 Dublika
World Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 15, 2017 - 9:00pm Run Time: 11m 23s Country: Sweden Synopsis: Terribly late, the prominent scientist leaves the laboratory. She's stressed and absent-minded when she arrives home. Her boyfriend has prepared a special dinner for them. He tries to cheer her up, but her mind is elsewhere. What happened in the lab? Her experiment will have unexpected consequences for her and her boyfriend. "Dublika" is a science-fiction thriller produced in Sweden, in the fictitious german language brzni. A scientist whose life is suddenly threatened, finds herself literally to be in the way of her own happiness. Directed by: Gustav F Andersson & Henric Wallmark Produced by: Henric Wallmark Written by: Gustav F Andersson & Henric Wallmark Main Cast: Suzanna Dilber
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Henric Wallmark, born 1982, is a Swedish artist and short film director, residing in Selånger. He received his BA in character animation from the Animation Workshop/VIA University, Denmark, in 2008. He has made over 50 short films and music videos.   |
 Ouroboros World Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 15, 2017 - 9:00pm Run Time: 4m 13s Country: Russia Synopsis: Someone is banging on the door. It's the least expected visitor. Directed by: Semyon Voinov Produced by: Erin Jones Written by: Semyon Voinov Main Cast: Tom Beedim About the Director
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 Crowded House (Casa Cheia) World Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 15, 2017 - 7:00pm Run Time: 14m 18s Country: Brazil Synopsis: Abandonment:
Action of leave something, a person, a role, a place: family abandonment, abandonment of post; desertion.
Forgetfulness, renunciation: self-abandonment. Directed by: Carlos Nigro Produced by: Nahsom Filmes, Sabiábaleia Filmes Executive Producer(s): Anny Fernandes, Leandro Siqueira Written by: Carlos Nigro Main Cast: Inês Maia, João Victor Morais Muniz About the Director
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 Hobby Shop World Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 15, 2017 - 1:00am Run Time: 8m Country: Australia Synopsis: After getting herself into a spot of trouble, young Sophia finds sanctuary in a mysterious Hobby Shop. Letting her curiosity get the better of her, she ventures through the store where she encounters a kind and frail man with a peculiar passion for marionettes. Following the man into the depths of his basement workshop, Sophia is confronted with not just the secrets of his craft, but also the tragedies of his past. She must make a desperate attempt to escape the horrors lurking in the basement before she earns a more permanent residency in Mr Hotchkins’s Hobby Shop. Directed by: Stephanie Liquorish & Isabel Stanfield Produced by: Isabel Stanfield & Ryan Greaves Written by: Stephanie Liquorish, Zac Loy and Jacob Irvine Main Cast: Milly Walton, Emily Gruhl & Hugh Parker About the Directors
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 Post Mortem Mary World Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 15, 2017 - 1:00am Run Time: 9m 59s Country: Australia Synopsis: A mother and a daughter who suffers from a crippling fear of death run a post-mortem photography business in 1840's Australia. They arrive to a small farmhouse to find devastated parents grieving over the death of their ten-year-old daughter. The mother and daughter photography team quickly get to work but when the mother is required to comfort the grieving parent, the frightened daughter is forced to work alone for the first time. As the young girl confronts her phobia she must do all she can to make the dead look alive… Directed by: Joshua Long Produced by: Daniel Schultz Written by: Joshua Long Main Cast: Stella Charrington & Melanie Zanetti About the Director
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 Laboratory Conditions World Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 15, 2017 - 1:00am Run Time: 16m 48s Country: USA Synopsis: A physician investigating a missing body disrupts an unlawful experiment. Directed by: Jocelyn Stamat Produced by: Joe Russell Written by: Terry Rossio Main Cast: Marisa Tomei, Minnie Driver, Paulo Costanzo, Lisa Renee, Robert Scheid, John Kearney, Casey Strand, Laura Maccabee, Gayla Goehl, Bob Bancroft, Jenny March, Samba Schutte About the Director
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 The Baby Whisperer World Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 15, 2017 - 1:00am Run Time: 16m 30s Country: Australia Synopsis: Two years after the death of her mother, ten-year-old Ruby still struggles with the loss, long after her father Aaron remarries Grace. With the arrival of newborn step-brother Archie pushing the family into a sleep deprivation limbo, Ruby’s behaviour becomes increasingly erratic. Withdrawing further into her world of fairy tales, Ruby's relationship with her beloved doll takes on a sinister dimension when she comes to believe she can be reunited with her dead mother. Out of desperation, Grace employs the assistance of a Baby Whisperer - Nina, a woman with a preternatural ability to sooth the sleepless Archie, and return some sanity to the family. But Nina's true motives become clearer as Ruby connects with her on a level of understanding deeper than anyone will suspect. Directed by: Sean Gilligan Produced by: Lucas Thyer, Caitlin Johnston, Sean Gilligan and Jeff W. Tseng Executive Producer(s): Nathaniel Eaton Written by: Sean Gilligan Main Cast: Milly Walton, Lauren Jackson, Flloyd Kennedy and Jason Klarwein About the Director
