Fog City Pictures and WonderPhil Present Award Winning Feature Film “Moonlight Sonata” at AFM 2009

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fog City Pictures & WonderPhil Productions present the award winning independent feature film “Moonlight Sonata” at this year’s American Film Market (AFM).

“Moonlight Sonata,” a psychological thriller, is the third feature film for Fog City Pictures and has gone to 11 film festivals in the USA and in Europe since being finished in Spring of 2009. The movie, written and directed by Celik Kayalar, centers around an affluent San Francisco family that attempts to deal with their past secrets in their own private way. As each person tries to move forward in life, they unknowingly race towards chaos and destruction.

After premiering at the California Independent Film Festival in March of 2009, "Moonlight Sonata" went on to be shown at 10 more festivals, most recently at the 46th Antalya Film Festival in Turkey. It also won two awards, the “Golden Kahuna” Award at the 2009 Honolulu Film Festival and the “Platinum Reel” Award at the 2009 Nevada Film Festival.

“We are excited to partner with Phil Gorn and his team to market the movie to a worldwide audience,” explains Celik Kayalar. “We already secured theatrical release for “Moonlight Sonata” in Turkey for early 2010.”

“Come and visit us at Suite #224 at the Loews Hotel or check out our screening at the Merigot 2 at 5 pm on Sunday, Nov. 8,” adds Phil Gorn of WonderPhil.

Writer/Director Celik Kayalar and lead cast-members from Los Angeles, Irena Hoffman, MJ Karmi and Sita Young will be in attendance at the screening and will be happy to meet and talk with interested buyers.

About WonderPhil Productions

WonderPhil distributes films to the major film markets: Cannes Film Festival, American Film Market, MIPDOC/MIPTV/MIPCOM (in Cannes), Toronto, Berlin, NATPE (in Las Vegas). Buyers from all over the world come to these markets and WonderPhil sells movies to individual territories or outright - all rights, all territories - to a distributor. In between markets, WonderPhil's veteran sales team works to place films for domestic and international TV, Video/DVD, or on the web. More information at http://www.wonderphil.biz

About Fog City Pictures

Fog City Pictures was launched in 2005 by filmmakers Jeremiah Birnbaum and Stephen Kopels to produce high quality and entertaining feature films and new media content. The company has quickly become one of the Bay Area's most dynamic and prolific production companies counting three completed feature films and another one in pre-production. Fog City Pictures will continue to focus on smart and engaging independent films as it manages its rapid growth and increased profile in the film and entertainment industry. More information at http://www.moonlightsonatamovie.com