Some of our staff and the She-Riffs of "That's What She RIFFED" managed to get out to this year's Walker Stalker Atlanta on Oct 18-20 where we had a booth to promote the 5th Anniversary of our film festival and the "TWSR" show as well. We hope that all of guests who came out to our booth enjoyed their experience and hope to see everyone at the next event as this is but the first event we will be at before our next festival!
Submissions open on November 15th through Film Freeway - https://filmfreeway.com/somethingwickedfilmfestival
And our next "TWSR" presentation is this November 16th @8P where our She-Riffs will be screening the infamous classic PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE! Get more info here - https://www.facebook.com/events/412680916076329/ and purchase your tickets now here - https://something-wicked-film-festival.ticketleap.com/thats-what-she-riffed-presents-plan-9-from-outer-space/?fbclid=IwAR19h1NNpRcveWUcS99SGiyc9Jp22qthXiyIdIRHSP2OAVvm7HtvdMQPmJ0
Sunday, November 3, 2019
SWFF is Back!
It’s time! Something
Wicked Film Festival is coming back in 2020 for our 5th Anniversary and
we’ve got a lot of great things in store for this very special year. In addition to the wonderful new poster from
our graphic designer Byron C. Erwin (who has designed all five of our festival posters)
we will be making a lot of changes for our event which will be August 7-9,
2020. We will be at a new venue for this
iteration of the festival. The 2020
festival will be held at the Infinite Energy Center where we will have three
screening rooms and one panel discussion room, so that means more films to be
screened!
We have also added Fan Films to our list of screening genres
so you film-makers out there with fan film shorts and web series please make
sure to submit those this year. These
fan films can be virtually of anything as long as it is a fan film of an
established property.
You’ll also see us at many different conventions this
year! We were just at Walker Stalker
Atlanta promoting both the film festival and our all-female live riffing show “That’s
What She RIFFED” (which is once a month and if you’ve not had a chance to see
this make sure to check that out as well).
We will have pictures from the event posted soon!
Submissions for the 2020 event start this November 15th
through Film Freeway (https://filmfreeway.com/somethingwickedfilmfestival)
and we look forward to seeing what you all have been working on the in the last
year!
For more info about “That’s What She RIFFED” visit us at https://www.facebook.com/thatswhatsheriffed/?modal=admin_todo_tour
#SomethingWickedFilmFestival
#SomethingWickedFF
#ThatsWhatSheRiffed
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
2019 AWARD WINNERS!
Here at Something Wicked Film Festival we have three
different types of awards to represent different ideas of what an “award
winning film” can be. Our film festival represents
the very best in student, amateur, semi-professional, and professional
film-makers. It is our idea that a film
festival should represent the growing talents and achievements of film-makers
from all disciplines especially the student and amateur as they are the ones
with the least amount of representation at film festivals. We also believe that the film festival is a
place where these young film-makers can see their work represented in front of
an audience and they can get feedback on their material. Without the added benefit of feedback and
networking (in any art form and not just film) we can’t grow and evolve as
artists.
So, with our film festival we have our Main Awards which are
chosen by our Festival Judge, Philip Wray, and his Jury Members (made up of
over ten people in the industry) who decide on the winners. Awards in this category include – Best Experimental
Short Film, Best Horror Short Film, Best Direction of a Feature Film, Best
Feature Film, Best Female Actor in a Short Film, etc. among many others. These are presented to the film-makers on
Sunday during the Awards Ceremony.
For our Festival Director Awards, my staff and I choose the
winners of some of the more “fun” categories such as Goriest Film, Scariest
Film, Scream Queen of the Year, and Bad Ass of the Year, among many
others. These are presented on Friday,
August 2nd throughout the day and given mention during my Opening
Night speech. These are especially
interesting because they acknowledge both shorts and features and allows some
films to be signaled out for a specifically great technical achievement of some
type.
Out last type of award is the Audience Choice Award which is
revealed one week after the film festival after all ballots have been collected
and tallied. These winners are chosen by
You, the Audience, so anyone can when these which makes them especially
interesting for film-makers.
Below is our list of 2019 Main Award and Festival Award
Winners (Audience Choice will be revealed later)! We congratulate all film-makers for a job well
done and we hope you all continue to grow as film-makers and that your films
have a successful festival run and we look forward to seeing what you come up
with next!
Special Thanks!
The 2019 Something Wicked Film Festival is over but there is
still so much that still needs to be said.
We would first like to thank all our Sponsors for contributing to the success
of our event because without them we would not have had an event. I would also like to thank our staff and
volunteers who helped make the experience for our visiting film-makers the best
that it could be.
Zacky the Zombie |
August 2-4 was a huge deal for everyone at SWFF as it marked
our fourth continuous year in operation and a shift in a lot of things behind
the scenes as we make preparations for next year’s fifth year anniversary. We had a lot of the same things that
film-makers had come accustomed to from previous years such as our panel
discussions, screenings mixed with both features and shorts, our very our “festival
posters” that were hung on walls and placed in frames throughout the venue, pictures
with our mascot Zacky the Zombie, and film-maker Q&As after the screenings,
among other things. We did bring back
our film-maker one-on-one interviews (which have subsequently become part of
our “An Interview With…” web series) and we gave out gift bags to all the
visiting film-makers.
