''By Any Means'' is an American thriller directed by Leighton Spence and starring Brooke Burfitt,

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, and Michelle Money. The film had its first screening in Ireland before a run of international film festivals around the world in 2016.

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acquired the distribution rights of the film; which will be released by video on demand and on DVD on June 27, 2017.

Awards

''By Any Means'' was officially selected for a number of film festivals around the world, including Ramsgate Film Festival and was official selected for the Bermuda International Film Festival. The film won at the 2016 Wexford Film Festival where it took home the

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award and Brooke Burfitt for

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. The film won Best International Feature Film at the Polish International Film Festival 2017.

In popular culture

The film received media attention after convicted kidnapper Lukasz Herba stated in the closing statement of his trial that he was inspired after watching the movie. Herba, a UK resident from Poland, was sentenced to almost 17 years in jail for his role in the

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in Milan in July 2017, eight weeks after the release of the film.

References

External links

Archived version of the film's official website
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:By Any Means 2016 films American thriller films 2016 thriller films American independent films Films set in New York (state) 2016 independent films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films English-language thriller films