 Rick and Ruby
West Coast Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 13, 2019 - 11:00pm Run Time: 14:28 Country: United States Synopsis: Ruby, a mysterious, leather-clad badass, drags a trunk with unknown cargo to a seedy Roadhouse in the middle of nowhere.
Inside, three overly friendly hicks overpower her and prepare to have their "dueling banjos" way, when her trunk teeters over and...
out...
pops...
RICK.
A "man" with an unquenchable thirst and an allergy to the sun.
In short order Rick and Ruby dole out their own form of frontier justice on the trio of hillbillies in a suitably grotesque and oddly satisfying fashion.
Heads and dad-jokes roll. Directed by: Scott Woodburn Produced by: Halleloo Productions, Nathan Chang and Corey Sheppard, Samuel FD Dunning Executive Producer(s): Starr Moore, Jim Garland and Carol Andrea, Patricia Daunis-Dunning, BAWS Written by: Samuel FD Dunning Main Cast: Samuel FD Dunning as "Rick"
Ellie Lee as "Ruby"
Chip Ramsey as "Larry"
Kyle Minshew as "Chick"
Douglas McCue as "Lou" About the Director(s): Scott, a New York native, has been working in television, advertising and film for almost 10 years now, as an Editor, Visual FX and Motion Graphic Designer with companies such as MTV, Elite Daily, G-Unit Records and Laundry Service. This is his sophomore role as Director, following his debut "It's a Boy" in 2016, also accepted into Screamfest. Scott's influences as a director include David Fincher, Stanley Kubrick, David Lynch, Quentin Tarantino, David Cronenberg and John Carpe...read more    |
 Piggy West Coast Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 13, 2019 - 7:00pm Run Time: 14 min Country: Spain Synopsis: Sara is an overweight teen that lives in the shadow of a clique of cool girls holidaying in her village. Not even her childhood friend, Claudia, defends her when she's bullied at the local pool in front of a unknown man. Her clothes are stolen and Sara must get home wearing nothing but her bikini. The long walk home will mark the rest of her life. Directed by: Carlota Pereda Produced by: Luis Angel Ramírez, Mario Madueño Executive Producer(s): IMVAL Madrid, Pantalla Partida S.L. Written by: Carlota Pereda Main Cast: Laura Galán, Paco Hidalgo, Elisabet Casanovas, Sara Barroso, Mireia Vilapuig, Jorge Elorza About the Director(s): Carlota Pereda has spent her career working in TV fiction. She has been a screenwriter and script supervisor for series such as Periodistas and Motivos Personales, has directed series,”El secreto de Puente Viejo”, LEX and Lalola and has worked as [realizadora] on series such as Los Hombres de Paco, Red Eagle, Luna, the Mystery of Calenda and B&b, de boca en boca. Her fist short, The Blondes, was selected in over 137 festivals worldwide and/or awarded in prestigious festivals such as Medin...read more |
 RAIN CATCHER West Coast Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 13, 2019 - 7:00pm Run Time: 16:41 Country: United Kingdom Synopsis: We follow a young photographer, an outcast simply known as Rain Catcher. New in town, he captures the haunting beauty of his new home: the notorious Barbican estate in London.
Suddenly, Rain Catcher notices a sinister and mysterious man appearing in all his photographs. Blent-in with the crowd or sneaking from a distant window, this shady character is always staring intensely into camera.
Who is this man? and what does he want from the young photographer? The journey to uncover this mystery will lead Rain Catcher to a mind-blowing truth. A discovery which will overturn his reality forever. Directed by: Michele Fiascaris Produced by: Filippo Polesel Executive Producer(s): Edoardo Bussi, Michele Fiascaris, Filippo Polesel Written by: Michele Fiascaris, Filippo Polesel Main Cast: Dudley O'Shaughnessy
Jo Hartley
Marcus Taylor  About the Director(s): Michele is an award-winning writer director. A London Film Academy 2010 graduate, he has written and directed numerous short films, and the feature film “Fat Cat”. |
 The Wave West Coast Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 13, 2019 - 5:00am Run Time: 1 hour 30 min Country: USA Synopsis: When Frank goes out on the town to celebrate an upcoming promotion, his night takes an unexpected and bizarre turn when he is dosed with a hallucinogen that alters his perception and changes his life forever. Directed by: Gille Klabin Produced by: Joshua Bunting, Robert Dehn, Carl W. Lucas, Monte Young Written by: Carl W. Lucas Main Cast: Justin Long, Donald Faison, Tommy Flanagan, Sheila Vand, Katia Winter, Sarah Minnich, Bill Sage  About the Director(s): Gille Klabin was born to a Lithuanian Engineer and a Latvian Sculptor. He grew up in a combination of European nations, eventually ending up in England, where he began making videos at the age of 11. With stop-motion toy films in his past, Gille graduated from Westminster University’s Film School and worked as a production assistant and location scout, while directing music videos for unsigned bands.
Gille’s colourful, energetic work eventually got him directing videos for several major reco...read more |
 H’ilol West Coast Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 13, 2019 - 1:00am Run Time: 3:00 Minutes Country: USA Synopsis: A Photographer captures the fleeting moments of a model in his studio. Between the camera flashes, time slips away and a dark secret is exposed.
H'ilol, which means "seer" in the Mayan language of highland Mexico, is the Jury Grand Prize winner of the KODAK and ATLFS 2019 "100' of film competition" hosted in Atlanta, GA.
