ at the Titan International Film Festival here in Australia. That award is reflective of the revolutionary filmmaking and storytelling techniques we used.”

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Related links for this movie:

Anno 2020 trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-gUZc6UH8M&t   

Anno 2020 YouTube premiere link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Nr2h-AMV-c&t

Anno 2020 IMDb page: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13455748/

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