 Maggie May
World Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 13, 2018 - 11:00pm Run Time: 14m Country: Australia Synopsis: Two estranged sisters, Sam and Maggie, attempt to reconnect after the death of their mother. But Maggie isn’t interest in anything and that could be Sam’s worst nightmare. Directed by: Mia'kate Russell Produced by: Andre Lima Written by: Mia'kate Russell Main Cast: Lulu McClatchy, Katrina Mathers, Sophia Davey About the Director
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 CLOVEN World Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 13, 2018 - 11:00pm Run Time: 6m 20s Country: Bahrain Synopsis: Short horror film based on a Bahraini folktale. Directed by: Mohamed Fakhro Produced by: Mohamed Fakhro and Aicha Abbouzied Kraus Written by: Story by Mohamed Fakhro and Ali Fakhro, Screenplay by Sam D.H. Syn Main Cast: Reem Erhama and Mubarak Khamis Zayed About the Director
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 And the Winner is World Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 13, 2018 - 9:00pm Run Time: 13m Country: Australia Synopsis: When tennis champion and international superstar Stanley finds himself caught in the midst of a public scandal, he’s left with no other choice but to seek out the very best in the world of PR and crisis management. Company representative Anja promises Stanley he’s come to the right place: their service offers full redemption, in exchange for his commitment to the process… no matter the direction it takes. A desperate Stanley agrees.
What begins as an undefined stint in isolation slowly descends into a living nightmare as Stanley is ‘triggered’ by memories from the night of the incident. Driven to destruction, it’s only when Stanley comes face to face with his darkest moment that he’s pushed further beyond his limits than he ever expected - and met with the most unforeseen of consequences as he pays the ultimate price for freedom. Directed by: Cameron March Produced by: Danielle Redford Written by: Julian Curtis & Jordan Lynagh Main Cast: Thomas Larkin, Jacinta Stapleton, Caitlin Hill About the Director
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 Here there be Monsters World Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 13, 2018 - 9:00pm Run Time: 13m Country: Australia Synopsis: To escape incessant bullying on the bus ride home, a young girl falls asleep only to wake up trapped at an empty bus yard, but things get worse because something's lurking outside - something big - and if she wants to make it out alive, this frightened girl will have to unleash a monster of her own. Directed by: Drew Macdonald Produced by: Steve Geddes Written by: Drew Macdonald Main Cast: Savannah Foran-McDaniel, Jordan Small, Tyallah Bullock, Toby Barron About the Director
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 Meet You in the Parking Lot World Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 13, 2018 - 7:00pm Run Time: 8m 36s Country: USA Synopsis: Following the cryptic instructions from a battered Mead composition book, best friends Sam and Alex hope to get a glimpse of their lives-to-come by performing a ritual designed to conjure their future selves. But when Sam’s future self arrives, she learns that her “future” may not last through the night. Directed by: David Sloan & Jordan Eakin Produced by: Nick Brenton Written by: David Sloan & Jordan Eakin Main Cast: Samantha — Arielle Gordon; Alex —Gabrielle Stephenson About the Director
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 The Coatmaker World Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 13, 2018 - 7:00pm Run Time: 4m 12s Country: Australia Synopsis: When a tailor closes his store at night, he quickly discovers that he is not alone. Directed by: Scott Dale Produced by: Scott Dale and April Carson Executive Producer(s): Scott Dale and April Carson Written by: Scott Dale Main Cast: John Jenkins About the DirectorScott is an Australian writer and director, with numerous music videos and commercials under his belt. His emotionally-charged period short ‘Beyond the Water’s Edge’ premiered at the Academy accredited Flickerfest, and was festival director Bronwyn Kidd’s pick of “4 Filmmakers to Watch”. Optioning his horror spec 'Echo Valley’, Scott has recently turned his focus toward LA, signing with Zero Gravity Management, before writing and directing the Horror short ‘The Coatmaker'. |
 Draug BEST ACTOR – Thomas Hedengran Screens with the short films: Killer Black & The Silver World Premiere Showtime: Thursday, October 11, 2018 - 2:00am Run Time: 1 hour 28 min Country: Sweden Synopsis: In the 11th century a missionary goes missing somewhere in the huge forests bordering the northern parts of Sweden. Among the rescue party chosen to find him is Nanna, a young woman on her first real mission and her first return to the part of the country where she was born.