The project was shot entirely on one 100' roll (3 minutes) of 16mm color film. Directed by: Julian Scalia Produced by: Julian Scalia & Molly Ebner Written by: Julian Scalia & Molly Ebner Main Cast: Maia Scalia & Eric West  About the Director(s): Working in the Film Industry as an Art Director, Julian has always had a desire to tell his own stories. A Los Angeles native he has followed the great film migration to his sweet sunny southern home of Atlanta. In Atlanta, he has managed to put together a talented group of professional working filmmakers from around the country, and abroad, who share his passion to tell unique stories. He has just finished his first award-winning super short film H'ilol. Shot entirely on Kodak 16mm film stoc...read more |
 Sybil West Coast Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 13, 2019 - 1:00am Run Time: 13m Country: Great Britain Synopsis: The life of a Mortician can be a lonely one - but there are opportunities for love..and revenge.
In this macabre tale, nothing will stop this mortician from achieving her heart's desire. Afteral, Love is Dead. Directed by: Joanne Mitchell Produced by: Joanne Mitchell and Dominic Brunt Written by: Joanne Mitchell and Tracey Sheals Main Cast: Tracey Sheals, Seamus O'Neil, Joanne Mitchell, Eileen O'Brien, Garth Maunders  About the Director(s): Joanne was born in Lambeth, London. She grew up in leafy Surrey and at 21 years attended the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in the UK where she trained for three years as an actress. |
 The Original West Coast Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 12, 2019 - 9:00pm Run Time: 13 mins Country: United Kingdom Synopsis: In The Original, we focus on Alana, a woman whose partner, Gwendolyn, is in the final stages of locked-in syndrome. They are offered a chance to regain the life they thought they had lost through a procedure that will transfer Gwendolyn's consciousness into a healthy clone. Although the procedure initially appears to be a success, Alana is soon informed that something has gone terribly wrong, forcing her to make an impossible choice. Directed by: Michelle Garza Cervera Produced by: Hiro Ishiguro Written by: Andrew Fleming and Michelle Garza Cervera Main Cast: Ariana Lebron Baez, Rebecca Layoo, Ingrid Evans and Jay Robertson  About the Director(s): Michelle Garza Cervera (Mexico, 1987). She studied at the best film school in Mexico, Centro de Capacitacion Cinematografica specializing in Film Directing. Chevening Award (UK Government scholarship) 2017-2018 to study the MA: Directing Fiction for Film at Goldsmiths University of London. She wrote and directed several short films that have been selected in more than 60 international film festivals including Fantastic Fest, Fantasia Film Festival, Fantasporto, Havana Film Festival, Sitges Fi...read more |
 Kindred SpiritsQ & A with Caitlin Stasey, Chris Sivertson & Michael Moran moderated by Luke Thompson West Coast Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 12, 2019 - 2:00am Run Time: 1 hour 31 min Country: USA Synopsis: Chloe, a single mother in a relationship with Alex, has her life turned upside down when her younger sister, Sadie, comes home after a long, unexplained absence. Though Sadie seems to want to settle in with her sister and 17-year-old niece (becoming quite a handful herself), she’s actually a deeply disturbed young woman who has a sinister agenda regarding anyone who gets between her and her big sister. Directed by: Lucky Mckee Produced by: Ash Christian, Michael Moran Written by: Chris Sivertson Main Cast: Caitlin Stasey, Sasha Frolova, Macon Blair and Thora Birch  About the Director(s): Lucky McKee is an award-winning screenwriter, director, and novelist best known for work in the horror genre, such as the 2002 |
 The UnthinkableSPECIAL EFFECTS – Crazy Pictures West Coast Premiere Showtime: Friday, October 19, 2018 - 2:30am Run Time: 1 hour 29 min Country: Sweden Synopsis: When Sweden faces a mysterious attack Alex is forced back to his childhood village. There he must be reconciled with both his father and youth love, Anna, while they all struggle to survive. Directed by: CRAZY PICTURES Produced by: CRAZY PICTURES Executive Producer(s): EMIL WIKLUND & JOHN NORDLING Written by: CHRISTOFFER NORDENROT & CRAZY PICTURES Main Cast: Christoffer Nordenrot, Jesper Barkselius, Lisa Henni, Pia Halvorsen, Karin Bertling, Magnus Sundberg About the Director
The core of Crazy Pictures is 5 friends who have made films together since they were children. In 2008, they founded the company and have since then taken film productions from idea to finished film. The 5 founders share the film’s most crucial and creative...read more |
 Welcome to MercyQ&A with director Tommy Bertelsen and writer/cast Kristen Ruhlin moderated by Fred Topel follows the screening. West Coast Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 14, 2018 - 3:00am Run Time: 1 hour 43 min Country: USA Synopsis: A young woman struggles against the unholy forces that possess her in this terrifying occult thriller. After being stricken with stigmata, single mother Madaline (Kristen Ruhlin) is sent to a remote convent where nothing is what it seems and her friend August (Lily Newmark) is seemingly the only person she can trust. Together, they must confront the demons inside Madaline before she becomes the Antichrist. Directed by: Tommy Bertelsen Produced by: Darren Goldberg, Cary Granat, Ed Jones, Joel Michaely Written by: Kristen Ruhlin Main Cast: Kristen Ruhlin, Lily Newmark, Eileen Davies, Sophia Massa |
Crazy Pictures is a film collective from Sweden, renowned for its acclaimed and spectacular short films on Youtube with millions of viewers and screened on film festivals around the world. The group works closely together and stands for all major roles such as director, producer, scriptwriter, director of photography, production design, costume design, sound design, visual effects and special effects.