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HORROR Festival: Some Enchanted Evening, by Ian Welfley
On a quiet, snowy Valentine's Day, a psychotic high schooler breaks into his crush's home and forces her to have a romantic dinner with him -- A dinner that will leave none of its guests unscathed...
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ACTION/ADVENTURE Festival: Stranded, by Gini Graham Scott
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
William Forest: Geoff Mays
Dan Parks: Sean Ballantyne
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Toronto Female Festival: TINU, by Nirali Shastri (interview)
Tinu, an Indian woman in her 40s, is going through a divorce. Leaving her acting career in Los Angeles and moving in with her parents in Buffalo, NY, Tinu attempts to rebuild her life as she pursues her back up engineering career plan with a job as a Construction Inspector. What she expects to be...
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Short Screenplay: The Last Asylum, by Mitch Finn
Mitch Finn
"The Last Asylum"
HorrorLOG: In an apocalyptic future of environmental collapse, a patient is admitted to a ward for reconditioning to become a happy clam.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehma
Doctor Summer: Geoff Mays
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LGBTQ+ Festival: Out in the West, by Claire V. Riley
In 1865, when it was a crime to be queer, a sharpshooting gender outlaw poses as a man so she and her southern belle lover can escape a brutal husband and create a new life as a married couple out in the west.
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Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
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FAN FICTION: The Sea Captain's Cottage, by Stephanie Marie Couture (interview)
After losing her job in NYC, Marylin and her daughter move away for a quieter life in Maine. Marylin hopes to fix her strained relationship with her daughter and find new purpose by restoring an old seaside cottage. What she didn't anticipate was falling in love with the ghost that resides there....
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LGBTQ+ Festival: Queer Cowfolk: The Gay Rodeo Musical, by Bear Kosik (interview)
One is confused. One is growing older. One is afraid of settling down. They all take their chances on rodeo weekend amid the dancing, riding, and drinking.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Paul: Geoff Mays
Martin: Steve RizzoGet to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
Ni...
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ACTION/ADVENTURE Festival: Never Trust, by Garry Hicks
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Narrator: Val Cole
Bobby: Geoff Mays
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ACTION/ADVENTURE Festival: Bandaged Knees, by Colin Simpson
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Meredith Burns: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Wilson/Bartender: Geoff Mays
Sara: Val Cole
Reynolds: Sean Ballantyne
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THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival: Murder on Mars, by Patrick McKinley
During the early days of humanity’s colonization of Mars, two police detectives investigate the first death on the red planet. As the investigation unfolds, the detectives realize not all is what it seems as they uncover a vast conspiracy that questions human civilizations’ place on Mars.
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DRAMA Festival: Gallatin, by Ryan Skinner
A famous author goes on a quest of revenge as he tracks down and plans to murder the priest who molested his daughter.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Matt: Geoff May
Phillip: Sean Ballantyne
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ACTION/ADVENTURE Festival: Wrath, by Martin White II (interview)
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Envy/Michael/All Angels: Geoff Mays
Greed/Dan/All Angels: Sean Ballantyne
Justin/Gary/All Angels: Steve Rizzo
Rebecca/Pride/Tina: Elizabeth Rose MorrissGet to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
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LGBTQ+ Festival: A-Okay, by Casey Seline (interview)
Merritt and Hylan are returning to their high school for their ten year reunion. Friends and roommates, the two complete each other in being completely different; Hylan — a confident, sexually active and adventurous extrovert, and Merritt — a shy, hopeless romantic who is struggling with her sexu...
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BEST Scene Reading: A Dangerous Gamble, by André Meira (interview)
A woman with mental health issues, pressured by the insults of her own mother, attempts to stage the kidnapping of her daughter to prove she can make money... but the stunt goes wrong.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
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FRANCE Filmmakers Shorts Festival - Oct. 7/8 event.
See the Full Lineup of Films:
CAMILLE, 12min., France, Drama
Directed by Emeric Gallego
Two women with the name Camille both learned the text and imagine the character the same way for a role. A role that reminds them why they would have liked to be an actress and why this environment is diffic... -
POLITICAL Shorts Festival - Nov. 6/7 event
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POLITICS, 2min., United Arab Emirates
Directed by Komalankutty Methil
Politics restricts freedom of movement of the mind in more ways than one.https://www.instagram.com/komalankutty/
THE FORGOTTEN CHILDREN OF CONGO, 46min., UK
Directed by Alex Tweddle
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SCIENCE & NATURE SHORTS FESTIVAL - Nov. 5/6 event
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TWIN OAKS, 13min., USA
Directed by Sean O'Connor
"Twin Oaks" is a captivating documentary about the Hoyt family, and their experiences trail building in the Pacific Northwest spanning over many years and multiple generations. The documentary chronicles the profound... -
ANIMATION Shorts Festival - Nov. 4/5 event
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BATTLE PLAN, 5min., France
Directed by John Banana, Mathilde Michea
A car ride with Mum results in an epiphany for a young girl who must imagine her way to a better future.Her ideas grow and with them the chance to make a real difference.Watch the Audience Feedbac...
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THE CONFESSION short film, Horror Underground Festival review
THE CONFESSION, 10min., Italy
Directed by Mirko Ceravolo, Emanuele Giuliano
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SUNDAY'S CHILD short film, LA LGBTQ+ Festival review
SUNDAY'S CHILD, 14min., UK
Directed by Vanessa Nicholson
A female martial artist who supports herself through sex work comes face to face with a violent challenge on the way to an underground fight. Upon arriving home and confiding in the one person she trusts, her girlfriend Reanne, Sunday is fa... -
COZEY - Music Video short film, Fantasy/Sci-Fi Festival review
COZEY - Music Video, 5min,. USA
Directed by Mitchell Abraham, Zachary Ostapchenko
Experience the exhilarating journey of an astronaut, propelled far from home by his obsession to unearth mysterious gems strewn across the galaxy in this sci-fi epic, as he discovers the true cost of his pursuit.
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AT SEA shorts film, Thriller/Suspense Festival review
AT SEA, 14min., USA
Directed by Zach Moshe
When an abusive husband and his wife get into a heated argument about their wedding anniversary she considers disappearing, thinking no one would notice. The next day, they go to the Beach, where he has a heart attack. She walks away from him and eventua... -
FOLLOWERS shorts film, Thriller/Suspense Festival review (interview)
FOLLOWERS, 18min., Czech Republic
Directed by Michael Semerád
Someone late at night breaks into the luxurious house of an isolated influencer Lucy. The police won't arrive for another fifteen minutes, so she's forced to defend her home by herself. Suddenly, a romantic song starts playing from dow... -
EXTINGUISH THE BURNERS AND LIGHT UP LIFE short film, ENVIRONMENTAL review
EXTINGUISH THE BURNERS AND LIGHT UP LIFE, 30min., Netherlands
Directed by Angel Hernandez
Pablo Fajardo, the renowned environmental lawyer who managed to bring down the North American transnational Chevron (formerly Texaco), shows us his world of commitment for the rights of an Amazonian populati...