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Short Film Trailer: The True Summit. Directed by Corban Robbe
THE TRUE SUMMIT, 30min., USA
Directed by Corban Robbe
This 30-minute documentary follows 14 men and mountaineer Kevin DeVries on a trek to EVEREST BASE CAMP as he prepares to climb in the region after a cardiac arrest. More than a hike in the Himalayas, THE TRUE SUMMIT calls men to the inward jou... -
FEMALE Directors DOC Festival - July 5/6 event
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WITCH, REBORN. 19min., UK
Directed by Maria Shevtsova
Documentary short film following US singer Sabrina Kennedy as she finds herself at the Samhain celebrations in Glastonbury and dives into the hidden world of modern-day paganism in the UK.http://mariashevtsova...
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Horror Feature Festival: SINS OF THE FATHER - July 4.5 festival
SINS OF THE FATHER, 102min,. USA, Horror
Directed by Vanessa M. H. Powers
After the death of his father, Aden and his mother, Sarah, find themselves responsible for the sale of his family home - a place they thought they’d left behind. When Sarah’s friends arrive to help, the task seems almost ma... -
THE LAST GUARDIAN (Star Wars Fan Fiction Feature) - July 3.4 event.
THE LAST GUARDIAN (Star Wars Fan Fiction), 78min., Canada
Directed by Kyle Parish
A Star Wars Fan Film. On the far corners of the galaxy, a lone Jedi Guardian, Cal, suffers in exile while protecting a powerful relic from a new Sith cult. Haunted by visions of his past family and the voices of the... -
TV WEB SERIES Festival - July 3.4 event.
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A LOVE LETTER TO HIPHOP, 5min., USA, Music
Directed by Benny Boom
BET commissions renowned lyricist Black Thought to pen a Love Letter to Hip in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the movement / art form. Directed by the incomparable Benny Boom, Love Letter bri... -
THRILLER/CRIME Shorts Festival - July 2/3 event
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AT THE CIRCUIT, 14min., Belgium, Thriller
Directed by Olivier van Malderghem
Every weekend, Anne and Jeff go to the Mettet motorcycle circuit. A racing pilot, Jeff is training. Anne takes his lap times. Occasionally, at the Au Circuit café, she negotiates bitterly ... -
THE SMILE short film, audience reactions
THE SMILE, 27min,. Belgium
Directed by Stephane Orlando
The Smile tells the story of a young opera singer (Morgane Heyse) who is troubled while rehearsing alone on a large empty stage. Trapped in the theatre, she feels crushed by the place, then by the appearance of a chimera (Julie Vercauteren) ... -
GET UP short film, audience reactions
GET UP, 3min., USA
Directed by Oksana Mirzoyan
A live performance by electronic music composer Tammy Lakkis of her song "Get Up" -
WANTON short film, audience reactions
WANTON, 45min., Canada
Directed by Victor Dubyna
Wanton is an abstract and expressionistic musical-horror-show about identity, self, repression, anxiety, nostalgia, and the digital age. Through a series of obscure and ghostly images, the film tells the loose story of a man fighting to take off a ... -
TRUTH short film, audience reactions (interview)
TRUTH, 5min., Canada
Directed by César Andres Chacana
Tessie walks amidst desolate rocky mountains, leaving behind the memories and ghosts of the past that seek to hold her in the vast landscape of the subconscious mind. With wide sequence shots and the Andes as a backdrop, we follow Tessie in se... -
ODE TO AN INANIMATE COMPANION short film, audience reactions
ODE TO AN INANIMATE COMPANION, 9min., Singapore
Directed by Susan Lim, Christina Teenz Tan, Samudra Kajal Saikia
This is a fictional fantasy, of a plush inanimate toy ALAN, which serves as a companion to a child Christina all through her growing up years. It explores an endearing human to inanima... -
FEMALE Directed Shorts Festival - July 1, 2 event
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BOIZ KLUB, 10min,. USA, Satrical Comedy
Directed by Alexis Janae
This satirical comedy follows four powerful white men—Hollywood executives—on their way to the annual Movie Awards in a limousine. They irreverently discuss the current political landscape of the fil... -
UNDER 5 Minute Film Festival - June 30/July 1st event
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LETTER TO ONESELF, 3min,. USA, Poem
Directed by Silvia A Malagrino
"Letter to oneself" is a poetic meditation on the coming and going of thoughts and the passage of time. It is inspired by the music "Lettre à soi même" by French composer Roland Dyens and its interp... -
DIVERSITY Festival TV Best Scene: THUNDERSTORM, by Maria Mathis (interview)
This eight-episode limited series is about the turbulent life, death, and afterlife of Henry "Stormy" O'Dell, a biracial escaped slave with paranormal abilities. Set in Gold Rush California, Henry's mission is to stop a serial killer as he struggles to avoid forfeiting his soul to a demon who has...
