"HOLLY" IS NOW IN THEATERS in the US
A Film by GUY MOSHE
Starring
RON LIVINGSTON
VIRGINIE LEDOYEN
with CHRIS PENN
and UDO KIER
and introducing THUY NGUYEN
I would suggest getting tickets online ASAP before they are all sold out!! Please let everyone know. You can make a difference by going to see this film.Check your location to find tickets for Holly: http://priorityfilms.com/locations.php
A percentage of the proceeds will support the RedLight Children campaign.
SYNOPSIS
Shot on location in Cambodia, including many scenes in actual brothels in the notorious red light district of Phnom Penh, HOLLY is a captivating, touching and emotional experience.
Patrick (Ron Livingston), an American card shark and dealer of stolen artifacts, has been 'comfortably numb' in Cambodia for years, when he encounters Holly (Thuy Nguyen), a 12-year-old Vietnamese girl, in the K11 red light village. The girl has been sold by her impoverished family and smuggled across the border to work as a prostitute.
Holly's virginity makes her a lucrative prize, and when she is sold to a child trafficker, Patrick embarks on a frantic search through both the beautiful and sordid faces of the country, in an attempt to bring her to safety. Harsh, yet poetic, this feature forms part of the 'K-11' Project, dedicated to raising awareness of the epidemic of child trafficking and the sex slavery trade through several film projects. The film's producers endured substantital hardships in order to be able to shoot in Cambodia and have also founded the RedLight Children Campaign, which is a worldwide grassroots initiative generating conscious concern and inspiring immediate action against child sexploitation.
VIDEOS ON "HOLLY"
"Holly" movie trailer
Ron Livingston talks to CNN about his experience in Cambodia and the horrors of human trafficking.
"Holly"behind the scenes
The K11 Project & The Redlight Children Campaign
The K11 Project and the Redlight Children Campaign is the latest phase of a journey that began in 2002 with New York lawyer Guy Jacobson. While travelling in Phnom Penh, Jacobson encountered a barrage of young girls, some just 5-years old, aggressively soliciting prostitution. The horror was not lost on him. Shortly thereafter, he began gathering together a passionate group of advocates determined to protect young children in danger of becoming part of the global sex trade.
A three-film project (a narrative, and two documentaries), the K11 Project exposes the real stories of children abducted into the horrifying world of child trafficking and child prostitution. Altogether it is the most comprehensive film
project ever made about this issue.
The team includes award-winning filmmakers, high profile activists and international stars and works closely with many international human rights organizations varying from UNODC, UNICEF, Amnesty to Vital Voices, AFESIP,
and numerous smaller grassroots NGOs.
Our mission is to leave a lasting impression on audiences, to create such a powerful, vivid and compelling viewing experience that people are moved to action. HOLLY embraces drama and emotion, THE VIRGIN HARVEST grapples with hard truths and the THE K11 JOURNEY showcases a determined team of
international artists struggling to better these children's lives.
In addition, we have created the Redlight Children Campaign - a worldwide grassroots human rights initiative promoting awareness and practical action for reducing the number of children who are sexually exploited each year. The campaign combines Priority Films' The K11 Project and an easy-to-use website at www.RedLightchildren.org, focusing on decreasing the demand for any form of child sexploitation by promoting more efficient legislation and better enforcement of such legislation. The Redlight Children Campaign has been gaining steady momentum with the cooperation of leading media icons, major international NGOs and numerous smaller organizations around the world.
Child sexploitation has garnered heightened media attention including in specials on the Oprah Winfrey Show and NBC's Dateline, the Lifetime mini-series "Human Trafficking," New York Times special reports and many others. In his address to the United Nations, President Bush included this topic as a priority for U.S. international relations. Media icons such as Oprah Winfrey, Angelina Jolie, Paula Abdul, Ashley Judd, Ricky Martin, and Julia Ormond have called attention and personally committed themselves to the issue of child prostitution around the world.
We invite you to browse our website www.priorityfilms.com, read about the K11 Project, and log on to www.RedLightChildren.org. Become part of the worldwide effort to abolish child sexploitation.
Today, "Expose it. Fight it. End it." is our rallying cry. It inspires us as we raise awareness via mass media, emboldens us as we pressure governments for more effective legislation, and reawakens us during our never-ending search
for additional public and private resources.
It reminds us to never stop stirring up active opposition to child sexploitation in all its guises in every part of the world.
For more information go to www.priorityfilms.com
Spread the word! Be part of the team : [email protected]
Any questions? Are you part of an organization that deals with the same
issues? Do you want to get your University involved? Ron Livingston Fan?
Email us at [email protected] and see what we can do together.
Priority Films, a New York City based film production company, is looking for highly motivated interns to focus on a major global PR Campaign for a three feature films project. We are looking for interns across the United States as well as Internationally.A recent UN report estimated that over 2 million children, some younger than three years old are trafficked and sold to the sex industry each year. The K11 Project aims to raise awareness to this global issue of child trafficking and prostitution through its three feature length films:
www.priorityfilms.comThe K11 Project is the most comprehensive film project ever made on this horrifying global problem. Priority Films is working closely with many international human rights organizations varying from UNICEF, UN, Amnesty and even the Interpol to AFESIP, and numerous smaller grassroots NGOs. Our Goal is to raise global awareness of this horrifying issue and promote action and change in these children's future by utilizing mass media. The K11 Project is not just a movie project it is a cry for help. It is the voice of millions of children who are exploited and violated every year with no rights or protection.
Take a small step in the right direction. Sign up for updates on the issue, the campaign and this site.
The REDLIGHT CHILDREN campaign seeks to generate conscious concern and inspire immediate action against child sexploitation. It is a worldwide grassroots initiative whose mission is to reduce the number of children sold to the sex industry and exploited on the internet.This is an amazing entry level opportunity for film students as you will be working with seasoned film makers, celebrities and film distributors. Interns will work with the company's producers on a variety of marketing and PR campaigns, as the films are now in the process of being released world wide. You can work from anywhere in the world, as long as they have access to the web and a telephone.
If interested in this opportunity, please contact
[email protected] .
Otherwise, please "spread the word" and raise awareness of this inhuman global issue. Thanks for saving a child today, every minute counts.
