SHELLYWorld Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 12, 2019 - 11:00pm Run Time: 12m 38s Country: USA Synopsis: SHELLY is the story of a Halloween party gone very, very wrong... Directed by: Emmet Dotan Produced by: Emmet Dotan & Max Lakner Written by: Emmet Dotan & Zack Weiner Main Cast: Madison Hine, Zack Weiner, Gia Gonzales, Jonathan Fine About the Director(s): Emmet Dotan is a 23-year-old filmmaker and editor based in New York City. He graduated from Bard College in 2017 with a BA in Film History & Criticism, earning the school's film award for his thesis, |
Honour Thy MotherWorld Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 12, 2019 - 11:00pm Run Time: 17m Country: China/America Synopsis: Liz is homeless, living life adrift. In a moment of despair and loneliness, she returns home after many years to her God-fearing mother and discovers time has changed more than she ever could have imagined. Directed by: Yinghui Fu Produced by: Yinghui Fu and Kyle Baughman Written by: Yinghui Fu and Kyle Baughman Main Cast: Sarah Bentley, Julie Gibson Josephson, and Raluca Andreea Raduta About the Director(s): Yinghui Fu is a writer-director based in Shanghai, China. Yinghui earned her PhD in systems engineering before discovering her passion for filmmaking. Now, she explores diverse topics and genres through a distinctly humanistic point-of-view in her films. Her two latest narrative shorts, "Natalie" and "Honour Thy Mother", were shot in Prague, Czech Republic. Yinghui is currently developing her first feature. contact@honourthymother.com |
AmandineUS Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 12, 2019 - 11:00pm Run Time: 18m Country: Spain Synopsis: Amandine is a kind, extroverted Postdoc student who is living temporarily at a student residence. Oscar is the doctor who works at the infirmary, as well as her friend.
As the rest of the students leave the residence for the holidays, Amandine is forced to stay on a few more days to finish her Postdoc. Her relationship with Oscar intensifies.
When the day arrives for Amandine to leave, Oscar finds an unusual way for Amandine to stay with him, perhaps forever... Directed by: J.C. Mostaza Produced by: M. Prada, K. Prada, J. Prada, J.C. Mostaza, P. López Executive Producer(s): M. Prada, K. Prada, J. Prada, J.C. Mostaza, P. López Written by: J.C. Mostaza Main Cast: Mariam Hernández, Javier Pereira About the Director(s): J.C. Mostaza is a computer engineer and has a PhD in Audiovisual Communication. He began in the world of CGI and VFX, receiving more than 100 international awards for his short 3D animation films: Broken Wire (2006), Casitas (2008) and Down to the Wire (2016). He has been nominated for the Goya Awards, has won the Biznaga de Plata at the Malaga Festival, the Premio Feroz cinemaJove, and so on. He is currently a founding member of the production company The Cathedral Media Productions S.L. In ...read more |
The Crying BoyLos Angeles Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 12, 2019 - 11:00pm Run Time: 5 mins 27 secs Country: Italy Synopsis: Andrea visits deceased painter Arganti's house to investigate his cursed pantings of the crying kids, among them The Crying Boy. Directed by: T3 Produced by: T3 Executive Producer(s): T3 Written by: T3 Main Cast: Elena Cascino About the Director(s): Alessandro Antonaci was born and raised in Turin, Italy. In 2011 he attended a Practical Filmmaking course at Met Film School in London. In 2015 he directed and produced his first short film “Un Mostro Chiamato Ignoranza” . In 2016, his deep passion for horror films brought him to direct his first horror feature film “You Die - Get the app, then die", that won Best Cinematography at Screamfest in 2018. Stefano Mandalà was born and raised in Palermo, Italy. In 2010, he attended an Anima...read more |
#chadgetstheaxeWorld Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 12, 2019 - 11:00pm Run Time: 13:27 Country: USA Synopsis: Join top ten vlogger, Chad Ryan, as he live streams his visit to the William Burrows murder cabin! Directed by: Travis Bible Produced by: Mike Nicholas, Patrick Reardon Written by: Travis Bible Main Cast: Spencer H. Levin
Daniel L. Emmons About the Director(s): Travis Bible graduated from University of Texas in Austin with a degree in film. He currently lives in Los Angeles where he writes and directs. His last film, Exit Strategy, played at the Tribeca Film Festival and currently has over a million views online. He's currently developing a feature version of #chadgetstheaxe and brain storming other uses for the prop cadaver he purchased for the short. |
