A Real KilljoyLos Angeles Premiere Showtime: Friday, October 15, 2021 - 9:45pm Run Time: 3 minutes Country: United States Synopsis: Sam Jones is stuck in a zombie apocalyptic world and surrounded by incapable survivors. She may have found love, but she's got a zombie to contend with, and her surprise guest does her no favors. Directed by: Tara Erickson Produced by: Idiot Army Productions Executive Producer(s): Tara Erickson Written by: Tara Erickson Main Cast: Tara Erickson, Mary O'Neil, Ivan Djurovic, and Sidney Cumbie. About the Director(s): Tara Erickson is an actor/comedian who also writes and directs. She has a background in improvisation and sketch comedy, which is apparent in her commercial work and can also be seen on her YouTube channel. Her award-winning film, "Prime Of Your Life," has awarded her 4 Best Actress awards and is making its festival rounds throughout 2021-2022, along with "A Real Killjoy". The sequel to A REAL KILLJOY is set for a Fall 2021 release. Tara Erickson's links: |
Good HeadLos Angeles Premiere Showtime: Friday, October 15, 2021 - 9:45pm Run Time: 29:25 Country: USA Synopsis: When megastar Coop Bradley buys a sad, superhero franchise to resurrect his fading acting career he goes to Atlanta to shoot the latest installment and gets more than he bargained for when he goes to the lab of special effects artist Shane Morton to get a mold made of his head. Not only does Shane torture the claustrophobic actor--he may have in turn stolen Coop's soul--which leads to a madcap chase through Shane's "house of horrors". Directed by: Matt Servitto Produced by: Matt Servitto Executive Producer(s): Ken Arnold, Dan Deluca, Tim Reis Written by: Matt Servitto Main Cast: Henry Zebrowski, Matt Servitto, Addie Weyrich, Dan Triandiflou About the Director(s): Called one of the "hardest working actors in show business” by Entertainment Weekly magazine, Matt has been working as an actor on stage and in front of the camera for over 30 years—with leading roles on many celebrated cable shows like Cinemax’s “Banshee”, Showtime’s “Brotherhood” and--more recently—playing Gov. Sweeney on “Billions”. However, he is probably best known for his role as FBI Agent Dwight Harris on HBO’s “The Sopranos”—a role he played for all 7 seasons and for which he won a ...read more |
99 PROBLEMSLos Angeles Premiere Showtime: Friday, October 15, 2021 - 9:45pm Run Time: 17 min Country: USA Synopsis: A Stranger enters a diner to close out a prior mission with a woman whom he helped change her future and to save her life. While at the diner, he approaches a waitress and asks her if she had the opportunity to change her future would she want to indulge…?
She accepts and the Stranger shows her a polaroid picture of a patron at the diner wielding a large knife. She asks if it’s real. He responds with a nod. He tells her: “Only if you sign this ledger will you be able to alter the future. Your life depends on it.”
The waitress then takes the photo and shows it to the cook. The cook is somewhat puzzled asking if this is some kind of a gag. “It’s not”. He tells the waitress he’s taking a break and circles around to the counter to sit by the man in the photo and takes a large knife with him.
The man at the counter eyes the knife and sits in silence.
Just then, a thug with a gun enters the diner and tells everyone to to empty their pockets as well as the register.
The cook says “Take what you want and leave us alone. We don’t want any trouble”. The man next to him demands the thug to put his gun away. This angers the thug and won’t stand for the man’s attitude and aims the gun his way. A second thug enters the diner, this one is a rookie at pulling off a heist.
The man at the counter proceeds to take his watch off. The thug questions him why. The man says “Never kill a man while wearing a good watch”. The man springs into action and stabs the Thug in the chest sending him to the floor. The rookie thug heads for the door as the man turns and throws the knife killing the rookie.
The man tells the waitress and the cook to call the police as he steps outside to have a smoke.
