 LIPS & TIPS
Los Angeles Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 6:00pm Run Time: 31:56 Country: Germany Synopsis: Melanie, a hard working stewardess, arrives late at night at her home airport. She only wants to go home and get some sleep. But someone is watching her. As she enters the parking garage someone is talking to her, but this person seems to have sinister plans for her. Melanie manages to escape the stranger. She arrives at her home but someone followed her or did she know this person? Will Melanie survive this night of terror and find out what is going on? Directed By: Christian Koch Produced By: Maximilian Kraus, Christian Koch, Ludwig Bachmann Executive Producer(s): Maximilian Kraus, Christian Koch Written By: Christian Koch Main Cast: Vivien König, Mike Müller  About the Director(s): "I was terrified when I saw John Carpenter's Halloween for the first time at the age of 6, but in hindsight I also saw the raw power of cinema for the first time." Christian Koch was born on the 24th of May in 1989 in a little village in East Germany. He soon discovered his love for stories and especially movies. He began filming skateboard videos with local skaters of his area. During his aprenticeship as an industrial mechanic he wrote and directed his film debut 'Cut Wide Open' , a horror ...read more   |
 Hold Your Breath No Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 3:00pm Run Time: 6min 58s Country: United States Synopsis: During a deadly home invasion, a terrified woman discovers she has an unexpected power. Directed By: Jeremy Shipp Produced By: Liz Shipp Executive Producer(s): Jeremy Shipp Written By: Jeremy Shipp Main Cast: Liz Shipp, Jeremy Shipp  About the Director(s): Jeremy Shipp has been writing professionally for 11 years. His writing credits include Nickelodeon’s 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, ABC’s The Family Tools (Kyle Bornheimer, J.K. Simmons), Dreamworks Animation/Netflix series Dinotrux and Disney Channel’s Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventures. Right now he’s working on a Disney show that hasn’t been announced yet. On the live action side, he has written a dark western that landed on the 2015 Black List (Crimson Trail). Jeremy was born in raised in ...read more  |
 Great is our Sin No Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 3:00pm Run Time: 17:54 Country: United States Synopsis: When a veteran detective finally catches the trail of a serial rapist who's been plaguing his town, he unwittingly leads the criminal to their last victim. Directed By: Austin Taylor Jacobs Produced By: Wilfredo Aqueron, Lamar Clark-Gainous, Jeff Rains Written By: Austin Taylor Jacobs Main Cast: Janice Fisher; Cliff Folds; Matthew Mattingly  About the Director(s): Born in Stuart, Florida in 1989, Austin Taylor Jacobs is a writer, director, and producer who grew up with a passion for films and storytelling. He now works in Orlando, Florida at Unity Films where he writes, directs, and produces short and feature-length films and episodic series. |
 Hypnagogia World Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 3:00pm Run Time: 11:42:00 Country: USA Synopsis: Jake has been suffering from terrifying nightmares, but it's ok, they're just dreams. Right? Directed By: Arvid Cristina Produced By: Freddy Mangia, Alexander A. Garcia, Pedro Lucero Executive Producer(s): Nancy Cristina Written By: Arvid Cristina Main Cast: Tevin Marbeth,
Sylvia Grace Crim  About the Director(s): Arvid Cristina was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and has lived all over the world. He has been a movie fan as far back as he can remember. Like so many before him he started making movies with the family video camera utilizing what he had around him. He has worked in film in various capacities throughout the years, while continuing to hone his skills as a director. In 2021 he started Psychoscope Studios to bring imaginative horror films to the rest of the world.  |
 The Man in the Shadows Showtime: Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 3:00pm Run Time: 7 Minutes Country: United States Synopsis: While waiting for her girlfriend to return home from work, a young woman begins noticing strange happenings around her apartment that lead her to believe that she may not be alone. Directed By: Tom Kircher Produced By: Tom Kircher, Aaron Kohn Written By: Tom Kircher Main Cast: Keight Leighn, Liesel Hanson, Benjamin Michael Marsh  About the Director(s): Tom Kircher discovered his love of horror and filmmaking after being terrified by the Wes Craven classic "A Nightmare on Elm Street" as a child. At the mere age of 11, his filmmaking journey began as he enrolled in extracurricular film classes and eventually went on to graduate with a BFA in film production from Chapman University in 2018. Over the years, Kircher's short horror films have screened and won awards at numerous festivals around the world including Screamfest, where he prem...read more |