One of the things we want to do for film-makers and audience
members is to bring them a weekend experience unlike what they might get at any
other film festival. Some of my staff are
film-makers whose films have been screened in various film festivals and they’ve
all been different types of experiences but the worst is an experience that leaves
you with nothing as a film-maker in terms of the appreciation of the screening
experience and/or extended education as a film-maker from networking
opportunities to seminars and panel discussions. The film festival experience can be pretty
hollow if you get nothing out of it.
Krissy Notes |
My staff and I want film-makers’ experience to be something
that they remember so that they continue to submit their films to us and come
to our event every year. For those that
are unfortunate to make it out, we want them to be able to see what an
experience they are missing so that they decide to make it out the following
year (whether they have a film screening or not).
Lynn Lowry |
This year I want to give a special thanks to accomplish
actors Lynn Lowry and Krissy Notes. Both
of these actors were part of our 2019 Georgia Spotlight program in which we
screened a curated selection on material from their career followed by a
Q&A with audience members. This is a
program we’ve done for all four years of our event highlighting the talents of Georgia
based film-makers. We think this sets us
apart from other film festivals as we make it a mandate to support our local
film artists. We are especially thankful
for Lynn for being our Opening Night Presentation on August 2nd
which we’ve never done with one of our Georgia Spotlights so this was
especially special for us.
Sonya Thompson |
We’d also like to give a special thanks to our 2019 Lifetime
Achievement Award recipient Sonya Thompson who was on hand August 2nd
to receive her award and present all weekend to meet and greet film-makers
throughout the event. She has worked
with numerous Georgia film-makers her entire career but may be best known to most audiences as one of
the most iconic zombies used in the marketing campaign for AMC’s The Walking
Dead since the very beginning (and continues to be used even today almost ten
years later). I’ve personally worked
with her numerous times but the reason we chose her as our Lifetime Achievement
Award recipient for this year is because of her reputation with Georgia
film-makers who place her on the top of their lists for influential and dependable
actors in the state. I’ve yet to
personally meet a film-maker who wouldn’t love to work with her or continue to
work with her.
"That's What She RIFFED" |
We’d also like to thank the hosts of the live improv comedy
show “That’s What She RIFFED” which gave a live presentation on Saturday,
August 3rd of the classic cult film Heavy Metal (1981), which none
of the cast members had seen before that night; it made for a very “special”
screening for audience members. They
also assisted with this year’s Awards Ceremony on Sunday, August 4th! Check out this All-Female hosted live riffing
show once a month (https://www.facebook.com/thatswhatsheriffed/)
and we were honored for their assistance this year.
And last, we would like to thank all the film-makers that
came out this year for the weekend event!
For without you to be on site to represent your films and watch all the
other films being screened we wouldn’t have an event. Year four may be at an end but our 5th
Year Anniversary is just around the corner and we hope to continue bringing film-makers
and audiences a great experience that they look forward to from year to year!
Thursday, August 1, 2019
Special Events This Weekend!
The Weekend there will be plenty of stuff to do at Something Wicked Film Festival whether you are watching films, listening in on Panel Discussions, or networking with other film-makers. We wanted to take the time to show you some of the amazing Special Events to look out for and to make sure you enjoy the weekend. Make sure to purchase your tickets today - https://filmfreeway.com/somethingwickedfilmfestival/tickets
Tuesday, July 9, 2019
WEEKEND SCHEDULE!
Here is the Weekend Schedule with all the SCreening Blocks! We hope to see you at the event and don't forget to purchase your tickets today - https://filmfreeway.com/somethingwickedfilmfestival/tickets
Monday, July 8, 2019
COMPLETE LIST OF FEATURES!
COMPLETE LIST OF FEATURES!
We are proud to present our complete list of Feature Films for this year's event! Make sure to come out and enjoy these amazing films August 2-4. Make sure to pick up your tickets now - https://filmfreeway.com/somethingwickedfilmfestival/tickets
FEATURES:
RUN TIME: 1:19:30
GENRE: HORROR
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 –
SCREENING ROOM #1 @10:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
'Camp Death III in 2D!' is a crude, corny &
Canadian comedy/horror 80's slasher parody of the 'Friday the 13th' series and
is proudly presented in two flat dimensions!
This $35,000 CDN opus has been described as
"the most horrible GOOD movie you'll ever see!"
Hogwash you say?
Just read some of the 100+ critic reviews below!
The film took over 4 years to complete and was
partially financed by the director walking for 24 hours straight with a coconut
chained to his waist. True story.
SPECIAL NOTES:
RUN TIME: 1:05:00
GENRE: ANIMATION/EXPERIMENTAL
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @10:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
This
is a movie about a society of clowns and monkeys and their day to day struggles
and frustrations. It's like Robert Altman directed an episode of The Banana
Splits.
