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LGBTQ+ Festival 1st Scene Reading: AZALEA, by Nate Raven (interview)
A gay couple struggles with the challenges of adoption, while a single woman who runs her own business navigates the complexities of an accidental pregnancy.
CAST LIST:
Narration: Geoff Mays
Claudia: Kyana Teresa
Shari: Hannah Ehmanhttps://www.instagram.com/nateraven1/
Get to know the sc...
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THRILLER Festival 1st Scene: AS SCARED AS YOU, by Jesse Dorian (interview)
A twenty-something male “drifter” antihero, and a young blind woman become caged prisoners at a bed and breakfast in small-town northern California, where the drifter’s violent, malignant actions prior, push a group of malicious locals-- along with their two animalistic, basement-held zombified r...
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SHORT Screenplay: Army of Worn Soles, by Scott Bury
Set in Ukraine in the autumn of 1941, in the midst of the German invasion of the USSR, Operation Barbarossa.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Maurice: Steve Rizzo
Bohdan/Daniel: Sean Ballantynehttps://scottburyauthor.com/
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LGBTQ+ Festival BEST Scene: ALL THE COOL KIDS, by Jennifer C Clark (interview)
A closeted teen football star, Harley Harris, discovers his friends and fellow townsfolk are being replaced by demonic shapeshifters, and he is next! Together with, out and proud friend, Tessa, Harley must break the demon's curse before his identity and life are lost forever.
CAST LIST:
Narrat...
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SHORT Script: Sending Gill, by Richard P. DiPietro
Genre: drama
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Marco: Steve Rizzo
Paco: Sean Ballantyne
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DRAMA Festival 1st Scene: STILL PERFECT, by Michael Fitzer, Karin Partin Wells
When a young single mother’s baby is murdered by a close friend, she and her family struggle with each other and regret about the past before they find peace through the sound of a beating heart.
CAST LIST:
Narration: Geoff Mays
Bethan: Kyana Teresa
Siri/Mair: Hannah Ehman
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DIVERSITY Festival Best Scene: NO ADDRESS, by Julia Verdin, James Papa
A group of homeless people bond together as a family, struggling to survive the streets while fending off a harassing gang, an unforgiving community and the local authorities in hopes of finding their humanity again.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Jimmy: Steve Rizzo
Liz: Kyana Teresa...
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SHORT Script: Her Best Night Ever, by Carl Burcham
A 100-year old woman visits the Museum of Modern Art hoping to see a famous masterpiece before she dies but a record crowd challenges her dream.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Giada: Hannah Ehman
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LA Festival 1st Scene: BLOOD MONEY, by Dominic Flanagan (writer interview)
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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THE GHOUL short film, 12min., Australia, Crime/Action/Thriller
Two men, one crime.
Director: Ryan Osmond
Writers' Gareth Robinson, Chris Williams
Stars: Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Matt Boesenberg, Adam Tuominen
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ONE SHILLING short film, 6min., UK, Dance/Experimental
One Shilling. A contemporary dance film where four strangers from different backgrounds escape everyday life for one night, drinking and dancing in one of London’s underground bars during the Blitz.
Directed by Monica Nicolaides
Produced by Judy Ibelhauptaite
Composer: Ben Lloyd-Evans
Cinemat...
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ANIMATION Shorts Festival - Jan. 28/29 event
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OUR PASTS ARE IN THE OCEAN, 6min., USA
Directed by Dairys Escoto De Léon
It's 2120, a mom and a daughter are moving out of an extremely polluted city on a scavenger hunt for clean air. As they exit the city by traveling through the ocean, the tension of the decisio... -
INFERNO, 16min,. Germany, Dance/Experimental
Inferno“ by Nostos Tanztheater is a dance theater about exclusion, trauma, refugee issues and displacement.
Where is Hell?
We are talking about prisoners who live in cells without hope. Families who had to flee persecution and are stranded in a boat between borders.
We are talking about people w... -
THINGS SHE WANTS, 3min., Canada, Poem/Experimental
An interpretation of the prose poem by Paola Ferrante which explodes marriage and explores the lived experience of intimate partner violence.
http://www.kevinandrewheslop.com/film
Directed by Kevin Andrew Heslop
Writer: Paola Ferrante
Cast: Niki Carr
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BETWEEN THE BALANCE, 4min., USA, Dance/Experimental
choreography by Nicole Kadar & Dancers - while editing a full length dance concert I added a filter to give the dance a particular look & feel. but what happened next was something I rarely do. I used a mirror effect and it divided & repeated half the frame. which gave the piece a more abstract &...
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MAGPIE, 2min., Canada, Experimental
An interpretation of Catriona Wright's poem "Magpie" which explodes domesticity.
http://www.kevinandrewheslop.com/film
Cast: Ruth Douthwright, Niki Carr
Director Biography - Kevin Andrew Heslop
Kevin Andrew Heslop is a polydisciplinary doofus whose debut collection of poetry, the correct fury... -
MOON SHADOWS, 3min., USA, Music/Dance
An image of a child looking towards the evening moon visited my thoughts one day or maybe it was a dream, from there an imaginary dialogue or dance emerged between the moon and the child. But who is guiding who in this planetary dance, is it the moon or the child?
I often wondered how a distant ...
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COMEDY Shorts Festival - Jan. 27/28 event
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THE ART OF CHEATING, 6min., USA
Directed by Matthew Garvin
A fun night of games goes horribly wrong when a spouse's secret is revealed.https://www.thegarvinfilms.com/
https://www.instagram.com/themattgarvin/OUR BEAUTIFUL WORLD, 15min,. USA, Satire
Directed by I... -
POLITICAL Shorts Festival - Jan. 27/28 event
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THERE IS STILL DUST UNDER THE CONGO, 6min., Spain, Action/Drama
Directed by R. Ruvens
David and Roberto, a couple of journalists stationed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, take refuge from the war in a shelter full of rubble. There they will run into Badou... -
I Don't Smoke I Don't Drink short film, audience reactions
I DON'T SMOKE AND I DON'T DRINK, 3min., Hong Kong, Music Video
Directed by Tyson Yoshi
As a singer-songwriter, TYSON said that due to his appearance, style, and tattoos on his body, people generally gave him the image of a bad boy early on. With this new song, he personally explained that he usua... -
THE WIND IS CALLING MY NAME short film, audience reactions (director interview)
THE WIND IS CALLING MY NAME, 2min., Germany, Fashion
Directed by Stefanie Gartmannhttp://www.gudrungudrun.com/
https://instagram.com/stefanie.gartmann.dopGet to know the filmmaker:
1. What motivated you to make this film?
I have a personal passion for the far northern countries. And I love ... -
THE SUN STILL SHINES short film, audience reactions
THE SUN STILL SHINES, 4min., USA, Musical Animation
Directed by Rita Blitt
'The Sun Still Shines' explores the possibility of the sun reappearing each day, giving hope, despite the devastation of the global pandemic and environmental disasters.https://vimeo.com/483843541
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THE ASTRONAUT short film, audience reactions (director interview)
THE ASTRONAUT, 5min., USA
Directed by Damián Apunte
Seven-year-old Aura loves everything space. She looks out her window, wishing she could escape the surrounding smog that’s causing her asthma. Her vivid imagination keeps her spirit alive. Every Sunday, she dresses up like an astronaut and takes... -
O short film, audience reactions (director interview)
O, 10min., France, Music
Directed by Fabien Legeron
Locked in since ever, exiled forever - In the in-between of anywhere, a form wanders aimlessly, cut from any companionship or hope.
What will be the meaning of finally being freed ?http://www.fabienlegeron.com/
https://instagram.com/fabienlege...