’ s ▁f able ▁paint ings , ▁artist ▁Mark ▁Ry den ’ s ▁work , ▁numerous ▁graph ic ▁nov els ▁to ▁Jar om il ▁J ire š ' ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁film ▁Val erie ▁and ▁Her ▁Week ▁of ▁W onders . ▁Dev ▁chose ▁to ▁shoot ▁the ▁film ▁on ▁the ▁Super ▁ 1 6 mm ▁format ▁due ▁to ▁its ▁gra iny ▁and ▁organ ic ▁quality ▁that ▁would ▁u ph old ▁the ▁organ ic ▁visual ▁style ▁of ▁a ▁fair y ▁tale . ▁ ▁Release ▁Red ▁Kingdom ▁R ising ▁had ▁its ▁world ▁premi ere ▁at ▁the ▁Port ob ello ▁Film ▁Festival ▁at ▁which ▁it ▁was ▁nominated ▁for ▁the ▁Best ▁Hor ror ▁Film ▁award . ▁It ▁was ▁also ▁screen ed ▁at ▁the ▁Goth am ▁Screen ▁Film ▁Festival ▁& ▁Screen play ▁Cont est ▁in ▁New ▁York . ▁ ▁Red ▁Kingdom ▁R ising ▁won ▁Best ▁Fant asy ▁Hor ror ▁Film ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁Fer atum ▁Film ▁Festival ▁- ▁Mexico ' s ▁largest ▁genre ▁festival ▁in ▁fant asy , ▁sci - fi ▁and ▁horror . ▁ ▁A ▁Special ▁Edition ▁US ▁DVD ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁containing ▁Nav in ▁Dev ' s ▁short ▁films ▁and ▁a ▁ 5 . 1 ▁surr ound ▁sound ▁mix ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁Amazon . com ▁on ▁ 2 8 ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁by ▁the ▁film ' s ▁production ▁company ▁ 1 4 0 6 ▁Pictures ▁Ltd . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁An ▁early ▁cut ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁had ▁a ▁private ▁press ▁screen ing ▁at ▁Wil ton