RUN TIME: 1:18:00
GENRE: HORROR
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 –
SCREENING ROOM #1 @6:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
Cuentos
de la Bruja is the Spanish language version of the micro-budget horror
anthology movie made in the country of Peru. Directed and written for the
screen by Mike Lyddon, the film is based upon public domain 1950's pre-code
horror comic books similar to Tales from the Crypt.
The film stars Mayella Lloclla (Vidas paralelas, Dos besos: Troika) and Magally Rojas Aramburú (Mi amor, el Wachimán).
This film is brand new, finished as of Nov. 6, 2018.
The film stars Mayella Lloclla (Vidas paralelas, Dos besos: Troika) and Magally Rojas Aramburú (Mi amor, el Wachimán).
This film is brand new, finished as of Nov. 6, 2018.
SPECIAL NOTES:
STATUS: [GEORGIA PREMIERE]
RUN TIME: 1:30:05
GENRE: SCIENCE FICTION
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #1 @1:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
When
a WWIII defector and his dangerous clones plot global annihilation, an assassin
and a pacifist rebel must team up to take them down in this surreal sci-fi
thriller.
SPECIAL NOTES:
RUN TIME: 1:20:30
GENRE: ANIMATION
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @11:30AM
SYNOPSIS:
After
the city’s deadliest serial killer breaks out of jail, the aging Texas Ranger
that put him away comes out of retirement to stop the monster’s rampage, this
time for good. Violence and hilarity ensue as the city is thrown into chaos
with explosions, gun fights, car chases, and more!
SPECIAL NOTES:
RUN TIME:
GENRE: HORROR
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 – SCREENING ROOM #1 @2:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
RUN TIME: 0:50:00
GENRE: ANIMATION
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @2:45PM
SYNOPSIS:
When
Horatio finds out his crush has a boyfriend in the army, he enlists-- so he can
kill him. Based on "The Spanish Tragedy" by Thomas Kyd, this film is
made entirely out of cardboard.
SPECIAL NOTES:
RUN TIME: 0:51:37
GENRE: HORROR
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @4:15PM
SYNOPSIS:
When
Mira starts to take care of an eccentric old woman, her world is turned upside
down. While being menaced by a sinister entity, Mira must unravel the mystery
of a family's dark history while fighting for her life and sanity. Slumber
Still: Out of Light is the next frightening, Sleep Paralysis thriller in the
Slumber series from Echo Light Productions.
SPECIAL NOTES:
RUN TIME: 1:31:42
GENRE: ANIMATION
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @6:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
Port
Harry. 1958. A sleepy little fishing town with a population of 1,000. Home to
good, wholesome hardworking Americans with good, wholesome kids. But when a
freak natural phenomenon results in strange sightings, odd deaths, and
unexplained disappearances, that sleepy little fishing town is woken up. Now,
Dr. Dana Stanley, a scientist from the big city, partnered with local Sheriff,
Jack Dohickey, is on the case with the military at the ready to scratch their
trigger fingers. Their only lead? A teenaged girl named Bonnie Corman. A high
school senior who so far is the only living person to make contact with, and
survive an attack by the strangest and most destructive force the world has
ever known. Together, with a little luck, or maybe a lot of luck, they'll have
a chance to defeat The Snot That Ate Port Harry.
SPECIAL NOTES:
COMPLETE LIST OF ALL THE SHORT FILMS SCREENING!
RUN TIME: 0:17:30
GENRE: HORROR
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 – SCREENING
ROOM #1 @12:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
After a
break-up Chelsea decides to start over in a new house. Longing for quiet and
solitude, she soon realizes she will get neither here.
SPECIAL NOTES:
STATUS: [GEORGIA
FESTIVAL PREMIERE]
RUN TIME: 0:06:19
GENRE: SCIENCE FICTION
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 – SCREENING
ROOM #2 @12:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
An
engineer creates the perfect companion but a single decision threatens to ruin
everything she has built. This is the 3rd music video from award-winning
composer David Rosen's 3rd album Head Like Fire. It is based off an idea David
Rosen had while making the song and was produced by Outtatime Films and
directed by Ben Yonker.
Special Thanks to
Nine Irish Brothers
SPECIAL NOTES:
STATUS: [GEORGIA
PREMIERE]
RUN TIME: 0:19:24
GENRE: FOREIGN/INTERNATIONAL
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 – SCREENING
ROOM #2 @8:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
Captivated...,
Alone... a young woman finds herself in a cold cellar room without any
recollection how she got there. Two men alone with her. Both captors try
everything to get information from her. Are these men her kidnappers or is
there any other reason why she is held captive? (What does she know?)
BETA
is an Action Shortfilm with a strong female protagonist created by Annika
Kähler and Kai Erfurt. A no Budget Project supported by many german filmmakers.
SPECIAL NOTES:
TITLE:
BITCH, POPCORN & BLOOD
RUN TIME: 0:15:59
GENRE: HORROR
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 –
SCREENING ROOM #1 @12P
SYNOPSIS:
At Salt’ n Sugar, a popcorn bar in the middle of
nowhere, LILY a bored waitress, is going to turn her life around when two fishy
strangers show up in the bar.
