Obstacle CorpseLos Angeles Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 17, 2021 - 2:15pm Run Time: 5m Country: USA Synopsis: Teammates struggle to compete in the deadliest race on earth. Directed by: Hope Madden Produced by: Hope Madden, George Wolf Written by: Hope Madden Main Cast: Cat McAlpine, Donovan Riley Wolfington About the Director(s): Hope is an award-winning journalist, film critic, blogger, novelist and screenwriter based in Columbus, OH. She directed two short films back to back in 2020, making the most of the restrictions in place due to the pandemic. She has a feature currently in production and has won national and international awards for two additional screenplays. |
La Ciguapa SiempreNo Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 17, 2021 - 2:15pm Run Time: 13m Country: United States Synopsis: Shy Milagro always knew she was adopted, but has just found out there is no record of her birth parents at all. To help her relax, Milagro's boyfriend Davis takes her on a camping trip, even though she has been wary of his loyalty. As the night progresses and the couple argues, somehow Milagro knows Davis has been cheating on her. Davis adamantly denies it, but a deep rage builds inside Milagro, transforming her into what she's always been meant to be: a ciguapa Directed by: Monica Moore - Suriyage Produced by: Chelsey Colosimo Written by: Monica Moore - Suriyage Main Cast: Cheyenne Washington
Michael Bonini
Jillian Kinsey
Lotus Lain About the Director(s): Monica Suriyage is a biracial, blasian, Afro Latina director and writer. Her first horror film “Black In Red Out” screened at over twenty film festivals and led to her being featured in the documentary “Horror Noire” about the history of black horror, alongside icons like Jordan Peele, Tony Todd and Rachel True. Her digital short form shows on Snapchat and Facebook, music videos and branded beauty campaigns have millions of views online. Monica has also recently joined Fatale Collective, a te...read more |
The Rickety ManNorth American Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 17, 2021 - 2:15pm Run Time: 15m Country: United States Synopsis: Edward, a distant widower discovering his children are grieving their mother's death in their own terrifying way, after having met a mysterious entity in the woods. Directed by: Cameron Gallagher Produced by: Zack Porlier, Cameron Gallagher, Jeremiah Lewis Executive Producer(s): Paul Grammatico, David Dammerman, Cameron Gallagher, Kurtis Martin, Linda Porlier Written by: Jeremiah Lewis Main Cast: Ava Torres
Russell Shealy
Wyatt Cary
Allison GiamBruno About the Director(s): Cameron was raised in Upstate New York, where his passion for filmmaking began with a VHS camcorder creating short skits with his brother, Grant. During Highschool and beyond, Cameron has made hundreds of skits, shorts, commercials, and wedding videos since then, including Crypt TV's "The Forgotten" & "The Alive" under his production company with producing partner Zack Porlier. The whole team coming together, helped Cameron step up for the biggest short to date, The Rickety Man. |
As Long As You Both Shall LiveLos Angeles Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 17, 2021 - 12:00pm Run Time: 14:31 Country: United States Synopsis: A recent widower attempts to make amends after the death of his wife. Directed by: Peter Macaluso Produced by: Peter Macaluso, Andrew Saunders Executive Producer(s): Andrew Saunders Written by: Peter Macaluso Main Cast: Andrew Saunders, Peter Xifo About the Director(s): Peter Macaluso founded Macarony Productions in 2005 and directed three no-budget features by the age of 23. He produced a 104 episode comedy webseries, Nepotism, from 2013-2015. His short, Lonely People, was selected as a Top 200 Finalist for HBO's Project Greenlight. He's passionate about Batman, Olympic wrestling, puppies, speaking in the third-person, and figuring out what makes a good horror movie. |
She and the DarknessLos Angeles Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 17, 2021 - 12:00pm Run Time: 13:10 Country: Spain Synopsis: A cleaner suffers a deep depression after the death of her daughter. On one of her night runs to fight insomnia, she feels someone is watching her from the darkness of an alley. Directed by: Daniel Romero Produced by: Rubin Stein and Daniel Romero Written by: Rubin Stein and Daniel Romero Main Cast: Beatriz Arjona, Claudia Placer and Paco Churruca About the Director(s): Daniel Romero (Madrid, 1983). In 2010 he directed the fantasy short film FEARFUL JOHN that was selected in more than a hundred national and international film festivals and pre-selected for that year Goyas awards. In 2013, he premiered the short movie DON’T LOOK THERE, a horror and haunted house story which successfully toured around more than 100 festivals in the world competing in Seattle International Film Festival –qualifying fest for the Oscar awards- and several European fantasti...read more |
CrossingWest Coast Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 17, 2021 - 12:00pm Run Time: 20.31 Country: Russia Synopsis: Desparate father who is struggling to find his daughter’s killer meeting a stranger asking for help at the river's bank. This encounter turns to be a fatal one for both men. Directed by: Ruslan Bosenko Produced by: Ruslan Bosenko Executive Producer(s): Evgeniy Bosenko Konstantin Loshatetskiy Irina Persikova Written by: Ruslan Bosenko Main Cast: Yuriy Loparev
