ShieldedNorth American Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 16, 2021 - 6:15pm Run Time: 21 mins Country: The Netherlands Synopsis: Amidst a worldwide pandemic, two young sisters are stuck in an isolated home. An odd man appears in a hazmat, claiming he can help.. Directed by: Jan Verdijk Produced by: Daniel Dow Written by: Jan Verdijk Main Cast: Nola Elvis Kemper
Femke de Booys
Ward Weemhoff About the Director(s): Jan Verdijk (1987) is a Dutch writer/director of psychological horror film. Jan made himself known with WILD (2018), winning the prestigious Méliès d’Or at Sitges Film Festival. A promising filmmaker on the rise who's talent for direction & world-building has been recognised by multiple Triple A festivals (A STRANGER FROM THE PAST (2020), VALT EEN MAN UIT DE LUCHT (2017). |
SmileLos Angeles Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 16, 2021 - 6:15pm Run Time: 6:35 Country: USA, CANADA Synopsis: When a young woman struggles to smile, her depression becomes something truly monstrous. Directed by: Joanna Tsanis Produced by: Zeus Kontoyannis, Adrian Bobb Written by: Joanna Tsanis Main Cast: Konstantina Mantelos (Anything for Jackson) as ANNA , Ashley Laurence (Hellraiser) as MOM (Voice), and Tyler Williams (Spare Parts) as MOROS. About the Director(s): Joanna Tsanis is an award-winning genre filmmaker whose films have screened at FANTASIA, FANTASTIC FEST, and SCREAMFEST. |
Rhyme or DieWorld Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 16, 2021 - 6:15pm Run Time: 10.52 Country: United Kingdom Synopsis: Five kidnapped strangers are forced to rhyme to their captor's funky beats - or die. Directed by: Max Lincoln Produced by: Rami Sarras Pantoja Executive Producer(s): Ed Sayers, Rebecca Wolff Written by: Alex Moran Main Cast: Bethan Cullinane, Olumide Olorunfemi, Victor Alli, Racheal Ofori, Mohammad Amiri, Samuel Blenkin About the Director(s): Max has a love of heightened narratives that led to his descent into horror. His non-horror shorts range from a 50s dystopian drama, a PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK infused revenge film and a twisted breakup drama about rising jealousy between a couple in the art world. His horror shorts began with two films created as part of the Straight 8 competition. One, a short about sacrificial sex set in the Sixties, and the other about murdering those who share your name for ultimate power. The latte...read more |
Pizza BoyWorld Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 16, 2021 - 6:15pm Run Time: 5:16 Country: United States Synopsis: An oblivious pizza delivery boy is unable to realize the world around him is slowly turning into a zombie apocalypse. Will he realize before it’s too late? Directed by: Paul Kruse Produced by: Paul Kruse, Logan Hall Written by: Paul Kruse Main Cast: Emilio Peña as Pizza Boy,
Anna Defendiefer as The Cashier,
Kyle Shaw as The Zombie,
Spencer Martinez as The Girlfriend About the Director(s): Though, Paul discovered a love for film from watching satirical movie reviews on Youtube. When Paul's friend told him about a screenwriting competition Paul wrote his first screenplay at 21 years old. Paul went on to win that screenwriting competition, had that film produced with the prize money, and had the film selected to premiere at Nickelodeon studios. Since that first script Paul has written, directed, and edited three short films. Paul's films have gotten better each time and he attrib...read more |
The LightWorld Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 16, 2021 - 4:15pm Run Time: 12:52 Country: Spain Synopsis: 19th century. In a small coastal village, Olalla and her family prepare for the night of “The Truce”. There is only one rule: no lights should stay on tonight. Olalla, unlike her parents, does not believe in superstitions. And she doesn’t think They are coming either… Directed by: Iago de Soto Produced by: Iago De Soto & Eye Slice Pictures Executive Producer(s): Iago de Soto, Helión Ramalho & Raúl Cerezo Written by: Rubén Sánchez Trigos Main Cast: Paula Gallego, Pablo Vázquez, Oti Manzano, Nico Ruiz About the Director(s): Iago de Soto (Barcelona, Spain, 1980). After finishing his film studies at ESCAC (Barcelona Film School), he directed short films “Corre” (2002) and “Corre 2” (2003). In 2008 released “Versus”, his first full length feature (produced by 24 Mentiras), an independent thriller premiered at Sitges International Film Festival which had a long haul in festivals around the world. Since then he has been working as advertising director, currently exclusively for Atresmedia. His short film “The Den” (2...read more |
