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Hope

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 9:00pm
Run Time: 
20min 
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
Mr. Roth's past is something he's spent a lifetime trying to forget, and he now lives a quiet life in the city's nighttime streets. But when he's approached by Anne to help her find a little lost girl, he realizes that he'll be forced to return to the world he'd left behind. Together they descend into the depths, unsure of what they'll find.
Directed by: 
Ron Brinkman
Produced by: 
Cat Chapman Smith
Written by: 
Ron Brinkman
Main Cast: 
Dan Martin, Kathy Trageser, Anthony Cistaro, Chris Bonner
About the Director(s): 
Ron Brinkmann is known for his work on Speed (1994), In the Line of Fire (1993) and Contact (1997).

Ice Cold

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 9:00pm
Run Time: 
26m
Country: 
Canada
Synopsis: 
Two sisters venture through the Canadian wilderness on a trip to there fathers house. They encounter a strange women at a gas station. This begins the strange series of events that leads up to the revelation of one sisters dark family secret that leads to yet another shocking revelation in the end.
Directed by: 
Frédéric D'Amours
Produced by: 
Luke Belanger
Written by: 
Luke Belanger
Main Cast: 
Caroline Néron, Flint Eagle, Brigitte Paquette, Micheline Poitras
About the Director(s): 

Frédéric D'Amours is a director, known for Noémie: Le secret (2009), Les ex (2005) and Time of Death (2013).

Lyckantropen

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US Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 9:00pm
Run Time: 
28min 
Country: 
Sweden
Synopsis: 
In a quiet neighborhood of a small city, we find a family in turmoil as a man struggles for balance for himself and his family. Wrestling an inferno of emotions, he ventures deeply into himself finding the most primal of all truths: The beast within.
Directed by: 
Steve Ericsson
Produced by: 
Steve Ericsson, Stefan Ericsson
Written by: 
Mikke Schiren, Steve Ericsson
Main Cast: 
Josefin Adner, Julia Dehnischl,Felix Engstram, Elin Klinga

Cut

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 9:00pm
Run Time: 
21min 
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
An aspiring young horror film director gets the chance of a lifetime to have her favorite horror film director mentor her in the art. To her shock and surprise she learns that her idols horror films are real.
Directed by: 
Jeff Cooper
Produced by: 
Jeff Cooper
Written by: 
Jeff Cooper
Main Cast: 
Jack Betts, Lisa Dean Ryan
About the Director(s): 

Attended the Pasadena Art Center College of Design. Wrote and directed a short horror film Cut. Aired on the Sci-Fi Channel in 2000 on a special hosted by Wes Craven. Available on North American home video as well in the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands and Australia as a bonus feature with John Carpenter's Halloween IV, the Return of Michael Meyers. President and Owner of Cut Entertainment Group, a production company and sales agency in Los Angeles.

Run Monkey Run

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 8:00pm
Run Time: 
5min 
Country: 
UK
Synopsis: 
A monkey unjustly imprisoned awaits his execution. Desperate and hungry he makes a deal with the forces of darkness.
Directed by: 
Leo Nicholson
Produced by: 
Leo Nicholson
Written by: 
Leo Nicholson
Main Cast: 
Leo Nicholson
About the Director(s): 
Leo Nicholson is known for his work on Frankenweenie (2012), Run Monkey Run (2000) and Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009).

In The Vault

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 8:00pm
Run Time: 
6m 18s
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
An old cemetery grounds keeper learns respect for the dead after he is locked in the corpse vault overnight.
Directed by: 
Geoffrey Clark
Produced by: 
Geoffrey Clark
Written by: 
Geoffrey Clark
Main Cast: 
Geoffrey Clark

Dead Time Stories

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 8:00pm
Run Time: 
8m
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
A young girl plagued by nightmares and voices is forced to visit her neighbors who live in the “haunted house”, only to discover the truth behind the rumor.
Directed by: 
Michael Dougherty
Produced by: 
Breehn Burns (creator), Michael Dougherty (creator)
Written by: 
Michael Dougherty
Main Cast: 
Michael Dougherty
About the Director(s): 

Michael Dougherty (born October 28, 1974) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his work with Dan Harris on the scripts for Bryan Singer's films X2 (2003) and Superman Returns (2006), as well as writing and directing the cult horror film Trick 'r Treat (2007).[1] He also directed, co-wrote, and produced the Christmas horror-comedy Krampus (2015), and co-wrote and directed Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019).

Season's Greetings

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No Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 8:00pm
Run Time: 
4m
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
A young trouble-making trick or treater creates mischief on Halloween night.
Directed by: 
Michael Dougherty
Produced by: 
Michael Dougherty
Written by: 
Michael Dougherty
Main Cast: 
Michael Dougherty

Don’t' fuck with an old lady!

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 7:00pm
Run Time: 
6min 
Country: 
France
Synopsis: 
A couple of robbers hide out in a shabby hotel an impulsive old hag and a silly short man. They are not really a discrete couple but when the old hag asks kindly with a 357 that her partner in crime service her in bed, it is clear that the don't mess with the old hag.
Directed by: 
Abel Ferry
Produced by: 
Benoit Vautrin
Written by: 
Abel Ferry
Main Cast: 
Dominique Pinon, Josette Stein

Timmy's Wish

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 7:00pm
Run Time: 
10min 
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
A young boy named Timmy angry with his parents, makes a wish to Jesus Christ with surprising and unexpected results.
Directed by: 
Patrick Cannon
Produced by: 
Ryan Powers, Matthew McLaughlin
Written by: 
Tom Ballatore, Patrick Cannon, Amit Itelman
Main Cast: 
Darian Weiss, Patrick Cannon,Tom Ballatore Kathleen Macdonald
About the Director(s): 

Patrick Cannon is an actor and director, known for Timmy's Wish (2002), Evidence (2007) and Bleacher Boys (2009).