Fashioner Films The Creative Works of Alexei Berteig  

Alexei Berteig is a Canadian film director. He is currently in pre-production on a feature-film adaptation of Annie Wang’s cult novel, “The People’s Republic of Desire.” Alexei Berteig graduated from the prestigious Canadian Film Centre Writer’s Lab in 1998. His early work was a balance of freelance writing and freelance cinematography. He has written several feature scripts for producers in Asia and Canada, and has worked as a story editor for major feature films. As a commercial cinematographer, his clients include Adidas, HP, Motorola, Haier, Tiens, and Hellespont, and his feature-film credits include the soon to be released “Walking The Dead.” He has directed several short films as well as the autobiographical and award-winning documentary, "The Perfect Divorce," which has been frequently rebroadcast on North American networks. He also maintains his interests in drawing, acting, music and photography, disciplines that have been a source of inspiration in his professional career. Alexei and his Chinese wife currently live in Beijing with their daughter.
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Badi, The Wonderful

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Kazim Khan-i-Turk is an executioner in the court of the Persian king. He has been given the loathesome task of interrogating and executing a 16-year-old boy named Badi. The boys' only crime is that he has become intoxicated by love for a faith other than Islam. For Kazim, finding the truth means he must call into question every value that has governed his life, and risk all that he holds dear for a prisoner he comes to admire and love.
period drama, screenplay
 
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The Virgin

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A young man struggles with the liability of his own virtue in a romantic comedy about the death and rebirth of love. Simon tries to make peace with the ghosts of the past while he looks for something pure in a cynical world.
romantic comedy, screenplay
 
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Mona's Dream

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Mona's Dream is the true story of a woman who may, in times to come, become recognized as one of the world's foremost heroines in the cause of justice and equality. For a period of fourteen Months, during the height of the chaos of the Iranian Revolution, Mona, a mere teenager, was held prisoner and interrogated by the highest religious authorities, her father executed, her spiritual sisters tortured and killed. All the while, Mona was guided by mystical dreams that showed her the certainty not only of her eventual execution, but also the ultimate triumph of all that she stood for.
period drama, screenplay
 
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Uberhappenin

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Überhapennen - Morality Tales Just North of Heck
Master Demon, three-foot-tall, four-hundred-year-old ruler of Heck, finds himself out of a job when the C.E.O On High decides to downsize the underworld. Master Demon takes his entourage to retire to the Swiss village of Überhapennen, a scenic locale boasting the best spas and psychoanalysts in Europe. Master Demon’s mission: to conquer his “Insistent Self.” He'll need all the help he can get from his co-star, Melody; she's the only person big-hearted enough to see the angel inside the demon.
comedy, episode tv treatment
 
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Identity

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Sam Godwin becomes a fugitive when genetic evidence ties him to a crime he didn't commit. As he searches for the elusive killer, he is followed by a bizarre series of murders, and all the victims look exactly like him. He smacks into an existential crisis of life-altering proportions when he realizes that he is in fact a clone of the killer, and he and his "brothers" are the targets. In this metaphysical action movie, the question is not so much "who dunnit," but "who am I?" Throw in a love story and a 360 ° plot twist for good measure and you've got Identity.
sci-fi/drama, screenplay treatment
 
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