A mix of onirism, violence and dark humor, Bitch, Popcorn &
Blood is simply the weapon that everyone has dreamt of being one day.
SPECIAL NOTES:
STATUS: [GEORGIA PREMIERE]
RUN TIME: 0:44:22
GENRE: FANTASY
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @2:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
A
mysterious drifter with explainable abilities, befriends simone Summerton a
Young nurse who witness' a supernatural event. together the two travel space
and time facing off against strange and
malevolent beings.
SPECIAL NOTES:
STATUS: [GEORGIA PREMIERE]
RUN TIME: 0:08:06
GENRE: EXPERIMENTAL/AVANT GARDE
SCREENING TIME: AUGUST 4 – SCREENING
ROOM #1 @11:30AM
SYNOPSIS:
"He said that he would dance with me if I
brought him red roses,' 'but in all my garden there is no red rose.'
Bride at The Nightingale, Rose will be ready for any
sacrifice to dance with Bluebeard ...
(Freely adapted from the tale: The Nightingale and The Rose by
Oscar Wilde)
SPECIAL NOTES:
RUN TIME: 0:15:00
GENRE: HORROR
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 –
SCREENING ROOM #1 @4:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
A
traumatic event forces a recovering addict to face her demons, without her
worried fiancé uncovering the truth. Over the course of a rough night, Devi, 7
years sober, must make a difficult choice between WHO she loves and WHAT she
loves.
SPECIAL NOTES:
TITLE:
BUNKER
STATUS: [WORLD PREMIERE]
RUN TIME: 0:11:48
GENRE: SCIENCE FICTION
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #1 @3:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
A
soldier wakes up with amnesia in a sealed military bunker unsure of where he is
or how he got there. A video and a mouse provide helpful clues, but it quickly
becomes a race against time to escape before running out of oxygen.
SPECIAL NOTES:
RUN TIME: 0:10:52
GENRE: FANTASY
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #1 @4:30PM
SYNOPSIS:
Sebastián is a retired superhero who lives alone in a small flat. He leads a quiet life and it's ages since he last used his superpowers, but an unexpected visit puts his world at risk and he Will forced to defend it.
Sebastián is a retired superhero who lives alone in a small flat. He leads a quiet life and it's ages since he last used his superpowers, but an unexpected visit puts his world at risk and he Will forced to defend it.
STATUS: [GEORGIA PREMIERE]
RUN TIME: 0:15:47
GENRE: SCIENCE FICTION
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #1 @3:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
CATATONIA
is a Short Film about a psychologist (Dr. Parker) who attempts to help a
patient using an unconventional approach.
SPECIAL NOTES:
RUN TIME: 0:09:57
GENRE: SCIENCE FICTION
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #1 @3:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
In a
severely overpopulated world, a father and son have ten minutes to decide who
lives and who dies between them.
SPECIAL NOTES:
RUN TIME: 0:26:41
GENRE: HORROR
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 –
SCREENING ROOM #1 @4:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
When
a man named Andrew goes to sleep, a portal opens between our dimension and
another one that's deep, dark, and filled to the brim with monsters. Andrew
becomes the Conduit for these creatures and will use everything in his power to
stop them from crossing the void.
SPECIAL NOTES:
STATUS: [GEORGIA PREMIERE]
RUN TIME: 0:18:00
GENRE: HORROR
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 –
SCREENING ROOM #1 @12:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
A cat
and mouse game ensues when a man faces his greatest enemy: A Cigarette.
SPECIAL NOTES:
RUN TIME: 0:38:15
GENRE: ANIMATION
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @2:45PM
SYNOPSIS:
Charlie Shoemaker is a strange guy:
whenever he looks in the mirror, his face deformes.
whenever he looks in the mirror, his face deformes.
No wonder, you see Charlie believes that at the age
of nine, he was abducted by the Mindbending Cradle Snatchers of Planet Nibiru.
And Charlie hears voices that he considers to be the
thoughts of his fellow men.
He warns everyone who doesn´t want to hear it about
the gigantic insectoid extraterrestrials that he now sees sneaking around
everywhere.
THEY are going to take over the world says Charlie …
and while he says so,
he starts to arm himself.
he starts to arm himself.
Now Charlie is ready: he just doesn’t know what for …
SPECIAL NOTES:
Website: http://fuckedupatalltimes.com/
STATUS: [WORLD PREMIERE]
RUN TIME: 0:27:27
RUN TIME: 0:27:27
GENRE: HORROR
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 - SCREENING ROOM #2
SYNOPSIS:
After attending a
strange ceremony in the woods, a woman becomes possessed by a demonic force.
Starring Joshua Haire,
Whitney Sullins, Betsy Mitchell, Dave R. Watkins with Rusty Smith and Patrick
Lemon
RUN TIME: 0:15:35
GENRE: HORROR
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 –
SCREENING ROOM #1 @12:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
AUDREY, a young Hispanic woman living in what's left
of the American south, spends every day of her life fighting for her family.
