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FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival: PLANET X, 12min., USA
PLANET X, 12min., USA
Directed by Alex Knight
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FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival: ANTI-SOCIAL CLUB, 24min., Denmark
ANTI-SOCIAL CLUB, 24min., Denmark
Directed by Danny Germansen
Anti-Social Club is a 24min art-house film about a young woman named Suzana who is living emancipated in nature but then is being forced by norms and rules of society to assimilate into to being a good, productive and law obedient citi... -
FANTASY/SCI-FI Fesival: ADAM SUSBE's LAST INTERVIEW, 20min., Bulgaria
ADAM SUSBE's LAST INTERVIEW, 20min., Bulgaria
Directed by Dima Proykova
Adam Susbe, the leader of the emancipated men, is invited for an interview In Sazi Wag's intergalactic studio. Provoked by the journalist's questions and interrupted by advertisements featuring defiantly naked men, Adam tries... -
FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival: EXPERÏRE ALLEGORIA !, 8min., Tunisia
EXPERÏRE ALLEGORIA !, 8min., Tunisia
Directed by Anas Mejri
In 3018, Science, Art, Religion and Technology evolved.
Green, an Artist-Scientist, meet up with Red, a young lady, who seems to be a key to his newest discoveries. A new mystery he meets. -
FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival: L.A. HAUNTED, 14min., USA
L.A. HAUNTED, 14min., USA
Directed by Arthur Mountaniol
A grotesque ghostly trip to the City of Fallen Angels. Los Angeles like you've never seen before.
https://rocksurrealist.wixsite.com/arthurmountaniol
https://www.facebook.com/rocksurrealistDirector Statement
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FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival: COUNTERFEIT, 18min., USA
COUNTERFEIT, 18min., USA
Directed by Michael E. Berg
A neo-noir dramedy about a desperate man past his prime who has a chance encounter with an unhappily married woman at a bar. They conspire over drinks and deception to arrange a contract killing of her husband. But when she arrives unannounced ... -
NOVEL Readng: THE COUNTERFEIT JOURNALISTS, by Robert Russin (interview)
Narrated by Val Cole
While doing an audit on a journalist named Ted Simon's, Delvin Woodhouse auditor follows up to interview the main source for all Ted's articles only to find that she has been missing for 2 years already.
Get to know the writer:
1. What is your novel about?
The Counterfei...
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Incomplete Without You
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Poetry Reading: MY WILD DESIRES, by A J Chilson
Performed by Val Cole
POEM:
I just can’t tell you exactly how much
I love looking at your sexy body,
And how badly I want my hands to touch,
And my lips to kiss – I am so naughty,
Wishing to be with you, and hoping you
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SHORT STORY Reading: Alone Together, by Alexandria Amaya
Performed by Val Cole
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SHORT Story Reading: The Myth of the Kite Bird, by Bella Kantor
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Poetry Reading: Death Wish, by Jordanna Miller (interview)
Voice over by Val Cole
POEM:
I wish you were dead.
Does that make me a bad
person?Maybe.
Anyway.
I wish you were dead.
It’s strange, you know?
Carrying around
this kind
of hate.Because it’s not the
boiling burning bubbling
kind that wakes me up at night.No.
it’s the quiet kind, the ...
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POETRY Read: Intimacy – The Duality of being Ace, by Eleanor Graydon (interview)
Performed by Val Cole
POEM:
I write a lot about intimacy. I write about my understanding of it. Using cannibalism and feasting as metaphors for sex. About bruises and teeth as symbols of love. Of fighting and commitment, all things both cruel and kind. But what I don’t write about, is the empt...
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POETRY Reading: You Never Know, by Martha Fox
Narrated by Val Cole
POEM:
For Gregg 1946-2023
When the boulder exploded
everything came at me—your car keys a bar of soap
that stroked your skin yesterdayyour pillow scent hurtled past
I couldn’t grasp itblast wave gut punch
blast windspiking lightning
from a burned-out god, signso...
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POETRY Reading: The Light at Eastern and Eastern, by Joan Drescher Cooper
Performed by Val Cole
POEM:
I think of you that last day
Happy–probably drunk,
but I couldn’t tell
(I never could).
You were having such a good
time plotting a prank on an old
friend’s son over a soccer jersey.You were happy that moment,
a slice between 2 and 2:15 while
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POEM: Secrets in the Morning, Early, by by Christiana Ares-Christian (interview)
Performed by Val Cole
POEM:
Inspired by Li-Young Lee’s “Early in the Morning”
Before the paperboy
delivers the news,
Before the sun has broken the horizon,
Before the coffee machine starts
the morning brew–I sit on the bed,
run the ebony comb
through my matted hair,
and listen to it snap th... -
POETRY Reading: The Whispers I Have Heard, by Jackie Greenwood
Performed by Val Cole
POEM:
Though I cherish
the quiet I have earned,
there are days I miss
the whisper of animals
all around meYouthful energy
bounding in,
I’m easy to please
I’m easy to forgiveNervous purr, saying
Do what you must,
just be quick
just be gentleNext come the sick
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SCRIPT MOVIE: Thunderstorm, by Maria Mathis
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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Watch NOVA. Comedy Festival Oct. 2024
Directed by Noah Guardado
In the year 2468, Jackson, a seasoned bounty hunter, finds himself in dire straits when his partner mysteriously vanishes. Struggling with financial difficulties, Jackson reluctantly accepts a risky job offer to track down an elusive criminal. Set in a futuristic world w... -
Watch HI! NEIGHBOR. COMEDY Festival Oct. 2024
HI! NEIGHBOR, 16min., USA
Directed by Alex Nicoletti
A young man with Down Syndrome enlists the help of a reluctant neighbor when he decides to smoke weed for the first time.
https://www.instagram.com/alex.nicolettiWatch the Audience Feedback Video:
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Watch DANGLE THE CAT. COMEDY Festival Oct. 2024
DANGLE THE CAT, 13min., Ireland
Directed by Niall Reynolds
3 thieves are chased into a messy situation, involving 2 cat thieves, an unhappy couple, a con man and yes... A cat.
Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
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Watch THE QUIET short film. 10min., Australia, Animation
When an astronaut ponders on the quietude of space, he comes upon a startling self-realisation.
The truth is written in the stars, but what will he uncover?
Writer/Director: Radheya Jegatheva
News & Reviews
"Movie Review: The Quiet"
Eventalaide
https://eventalaide.com/arts/movies/movie-rev...
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CHRISTMAS CREW film, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival (interview)
CHRISTMAS CREW, 7min., Canada
Directed by Moumita Das
"Christmas Crew - A Story About Collective Kindness" is a heartwarming documentary that follows the inspiring journey of John and Junie White, affectionately known as the Christmas Crew. What began as a simple act of generosity in their living... -
THE LIGHT OF TRUTH: RICHARD HUNT'S MONUMENT TO IDA B. WELLS, reactions DOC Fest
THE LIGHT OF TRUTH: RICHARD HUNT'S MONUMENT TO IDA B. WELLS, 70min., USA
Directed by Rana Segal
This feature documentary weaves together sculptor Richard Hunt’s process and life story, with that of civil rights crusader, suffragist and antilynching activist, Ida B. Wells. Hunt creates the Light o...