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The Tunnel screens at LA’s Mann Chinese Theater

Australian self-financed horror The Tunnel will have its US premiere screening at Los Angeles’ Screamfest on Saturday October 15 at legendary Mann’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

A Q&A with director Carlo Ledesma and Co-producers/writers Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey will follow the screening. The venue, situated next to the Hollywood Walk of Fame is home to some of the world’s biggest film premieres and has also previously hosted the Oscars ceremony.

The team has also confirmed a US DVD release through Blackrock Films on December 27, 2011.

“It is an exciting time for The Tunnel as we break into the US market. We expect a great reaction to our little Aussie movie at Screamfest and are thrilled American horror fans will have the opportunity to own our film when it comes out on DVD in December” said Tedeschi.

The film had its world premiere at Popcorn Taxi in May with a Q&A, followed later that night by pay TV channel Showtime broadcasting it, online distribution via file-sharing platform BitTorrent and Paramount/Transmission Films releasing it on DVD. Since then Dendy has given it a theatrical release, the film released as an iPad app and both ABC iView and Fairfax Digital streamed it.

The film’s executive producer Ahmed Salama of DLSHS Digital told Encore they were looking good to making back the $135,000 budget.

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