Her sister, LEAH, is now only a remnant of what she used to be, and her
grandmother, SOPHIA, wants nothing more than for her granddaughter to move on
and try to have a better life.
But, Audrey can't and won't imagine any other life
for herself. She is focused solely on caring for the only people she has left
in the world, whether it's by hunting for food, hauling water, chopping wood --
or making difficult decisions.
In the end, Audrey is left with only one option to truly care
for her family -- and she has to take it.
SPECIAL NOTES:
STATUS: [GEORGIA PREMIERE]
RUN TIME: 0:06:06
GENRE: SCIENCE FICTION
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @12:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
In
the near future, everyone sees the city through their own set of augmented
reality contact lenses. Through these digital screens, it is possible for them
to curate their experience of the world, - just like an online network bubble
that has become part of the physical world. Here a young Persian refugee
arrives at the border of Los Angeles and is given a mandatory set of
government-issued immigrant transition AR lenses. Shut out of other people’s
reality she slowly descends into a new form of digital alienation.
SPECIAL NOTES:
STATUS: [GEORGIA PREMIERE]
RUN TIME: 0:07:12
GENRE: HORROR
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @1:15PM
SYNOPSIS:
Things
take a turn when Tyler orders a pizza.
RUN TIME: 0:06:20
GENRE: HORROR
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 –
SCREENING ROOM #1 @4:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
After taking advantage of a drunk woman, a man finds himself being stalked by a mysterious creature that won't let him leave her house.
After taking advantage of a drunk woman, a man finds himself being stalked by a mysterious creature that won't let him leave her house.
RUN TIME: 0:12:24
GENRE: SCIENCE FICTION
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #1 @3:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
An exiled, junior reporter investigates the disappearance of a classmate after a supernatural venom is re-birthed within his town.
An exiled, junior reporter investigates the disappearance of a classmate after a supernatural venom is re-birthed within his town.
SPECIAL NOTES:
RUN TIME: 0:26:36
GENRE: SCIENCE FICTION
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @12:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
It’s
2075 and the Anti-Aging Revolution is finally over, thanks to a deadly disease
that has wiped out half the world’s population. Instead of survival of the
fittest, only the wealthy can afford the expensive drugs and cyber parts
necessary to prolong life and remain immune from the disease. When research
scientists Eli and X are kidnapped and forced to work at a sinister
pharmaceutical company, they find themselves in a race against time to
formulate a cure or be killed. Realizing their captors, The White Coats, have
no intention of saving the rest of the world, Eli and X must rely on their own
intelligence, artificial intelligence, and a little help from their friends to
see if their efforts will be enough to save mankind.
RUN TIME: 0:17:14
GENRE: HORROR
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @1:15PM
SYNOPSIS:
"Escape
Room" is an award winning film (best screenplay, best editing, nominated
for best film, best music score and best acting) about a brilliant student who
is bullied in high school and suffers from OCD reluctantly joins her popular
friends at a horror-themed Escape Room game. When the group realizes that a
revenge-seeking Game Master has set them up in a custom-made deadly trap, the
five teenagers start turning on each other. They have to join forces in order
to get out of the room alive. The theme involves love, trust, teen issues and
the importance of friendship. It is our hope to inspire audiences to pursue the
idea of standing up for one another when confronted with adversities caused by
a valued one.
SPECIAL NOTES:
RUN TIME: 0:03:50
GENRE: ANIMATION
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @11:30AM
SYNOPSIS: A stop-motion film about a man’s endless hunt for elusive
energy sources in a decaying world.
RUN TIME: 0:02:49
GENRE: ANIMATION
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @11:30AM
SYNOPSIS:
The
year is 1993 and Big City's hardest working cop, Detective Hank Jenkins, is hot
on the trail of a notorious street criminal. The situation takes a turn for the
worse when the high-stakes arrest is interrupted by John Nader, a clumsy
Traffic Officer.
TITLE:
FACE SWAP
RUN TIME: 0:05:01
GENRE:
SCIENCE FICTION
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #1 @3:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
Featuring two internationally recognized A-list
movie stars, FACE SWAP
makes first-of-its-kind use of controversial machine-learning algorithms to
deliver a cautionary tale about where our society is headed.
A guy convinces his wife to try out a new A.I. technology to
spice up their sex life, but he ends up getting a bit more spice than he
bargained for.
SPECIAL NOTES:
TITLE:
FEMINIZE ME
RUN TIME: 0:04:15
GENRE: EXPERIMENTAL/AVANT GARDE
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #1 @11:30AM
SYNOPSIS:
A
vivid dream of trans-feminine sexuality bleeds into reality.
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STATUS: [GEORGIA PREMIERE]
RUN TIME: 0:14:45
GENRE: ANIMATION
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 –
SCREENING ROOM #1 @10:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
Bloodied,
bruised and left for dead a man will stop at nothing to exact gruesome revenge
on those who wronged him. Aggressive, raw and unrelenting FILTH establishes a
new high water mark from director Adam Ciolfi.
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*Not Suitable for Young Audiences Due to
Extreme Violence & Gore.
