"darkest night" is the first film from gothic pictures international (credited in the film as gothic productions international, the company's previous name; see "external links" below), an independent film company now based in los angeles. founded in southeast asia on november 2010, the company says officially that its purpose is bringing film-makers together from across the globe to create quality gothic, horror and similar "dark" films. a small group of american and filipino film-makers met in manila during late 2010 for the purpose of founding this company and producing "darkest night". russ williams and noel tan, the film's director who is a native of the philippines, were the co-founders of the company and went on to supervise the making of the film. "darkest night" was produced in cooperation with the michigan company, collective development, inc. (see "external links" below).