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Zebra

Screens with Immortal

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Thursday, October 17, 2019 - 2:00am
Run Time: 
4m 33s
Country: 
Australia
Synopsis: 
Two blood splattered little old ladies skulking through the bush on a murderous rampage, a real life super model and tapioca pudding collide.
Directed by: 
Peter Spann
Produced by: 
Triona Maddock
Executive Producer(s): 
Ellie Gonsalves, Ross Scutts
Written by: 
Holly Hargraves
Main Cast: 
Ellie Gonsalves, Jill McKay, Corinne Sennitt
Peter Spann
About the Director(s): 
Peter Spann studied at Sydney Film School (SFS) and was nominated as Best Director for his first film. Peter was selected to study at the prestigious Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS). His personal motto is “making dreams come true”. He says, "Film is a place where I can find my expression, tell my stories, collaborate with others who want to create, share, entertain and engage."

Immortal

Q&A with Tony Todd, directors Rob Margolies & Danny Isaacs
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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Thursday, October 17, 2019 - 2:00am
Run Time: 
94 min
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
A chilling horror/thriller anthology film, IMMORTAL boasts career-best performances from Tony Todd, Dylan Baker, Robin Bartlett, Samm Levine, and Agnes Bruckner. Thrown into the face of death only to emerge unharmed, the characters of Immortal are left staring at their lives in the face with uncertainty and fear like they've never imagined.
Directed by: 
Jon Dabach, Danny Isaacs, Tom Colley & Rob Margolies
Produced by: 
Jon Dabach & Rob Margolies
Written by: 
Jon Dabach
Main Cast: 
Tony Todd, Dylan Baker, Samm Levine, Robin Bartlett, Agnes Bruckner, Vanessa Lengies, Brett Edwards, and Lindsay Mushett
Jon Dabach, Danny Isaacs, Tom Colley & Rob Margolies
About the Director(s): 

Danny Isaacs:
Danny graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in film theory & rhetoric, and although he understood how to tell a story, he had no clue how to make a movie. So he did what any good jewish boy would do: he became an attorney. Since law school, he reignited his flame for filmmaking and learnt his craft by shadowing industry friends on film sets. He has written & directed several award winning shorts, web series and sketch comedies. Immortal is his first venture into...read more

Here Comes Hell

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 12:15am
Run Time: 
1 hour 14 min
Country: 
UK
Synopsis: 
A 1930s dinner party descends into chaos and carnage when the evening entertainment accidentally leads to the opening of Hell. Rivalries and old friendships are put to the test as the guests must battle ghosts, ghouls - and one another - before it is too late.
Directed by: 
Jack McHenry
Produced by: 
Olivia Loveridge
Written by: 
Jack McHenry, Alice Sidgwick
Main Cast: 
Tom Bailey, Margaret Clunie, Jasper Britton, Timothy Renouf
About the Director(s): 
Jack McHenry studied Fine Art at Central Saint Martins and directed short films including LAST GIRL, DUNGEON OF VAMPIRE NAZIS and GET ME TO ISTANBUL. He directed his debut feature film HERE COMES HELL in 2018 and is currently developing his next feature with his company Trashouse Films.

Sadistic Intentions

Q&A with director Eric Pennycoff

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Monday, October 14, 2019 - 4:30am
Run Time: 
1 hour 30 min
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
A psychotic musician lures a fellow band-mate and an unsuspecting woman to a remote mansion for a night of romantic deceit and grinding metal mayhem.
Directed by: 
Eric Pennycoff
Produced by: 
Jason Walter Short
Written by: 
Eric Pennycoff
Main Cast: 
Jeremy Gardner, Taylor Zaudtke, Michael Patrick Nicholson, Larry Fessenden

The Hitchhiker

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Monday, October 14, 2019 - 3:00am
Run Time: 
13m 50s
Country: 
Australia
Synopsis: 
Jade hits the road to Byron Bay with two besties, resolving to keep her terminal diagnosis on the down-low. When an enigmatic hitchhiker makes her an offer, she finds it hard to refuse.
Directed by: 
Adele Vuko
Produced by: 
Chloe Rickard and Johanna Somerville
Written by: 
Adele Vuko
Main Cast: 
Liv Hewson, Isaro Kayitesi, Claudia Pickering, Christiaan Van Vuuren
About the Director(s): 

Adele Vuko is developing a prolific portfolio in directing. In 2018, she was one of the ensemble directors for ABC’s Squinters, as well as directing The Hitchhiker short film (selected for Sydney Film Festival and St Kilda Film Festival 2019). In 2017, Adele was a director and co-creator across multiple sketches in Foxtel’s sketch show The Slot.