RUN TIME: 0:25:25
GENRE: HORROR
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #1 @4:30PM
SYNOPSIS:
"Finley"
is a cheerfully energetic horror short following the shenanigans of a wooden
puppet as he tries to kill a group of college kids who have moved into his
house.
SPECIAL NOTES:
STATUS: [GEORGIA PREMIERE]
RUN TIME: 0:06:00
GENRE: FOREIGN/INTERNATIONAL (HORROR)
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @8:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
Mark and Jenny agree to take part in a mysterious
experiment for money. Things get exceptionally messy.
Based on the short story by Josh Saltzman:
https://www.wattpad.com/86624898-strange-yarns-five-course-meal
https://www.wattpad.com/86624898-strange-yarns-five-course-meal
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RUN TIME: 0:10:15
GENRE: FANTASY
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @2:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
Galactic
Lineage Short Film (2018)
One man discovers his alien lineage and must mate with an extraterrestrial creature to unite a galactic kingdom and save the universe.
One man discovers his alien lineage and must mate with an extraterrestrial creature to unite a galactic kingdom and save the universe.
TITLE:
GUESTIA
RUN TIME: 0:14:00
GENRE: STUDENT SHORT FILM
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @8:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
José
Antonio lives an apparently dull and normal life if it weren't for the fact
that he spends his nights walking along the forest in the company of the
deceased people of the town. He is the mortal guide of the Holy Company of San
Miguel de Sotomonte, and tonight, the night in which he'll try to put an end to
his curse.
TITLE:
HAUNTING THE HAUNTED
RUN TIME: 0:06:05
GENRE: HORROR
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 –
SCREENING ROOM #1 @12:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
The
crew of a haunted house try to find a teenage trouble making ghost, even though
they're not sure if she'll talk their ears off or rip their limbs off.
RUN TIME: 0:17:43
GENRE: HORROR
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 –
SCREENING ROOM #1 @4:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
A
woman home alone gets a knock at the door that brings terror to her night.
TITLE:
I CONFESS
RUN TIME: 0:06:00
GENRE: FOREIGN/INTERNATIONAL
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @8:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
Carmen,
a woman of the 50s, feels lost. After forty years of marriage, she needs to
silence the remorse she have been in since her husband suffered a heart attack.
Without his hittings and beatings, how does she know if she is still a good
Christian?
RUN TIME: 0:03:41
GENRE: ANIMATION
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @11:30AM
SYNOPSIS:
A
young shepherd boy frees a panicked, trapped horse, only to find out why it was
shackled in the first place.
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RUN TIME: 0:10:45
GENRE: ANIMATION
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @11:30AM
SYNOPSIS:
A
delusional man lives alone in a small dark house, believing that he is the king
of the world and his supremacy is secure. However, his sovereignty is shaken by
the arrival of a stranger. Little by little, this intruder occupies his living
space, forces him to face his inner fears, cowardice and inferiority.
Eventually, he realizes the great king he conjured in his tiny kingdom, is
nothing but a pitiful tramp to the rest of the world.
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RUN TIME: 0:05:00
GENRE: HORROR
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 – SCREENING
ROOM #2 @4:15PM
SYNOPSIS:
While waiting
for her husband to come home, a woman searches for the source of a mysterious
knock.
RUN TIME: 0:08:33
GENRE: FOREIGN/INTERNATIONAL
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 – SCREENING
ROOM #2 @8:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
A short film about a dead man's daughter and step daughter running for their own inheritance
A short film about a dead man's daughter and step daughter running for their own inheritance
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RUN TIME: 0:07:22
GENRE: FANTASY
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #1 @4:30PM
SYNOPSIS:
A
grandfather fights to protect his family from an old enemy.
SPECIAL NOTES:
STATUS: [WORLD PREMIERE]
RUN TIME: 0:06:21
GENRE: ANIMATION
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #1 @1:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
Classic
Aesop Fable - Liandros was a very prideful Lion and in his mind for some very
good reasons. He was young, fast, and powerful. A true king of the jungle. This
story tells the tale of the interactions between is powerful lion and a small
mouse that crosses his path.
Always remember my giant, powerful, scary, friend that
A kindness is never wasted.
Always remember my giant, powerful, scary, friend that
A kindness is never wasted.
RUN TIME: 0:30:00
GENRE: HORROR
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 –
SCREENING ROOM #1 @4:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
As
the Lumber Baron and his gang investigate Bigfoot sightings in the woods, with
help from a "specialist" and some eyewitnesses, they soon find themselves
in danger.
SPECIAL NOTES:
RUN TIME: 0:10:07
GENRE: FANTASY
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @10:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
MOTHER (2019) is an experimental short film in
homage to one of the most influential female avant-garde filmmakers, Maya Deren.
Featuring a dream-like narrative of a woman trapped within a fantasy and
confronted by various versions of herself.
RUN TIME: 0:10:28
GENRE: HORROR
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @1:15PM
SYNOPSIS:
Claire investigates strange paranormal events in her home
only to discover a sinister entity that's all too familiar.