The Stranger pulls up in his vehicle outside with his ledger to have the waitress sign out. Directed by: MICHAEL G KEHOE Produced by: MICHAEL G KEHOE, TORI LONDON, RICHARD JOEL, ROB HARPER Written by: MICHAEL G KEHOE Main Cast: YAN BIRCH, SALA BAKER, TORI LONDON, RICHARD LEACOCK, MICHELLE ALLAIER, DENNIS KEIFFER, WILL DIXON, TEVA DRESBACH BARNEA About the Director(s): Michael G Kehoe is an award winning filmmaker. His first film "Second Dance" premiered at Sundance and the Berlin Film Fest. He went on to direct a feature titled "Dominion". He went on to direct another feature he penned titled "The Art of a Bullet". He continued writing and directing commercials and short films. In 2015, he wrote and directed the horror short film "Hush" that won 34 awards and the feature script was picked up by Lionsgate and produced by Halloween producer Malek Akkad, the...read more |
SurviversLos Angeles Premiere Showtime: Friday, October 15, 2021 - 9:45pm Run Time: 6:30 Country: Spain Synopsis: Natural selection says that only those who adapt will survive. What if humans have become stupid? Directed by: Carlos Gómez-Trigo Produced by: Carlos Gómez-Trigo Written by: Carlos Gómez-Trigo Main Cast: Stephanie Magnin, Maarten Dannenberg, Alex Moreu About the Director(s): Carlos Gómez-Trigo (Madrid, 1981) shot in Barcelona a school short film, “Clase de baile”. In 2008 he goes to India to work in two documentaries and then moves to Madrid, where he works as producer and director of commercials. His previous short film, Maelstrøm (2017), has more than 165 selections in film festivals, winning several awards for best short film, director, performance or sound. With Survivers (2020) he tries to figure out the eternal dichotomy between Humanity vs Stupidity. |
Movin DayLos Angeles Premiere Showtime: Friday, October 15, 2021 - 9:45pm Run Time: 4m Country: USA Synopsis: How much of your partner's past should you really unpack?
When a newly engaged couple moves in together, they quickly discover some skeletons should stay in the closet. Directed by: Craig Low Produced by: Craig Low Executive Producer(s): DeRay Davis Written by: Craig Low Main Cast: Nathalia Castellon, Greg Santos, Erika Medina, and Asher Sears About the Director(s): Craig Low is an Aussie writer, director, producer & comedian. Before immigrating to America & writing for BET, MTV, E!, TBS, Nickelodeon, and a bunch of others that don’t sound as cool, Craig grew up on a Kangaroo reserve. His acting credits include The Muppets, 5 Years Apart, Accents, My Girlfriend From Hell, and Foundher. MOVIN DAY is Craig's second short film as a first-year filmmaker. |
Shiny New WorldLos Angeles Premiere Showtime: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 - 9:30pm Run Time: 8 minutes 43 seconds Country: The Netherlands Synopsis: Fifty-year-old Barry is a special kind of cleaner: he cleans crime scenes where demons have wreaked havoc. While making a corporate film about his work, a normal working day for Barry gets out of hand in a bloody way. Directed by: Jan van Gorkum Produced by: Monique van Kessel Written by: Jan van Gorkum Main Cast: Patrick Stoof, Gijs Scholten van Aschat, Maarten Prins, Marije Loermans About the Director(s): Jan van Gorkum (1983) is a filmmaker and writer. In 2010 he graduated as a filmmaker from the Utrecht School of the Arts (HKU). Jan has written and directed several award-winning short films, which have been screened at a large number of festivals around the world. He finds it interesting to combine genres in his films, but has a soft spot for dark humor, horror, fantasy and thriller. His first book was published in 2019: a quirky fantasy book titled Winged Darkness. |
