 Please Love Me ForeverBEST SHORT 
Los Angeles Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 15, 2017 - 11:00pm Run Time: 26m Country: France Synopsis: In a surreal world, Lili, a 14-year-old albino, lives alone with her mother CLAUDIE (50) who over-protects her from the outside world. Obsessed with her own appearance; Claudie regularly replaces aging parts of her face, alone in her operating lab while Lili dreams of Lyesse, her 16 year-old handsome neighbor. Scared by so much love, Lyesse rejects Lili. Devastated, she decides to take his heart out to understand why he doesn't love her... Directed by: Holy Fatma Produced by: Mathilde Le Ricque Written by: Romain Compingt & Holy fatma Main Cast: Isabelle Carlean-Jones, Annick Christiaens, Carl Malapa, Corinne Valancogne, Kamel Abdelli About the Director
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 The Passenger Los Angeles Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 15, 2017 - 9:00pm Run Time: 11m 3s Country: Russia Synopsis: Cosmonaut Nikolay Valeryevich Basov, the hero of USSR, is trying to recover from the tragedy that darkened his life. He leads a reclusive way of life, isolating himself in his own apartment. Nikolay hardly perceives the world around him and is no longer able to treat life the same way he did before the accident - those fateful 36 hours left an indelible mark on his life after that forced landing in taiga.
Mysterious things begin to happen around Basov after a crucial event - people start disappearing. He suddenly realizes: getting rid of the enigmatic influence of Space will not come easy. Directed by: Egor Abramenko Produced by: Hype Production Executive Producer(s): Ilya Stewart, Murad Osmann, Igor Abramenko Written by: Roman Volobuev Main Cast: Artur Smolyaninov About the Director
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 Alfred J Hemlock No Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 15, 2017 - 9:00pm Run Time: 14m 8s Country: Australia Synopsis: When Emily’s boyfriend abandons her in the night, her only way home is through an alleyway where she is terrorised by the mysterious entity Alfred J Hemlock. After reaching the depths of her despair she finds the strength that she never suspected she had. Directed by: Edward Lyons Produced by: Melissa Lyons, Edward Lyons, Lucas Newton Executive Producer(s): Robert Raymond Written by: Edward Lyons, Melissa Lyons Main Cast: Tristan Mckinnon, Renaye Loryman, Christian Charisiou About the Director
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 What Metal Girls Are Into Los Angeles Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 15, 2017 - 9:00pm Run Time: 15m 30s Country: United States of America Synopsis: A darkly comedic thriller about three women going to a three day metal festival in the desert who find something disturbing in the freezer of their isolated vacation rental. Directed by: Laurel Vail Produced by: Laurel Vail Executive Producer(s): Julia Wolf Written by: Laurel Vail Main Cast: Laurel Vail, Chelsea Blechman, Kari Assad, Matt Mercer, Torrey Drake, Aaron Leddick About the Director
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 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. |
 The BoogeysDOUG JONES in attendance! US Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 15, 2017 - 9:00pm Run Time: 20m Country: Canada / USA Synopsis: On a future Earth transformed into a planetary ghetto by alien overlords, Dawkins, a cop-turned-pickpocket, tracks down a missing child about to be sold to the ‘Boogeys.’ The encounter will determine the child’s fate and his redemption. Directed by: Sanjay F. Sharma Produced by: Trip Hope, Sanjay F. Sharma, David Eberts, John Lipsz Executive Producer(s): Sanjay F. Sharma, Marc Côté, John Lipsz, David Eberts, Artashes Toumanov Written by: Sanjay F. Sharma Main Cast: Andrew Troy, Doug Jones, Douglas Tait, Ron Roggé, Trip Hope, Jordu Schell, Cathleen Mason, Tyler Johnson, Dustin Quick, Kyle Mason About the Director
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 Imposter Los Angeles Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 15, 2017 - 7:00pm Run Time: 13m 37s Country: Canada Synopsis: A teenager isolated on her family's maple farm investigates her mother's eerie behaviour following the unexplained disappearance of her father. Directed by: Adam Goldhammer Produced by: Natalie Novak & Julie Baldassi Written by: Molly McGlynn & Katie McMillan Main Cast: Abigail Winter & Philippa Domville About the Director
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 I Love Eva Marsh Los Angeles Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 15, 2017 - 7:00pm Run Time: 24m Country: France Synopsis: Summer 1996. A small town nestled in the shadow of a gigantic factory.
Ben, a shy eleven year old boy, lives there alone with his mom when she leaves him to strike. The coming of the troubling Eva in his bunch disturbs him a little bit more, especially when she mentions the legend of a mysterious creature hidden under a nearby lake’s pontoon. As a game, Eva challenges Ben : walk through the "pontoon of the death”, and come back. But Ben fails miserably.
