The Story
An action drama about two women, one artifact, and a guild that turns runaways into weapons.
Cat, a teenage runaway, aspiring Five Elements Kung Fu master, and pickpocket, meets Rin, a hitchhiker, thief, and military-trained fighter. They become fast friends, brawl their way out of a biker ambush, and escape to LA, where they join the Thieves Guild.
The Guild is run by The Professor, who gathers runaways and trains them in the stealing arts. Cat talks the crew into robbing a valuable artifact from Devon, a Kung Fu master and former student of her late father. Her hidden agenda: punish Devon and reclaim what he stole.
Meanwhile, Rin sinks deeper into her dark past, doing anything to protect Cat. To survive a world where no one can be trusted, the two must forge an unbreakable bond, or be consumed by it.
Fear or Love. Which one wins?
Tiger Bones is textured and lit in the palette of the Five Elements, black, white, red, green, and gold. It visually references Tarkovsky's Ivan's Childhood and Matt Reeves' The Batman: the austere harshness of conflict seen from youth, colliding with a Gothic, gritty underground of thieves.
Fast, dynamic action cut against intentional slow-motion and open, moving shots. At its core, it's a story about a single choice, fear or love, and which one will win out.
The Leads
Fighters, cult icons, and rising talent, assembled outside the system.
Featuring Channah Zeitung, Jenna Kanell, Cam Gigandet, Mark Dacascos, Aaron “El Hefe” Abeyta, Jesse Hughes, Arissa LeBrock, Frankie Galvez, Patrick Sanderson, Emma Wedemeyer, and Angie Lin.
CAT SNOWCat Snow
RINRin
DEVON BLACKWOODDevon Blackwood
THE PROFESSORThe Professor
Tracker
Vik
The Guild
KRISKris
DEXDex
JASONJason
NIGHTNight
DAYDay
On the work of Dastan Khalili
“I have a soft spot for meditative action flicks. The Way from writer-director Dastan Khalili not only fits the bill, it also includes a metaphysical twist.”Robert Daniels, The New York Times
“An elegantly shot mood piece set amid the downtown LA lost crowd, and the intense Khalili creates a striking screen presence.”Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Selected press for Dastan Khalili’s prior feature, The Way (NYT Top 5 action films to stream).
Behind Tiger Bones
DASTAN KHALILIDastan Khalili
Award-winning writer-director with 40+ wins and 8 nominations. His action drama The Way landed on the New York Times’ Top 5 action films to stream. For Tiger Bones he built a world in the palette of the Five Elements, meditative action shot for real, with a Gothic, underground edge, where every choice comes down to fear or love.
JON BREWERJon Brewer
25-year industry veteran and guerrilla producer under Alliance of Light Films / Funbomb. Punk ethos, practical action, built from nothing, a filmmaker-entrepreneur who stopped waiting for permission and makes films that shouldn’t exist, but do. He turns constraints into an advantage and an audience into a movement.
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