But what they will find deep inside those woods is something else entirely. Something dark. Something ancient. Something evil. Directed by: Klas Persson and Karin Engman Produced by: Klas Persson and Karin Engman Written by: Klas Persson and Karin Engman Main Cast: Elna Karlsson
Thomas Hedengran
Nina Filimoshkina
Ralf Beck
Urban Bergsten
Matti Boustedt  About the Director(s): Klas and Karin is a film making couple living and working in Sweden. From a small Town in the middle part of the country they write, produce and direct their productions. They started the production Company Ödmården Filmproduction whos first project was the award winning web series The Great Dying. Draug is their first feature film and takes place in the vast forest that lies just around the corner from their house. |
 Like.Share.FollowQ&A with director Glenn Gers, Keiynan Lonsdale, Ema Horvath and Abraham Benrubi. Moderated by Brian Collins of Birth.Movies.Death. World Premiere Showtime: Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 2:00am Run Time: 1 hour 30 mins Country: USA Synopsis: Q & A with Glen Gers, Keiynan Lonsdale and Emma Horvath moderated by Brian Collins of Birth.Movies.Death
Garrett is a rising YouTube star. Shell is a deeply emotional fan. When they begin a romantic relationship, he’s forced to question whether opening your life to strangers online is an invitation community and rescue…or stalking, obsession and madness. Directed by: Glenn Gers Produced by: Adam Hendricks, John Lang and Greg Gilreath Executive Producer(s): Michael Joe & Floris Bauer Written by: Glenn Gers Main Cast: Keiynan Lonsdale , Ema Horvath, Nate Hartley, Abraham Benrubi About the Director
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 Old MacDonald World Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 15, 2017 - 11:00pm Run Time: 9m 22s Country: USA Synopsis: A road trip takes a turn when a group of young concert goers stumble onto Old MacDonald's abandoned farmhouse. Directed by: Sam Milman and Peter Vass Produced by: Sam Milman and Peter Vass Executive Producer(s): Sam Milman and Peter Vass Written by: Sam Milman and Peter Vass Main Cast: Madison Iseman, John Shartzer, James Morosini, Daved Wilkins, Kelsey Gunn, and Tennessee Luke About the Director
After building an online fanbase of nearly 100k subscribers, the high school friends from Chicago completed their first feature film entitled "Laid in America" in 2016, distributed by Universal Pictures. "Old MacDonald" is their first jump into the horror genre as their aim is to merge the digital and traditional worlds of talent to create memorable and hilarious films and content. |
 AVULSION World Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 15, 2017 - 11:00pm Run Time: 9m 50s Country: Australia Synopsis: A White Collar worker sees an escort with an unusual gift to grant his deepest fantasy. Directed by: Steve Boyle Produced by: Steve Boyle
Mark Reedy
Michael Reedy Written by: Steve Boyle Main Cast: Erica Field
Cameron Hurry About the Director
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Mia’kate Russell has written and directed multi award-winning shorts: ‘Auditioning Fanny’ (2012); ‘Swallow’ (2013), ‘Death By Muff’ (2014), and ‘Liz Drives’ (2017). She also has over 15 years industry experience and extends her work as a head of make-up and special effects artist. Credits include: ‘’What If It Works?” (2017); ‘Pawno” (2015); ‘Crawlspace’ (2012); ‘Red Hill’ (2010); ‘Zombieworld’ (2015); ‘Scare Campaign’ (2015), and shorts such as ‘Mrs McCutcheon’ (2017), ‘Emo, the Musical’ (2013); and ‘Yardbird’ (2012).
I’m a horror movie lover and a HUGE John Carpenter fan.
Cameron March is an Australian based director and cinematographer. With a background in short films and commercials, Cameron is active across short-form and long-form formats. Working with high profile actor Hugo Weaving (The Matrix, Lord of The Rings) saw Cameron receive a Silver Dolphin at the Cannes Corporate Awards for a short autism awareness piece for Gold Coast Health. With shorts screening both locally and abroad Cameron has seen festival success. “The Neon King” picked up Best Young Filmmaker award at the Byron Bay International Film Festival in 2016 after its premiere at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner. With multiple Australian Cinematographer Society awards to his name, Cameron’s keen eye for Cinematography and var
Drew Macdonald is a filmmaker whose work crosses over from narrative film and television to documentary. He’s repped by 3 Arts Management and Verve. In 2017, his short film, CREEPER, premiered at Sitges International Film Festival and went onto play over 20 other renowned festivals around the world. He’s also known for Associate Producing the Emmy-nominated and AACTA award winning feature documentary; Only The Dead, for H.B.O and he co-wrote and produced The Wanderers, for ABC Australia and Ovation Networks.
Directors David Sloan & Jordan Eakin comprise Sleakin — a hybrid handsome man, hideous ogre creative unit. This curious freak of nature is so enamored with the creative process that it does it for a living at an advertising agency in Durham, North Carolina. As an avid fan of film, and in sanctimonious pursuit of creative purity, Sleakin set out to create its own story using the knowledge and skills picked up on the sets of a couple dozen commercial projects including two Super Bowl spots. Their first short film — 'Meet You In The Parking Lot' — will have its world premiere at Screamfest this year.
Glenn Gers has been a screenwriter for over 20 years, with credits including FRACTURE, MAD MONEY and the the Emmy-winning Showtime Original Family Movie OFF SEASON. In 2000 he wrote, directed and edited an ultra-low-budget independent feature, THE ACCOUNTANT, which was an official selection of the Atlanta Film Festival, and won the Discovery Award/Grand Prize at the Rhode Island International Film Festival. His second ultra-low-budget indie feature as writer/director was DISFIGURED, the story an unexpected friendship between two women: one obese, the other anorexic. It was an official selection at six film festivals, winning the Grand Jury Prize at the deadCENTER Film Festival. DISFIGURED was nominated as “Best Picture - Mental Health” by the PRISM Awards, 
Sam Milman and Peter Vass are a comedy writing and directing duo also known as Bad Weather Films. Their short films on YouTube have amassed over 10 million views and include an array of comedy content starring some of the biggest digital talent on the Internet.
Born in Brisbane, Australia, Steve has had a long and successful career in Special Makeup FX. His company, Steve Boyle Studios has created the FX for films such as Daybreakers, Predestination, Jungle, Guardians Of The Tomb, and most recently Winchester. Steve has continued his love for Filmmaking by moving into writing and Directing. His previous film MULLET GUT premiered in Screamfest in 2013. AVULSION is his second short to screen at the festival and allows him to combine his love of writing, directing and Special FX. He is currently prepping his directorial debut, THE OPPRESSION.