Frost Bite

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Monday, October 14, 2019 - 3:00am
Run Time: 
10 Minutes
Country: 
United States
Synopsis: 
A young girl lures a mysterious figure across a frozen wasteland for reasons unexplained. https://www.instagram.com/andrewhuntdirector/
Directed by: 
Andrew Hunt
Produced by: 
Andrew Hunt
Executive Producer(s): 
Trey Wodele, Andrew Hunt
Written by: 
Andrew Hunt
Main Cast: 
Louisa Darr, Rod Kasai
About the Director(s): 

Pittsburgh native Andrew Hunt began making films at the age of eleven with a borrowed video camera and an army of neighborhood friends. Hunt went on to study filmmaking at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Soon after, he started working professionally as a writer/director on television commercials, documentaries, short films and music videos. In 2007, Hunt was selected by Steven Spielberg to be a contestant on the Fox Reality series, "On The Lot". The show gave filmmakers from acros...read more

The Burden

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Monday, October 14, 2019 - 3:00am
Run Time: 
17 minutes
Country: 
The Netherlands
Synopsis: 
A young woman visits her boyfriend’s family home. There, she learns about a sinister history with his creepy neighbor and soon, all kinds of skeletons come out of the closet.
Directed by: 
Nico van den Brink
Produced by: 
NL Film
Written by: 
Nico van den Brink
Main Cast: 
Hanna van Vliet, Kay Greidanus, Ilke Paddenburg
About the Director(s): 

Nico van den Brink is an Amsterdam based filmmaker. He graduated from the Netherlands Film Academy in 2014. His horror short SWEET TOOTH (2017) was picked up by New Line Cinema and is currently being developed into a feature with James Wan and Micheal Clear's Atomic Monster and Chris Bender's Good Fear producing.

THE BURDEN (2019) was acquired by JS Entertainment and Starlight Media. Atomic Monster and Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert’s Ghost House Pictures are producing under their developme...read more

Countryside

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Monday, October 14, 2019 - 3:00am
Run Time: 
17m
Country: 
France
Synopsis: 
An old and dilapidated house in the countryside. A solitary and gloomy-looking man wandering around. A frail and angelic girl locked up in a room. A piece of human flesh forgotten near the well... That is what a young tramp will discorver beyond sacrifice...
Directed by: 
Pierre Mouchet
Produced by: 
Romain couture
Executive Producer(s): 
Romain couture, JC Savelli
Written by: 
Pierre Mouchet
Main Cast: 
David Clavel Coline D'Incà Charlie Mechiori
Pierre Mouchet
About the Director(s): 

Pierre Mouchet has been working in the french industry for over 25 years. He has always wanted to explore the horror genre, which he had done in his first short films during his early years. He then worked on several comedy sketches for television – which led him to collaborate with Jean Dujardin and Florence Foresti (France Télévision, Canal +) among others –, as well as on many different projects, whether institutional or mainstream. Eager to return to his first love, Pierre wrote this shor...read more

Red Letter Day

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Monday, October 14, 2019 - 1:00am
Run Time: 
1 hour 16 min
Country: 
Canada
Synopsis: 
While adjusting to a new life in a quiet suburban community, a recently divorced mother and her two teens receive mysterious red letters instructing them each to kill or be killed.
Directed by: 
Cameron Macgowan
Produced by: 
Jason Wan Lim
Written by: 
Cameron Macgowan
Main Cast: 
Dawn Van de Schoot, Hailey Foss, Kaeleb Zain Gartner, Roger LeBlanc
Cameron Macgowan
About the Director(s): 
Cameron Macgowan is a Canadian filmmaker whose eccentric films have explored subjects ranging from Murderous Suburbanites to Erotic Trolls. His work has won awards and garnered critical acclaim at international film festivals across the world including SXSW, Fantasia, FrightFest and the Toronto International Film Festival.

WHISTLER'S MOTHER

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 13, 2019 - 11:00pm
Run Time: 
14:54
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
The artist James McNeill Whistler spent years trying to capture the essence of his mother for his most famous work of art - not to create a masterpiece - but to save his mother from possession by the Baba Yaga, an evil Russian witch.
Directed by: 
Robbie Robertson
Produced by: 
Lorie Gardner
Executive Producer(s): 
Brad Jayne, Robbie Robertson, Lorie Gardner
Written by: 
Robbie Robertson
Main Cast: 
Jennifer Christa Palmer - Anna McNeill Whistler; Barbara Hawkins-Scott - The Baba Yaga; Jared Carter - James McNeill Whistler; Stephanie Dunnam - Inga; Bryce Harper - Young James Whistler; Samuel R. Moody - Kirkie Whistler; Gabriel Manak - Priest
About the Director(s): 

Robbie Robertson is a playwright, screenwriter and a graduate of the University of South Carolina and UCLA’s professional screenwriting program. Robertson’s first comedy, MINA TONIGHT! was published by Samuel French and has been produced in regional theatres across the US. His most recent play, a staged adaptation of the B-movie SATAN IN HIGH HEELS, premiered in NYC and enjoyed a sold out run and is currently being developed into a musical.

His first short film as writer/director, WHIS...read more