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THRILLER Festival 1st Scene: Infinite Man, by Greg Robbins
The consequences of a society that no longer ages and a journey to revive death.
CAST LIST:
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NOVEL Transcript Reading: GRANT'S HORSES, by Stephen Blackburn
In 1845, war with Mexico looms as the U.S. army wade ashore at Kinney’s Rancho, a seaside smugglers’ hamlet perched strategically on the Gulf of Mexico just south of the Nueces River—the disputed border between Texas and Mexico. Frontier bookworm Jesus Paine (J.P.) McBean, whose head is “as stuff...
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TV Festival 1st Scene: CROWN POINT, by Joseph Anthony Francis
A scandalous event in their hidden past transformed the once-friendly Dalton and Alvarez dynasties into bitter rivals. Against the backdrop of the Crown Point skyline, members of these two empires scheme to gain the upper hand, leaving a path of broken dreams, broken promises, and broken hearts b...
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SHORT Screenplay Reading: DO YOU WANT TO?, by Richard P. DiPietro
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COMEDY SHORT Screenplay: ...CHATTER, CHATTER, by Mike Ede
A terrifying sound wakes a man from his drunken stupor.
https://instagram.com/Hankhilledge
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Ken: Steve Rizzo
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FEMALE Festival 1st Scene Reading: BETTER ANGELS, by Helen Orme Darvall
A teenage girl is forced to volunteer at an animal shelter after getting busted with the wrong people.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
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DRAMA Festival 1st Scene: AGAIN, by Melissa L. White (screenwriter interview)
AGAIN tells the story of three strong women whose lives intertwine in three parallel stories about r eincarnation, life-altering love, and the re-connecting of souls throughout history: from Duchess Bianca Maria Visconti in 15th Century Milan; to author Jean Rhys in Devon, England in 1966; to cur...
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SHORT Story Reading: An Apple a Day, by Andy Heidel
Genre: Horror
Performed by Steve Rizzo
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THRILLER Festival 1st Scene: BLOOD MONEY, by Dominic Flanagan
Howard Swan, a doctor with a severe drinking problem, loses his medical license, his wife, his house, and is on the verge of losing his daughter as well. In a desperate act, he enlists the help of Caspar, his drug dealer brother, to make some easy money. After a deal goes wrong, Howard uses his m...
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LGBTQ+ Feature Festival - WONDERFULLY MADE. Feb. 28th/March 1st event
WONDERFULLY MADE, 94min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Yuval David
“Wonderfully Made – LGBTQ+R(eligion)” is the extraordinarily moving feature-length documentary striking at the root of anti-LGBTQ attitudes by exploring the challenges and aspirations of LGBTQ+ Catholics due to the institutional C... -
ROMANCE & RELATIONSHIPS Shorts Festival - Feb. 27/28 event
See the Ful Lineup of Films:
LONG KISS GOODBYE, 8min., Canada, Relationships
Directed by Duy Viet Hai Tong
A window into the last day of a relationship.HER SWEATER, 25min., USA, Relationships
Directed by Jannik Ehret
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Feature Festival: BAD THINGS IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. Feb. 27/28 event
BAD THINGS IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, 90min., Ireland, Crime/Horror
Directed by Garry Walsh
A group of criminals lay low in the remote Irish countryside after pulling off an audacious robbery. As they plan their escape they quickly realise the robbery will be the last thing to go right for them....
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MYSTERY Shorts Festival - Feb. 26/27 event
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IN THE VALLEY OF THE MOON, 29min,. USA, Crime/Action
Directed by Luca Massimiliano Pizzoleo
In the Valley of the Moon, follows a young man working as a hitman for the Italian mob in 1977. He takes a job in Petaluma, California, posing as a potential buyer at an ope... -
DRAMA Shorts Festival - Feb. 25/ 26 event
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OUT OF TIME, 9min,. France, Drama
Directed by Delphine Montaigne
This time, Felix is risking a lot. The director summoned his mother and threatened to deny him the access to the establishment. But what could Felix have done? And what kind of establishment is it exa... -
ROLE PLAY short film, audience reactions (director interview)
ROLE PLAY, 8min., USA, Horror
Directed by Bill Neil
A one-night stand goes horribly wrongGet to know the filmmaker:
1. What motivated you to make this film?
Dan Asma, the producer, had been working with Alex Henes and Matt Merenda, on some feature ideas as well as some short film scripts. H...
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SUMMER FLAMINGO WINTER FLAMINGO audience reactions (director interview)
SUMMER FLAMINGO WINTER FLAMINGO, 3min., Experimental
Directed by David Anderson
A man figuratively lives a double life as a Summer flamingo and a Winter flamingo. This is only part of his struggle of living with mental illness. As a Summer flamingo, he's vibrant, social, and expressive. As a Wint... -
THE CONFESSIONS OF FRANNIE LANGTON feature film, audience reactions
THE CONFESSIONS OF FRANNIE LANGTON, 54min., UK, Period Drama
Directed by Andrea Harkin
A beautiful and haunting tale about one woman's fight to tell her story, The Confessions of Frannie Langton leads you through laudanum-laced dressing rooms and dark-as-night back alleys, into the enthralling he... -
CROSS, 16min., USA, Drama / LGBTQ+
A Korean immigrant mom in the US goes through a journey against her religious faith to embrace her only son who is discovering his sexual orientation.
Writer/Director: Hyunjin Lee
Cast: Cindy Choi, Vinh Nguyen, Bomin Kim, Ja Eun Koo, Jason Tian
Director Statement
Who can easily say what is ri...
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CHATEAU SAUVIGNON: TERROIR, 13min., USA, Horror / Slasher
'Chateau Sauvignon: terroir' follows the isolated adolescent son of a storied vintner family who finds himself torn between obeying his father’s callous restrictions and preventing his ailing mother from deteriorating further. When a doting woman and her indifferent son arrive seeking a tasting a...
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VIRGINIA, FOREVER, 16min., Mystery / LGBTQ+
A woman mourns the mysterious disappearance of her wife.
Directed by Daria Rountree
Written by Jordan Campbell
Cast: Brit Landa, Taylor Carr
https://90degreefilms.wixsite.com/virginiaforever
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AND WE COLLIDE, 19min., China, Romance / LGBTQ+
Inspired by the local rocket launch site, And We Collide depicts an unexpected tropical encounter. This is a story about two men, two worlds and one real rocket.
https://www.threeowlsstudio.com/work/andwecollide
Directed by Dongni Lanca Li
Cast: Huang Kejing, Wang Yancheng. Sun Jiatong. Ye Zi
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MUSIC Short Film Festival - Feb. 24/25 event
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LOST AT SEA, 6min,. Germany, Music Video
Directed by Alex Sebastian
A fairy tale gone wrong: A woman between two men.http://alexsebastian.de/
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https://instagram.com/alexsebastianmucOFF TO COLLEGE, 4min., Singapore, Animatio...
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IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER short film, audience reactrions (director interview)
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, 14min., UK, Drama
Directed by Billy Klotsa
A father and son spend a day at the beach. Bobby’s father wants to share some of his wisdom with his son by taking him away from the city, to reconnect with nature. The two engage in a meaningful conversation that illustrates ...