Claire investigates strange paranormal events in her home
only to discover a sinister entity that's all too familiar.
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STATUS: [US PREMIERE]
RUN TIME: 0:12:57
GENRE: EXPERIMENTAL/AVANT GARDE
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #1 @11:30AM
SYNOPSIS:
At
night, a woman at different ages loves, suffers and frees herself. She's called
Ophelia.
SPECIAL NOTES:
RUN TIME: 0:10:37
GENRE: SCIENCE FICTION
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @12:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
Mysteriously
eight months pregnant overnight, Katie believes the Angels responsible, but her
sister thinks differently.
RUN TIME: 0:10:12
GENRE: SCIENCE FICTION
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @12:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
A
story about differing perception/perspectives of what is good and what is evil. How everything happens by the
choices we make but can be blinded by pride or ignorance for the consequences
of our actions. When faced with the reality of the outcomes we then realise we
have to take responsibility for our actions. This project tells this story
through a socio/political/religious theme set within a science fiction genre.
RUN TIME: 0:14:53
GENRE: FANTASY
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @10:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
Gifted with eternal life after drinking from the Holy Grail, a medieval knight spawns an alternate history where technology is God, and man is machine.
Gifted with eternal life after drinking from the Holy Grail, a medieval knight spawns an alternate history where technology is God, and man is machine.
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TITLE:
REAR VIEW
RUN TIME: 0:02:20
GENRE: HORROR
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @1:15PM
SYNOPSIS:
One
late night Dan walks out to his car and is greeted by a ghostly visitor.
RUN TIME: 0:16:36
GENRE: EXPERIMENTAL/AVANT GARDE
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 – SCREENING ROOM #1 @11:30AM
SYNOPSIS:
A
pastiche of horrors piecing together 50 years of the U.S.'s paranoid fear of
the rise of communism in Mexico, this video mixes footage from the 1989 film, Rojo
Amanecer's depictions of the 1968 Tlatelolco Masacre in Mexico City, as well as
recently under-reported news footage of U.S. Border Patrol murders of Mexican
youth on the Mexican side of the border. This video-mix also includes images of
uprisings for equality in Mexico surrounding the Mexican Gasoline Crisis set
against forensic animations and 3D reenactments of the Ayotzinapa, Iguala
disappearances of 43 peasant students activists in 2014. A backdrop of found
video game footage and archival animation are set throughout to a mixtape
called igualallaqueaqui by visual artist and queer-goth rapper luigi aka Jose
Luis Benavides.
SPECIAL NOTES:
RUN TIME: 0:29:02
GENRE: FOREIGN/INTERNATIONAL
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 –
SCREENING ROOM #1 @6:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
Mary, a recent graduate, travels to Spain for an internship at
a mental hospital. In addition to
facing the difficulties of living in a foreign country, she will meet the first
patient she must treat. This will affect her in a way she hadn't expected.
SPECIAL NOTES:
STATUS: [GEORGIA PREMIERE]
RUN TIME: 0:05:55
GENRE: HORROR
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 –
SCREENING ROOM #1 @12P
SYNOPSIS:
A
mysterious place in a dark city is where this legend begins. The coldness of
the humid walls embrace the environment of a novel writer. Long hours of work
constantly maintain Frank focused on his next piece of art, his next great
novel. An unexpected visit cause his worn hands become the owners of the novel.
SPECIAL NOTES:
RUN TIME: 0:10:53
GENRE: FANTASY
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #1 @4:30PM
SYNOPSIS:
Max
is a ten-year-old boy obsessed with insects, telescopes and monsters. One night
he decides to escape from his bed to watch a terror film in the TV. Surprised
by his mother, he is returned to his bedroom. However, he is fascinated by the
images he has seen, but they will give him nightmares.
RUN TIME: 0:31:26
GENRE: SCIENCE FICTION
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @8:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
The
story tells the story of Li Ran, an artificial intelligence scientist, who
suddenly woke up one day and was imprisoned in an unknown Pink room with a TV
set showing his suicide and various weird sculptures. Every 15 minutes, he
suffered intense pain and was rebounded. He tried all kinds of ways to escape
from the room but failed repeatedly. After countless failures, he felt
hopeless. At this time, he accidentally touched the button of the TV, and there
was another him in the picture. He told himself an amazing truth...
STATUS: [GEORGIA PREMIERE]
RUN TIME: 0:04:30
GENRE: HORROR
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @4:15PM
SYNOPSIS:
A
Silent Place is a loving homage to "A Quiet Place". The film follows
two survivors who have locked themselves in a basement for survival from a
deadly force which hunt by sound.
STATUS: [GEORGIA PREMIERE]
RUN TIME: 0:14:06
GENRE: FANTASY
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @2:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
Shy singer Jennifer thinks her dreams are coming
true when a music producer approaches her at an open mic night. But her hopes
are dashed after an encounter with a mysterious old woman leaves Jennifer
without a voice.
After some research, Jennifer discovers the presence of magic in
the world, and sets off on a journey to retrieve her stolen voice from a
foreboding place known as 'Blackmoor Woods'. Can Jennifer find her courage as
well as her voice before her future is taken from her forever?