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The Paranormal Prankster: Casefile 001 - Bigfoot. Sean Whitley (interview)
When a notorious Internet troll appears on a live streaming video podcast to debate the existence of Sasquatch with Bigfoot believers, the fur flies when he's challenged by an ape-suited prankster claiming to be the legendary beast!
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Paranormal Prankster: Geoff MaysGet ...
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CRIME/MYSTERY Fest: Privileged Deceit, by Annette C. & Warren R Hull (interview)
By using a series of relationships with corrupt politicians, crooked cops, notorious gangsters and powerful businessmen, Gaynell Moretta and Archie MacDonald rise to the pinnacle of Southern California’s socially elite society. Ironically the relationships they use to satisfy their worldly lusts ...
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FANTASY/SCI-FI 1st Scene Reading: PERFECT WORLD, by Emil Faithe
SARAH CAHILL went missing two years ago. Her grieving husband, ROB CAHILL hasn’t gotten over it. But he has gotten his fill of crap as an E.R. doc at a stately Napa, California hospital, where he routinely sees things he’d rather not see. Until he sees the one thing that changes everything. His f...
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FANTASY/SCI-FI 1st Scene Reading: RAP VERSE, by Rickey Teems II
Michael Green loves hip hop… but loathes what it’s become. The introvert rapper, slash spiteful blogger, has grandiose plans of returning the genre to real artistic purpose. Unfortunately he’s failing miserably, which also summarizes his life in general. Mike’s daily woes fade when a future versi...
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WILDsound Festival Best Scene: Snail Miller Criminal Confessions, by Tony Faria
Introducing "Snail Miller: Criminal Confessions," a razor-sharp satire that takes a hilarious jab at the world of crime-solving television.
Follow the adventures of SNAIL MILLER, Toronto's most unorthodox serial killer tracker, as he spearheads the RCMP's groundbreaking Victims Confessions Unit....
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ANIMATION Festival SHORT Screenplay: TO BE GREAT, by Andréanne Milette
When comet debris containing life crashes into a biosphere on a colonized frozen planet, Martha, the captain of a Biosphere facility, must save the team botanist from a rapidly growing alien fungus trap and overcome hallucinations caused by its spores or risk losing her whole team to a similar fa...
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1st Scene Festival Reading: VILLAGE, by Adolpho Phillips
It takes a village to raise a child and Tasha's village is crazy but willing.
Narrator: Val Cole
Melvin: Geoff Mays
Tasha: Hannah Ehman
Dre: Sean Ballantyne
Little Girl/Tissy: Kyana Teresa
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FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival BEST Scene: PHAEDRA'S ODYSSEY, by Julie A. Thornton
In a universe where Chaos and Order compete for supremacy, a group of wayward other-worldly beings abandoned on a primitive planet make a deal with Chaos in exchange for their freedom.
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Bastian: Sean Ballantyne
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COMEDY Fest 1st Scene: SMOKEEASY, by Amy Copperman, Courtney Thomas (interview)
SmokeEasy is a stoner-buddy comedy about two ebony and ivory millennials, Jill and Red, disrupting the cannabis industry one “woke” misadventure at a time. First order of business: Get their THC tampon prototype into the hands of potential investor and festival headliner, Rihanna.
Narrator: Val ...