SunnyvaleWorld Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 12, 2019 - 11:00pm Run Time: 18:57 Country: United States Synopsis: Sunnyvale, a "happy healing home" uses cutting edge technology to free its patient's minds... But happy comes with a cost. Directed by: Richard Greenwood jr. Produced by: Richard Greenwood Jr & Collin Watts Executive Producer(s): Collin Watts Written by: Collin Watts Main Cast: Willam Knight as Vincent Deboli
Roy Abramson as FRED
Jenna Enns as Nurse Murray
Patrick Finerty as Dr. Werner
Dylan George as Chris Deboli
Richard Bradsher as The Executive About the Director(s): Richard (Rick) Greenwood Jr is a writer/director/producer who earned his MFA degree in filmmaking from the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles CA in December 2010. Rick was born and raised in upstate New York and came from a hard Rick's film have been official selections in over Fifty Festival earning more |
The ListeningLos Angeles Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 12, 2019 - 9:00pm Run Time: 4:05 Country: USA Synopsis: A group of friends on their way to a remote lake house come across a stranger with some important information. Directed by: Doug O. Perkins Produced by: Doug O. Perkins Written by: Doug O. Perkins Main Cast: Jeffrey Jensen - The Harbinger, Vincent Washington - Driver, Amanda Spinella - Passenger, Jillian Nelson - Drinker, Steve Trzaska - Back Passenger About the Director(s): Doug O. Perkins was born and raised in a city just north of Los Angeles called Kennewick, Washington. As a kid he spent every waking weekend at Crazy Mike's Video, eventually watching all the movies in the horror section. He went on to study Creative Writing and Broadcast Production at the Edward R. Murrow College of Communications at Washington State University. In 2002 Doug packed up his 1989 Toyota Camry LE and moved to Los Angeles, where he had an internship at "The Late Late Show with Cr...read more |
Bad HairLos Angeles Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 12, 2019 - 9:00pm Run Time: 15:00 Country: Estonia Synopsis: Insecure and balding LEO (35) has closed himself in his apartment to try hair growth liquid for fixing up his looks. The liquid causes a series of grotesque metamorphoses with his skin and hair and as Leo tries to get his bodily changes under control the evening quickly turns into chaos. Directed by: Oskar Lehemaa Produced by: Evelin Penttilä Written by: Oskar Lehemaa Main Cast: Sten Karpov About the Director(s): Growing up in a dull small town, watching action flicks and making silly short films was the perfect escape from reality. Today these passions have become a career, as Oskar infuses his works with a love for genre, from comedy to gory horror. Regardless of the project or genre, there seems to be a common thread – a pinch of humour is always added. |
DEAD PACKETLos Angeles Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 12, 2019 - 9:00pm Run Time: 12:20 Country: Hong Kong Synopsis: On the eve of his record breaking 444th on-screen death, veteran Hong Kong actor Richard, forsakes a long lasting Chinese superstition - challenging the Chinese demon 祟 (Sui) to come and devour his soul.
Starring Hong Kong legend Richard Ng, this film was shot over 2 days in Hong Kong. Directed by: simon yin Produced by: Simon Yin, Billy Cheon Yue Lau, Davina To Executive Producer(s): Simon Yin, Gary Lee Written by: simon yin Main Cast: Richard Ng, Adrian Dryden About the Director(s): Breaking his immigrant mother's heart, and in a reverse migration story, Simon moved to Hong Kong 10 years ago. Originally hailing from Atlanta, GA - Simon first started in front of the lens as a TV host for Turner Networks (The Movie Bowl) , and gradually shifted behind the camera by writing and directing sketch comedy shorts. In Hong Kong, Simon started his own production company and has served as producer and director for agency work, branded content, tv networks, and once even for a puppy...read more |
Murder BalladLos Angeles Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 12, 2019 - 9:00pm Run Time: 10m 36s Country: United States Synopsis: As an abused wife tends to the post-robbery wounds of her criminal ex-husband, they are visited by a mysterious — and malevolent — preacher. Directed by: Sergio Guerra Produced by: Sergio Guerra, Francesca DeLutis, Alison Pringle Written by: Sergio Guerra Main Cast: Hannah Reese, Daniel Van Thomas, Frantz G. Saint Louis Jr. About the Director(s): Sergio Guerra’s fondness for suspense and the unsettling formed at an early age, the end result of too many impressionable "Twilight Zone" marathons. A San Francisco native, the Latino filmmaker started making movies in high school using old family cameras, developing a particular affinity for the eerie graininess of Super 8. He honed his craft while attending New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. His original horror pilot, "Creature Comfort," was a winner in the ATX-Blacklist Scrip...read more |