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3 Versos

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World Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 18, 2014 - 7:00pm
Run Time: 
13m
Country: 
Mexico
Synopsis: 

After a violent encounter with an abusive spirit, two sisters seek the help of a mysterious medium who guarantees that she can rid them of their problem.

Directed By: 
Antonio W. Yee
Produced By: 
Carlos Cordova and Damaris Rubio
Written By: 
Antonio W. Yee
Main Cast: 
Laura Mariscal, Dayhana Garcia, Daniela Lopez, Edvan Galvan, Cirilo Cortez, and Sergio Trasviña

About the Director

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Antonio Yee is an up and coming director/creative director for the film and theatre industries. At the age of 12 he began acting in haunted houses, quickly moving up to FX makeup, costuming, hairstyling, and eventually creative directing these attractions as well as other theatre and film productions. His background in theatre is a strong influence on his approach to film, and mu...read more

Silk

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Friday, October 17, 2014 - 4:30am
Run Time: 
14m
Country: 
United States
Synopsis: 
After acquiring a jar of rare silk from the vast desert expanse of Afghanistan, a CIA field operative is impregnated by the spider hiding inside.
Directed By: 
Rob Himebaugh
Produced By: 
Rob Himebaugh, Benjamin Pollack, Peter Rock
Written By: 
Rob Himebaugh
Main Cast: 
Elle Alexandra & Justin Beahm

About the Director

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Whether it's Bigfoot attacking summer camp, deformed freaks lurking in the attic, or a spider laying her eggs in a woman's vagina, award-winning director Rob Himebaugh has made a name for himself with provocative, high-concept horror shorts that cross-pollinate B-movie cliches and reaffirm the power of a simple story told well.

Besides writing and directing, Rob composes th...read more

Welcome To The Building

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Friday, October 17, 2014 - 4:30am
Run Time: 
21m
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 

WELCOME TO THE BUILDING explores an innocent crush and online infatuation that takes a dark and dangerous turn, after Clare moves next door to an unassuming and unstable neighbor. Inspired by classic thrillers, the film brings a contemporary approach to the genre, showing us just how vulnerable we are online, in our everyday lives and when those two worlds intersect. This shockingly realistic portrayal of an obsessive stalker will leave audiences fearing the digital devices that we have all come to rely on.

Directed By: 
Matt Tente
Produced By: 
Joseph Dolan
Written By: 
Matt Tente
Main Cast: 
Claire Scott, Alex Weed, Adam Hagenbuch, and Paul Sarnoff

About the Director

Matt Tente Matt is a graduate of Rhode Island College with degrees in film and communications. He has worked for several distinguished companies in the entertainment industry including Scott Rudin Productions, The Gotham Group and Landscape Entertainment. In addition, he has had the privilege of working for writer/director Scott Cooper (CRAZY HEART, OUT OF THE FURNACE, BLACK MASS).

Naked Zombie Girl

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Friday, October 17, 2014 - 4:30am
Run Time: 
28m
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
In "Naked Zombie Girl," two prostitutes and their friend, Tony, have just escaped a zombie attack in a 1971 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham. Unfortunately, Tony has been bitten and is about to turn into a zombie. That's all you really need to know other than star Meghan Chadeayne somehow loses her dress and goes on a maddening zombie-killing spree.
Directed By: 
Rickey Bird
Produced By: 
Rickey Bird and Nick Reisinger
Written By: 
Rickey Bird
Main Cast: 
Meghan Chadeayne, DT Carney

About the Director

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Rickey Bird is an eleven year veteran of independent film. In 2003 he co-founded Hectic Films Productions along side his childhood friend Jason Sanders. Rickey has worked on over 30 productions including feature films, short films, music videos, commercials and web series. Some of the features include Phase Two, The Lackey, Border Brothers, Home Free the Movie and The Deadlines. Rickey is a di...read more

Cold Feet

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Friday, October 17, 2014 - 4:30am
Run Time: 
13m
Country: 
Canada
Synopsis: 

A mop boy clashes with his superior after an unfortunate accident in this gory comedy.

