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Black Wedding

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US Premiere
Showtime: 
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 - 12:00am
Run Time: 
19m
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
A psychological horror about a doctor who cant bear to part with his patient, even after her death.
Directed by: 
Scott Peters
Produced by: 
Mimi Nguyen
Written by: 
Scott Peters
Main Cast: 
Wayne Thornton, Drago Sumonja, Loraynne Mathis

STATIC

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Thursday, October 17, 2019 - 5:15pm
Run Time: 
5:00
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
A business man under pressure working at home, finds himself facing a series of strange occurences while waiting for his wife to come home.
Directed by: 
Jackson Little
Produced by: 
AliReza Yahyaei
Executive Producer(s): 
Deven Nicotero
Written by: 
Jackson Little
Main Cast: 
Jason Richter, Bridget Hagerman
Jackson Little
About the Director(s): 

Jackson Little is a 17 year old from Calabasas. Jackson is currently a senior at Viewpoint high school and has won 20 film awards in the past 2 years. Jackson is very excited as he continues his journey in film making.

Glass Cabin

Screens with A Good Woman Is Hard To Find

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World Premiere
Showtime: 
Tuesday, October 15, 2019 - 2:00am
Run Time: 
14:39
Country: 
United States
Synopsis: 
At a tennis retreat in upstate New York, Scarlett meets with David, a helper of the house that she rented. Scarlett is alone, and her phone doesn't have any reception. When she gets reception, her calls are unanswered. When David says, he needs to stay at the glass cabin Scarlett realizes she doesn't have anyone else besides herself to deal with this unexpected situation.
Directed by: 
Can Turedi
Produced by: 
Luca Marovici
Executive Producer(s): 
Maya Korn
Written by: 
Can Turedi
Main Cast: 
Revell Carpenter, Davíð Már Stefánsson
Can Turedi
About the Director(s): 
Can Türedi was born in Fethiye, Turkey. Growing on the Mediterranean Coast of Turkey, he had a contemplative childhood. He studied Business Administration at Koc University in Turkey. In his college years, he started leaning towards cinematography, editing, video production, and photography. He directed music videos, short documentaries, and web commercials. His documentaries range from Istanbul's ghettos to Venice Beach's skateparks. Right now he is finishing Columbia University's MFA directing...read more

Leach

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US Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 13, 2019 - 1:00am
Run Time: 
8:44
Country: 
Australia
Synopsis: 
The foundations of reality peel away in a passing moment in the life of Annalise. Reflected in the glass and seeping out of the shadows, a figure follows, soaking up normality, not everything is as it seems.
Directed by: 
Rebecca Thompson
Produced by: 
Paige Gibson
Written by: 
Rebecca Thompson
Main Cast: 
Eleanor Webster & Marie Werrett
About the Director(s): 

Rebecca has an established reputation for crafting stirring thriller narratives and transforming them into ruminative, visually musing short films. After the success of her graduating short film "Requisiton", Rebecca moved onto her post-graduate project with a personal story that engages audiences and motivates reflection of the sufferings of our own. Rebecca was awarded the 2019 Medea Films "Recognition of Excellance" Award for her work on 'Leach'.

Ice Man

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World Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 12, 2019 - 6:30pm
Run Time: 
13:47
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
In a frozen, post-apocalyptic world, a man unwittingly rescues a woman from cannibals.
Directed by: 
Daniel Byers
Produced by: 
Tim Judd, Grace Merriman
Written by: 
Daniel Byers
Main Cast: 
Harry Aspinwall, Jayne McLendon, Christian Masters, Blake Merriman
About the Director(s): 

Daniel is a villainous knave who grew up in the jungles of Africa and the mountains of Nepal before attending Brown University and launching his New England-based film studio, Skyship Films. With a penchant for adventure and environmental action, he's tracked cartels along the rivers of Honduras, chased the elusive snow leopard through the mountains of Afghanistan, and rafted through the icebergs on unstable glacial lakes in the shadow of Everest. His documentary films have been featured at n...read more

Knock Knock

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World Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 12, 2019 - 6:30pm
Run Time: 
13:57
Country: 
United States
Synopsis: 
Sinia tries to help the kids next door, but when their mother becomes a true danger, she does nothing. Stricken by guilt, she decides to check on the kids, and what she discovers pushes her over the edge into a chilling reality.
Directed by: 
Kennikki Jones-Jones
Produced by: 
Yingli Cheng
Written by: 
Kennikki Jones-Jones
Main Cast: 
Shellita Boxie Avis-Marie Barnes Malachi Payne-Selmore
Kennikki Jones-Jones
About the Director(s): 

Kennikki Jones-Jones began as actress on the stages of Detroit. She recently graduated from Florida State University's College of Motion Picture Arts. During her time in school she co-founded Crabby Bull Productions. She has directed for both comedy, urban horror and drama for the stage and screen. Through her work she is determined to investigate the psychic energy, karma, and generational curses that break people into pain action. Though this lens she hopes to heal through horror.