 HIYA JANICE Showtime: Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 3:00pm Run Time: 7 minutes Country: United Kingdom Synopsis: Declan finds himself trapped in conversation with the same skin-crawling co-worker day-in day-out. But when he's faced with a true nightmare situation, he must choose between a fate worse than death...and a fate worse than death. Directed By: Rob Hayes Produced By: Rob Hayes Written By: Rob Hayes Main Cast: Jack Holden
Carla Mendonça  About the Director(s): Rob Hayes is a UK-based playwright and screenwriter. His credits include GRETEL & HANSEL (2020) and MONDAY (2021). HIYA JANICE is his directorial debut. |
 #NOFILTER Showtime: Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 3:00pm Run Time: 13:27 Country: USA Synopsis: Beth, an insecure twenty-something, becomes obsessed with an insidious filter, leaving her to question true beauty. It is a cautionary tale for all those obsessed by "likes," being flawless, and thinking that somehow social media is the magical cure-all for happiness. The film stars Kelly Lamor Wilson and Misha Osherovich from "Freaky" and was shot by Jason Banker, the DP of such genre festival darlings as "Toad Road" and "Felt." Directed By: Nathan Crooker Produced By: Nathan Crooker, Maya Korn, Alexis Winter Written By: Nathan Crooker Main Cast: Kelly Lamor Wilson, Misha Osherovich, Sam Bixby  About the Director(s): Crooker found his voice in narrative filmmaking through horror with his first short, "Playback" that went viral in just one day. Both "Playback" and “Midnight Delivery” have had wild success at many of the top film festivals around the world. Crooker is also an accomplished producer having recently created and produced the horror anthology “Isolation,” helming some of the genre’s most innovative directors such as Larry Fessenden, Dennie Gordon, and Bobby Roe. He also produced the horro...read more |
 The Lake Showtime: Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 3:00pm Run Time: 5:48 Country: USA Synopsis: When a young man takes his girlfriend out on the lake to propose, they are faced with the dark spirits beneath the surface. Directed By: Joey Greene Produced By: Joey Greene Written By: Joey Greene Main Cast: Gina Vitori,
Tommy Schneiders,
Sonny King  |
 One Night Showtime: Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 3:00pm Run Time: 11:14 Country: United States Synopsis: A woman's one-night stand becomes a fight for survival after discovering a monstrous presence lurking in the dark. Directed By: Jacob Ewing Produced By: Avai d'Amico Written By: Jacob Ewing Main Cast: Becky Jo Harris
Austin Buchanan
Nick Daniels  About the Director(s): Jacob Ewing is a writer and director from Tucson, Arizona. From a young age, he has been a devotee of cinema and consumed as many "Making Of" DVD documentaries as he could to learn more about the art of filmmaking. He is a lover of all genres but is particularly passionate about horror. In recent years, he has directed the award-winning short films NIGHTMARE and THE MAN WHO LOVED FLOWERS (based upon a short story by Stephen King) before unleashing his latest, ONE NIGHT. |
Hunger Showtime: Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 1:00pm Run Time: 15:00 min Country: Mexico Synopsis: A child is being tormented by a voracious well demanding food from him. But as he proves unable to satisfy its hunger, he drags himself to find another way of feeding it. Directed By: Carlos Melendez Produced By: Mar Mercado Executive Producer(s): Carlos Melendez, Mar Mercado, Arturo Chu, Marius Henry Hoyo Written By: Carlos Melendez Main Cast: Damian Rodriguez Martinez, Evan Zahid Parra Sanchez, Lilia Mendoza  About the Director(s): A graduate of NYFA Los Angeles in Directing, Editing and Scriptwriting, Carlos Melendez has directed nine short films, including Chalino Rivera (2008), Silver Star (2009), Beast (2010), Red Light (2011), The Host (2013), Clickbait (2018) all of which screened at many international film festivals. His first feature film, After School (2014), was also Carlos’s directorial debut in the USA, and won Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Feature Film awards at the Encuentro Mundial de Cine 20...read more |