ANGEL CITY HORRORWest Coast Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 16, 2021 - 4:15pm Run Time: 9m 9s Country: USA Synopsis: Los Angeles, 1951. Detectives George Hard and Glenn O'Brian investigate the disappearance of a mental patient from LA's most notorious insane asylum and discover something evil lurking inside. Directed by: Matthew McWilliams Produced by: Josh Murphy Written by: Matthew McWilliams Main Cast: Sarah Nicklin, Christopher Matthew Cook, Sadie Katz, Patrick Joseph Rieger, Caleb Harris About the Director(s): Matt is a Writer, Director and Producer raised in the midwest farmland of Credit River Township Minnesota. After finishing his film degree at the University of Arizona he spent time in Montana and Wyoming until moving to Los Angeles. For the last ten years he has been working in the entertainment industry in film, TV and commercials as an independent filmmaker and in the Art Department. He currently develops and Directs original content for MadWest Content and Palindrome LLC, creative ...read more |
LeaveWorkWorld Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 16, 2021 - 4:15pm Run Time: 5m 44s Country: SouthKorea Synopsis: Downtown in the evening. A man waiting to get off work. The taxi stops in front of him and is inertiaally boarding the taxi. driver talks to a man who looks tired. He answers in a straightforwardly. The taxi driver, who has met all sorts of people, starts talking about passengers he never forgets. Directed by: HyoLim Lee Produced by: DaeHwan Kim Written by: HyoLim Lee Main Cast: Taxi Driver : SangWook Kim
Passenger : JeongIl jeon About the Director(s): Director Lee HyoLim work experience |
ZTV Sympathy for the DevilLos Angeles Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 16, 2021 - 4:15pm Run Time: 22:43 Country: USA Synopsis: DOUGLAS SIKES, a convicted war criminal from the American Zombie War, runs a black-market trading ring from the bowels of a walled-in quarantine zone turned for-profit prison. He and the other prisoners live under the watchful eye of the ZTV broadcasting company, and at the whim of THE PREZERVE, a capital punishment reality game show that uses zombies, and horrific devices, to torture, infect, and execute prisoners and their families on prime time network television. PAUL, and his daughter, LILY, arrive at Doug’s home to find him grief-stricken and consumed with rage after his daughter Steffie’s gruesome episode has broadcast her terrible fate for all the world to see. Paul and Lily find themselves in the cross-fire as Doug readies to unleash bloody vengeance on the institution and the vengeful woman who has oppressed him. Directed by: Jason Ragosta Produced by: Marisa Garay Written by: Jason Ragosta Main Cast: Thomas Cokenias, Daniel Sullivan, Mitch Costanza, Cheyenne Costanza, Emilie Germain, MacCallister Byrd, Molly Raterman, Teresa Navarro, L. Jeffrey Moore, Colleen Carey About the Director(s): Jason Ragosta was born in Connecticut. He attended the Maryland Institute, College of Art and started working in stop motion animation at Wreckless Abandon Studios as a storyboard/concept artist and assistant cameraman, before moving to the West coast to work in film. Jason then went on to manage a sound stage at the Academy of Art, University in San Francisco for actress, Diane Baker (Marnie, Silence of the Lambs) before working for a year as a Production Assistant in the editorial producti...read more |
Demon JuiceWorld Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 16, 2021 - 4:15pm Run Time: 14:27 Country: USA Synopsis: A group of friends travel to a quaint vacation town for a weekend getaway, but discover a decades-old party drink that’s more dangerous than it seems. Directed by: Shannon Brown Produced by: Shannon Brown and Joshua Tolby Written by: Shannon Brown Main Cast: Allyn Pintal - Amy
Anastasia Washington - Nia
Annelise Dekker-Hernandez - Gigi
Maddy Wager - Debra
Joshua Tolby - Jordan
Alex Sobotowski - Demon Juice Hotline
Aaron Hertzog - Chad
Reed Brice - Brett Jones
Shannon Brown - Lillith
Johnny Berchtold - Pizza Delivery Guy About the Director(s): Shannon Brown is an LA-based writer and comedian, who began her career in sketch and improv comedy and has since branched out into writing and directing shorts. Her unique brand of dark comedy and a flair for the strange has been showcased in online publications such as Atlas Obscura, The Big Jewel, Ranker, Reductress, and Bustle. Most recently, her films were screened at the 15 Second Horror Fest, Salem Horror Fest, and Toronto Sketch Fest. |
AfterlifeLos Angeles Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 16, 2021 - 4:15pm Run Time: 14:43 Country: Ireland Synopsis: A dead man wakes to discover he's a vampire only to struggle to follow through with his dreams of escape. Directed by: Daniel Butler Produced by: Maggie Ryan Written by: Mike Heneghan Main Cast: Starring: Ray Scannell, Joanne Brennan, Ryan Corley, Pádraig O'Grady, Eamonn Ignatius Elliott, Adam Ó Murchú, Patricia Knight About the Director(s): Daniel is an Irish-speaking writer and director from the Donegal Gaeltacht who has won multiple awards for his films in both Irish and English including the Lumi Award at last year’s Belfast Film Festival and ‘Best New Director’ at the Kinsale Shark Awards 2019 for his music videos for Irish language rappers KNEECAP. Most recently he was nominated ‘Best Director’ at the Richard Harris International FF for the supernatural drama Afterlife and was winner the Comórtas Físín Irish-langu...read more |