'Kaifeck Murders', 'The Escape', and 'talhotblond' at Seattle Film Fest

The 2009 Seattle International Film Festival (May 21-June 14) lineup includes three very different and incredibly interesting horror/thrillers directed by women: Katharine Windfeld's The Escape, about terrorists and the female journalist they target; Kaifeck Murder by Esther Gronenborn, about a small Bavarian village plagued by a series of grisly murders; and talhotblond directed by Barbara Schroeder, about the dangers of meeting and getting murdered by people on the Internet...

The Escape, directed by Kathrine Windfeld (Denmark, 2009)

The Escape is a high-tension thriller about a female journalist, Rikke Lyngvig (Iben Hjejle), who is kidnapped in Afghanistan by a group of Taliban militants who threaten to chop off one of her fingers for each day Danish troops remain in the country. Her youthful jailor Nazir (Faigh Zamani) helps her escape, but she has to promise not to say he helped her, or he risks being executed. Returning to Denmark, Rikke is hailed as a hero. Then, Nazir suddenly calls her from a Danish asylum centre and asks for her help, putting Rikke in a quandary that will cost her either her personal or her professional integrity.

Kaifeck Murder, directed by Esther Gronenborn (Germany, 2008)

A job brings photographer Marc to the remote and mysterious village of Kaifeck, Bavaria, when he feels a weird connection to a tale of gruesome murders on a nearby farm in 1922.

talhotblond, directed by Barbara Schroeder (USA, 2008)

talhotblond is the true story of an Internet love triangle. One man ends up dead, the other in prison... all because of a teenage vixen no one ever met in person. This documentary details the layers of desire and deceit that led to the murder and reveals a surprise twist ending. With exclusive interviews and the first public photos of the beautiful vixen, talhotblond proves the theory that everybody lies online.