At night, the Creature appears to him. Directed by: Remy Rondeau Produced by: Origine Films and Les films de Rita et Marcel Written by: Remy Rondeau and Myriam Dupuis Main Cast: Jaouen Gouevic, Elyne Craipeau, Morwenna Spagnol, Devi Couzigou ,Gwendal Micault,Joseph Martin, Derhen Têtu,Yaël Lacoua, Anouchka Csernakova About the Director
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 Real Gods Require Blood US Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 15, 2017 - 7:00pm Run Time: 19m 55s Country: United Kingdom Synopsis: Manchester 1990. Alice is new in town, alone and trying to kick an addiction. One hot summer’s afternoon she is roped into babysitting for her hysterical neighbour. Meeting the two children, Isaac and Suzanne, she learns about their mysterious uncles and a creature called Bells-a-bus that must be fed when the lights go out. As she struggles with withdrawal and is visited by unwelcome guests, Alice must decide whether to abandon her new wards or stay the night. Directed by: Moin Hussain Produced by: Michelle Stein Executive Producer(s): Paul Ashton, Alice Ramsey Written by: Tom Benn Main Cast: Anna Berentzen, Ivy Mattingly, Alkali Reid, Gillian Waugh About the Director
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 The Night Delivery No Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 15, 2017 - 7:00pm Run Time: 14m 44s Country: USA Synopsis: When grocery delivery employees Max, Bryce and Rich go on the last run of the day, their motives are anything but sincere. As they begin the theft at the Ramsey residence, they quickly discover an evil entity has already taken control of the home and its occupant. In a last ditch effort to escape, the co-workers find themselves hunted, unknowingly drawing the monster through past and present actions. With time running out and the body count rising, they are faced with one final choice. Will it be the right one? Directed by: Scott O'Hara Produced by: Ann Lommori, Kurtis Lee Hermes Executive Producer(s): Cindy Tseng, Bryan Bihari, Steve & Stacey Durant Written by: Scott O'Hara Main Cast: Maxwell Renner, Jordan Potch, Ross Murray, Berkeley Pickell, Sherman Koltz About the Director
After working several jobs devoid of film, Scott packed up and moved to Southern California to pursue his filmmaking career in Los Angeles. Once there he completed the Professional Program in Screenwriting at UCLA and currently freelances for production companies as a writer, director and editor. He is the foun...read more |
Holy Fatma is a humanoid life form based in Paris who directs surreal movies about real feelings. She studied cinema in Rome and surrealism in the winding avenues of Hollywood & her imagination. With a quick stop by CSU Monterey Bay. Her influences range from Tim Burton and Guillermo del Toro to Alejandro Jodorowsky, Terry Gilliam and David Lachapelle. She also looks to Frida Kahlo and Jean Pierre Jeunet for inspiration.
Egor Abramenko – film and commercial director working all over the world. In 2009 graduated from Russian State University of Cinematography named after S. Gerasimov. While studying directed a few short films, which were later awarded by international festivals. Since 2010 works in advertising and music video industry. 'THE PASSENGER' is a proof of concept short of the upcoming full-length feature film.
Edward started his career as an actor, graduating from the prestigious Victorian College of the Arts. He went on to obtain a degree in English from Sydney University and a Master of Media Arts and Production from the University of Technology, Sydney. His first short film, 'Can I Call You', premiered at the Academy Award ® Qualifying Chicago International Film Festival and was sold for distribution to ‘Fangoria’ magazine. He went on to write and direct the short films ‘Delusion’ (2012), ‘Thylacoleo’ (2013) and ‘Puncture’ (2013). At this time the Australian Writers’ Guild honoured him with an AWGIE nomination for his short screenplay ‘Drive-By’. His previous short film, ‘A Man On The Edge’ (2014), played in over 50 international film festivals, winning 
Laurel Vail hails from the 208*, went to college in Boston, and calls LA home. She's been acting for around 10 years and starred in 2 feature films so far: Leading Ladies and Delivery. This is her first crack at producing and directing her own material.
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.
Director Filmography: Sanjay F. Sharma - Director of THE BOOGEYS (short, 2017) and ARCANUM (feature, 2009)
Adam Goldhammer is a Toronto-based filmmaker whose work aims to explore the lives of marginalized protagonists struggling with their conception of reality. More recently, his short film Easy Girl played at Cannes 2016 as an Official Selection of the Coup de Cour program. Goldhammer’s additional credits include the short films Jesse, staring Degrassi’s Jake Epstein (finalist, CBC Short Film Face Off); 1-800- CHOICES; and Worst. Day. EVER., as well as the comedy web series Little Cat Version of Me, a semi-finalist in Los Angeles’ NexTV Web Series Competition.
After studying at ESRA (Ecole Supérieur de Réalisation Audiovisuelle) where he directed 3 short films that Rémy Rondeau began his work as a light electrician on feature films like "un poison violent" of Katell Quillévéré ( Cannes 2010) ; "La conquête" of Xavier Durringer ( Cannes 2011), and short films. At the same time, he wrote the screenplay for the feature film Dawn of the old Men, selected at the PITCH Festival of the Henry Langlois International Film Festival, for its original and unusual universe.
Moin Hussain is a London and Norfolk based director with a background in short films and music videos. After being selected by the Directors Guild of Great Britain to take part in a scheme for new talent, Moin’s first short film ‘Holy Thursday’ was funded by Creative England and went on to screen internationally. His latest short ‘Real Gods Require Blood’ premiered at Cannes film festival this year during Semaine de la Critique and had its UK bow at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Scott O'Hara was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area where he was introduced to filmmaking at a very young age. Shooting movies on his parent's 8mm camera, Scott developed a love for classic monster films and creature features, which broadened his understanding of what was possible in the world of cinema. In 2006 Scott received his B.A. in Political Science from St. Mary's College of California, which of course, he did not use.