 Creeper
US Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 14, 2017 - 7:00pm Run Time: 11m 58s Country: Australia Synopsis: After a night out, a young woman is unknowingly followed into her home by her “ride-share” Driver – resulting in a dangerous game of cat and mouse that explores the lengths people will go to connect in the modern world. Directed by: Drew Macdonald Produced by: Chloe Hume Written by: Drew Macdonald Main Cast: Harry Piaggio, Melanie Zanetti About the Director
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 REDENCIÓN World Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 14, 2017 - 7:00pm Run Time: 13m 25s Country: SPAIN Synopsis: Mr. Ferre leads a life of pleasure and luxuries until the destination will make him known in an ancient and lavish mansion to an enigmatic butler, who keeps the most unconfessed of his secrets. Directed by: Luis Utges Produced by: Luis Utges Written by: Luis Utges Main Cast: Luis García y Juan Rueda About the Director
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 KEPT US Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 14, 2017 - 7:00pm Run Time: 18m Country: COLOMBIA Synopsis: Scientists have discovered a way to record dreams, and those with ulterior motives waste no time exploiting those whose dreams are the most powerful. Directed by: JAIME D. GONZÁLEZ Produced by: DIANA RAMOS
JUAN ESTEBAN CADAVID
ALEXIS DURAN Executive Producer(s): PAULA GIRALDO Written by: JAIME D. GONZÁLEZ Main Cast: JAIRO CAMARGO
MANUEL SARMIENTO About the Director
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 Quenottes (Pearlies)
Los Angeles Premiere Showtime: Thursday, October 27, 2016 - 2:00am Run Time: 12m 35s Country: Luxembourg/France Synopsis: Quenottes (Pearlies) is a story about a little mouse, but not just any mouse.
It is THE little mouse, or tooth fairy, of your childhood. The one that brought you your first coin in exchange for the tooth under your pillow.
In everybody's mind, the little mouse is a benevolent and generous character... What if it isn't ? What if it is actually a neurotic psychopath obsessing about its collection of dental trophies?
If a tooth is missing, it simply must be replaced. By any means necessary... Directed by: Pascal Thiebaux, Gil Pinheiro Produced by: Laurent Witz Written by: Pascal Thiebaux Main Cast: Lionel Abelanski, Mathieu Clement-Lescop, Frederique Bel About the Director
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 Little Boy Blue
No Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 23, 2016 - 11:00pm Run Time: 29m 50s Country: Australia Synopsis: On an isolated farm, a lonely girl must face a dark secret when she discovers a boy held captive in a neighbouring farm’s barn. Directed by: Nathan Keene Produced by: Will Faulkner & Joy Baines Executive Producer(s): Will Faulkner and Nathan Keene Written by: Will Faulkner & Nathan Keene Main Cast: Nina Louise, Jessica King, Harry Peek About the Director
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 The Sunken Convent
Los Angeles Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 23, 2016 - 11:00pm Run Time: 15 min Country: Denmark Synopsis: A man wakes up, he goes to work, he eats in, he does a bit of home surgery, he drives to the woods. Told without words and loosely inspired by the tale by Hans Christian Andersen, 'The Sunken Convent' is a grotesque and slightly surreal story of bad habits. Directed by: Michael Panduro Produced by: Jón Hammer Written by: Michael Panduro (inspired by 'The Sunken Convent' by Hans Christian Andersen) Main Cast: Claus Flygare, Camilla Wikke About the Director
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 No Caller I.D.
US Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 23, 2016 - 11:00pm Run Time: 8m 51s Country: New Zealand Synopsis: A young women receives a mysterious call in the night. After several strange occurrences she realises that she is not alone and that she may be in grave danger. Directed by: Guy Pigden Produced by: Harley Neville and Guy Pigden Written by: Guy Pigden Main Cast: Jocelyn Christian, Harley Neville, Guy Pigden About the Director
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 Feeding Time Los Angeles Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 23, 2016 - 11:00pm Run Time: 13m Country: USA Synopsis: When a young woman fills in for her friend on a babysitting job, she begins to suspect things are not as they seem. She's right. Directed by: Matt Mercer Produced by: Rachel Ferrell, Jose Luis Gonzalez, Matt Mercer Executive Producer(s): Jennifer Sluder, Kevin Sluder Written by: Matt Mercer Main Cast: Graham Skipper, Stacy Snyder, and Najarra Townsend About the Director
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 nsfw
No Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 23, 2016 - 11:00pm Run Time: 29m 55s Country: United Kingdom Synopsis: When a blogger pretends to be a child online, his attempts to uncover a predator lead to unexpected and horrific consequences in a nearby wood. Directed by: C. A. Wallace Produced by: Abi Atkinson Executive Producer(s): Simon Lewis Written by: C. A. Wallace Main Cast: Karl Davies is Daniel Greed
Danny Webb is Griffen Edwards About the Director
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 The Babysitter Murders
Los Angeles Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 23, 2016 - 9:00pm Run Time: 21m Country: USA Synopsis: A dark and stormy night. An innocent babysitter all alone. An escaped psychopath out for blood. You know how this story will play out… Or do you? Directed by: Ryan Spindell Produced by: Ben Hethcoat & T. Justin Ross Written by: Ryan Spindell Main Cast: Caitlin Custer & Ben Hethcoat About the Director
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Drew Macdonald is a Brisbane based filmmaker whose work crosses over from narrative film and television to documentary. He Produced The Wanderers; a documentary series for ABC & Ovation Networks which will air in 2017 and Associate Produced the AACTA award-winning and Emmy Nominated feature Documentary; Only The Dead.