SPORELos Angeles Premiere Showtime: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 - 9:30pm Run Time: 9:35 Country: USA Synopsis: Leah is a 30-something single woman searching for love online in a world under siege. When the sanctuary of her home becomes a cage in which she’s hunted, the line between hopeful fantasy and stark reality gets blurred. Directed by: Adrian Picardi Produced by: Dougie Riggs Executive Producer(s): Dougie Riggs & Alex Guez Written by: Adrian Picardi Main Cast: Torrie Bogda & Adrian Picardi About the Director(s): Adrian Picardi was born and raised in South Pasadena, CA. He is an award winning director, producer, and cinematographer. After graduating from the Los Angeles Film School, Picardi got his first big break creating, directing, and writing The Resistance Series for the SyFy network at the age of 20. He has continued creating films which have garnered over 50 million views worldwide. His work is characteristically highly stylized and energetic. |
Macabre NightLos Angeles Premiere Showtime: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 - 9:30pm Run Time: 20 minutes Country: Brazil Synopsis: During a nighttime transfer, maximum security inmates escape and head for a small town. The authorities call on citizens to assist in the capture of the fugitives—by any means necessary—offering a large cash reward. Amid the chaos that ensues, a young couple in crisis tries to stay alive. Directed by: Felipe Iesbick Produced by: Clara Moraes Executive Producer(s): Júlia Cazarré Written by: Felipe Iesbick Main Cast: Martha Brito, Tom Peres, Renata de Lélis, Renata Stein, Marcello Crawshaw, Cristian Verardi, Oscar Simch. About the Director(s): Felipe Iesbick has been acting professionally as a director, screenwriter and editor since 2013. His first short film, the action comedy, “The Matador from Bagé” won the awards for Best Film, Best Actor and Best Music at the 41st Gramado Film Festival. “The Matador from Bagé” also participated in other national festivals, among them MOSCA - Audiovisual Exhibition of Cambuquira - MG (Best Film Midnight Session – Audience Award) and some international film festivals such as the 35th Inte...read more |
GIRLS NIGHT INLos Angeles Premiere Showtime: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 - 9:30pm Run Time: 09:45 Country: United States Synopsis: Girls Night In is a satirical horror short that was created based on the Bechdel test. The test examines works of fiction to see whether there are interactions between female characters that don’t involve discussing a man. Which of course begs the question, where is the most ridiculous place these two women could be fighting over some dude… Directed by: Alison Roberto Produced by: Alison Roberto, Landon LaRue & Brian Henderson Executive Producer(s): Alison Roberto & Landon LaRue Written by: Landon LaRue Main Cast: BECCA - Jess Adams
DELANEY - Skylar Benton
911 Operator - Tolliver
Dark Figure & Police Officer - Brian Henderson About the Director(s): Ali Roberto is an award-winning Director/Creative Director hybrid who specializes in original short form content, commercials and music videos. After nearly a decade at MTV as an Art Director in New York City she continued to work in entertainment; crafting marketing and social campaigns, leading creative post teams, and directing short-form content. Like her recent work for Netflix’s Glow, which won multiple Promax & Clio awards (including the GOLD for ‘Best Comedy’) and her Schmidt's ca...read more |
Warm BloodScreens with Thirst and the following short films: Warm Blood | The Last Leaf | Metavision | My Mother Mary | Miniature | Vikaari | You Wouldn't Understand Los Angeles Premiere Showtime: Friday, October 16, 2020 - 2:00am Run Time: 4:47 Country: USA Synopsis: While in solitary confinement, a female prisoner is taunted with photos of her crime. She reminisces about her violent gruesome acts. She clings to those treasured moments to remain in bliss during isolation. Directed by: Marc Van Holt Produced by: Alyssa Amer Written by: Alyssa Amer Main Cast: Megumi Morino
Ty Bamla
Kyle Samples About the Director(s): Director- Marc Van Holt is a visual storyteller based in Los Angeles, California. Marc is an MFA student at the University of Southern California majoring in Film and Television Production with an emphasis in visual effects and directing in a virtual world. Marc is set to graduate in May 2021. He currently works part time as a videographer and editor for USC Dornsife and local independent film productions in Los Angeles. Writer/Producer/Cinematographer- Alyssa Amer is a graduate of New...read more |