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 Apostles World Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 14, 2017 - 9:00pm Run Time: 13m 55s Country: Brazil Synopsis: Alone in his dark abode, a man with no head carefully prepares a large supper in front of a camera. Alert to the lunar calendar on his wall, he must find one last element to stage the gloomy picture he has in mind. Over the fireplace, he bears a strange collection: heads in jars named after the biblical apostles. But one is still missing; Judas. And to get it before the full moon rises, the man will have to do something unthinkable. Directed by: Marcos DeBrito Produced by: Adriano Lírio Executive Producer(s): Adriano Lírio, Marcos DeBrito, José Said de Brito Written by: Marcos DeBrito Main Cast: Gabriel Muglia as JUDAS, Marcelo Argenta as MATTHEW, Jesus Machanoscki as JESUS, Thaty Taranto as MARY MAGDALENE, Francisco Gaspar as JOHN About the Director(s): Marcos was born and raised in the island of Florianópolis, Brazil, but moved to São Paulo to study the art of movie making. He graduated in Cinema from FAAP College and has a production company with some of his friends from Film School. Since 2001 he's been making shorts. His feature length directorial debut was in 2015 with the slasher movie "Massacre County" (codirected with André de Campos Mello). Since 2012 he also became a published author and has 3 books on the shelves of every booksto...read more About the Director
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 Bloodyback World Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 14, 2017 - 9:00pm Run Time: 33m 3s Country: USA Synopsis: In the bloody heart of the French & Indian War, an undead plague strikes! Former enemies must join and fight to survive the horde. Directed by: Daniel Byers Produced by: Jim Dandee Written by: Daniel Byers Main Cast: Harry Aspinwall, Holly Schaff, Maija D'Amico Blomquist, Alexander Cooke, Steven O Broin About the Director
When not in the field, Daniel has a love for crafting dark fantasy films with his narrative film studio, Dark Tower films. This includes...read more |
 Mainline World Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 14, 2017 - 9:00pm Run Time: 10m 53s Country: USA Synopsis: Confined to his makeshift lab, a reclusive bioengineer must grapple with the gruesome and deadly consequences of his time-traveling serum. Directed by: Eric Kleifield Produced by: Eric Kleifield, Michael Rich Executive Producer(s): Kevin Sluder, Jennifer Sluder, Bruce Corwin Written by: Eric Kleifield Main Cast: Blaine Vedros, Chris Orlandi About the Director
During high school, Eric wrote, directed, and edited four short films, each in the horror/thriller genre. Eric’s college horror film DESCENSION premiered in November of 2014 at the International Student Film Festival- Hollywood. Since then, he has spent his time developing numerous horror and sci-fi projects, one of which evolved ...read more |
Gustav F Andersson, born 1988, is a Swedish journalist and comic book artist based in Stockholm. He works as a editor at the daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter and his comics has been published in magazines and books in Sweden and Norway. ”Dublika” is his debut as a director and screen writer.
Whilst studying a BA in Film and Screen Media at Griffith Film School, Isabel became the first student to have two graduate films selected to represent the university at Cannes Film Festival in 2015. Upon graduation, she has spent the last few years pursuing as many opportunities in the industry as possible, working freelance in both Brisbane and Sydney.
Joshua Long first became interested in film after watching Ray Harryhausen movies on repeat as a child. This developed into a love of exploitation cinema. He started making his own horror films, his first major short being the 30-minute backyard zombie epic AXED (2010). Joshua was extremely fortunate to have his script 'Post Mortem Mary' chosen to be funded by Screen Queensland and have it's world premiere at Screamfest. It is a dream come true as he is a massive horror nerd. 'Post Mortem Mary' is a love letter to the works of Lucio Fulci and Dario Argento.
Jocelyn Stamat, M.D. is currently adapting the LEAGUE OF LEGENDS online game as an animated series for Riot Games. She created the webseries TURBO DATES, featuring Whitney Cummings and Elisa Donovan, received her medical degree from the Duke University School of Medicine,is a member of the Writers Guild of America, West, also a graduate of Harvard University, and member of the Harvard Lampoon.
Sean is an award winning filmmaker whose body of work traverses music videos, film and documentary. He has directed more than 40 music videos for many of Australia’s most acclaimed musicians including Missy Higgins, Silverchair, The Sleepy Jackson, The Living End, Tim Finn, The Birds of Tokyo and Gin Wigmore. His feature documentary Fantome Island screened at The Brisbane International Film Festival, won Best Australian Film at the Human Rights Arts and Film Festival and recently received it’s first national broadcast on Australian television. Sean’s short films have won accolades and screened internationally. It’s his passion for storytelling, performance and fresh creative ideas that means the most to him and the challenge of how those muscles can be f
Marcos DeBrito is a well-known author and filmmaker in Brazil. “Massacre County” (2015) was his first feature after an awarded career in shorts. The movie had its theatrical release (after running festivals worldwide) and is being sold to several countries. The anthology film “Stranger Tales” (which Marcos participates with the short “Apostles”) is expected to debut later this year. His 4th novel will be published in early 2018 while the previous ones are in search of investors to become feature films or TV series.
Daniel is a villainous knave who grew up in the jungles of Africa and the mountains of Nepal before attending Brown University and launching his New England-based film studio, Skyship Films. With a penchant for adventure and environmental action, he's tracked cartels along the rivers of Honduras, chased the elusive snow leopard through the mountains of Afghanistan, and rafted through the icebergs on unstable glacial lakes in the shadow of Everest. His documentary films have been featured at numerous international festival screenings including the Banff Mountain Film Festival and International Wildlife Film Festival.
Eric earned his bachelors degree in Communications with a minor in film production at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2016. He held numerous development internships in the industry, having worked at Sony Pictures, Blumhouse Productions, Valhalla Entertainment, and Bona Fide Productions. Currently, Eric works as a creative coordinator at BH Tilt, a marketing and distribution division of Blumhouse Productions.