Luis Utges was born in Madrid (Spain) in 1979 and studied at the prestigious school of Cinema of San Antonio de Los Baños (Cuba) where he studied screenplay and direction. He continued his studies at the Ecam School of Cinema of reference in Spain. During which he began to make his first short films. He collaborated on the web series: “Bloody justice”, as scriptwriter and cameraman, awarded in Baja and Miami webfest in 2014. Later he made his first foray into festivals with: “Mi Esencia”, a short film tribute to Alfred Hitchcock., in the Mombasa Gin Festival. “Redención” is second short film in competition in festivals, being Screamfest first world presentation.
Born in 1968, Pascal Thiebaux has worked in the animation world for almost 20 years as a Story-Boarder, Artistic Director and Director. He has worked on multiple animated TV series, in 2D and 3D. Pascal has been collaborating with Zeilt Productions for a long time and had the privilege to be the Artistic Director on "Mr Hublot", the Oscar Winning Animated Short in 2014. "Quenottes" (Pearlies) is his fifth Short as a Director.
Nathan Keene studied at Curtin University in Perth, Australia completing a Bachelor of Arts in Film and TV, with Honours in Screen Arts, in 2004. Since then he has written, directed and produced several multi-award-winning short films and a feature documentary. In 2009, Nathan directed Disarm, which won the 2010 Mardi Gras Film Festival’s My Queer Career award and went on to tour over 25 film festivals globally. After this success, Nathan created Story One with business partner Will Faulkner with the mission to connect, teach and change the world through sharing stories. Nathan relocated to Sydney in 2012 where he works as a Drama and English teacher. Little Boy Blue is Story One's most ambitious work yet.
Working out of Copenhagen, Denmark, with a background in commercials and music videos, Michael's most noticeable works are a string of music videos for bands like Napalm Death, Cephalic Carnage and Job For a Cowboy - some of which have pushed the boundaries of gore and good taste. He has won a number of awards, has been nominated for a Méliès d'Argent twice and screened at festivals like Raindance, CPH PIX, Imagine and Animafest Zagreb.
Guy Pigden is a Writer/Director/Editor currently in post-production on his second feature film Older which he wrote, starred in, directed and produced. He has just completed a new short horror film currently in festival's titled 'No Caller I.D.' As a digital content provider he has been creating web series, sketches and short films for over ten years through his Pigville Productions YouTube channel which has over 10 million views and 19,000 subscribers. His first feature film I Survived A Zombie Holocaust (funded by the NZFC), which he wrote and directed, enjoyed a successful festival run and premiered at three of the top ten horror festivals in the world. The film has received exceedingly positive reviews abroad and was included in the top ten genre films of 2014 by po
Matt works on independent genre films in myriad capacities. He's acted in many, such as THE MIND’S EYE, BEYOND THE GATES, BROWSE, PSYCHOPATHS, MADISON COUNTY, BAD BAD MEN, THE POISONING, FEW OPTIONS, and the Syfy original movies AGE OF TOMORROW, AIRPLANE VS. VOLCANO, and DAM SHARKS. As a filmmaker, he co-produced and starred in the horror feature CONTRACTED (IFC), a hit that garnered a sequel CONTRACTED: PHASE II (in which Matt returned in the lead role). He directed, edited, and produced the feature film dramedy YOU OR A LOVED ONE (acquired by Indiecan Entertainment), and recently directed the short films including TAIL, PLAY VIOLET FOR ME, and the just-completed FEEDING TIME. He resides in California and likes french fries too much.
C. A. Wallace (first name Cosmo, if you’re curious), used an insatiable passion for universal and transformative storytelling to take him from an art department runner to an award-winning writer and director. A recent Nicholls Fellowship Quarter-Finalist, Wallace has written six feature scripts and made 'nsfw' as a 'proof of concept' for his recent features script 'Cortex'. A true believer that art can work hand-in-hand with commerce, he has simultaneously directed more than 150 commercials over four continents for clients as diverse as Samsung, Adidas and Vauxhall (GMC), winning multiple Gold Awards for his work in advertising. Wallace credits his success to a combination of inventiveness and technical knowledge, as well as the willpower, work ethic and wiliness borne
Ryan Spindell was born in the wilderness of Maine and raised in the deep south of Florida, so if you have any questions about living in the sticks, he’s your man. An award-winning filmmaker, artist and graphic designer, Ryan’s short films Kirksdale, The Window and The Root Of The Problem have screened in over one hundred film festivals world-wide winning over a dozen awards including “Best Short Film” “Best Screenplay” and “Best In Fest.” Ryan's first feature film, The Mortuary Collection, is slated for production later this year.