Hand in Hand

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US Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 12, 2019 - 6:30pm
Run Time: 
3m 40s
Country: 
Switzerland
Synopsis: 
Only a formal handshake separates two politicians from a sealed contract. But as both stubbornly try to gain the upper hand within the gesture, their grim intransigence takes on a monstrous life of its own.
Directed by: 
Ennio Ruschetti
Produced by: 
Zürich university of the arts
Written by: 
Ennio Ruschetti
Main Cast: 
Jürg Plüss Jürg Bünzli Urs-Peter Wolters
Ennio Ruschetti
About the Director(s): 

Ennio was born 1994 in Mendrisio, Switzerland.
He is a Cofounder of the collective "das alte Lager", which works in Visual Effects, 3D-Animation, Colorgrading und Visuals.
Aside from his own projects he also works as a DoP, VFX-Artist and VFX-Supervisor in Zürich.
2019 he earned his Bachelor of Arts in Film at the Zürich university of arts. Hand in Hand is his thesis Film.

Progeny

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 12, 2019 - 6:30pm
Run Time: 
29:15
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
This is a world exactly like ours, except that the wealthy elites are aliens, living and working among us, but with one key difference: they reproduce by implanting their offspring in a human host who raises the alien child as his own. When a blue-collar man is forcibly implanted with his alien boss's parasitic offspring, he asks his wife to help him remove the parasite -- a dangerous and forbidden act that puts their marriage -- and their lives -- at risk.
Directed by: 
Justin Daering
Produced by: 
Gregory M. Schroeder
Written by: 
Kenda Greenwood Moran & Justin Daering
Main Cast: 
Chasen Tyler Bauer Wyni Landry Christian Dunlop Clayton Hoff Hans Christopher
About the Director(s): 

Justin is passionate about science fiction filmmaking. He believes sci-fi stories encourage us not only to empathize but also to be curious and wonder. Justin started directing when he was ten years old, borrowing a video camera and dressing up his basement to look like a mad scientist's laboratory. His continued interest in film led him to The University of Wisconsin where he received a BA in Cinema Studies. In 2009, his short film THE SHADOW OF THE NIGHT was featured in film festivals natio...read more

Unidentified

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 12, 2019 - 6:30pm
Run Time: 
6:04
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
When a passenger displays eccentric behavior on a plane, what's first assumed to be a hallucination reveals itself to be something beyond comprehension.
Directed by: 
Marc Van Holt
Produced by: 
Marc Van Holt
Executive Producer(s): 
Rachel Silveria
Written by: 
Clarissa Appelt
Main Cast: 
Ela Castillo Joseph Steven Jessica Troiani Dawn Matthews
Marc Van Holt
About the Director(s): 

Marc Van Holt is a visual storyteller based in Los Angeles, CA. He is an MFA student at the University of Southern California majoring in Film and Television Production with emphasis in Visual Effects. Marc is set to graduate in May 2021. During his first year at USC, he and some of his fellow Trojans created something memorable, exciting, and genuinely frightening called 'Unidentified'.

In Your Area

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World Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 12, 2019 - 6:30pm
Run Time: 
9m 44s
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
Sophie Pongrace 'swipes-right' looking for a real connection but encounters something else entirely. 'In Your Area' is a visual and atmospheric film set over the course of one date that explores dating-app culture, gender-dynamics, and ultimately the possibility (or lack there of) privacy in the digital age.
Directed by: 
Daniel Slottje
Produced by: 
Elliot Zarrabi, Jaclyn Noel, Michael Goitanich, Jessica Park
Written by: 
Daniel Slottje
Main Cast: 
Jessica Park, Hunter Canning, Daniel Slottje
Daniel Slottje
About the Director(s): 

Daniel Slottje is an award-winning writer and director from Upstate New York, currently enrolled in the graduate film program at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Slottje's screenplay, 'See Ya' was produced in Iceland and had its world premiere at Aspen Shortsfest in 2017 before later playing in film festivals around the world.

Slottje was the recipient of the Best New Director prize at the 6th Annual Columbia Gorge International Film Festival.

Slottje is a veg...read more