Directed By: 
Daniel D'Alimonte
Produced By: 
Lyvia Cohen
Written By: 
John Titley, John Ainslie and Daniel D'Alimonte
Main Cast: 
Alan C. Peterson, Kristopher Turner and Claudio Masciulli

About the Director

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With over 50 festival screenings and 50,000 views online, Daniel D'Alimonte is an up and coming filmmaker with a penchant for genre storytelling. He's an alumni of Chapman University and the Canadian Film Centre where he directed two short films - The Haymaker, a festival favorite about boxing that's become a Vimeo Staff Pick - and - Cold Feet, his new mafia dark comedy. He's developing feature scripts for both...read more

Behind the Bush

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No Premiere
Showtime: 
Friday, October 17, 2014 - 4:30am
Run Time: 
12m 30s
Country: 
France
Synopsis: 

Humiliation and violence punctuate the life of this broken man. The silence is his refuge, the perversion his outlet...

Directed By: 
Yoann Luis
Produced By: 
Yoann Luis
Written By: 
Yoann Luis and Kevin Ballester
Main Cast: 
Rodolphe Paulet, Brice Fournier, and Brigitte Chambon

About the Director

Yoann Luis is a french filmmaker. He directed short film and music video. He is now working on the script of a horror feature film based on the short film Behind The Bush.

 

The Gas Man

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US Premiere
Showtime: 
Friday, October 17, 2014 - 4:30am
Run Time: 
13m 39s
Country: 
UK
Synopsis: 

A gas man makes a call to a woman who lives alone.

Directed By: 
Matt Palmer
Produced By: 
Anna Griffin & Alastair Clark
Written By: 
Matt Palmer
Main Cast: 
Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Glenn Doherty, and Conor McCarron

About the Director

TheGasMan_MattPalmer.jpg Matt Palmer is a filmmaker who lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. He has just completed his third short film, The Gas Man, made for Rankin’s Collabor8te scheme. His second short film Island, was made under the flagship Film4 / UK Film Council short film scheme Cinema Extreme – this and his first short, Daylight Hole, were both a success on the International Film Festival circuit. Island w...read more

The Visitant

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Thursday, October 16, 2014 - 4:30am
Run Time: 
7m
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 

A mother protects her children from a demon.

Directed By: 
Nick Peterson
Produced By: 
Nick Peterson, Jon Heder, and Alec Eskander
Written By: 
Nick Peterson
Main Cast: 
Amy Smart, Doug Jones, Ashleigh Buxton, Dee Bradley Baker (As Voice of the Demon), and Sibyl Gregory

About the Director

Nick Pick.jpg Nick Peterson (Director/Writer/Producer) graduated from the prestigious Experimental Animation program at The California Institute of the Arts (Calarts). Straight out of school Nick’s film “MuM” was accepted into the 2000 Sundance film festival and received numerous awards including a student Emmy. At that same time, he began working in the visual effects industry as a producer on high end national comm...read more

Intruders

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US Premiere
Showtime: 
Thursday, October 16, 2014 - 4:30am
Run Time: 
9m 34s
Country: 
Canada
Synopsis: 
In the aftermath of a deadly haunting in a small suburban home, a sinister omnipresent entity proceeds to cause havoc in the private lives of a young boy, an unsuspecting teen, and absent minded inspector.
Directed By: 
Santiago Menghini
Produced By: 
Katerine Lefrançois
Written By: 
Santiago Menghini
Main Cast: 
Alain Gendreau, Charles Sirard Blouin, Joshua Young, Sarianne Cormier, Tristan Gabriel Chaput,

About the Director

SantiagoPortrait-100.jpg Santiago Menghini is a director, cinematographer, visual effect artist, and co-founder of Nemesis Films. He is a South American native focusing in the art of cinematic storytelling. He has a film production B.A. from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Montreal and a post-secondary degree in Cinema, Video, & Communications from Dawson College. Santiago Menghini has been devel...read more

Monstro! (2014)

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Thursday, October 16, 2014 - 4:30am
Run Time: 
10m 24s
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
A rickety scientific expeditions searches the dark Amazon for a mythic creature... but the creature, it seems, has a less than mythic agenda!
Directed By: 
Christopher Romano
Produced By: 
Kim Davidson
Written By: 
Christopher Romano
Main Cast: 
Pili Montilla, Kevin Bertazzon, Jane Fujimoto, Alvaro Segura, Chris Romano

About the Director

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Christopher Dante Romano, b. 1968, USA.

Romano studied fine art (UCLA BA 1990; ArtCenter, Pasadena, MFA 1993). He's created visual effects and cgi animation for 20 years, with over 35 feature film credits and countless television commercials under his belt. His independent work has appeared on MTV, in theaters, Annecy, and many other festivals. He continues to live and work in Los...read more