SPECIAL NOTES:
RUN TIME: 0:07:58
GENRE: HORROR
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @4:15PM
SYNOPSIS:
A couple illegally staying in a
deceased woman's home begin hearing strange noises in the middle of the night.
RUN TIME: 0:17:02
GENRE: HORROR
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @4:15PM
SYNOPSIS:
When Craig
starts suffering from episodes of Sleep Paralysis, he becomes a helpless
prisoner in his own still body.
Is this just a medical condition or is something more nefarious at work?
Is this just a medical condition or is something more nefarious at work?
SPECIAL NOTES:
RUN TIME: 0:08:51
GENRE: HORROR
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @4:15PM
SYNOPSIS:
Joan
is struggling to cope after the recent death of her husband Ben. During one
sleepless night she sees Ben who warns her about a monster in the closet.
RUN TIME: 0:29:45
GENRE: HORROR
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @1:15PM
SYNOPSIS:
Six
months have passed since big game hunter Jack Peterson went boar hunting on a
remote Louisiana island and barely escaped with his life. Struggling with post
traumatic stress disorder, he’s haunted by memories of a
shape-shifting creature known as Spikes, who tried to kill him and paranormal
investigator Penelope Whistlestoff. Just as Jack thinks he’s losing his sanity,
Spikes appears and unravels dark secrets about a nearby chemical company blamed
for poisoning the island’s inhabitants. With mysterious deaths reported on the
news and friends suddenly disappearing, Jack and Penelope have no choice but to
return to the island and expose the chemical company for their monstrous
actions. With Spikes organizing a small welcoming party, will they know who the
real monsters are this time?
RUN TIME: 0:20:00
GENRE: EXPERIMENTAL/AVANT GARDE
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #1 @11:30AM
SYNOPSIS:
From
Director Carlos G Sanchez comes a film like you've never seen. Please be
prepared for a wild ride. Samantha (Samantha Verheyen) is just a young American
girl who lives care-free, but when the stresses of life, work, relationships
and anxiety break her down; symptoms of a disorder begin to surface. The dark
side of herself who she calls Eliza leaves behind a trail of blood and a shell
of her former self. When lipstick leaves stains three kisses are all that
remains.
SPECIAL NOTES:
STATUS: [GEORGIA PREMIERE]
RUN TIME: 0:15:54
GENRE: FANTASY
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @2:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
An old barbarian and his talking horse embark on a
suicidal quest to battle a bridge troll.
Troll Bridge is live-action / hand animated hybrid, lovingly
crafted from the Discworld fairy-tale by Sir Terry Pratchett.
SPECIAL NOTES:
RUN TIME: 0:05:01
GENRE: HORROR
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @1:15PM
SYNOPSIS:
A young
woman searches the unknown for her lost sister.
STATUS: [GEORGIA PREMIERE]
RUN TIME: 0:20:21
GENRE: SCIENCE FICTION
SCREENING TIME: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @12:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
A woman struggling to survive alone in a post-apocalyptic wasteland discovers a virtual-reality machine and escapes from her loneliness into a scenic virtual world. When she falls in love with a man inside this virtual world, she must choose between her love and her life in this romantic science fiction short film.
A woman struggling to survive alone in a post-apocalyptic wasteland discovers a virtual-reality machine and escapes from her loneliness into a scenic virtual world. When she falls in love with a man inside this virtual world, she must choose between her love and her life in this romantic science fiction short film.
SPECIAL NOTES:
STATUS: [GEORGIA PREMIERE]
RUN TIME: 0:13:20
GENRE: SCIENCE FICTION
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #1 @3:00PM
SYNOPSIS:
An
unhappily married couple make a life changing discovery in their kitchen one
day.
SPECIAL NOTES:
STATUS: [GEORGIA PREMIERE]
RUN TIME: 0:08:33
GENRE: EXPERIMENTAL/AVANT GARDE
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 – SCREENING ROOM #1 @11:30AM
SYNOPSIS:
A reformed taxidermist brings taxidermy animals back
to life with chaotic consequences for an uninvited guest in this all-female
silent film. This experimental kitsch comedy invites viewers to re-think what
little girls are made of.
This film was produced in Houston, Texas, with an all-female
cast and a 90% female crew and post-production team. This is the director's
first short film of more than 60 seconds. It was conceived as her thesis
project for her MFA in Film at the Vermont College of Fine Arts.
RUN TIME: 0:15:23
GENRE: FANTASY
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #1 @4:30PM
SYNOPSIS:
Two
bickering siblings learn the true value of friendship and the magic of
believing, when they find a real wish and encounter the menacing creature who
wants it back!
SPECIAL NOTES:
STATUS: [GEORGIA PREMIERE]
RUN TIME: 0:15:46
GENRE: HORROR
SCREENING TIME: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 –
SCREENING ROOM #2 @1:15PM
SYNOPSIS:
A
single mom and her daughter move to a neighborhood home to a coven of housewife
witches.
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