Ataque de Panico!

Panic Attack: this amazing short movie was made on a budget of $300!! Just shows what you can do with the latest digital technology! Director Fede Alvarez uploaded this to Youtube, and within 4 days had over 1 million hits.  It was spotted by director Sam Raimi who immediately invited him over to Hollywood and offered Fede $30,000,000 to make his first full length movie.



What the BBC said at the time:

"A producer from Uruguay who uploaded a short film to YouTube in November 2009 has been offered a $30m (£18.6m) contract to make a Hollywood film.

The movie will be sponsored by director Sam Raimi, whose credits include the Spiderman and Evil Dead films.

Fede Alvarez's short film "Ataque de Panico!" (Panic Attack!) featured giant robots invading and destroying Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay.

It is 4 mins 48 seconds long and was made on a budget of $300 (£186).

So far it has had more than 1.5 million views on YouTube.

"I uploaded (Panic Attack!) on a Thursday and on Monday my inbox was totally full of e-mails from Hollywood studios," he told the BBC's Latin American service BBC Mundo.

"It was amazing, we were all shocked."

The movie Mr Alvarez has been asked to produce is a sci-fi film to be shot in Uruguay and Argentina. He says he intends to start from scratch and develop a new story for the project.

"If some director from some country can achieve this just uploading a video to YouTube, it obviously means that anyone could do it," he added."


Link to Fede's youtube channel:
Fede Alvareez's Youtube Channel