Vitaly Khodin About the Director(s): Was born in Kaluga, Russia in 1983. In 1995 he shot his first short about animated toy cars’ crash. |
Deep TissueWorld Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 17, 2021 - 12:00pm Run Time: 10:02 Country: Indonesia/Bali Synopsis: Upset with his girlfriend, Adam finds himself avoiding her apology calls as he explores the nightlife of Bali. There's food, music, and a massage parlor that peaks his interest. Soon Adam finds himself trying something new as an alluring masseuse does her best to have him forget his troubles. Little does he know, something sinister is afoot. Directed by: Brian L. Tan "BLT" Produced by: Andrea Pasquettin, Juwita Rahayu, Lauren Gennawey, Miwa Maharani Executive Producer(s): Patrick Tashadian, Orlando Bassi Written by: Jonathan Hirsch Main Cast: Mike Lewis, Cynthia Regina A. Chung, Ayu Norma Ilahi About the Director(s): Brian L. Tan “BLT” started out as a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic kid who moved more times than he could remember. After living around the world and graduating from UCLA, he launched WRAPAL, the film industry’s first entertainment technology startup that connected filmmakers to film locations (think AirBnB for film). On top of his entrepreneurship, he has worked in Visual Effects on studio features such as Tron: Legacy, X-Men First Class, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and Jack the Giant ...read more |
CutLos Angeles Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 17, 2021 - 12:00pm Run Time: 6:37 Country: United States Synopsis: When she discovers something sinister on the set of a short film, an aspiring actress must fight back against a system that sees her as a disposable commodity. Directed by: Fred Sprinkle & Tyler Clair Smith Produced by: Fred Sprinkle and Tyler Clair Smith Executive Producer(s): Sick Twist Productions Written by: Tyler Clair Smith & Fred Sprinkle Main Cast: Elisheva Glaser
Elizabeth Saydah
Jeff Verge
Andre Sprinkle
Luke Stratte-McClure
Jordan Bigler
Whitney Worthen About the Director(s): Tyler Clair Smith is the co-writer and co-executive producer of the horror film The Incarnation starring Michael Madsen (Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill, The Hateful Eight) and Taye Diggs (All American, Rent.) Fred Sprinkle is an L.A. commercial director whose award-winning short films search for scraps of daylight in the darkest corners of American society. Together, Fred and Tyler helm Sick Twist Productions, an L.A.-based production house developing a slate of fast-paced genre films with an indi...read more |
ARE YOU IN HEAVENLos Angeles Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 17, 2021 - 12:00pm Run Time: 12m Country: Taiwan Synopsis: When our main protagonist is challenged to go against his principles - will he stand-up against the group, and fail the test? Or stay silent in the hope of success? Directed by: Adam Hayes,
Nick Hayes Produced by: Alexander King Chen,
Jason Xu Executive Producer(s): Alexander King Chen, Adam Hayes, Nick Hayes Written by: Adam Hayes, Nick Hayes, Alexander king Chen. Main Cast: Rhydian Vaughan,
Harry Chang,
Teresa Daley,
James Magnum,
Vlada Romy,
Martin Ferm,
Kenichi Huang,
Chris Heron,
Kasaini Culzac,
Chen Ci Ting,
Angel Ku,
Ling Lin About the Director(s): Adam and Nick Hayes are a filmmaking, storytelling, content creating duo. They direct and shoot commercials, multi-content campaigns and narrative based films. Both have over 20 years of experience in the creative industry. Their films have been screened at prestigious film festivals such as; Cannes, Sundance, LA Shorts, Discover, and the Berlin Commercial Festival. Their commercials have been screened during the NBA finals, the NFL Superbowl, and have graced the billboards of Times Sq...read more |
CARMENTISLos Angeles Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 17, 2021 - 12:00pm Run Time: 15 minutes Country: Australia Synopsis: Mac, a grief stricken miner, wakes to find himself injured on the desolate planet Carmentis. At odds with his own emotions and EVE, the AI that controls his space suit, he struggles to reach both physical and mental safety. Exacerbating the situation is an oncoming eclipse that threatens Mac’s life with freezing temperatures. Mac, pushed to the limit, must confront his personal grief in order to survive. Directed by: Antony Webb Produced by: Jaclyn Hewer Executive Producer(s): Walker Films Written by: Antony Webb Main Cast: Ben Mortley
Adriane Daff
Jo Morris About the Director(s): Carmentis is written and directed by talented filmmaker Antony Webb. Antony spent a decade of his career working in cinematography and editing before moving into writing and directing. He has worked on over 100 projects including short films, feature films, documentaries, web series, commercials, music videos and corporate videos. Antony has a solid history of industry support having won Young Filmmaker of the Year in 2009 as well as being selected for Screen Australia’s Springboard Initiativ...read more |