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OCD short film, Student Feedback Festival review (interview)
OCD, 1min,. Canada
Directed by Madonna Gonzalez
“Amanda, a girl with a debilitating "tick" fights to survive the war raging within her terrifying psyche - all while stuck sitting in a Psych 101 lecture.
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STORK short film, Chicago Feedback Festival review
STORK, 31min., USA
Directed by Khiray Tyrell Richards
A woman must navigate an anti-abortion America after her surrogate family reneges on their agreement.
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COMMON GROUND feature film, Environmental Festival review
COMMON GROUND, 105min., USA
Directed by Josh Tickell, Rebecca Tickell
COMMON GROUND, which features appearances and narration by Laura Dern, Jason Momoa, Rosario Dawson, Ian Somerhalder and Woody Harrelson, is the highly anticipated follow up film to Kiss the Ground, also directed by the Tickell’... -
LGBTQ+ Shorts Festival - Jan. 9/10 event
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RISE LIKE A PHOENIX, 8min., UK
Directed by Carl Hunter
Rise like a Phoenix is a short, poetic documentary about Eurovision Song Contest fans. The film hears the intimate testimonies of what the contest means to them. The interviews are played over their black and w... -
STORY Movie: THE QUIET, by Bob Conder
Narration by Val Cole
Executive Producer: Bob Conder
Editor and Visual Design: Steve Rizzo
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DOC NATURE Film Festival - Feb. 8/9 event
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BEFORE THE OIL, 11min., Netherlands
Directed by Roel Swierenga
Deep in the mountains in southern Norway Odd Kvinen runs a husky farm. Teaching about the energy transition from before the oil was found until the present day, about respect for nature and choices we ha... -
SCRIPT MOVIE: Who Are you, by Pat O'Brien
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Sebastian/Cardinal Fraser: Sean Ballantyne
Shooter: Geoff Mays
Jeff/Paul Sr.: Andy Camp
Lisa/Sammie: Hannah Ehman
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OLD HOUSE short film watch, 4min,. Experimental/Documentary
About the depth of the hypocrisy of Russian invaders and coming consequences of their crazy adventure at XXI century. For in addition to the woes and sorrows the war has brought to Ukraine, the Kremlin's perfidious madness is destroying Muscovy itself.
Directed by Alexander Sparinsky
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FIELD DAY short film watch, 22min. Drama/Fantasy
On his way to work one morning, a lonely widower pulls over to explore an empty field, and then discovers he can’t return.
Directed by Kevin Hart
Starring John C Ashton
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DOC Feature Festival: IMPOSSIBLE TOWN.
IMPOSSIBLE TOWN, 90min., USA
Directed by Scott Faris, Meg Griffiths
When her father dies unexpectedly, Dr. Ayne Amjad is thrust to the helm of a decades-long struggle to aid a southern West Virginia town beset by cancer-causing chemicals. Haunted by her late father’s mandate to “help others” at a... -
LGBTQ+ Festival Feature Film: ART AND PEP. Documentary
ART AND PEP, 88min., USA
Directed by Mercedes Kane
Art Johnston took Pepe Peña home one night in 1972 and he never left. Together, they opened Sidetrack, a small bar that’s become a 16,000-foot pillar of Chicago’s gay business district. At Sidetrack, the community sings show tunes on a Sunday and... -
THE STAMP short film watch, 10min., Comedy
A satire on how to complete a task within government bureaucracy.
Directed by Sharon Mayo
CAST: Joe Hoenig, Gorby Mufan Shih, Katherine Burns, Nana Fobi Duffuor
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MK-ULTRA short film watch, 3min., Black & White/Experimental
A look into the MK-ULTRA experiments of the 1950's.
Directed by Andrew Hooper
Cast: Ian Foutz, James Frazee, Rick Boeck, James McGrath
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CRIME/MYSTERY Festival 1st Scene: VIEWING, by John C. Fitch III (interview)
After a supernatural experience, a street artist at the end of his rope goes to work for a billionaire as a psychic viewer but must fight his way out when he discovers that his shadowy employer is embroiled in a deadly conspiracy. Inspired by true events.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
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COMEDY Festival Best Scene: IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD SCRIPT, by Dale A Brandenburg
It's a story about a guy trying to write a movie script.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Julie Sheppard
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SCENE: Game of Thrones "The Rains of Castamere", by Anthony Hyatt (interview)
The iconic GAME OF THRONES ‘Red Wedding’ episode in the style of PARKS AND RECREATION: While a recently divorced wedding planner attempts to engineer the perfect day, a self-conscious groom tries desperately to discover who he is marrying, all while the realm’s most famous conflict mediator striv...
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BEST Scene Reading: The Walking Wounded, by Andrew Cahill-Lloyd
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Donna: Hannah Ehman
Dawn: Julie Sheppard
Noah/Monty: Geoff Mays
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HORROR Festival 1st Scene: When the Moon is Right, by Jacob Schmidt (interview)
Sam and his mother move to a small town in Ohio. As he tries to navigate high school and adjust to his new home, he learns the town is plagued by unexplained murders that happen every full moon. After coming face to face with the beast responsible, it's up to Sam and an unlikely group of new frie...
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COMEDY Festival Best Scene: Moonwalking, by Jillian Smart
When her parents demand rent money, Annie gives her dream of becoming a Michael Jackson Impersonator one last go, putting the threads of her personal relationships at risks as she hip-thrusts all the way to the top.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Frank: Steve Rizzo
Annie: Hannah Ehman
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THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival 1st Scene: RESERVOIR, by E.K. Gaylord
The family of the Antichrist unravels alongside the Biblical Apocalypse.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Alonso: Geoff Mays
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HORROR Festival Best Scene: STAG NIGHT, by Wenzler Powers (interview)
When Ian reluctantly plans a bachelor party for his awful college friends, confronting his past demons transforms into a desperate bid for survival when a group on their party bus has a very different definition of raising hell.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Alex: Hannah Ehman
Ian: Geof... -
BEST Scene Reading: The Hollow Earth, by Kenneth James
In the late 19th century, a young scientist embarks on an epic journey to a hidden, fabled land -- and to the darkest recesses of his own psyche.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Palmer: Geoff Mays
Sheppard: Steve Rizzo
Reed/Taylor: Sean Ballantyne
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1pg. Short Script: SAMANTHA AND THE CHRISTMAS CASTLE, by Jeffrey B. Wayne
Family, Christmas
Uncle Jeff tries one last ditch effort to help Samantha find a gift for her cousin Ava.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Julie Sheppard
Uncle Jeff: Geoff Mays
Aunt Julia: Hannah Ehman
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COMEDY Festival Best Scene: The One Hit Wonder, by Bob Dawson
When his one and only hit song from the 80s unexpectedly becomes a viral hit on social media, a washed up rock and roller finds his family life turned upside down.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Abby: Hannah Ehman
Grace: Julie Sheppard
Erin: Allison Kampf