2018 SELECTIONS
Every year our horror short film festival receives thousands of submissions, and our committed judges watch each and every one of them to ensure we're bringing you the best original horror entertainment!
The decisions are finally in. Check out all of these amazing artists for new original horror films.
Micro Shorts - Films Under 5 Minutes
Attack of the Potato Clock
When Christ-loving eight year old GRACIE startles awake to a loud BANG, she assumes it's just mom and stepdad at it again downstairs. But a blood-curdling scream suggests something more sinister, so Gracie grabs a flashlight and heads to the landing to investigate. She gazes in terror at the sight of her mother's body hacked into a grizzly pile of gore. Her stepfather locks eyes with her, ax in hand. Gracie flees to the sanctuary of her room. Rather than fight back physically, Gracie desperately calls upon Jesus to banish the evil from her house.
Country - United States
Language - English
Originally from San Diego, Stellan moved to Los Angeles to attend UCLA where he graduated with a degree in history and film. He worked at ICM Partners before joining Chatrone LLC, where he’s currently a literary manager. He has collaborated with Disney, Fox, & Nickelodeon as well as networks & studios around the world. His last film, STRING!, played at film festivals around the world.
Credits
Stellan Kendrick - Director
STRING!
Stellan Kendrick - Writer
Gloria Sandoval - Producer
Stellan Kendrick - Producer
Courtney Gains - Key Cast
CHILDREN OF THE CORN, THE 'BURBS, BACK TO THE FUTURE
Caige Coulter - Key Cast
HIGHSTON, ADULT WEDNESDAY ADDAMS
Graham S. Wetterhahn - Executive Producer
Marcin Nadolny - Executive Producer
Joel Deutsch - Executive Producer
Julia Swain - DP
Kaitlin Hollingsworth - Editor
Sheiva Khalily - Production Design
S. Peace Nistades - Original Music by
Christopher Price is a brilliant pianist who has many fans, except during his latest concert when he loses the control of his left hand (who prefers to be known as Vincent Lee). Vincent wants the fame and glory for himself and will do whatever is necessary to steal the lime light, even if it means separating himself from the dead weight.
Student Production
Country - United Kingdom
Language - English
Director Biography - Sinead Stoddart
Sinead Stoddart is a Graduate animation student from UCA Farnham in England. She graduated in the summer of 2017. Her work currently includes two short animations completed in 2016 and a Graduation short completed in 2017, which are making their way around in the festival circuit:
“One Too Many” was Sinead’s first solo animation made whilst at UCA Farnham in the first part of her second year September-January. This stop motion has currently shown at over 40 festivals internationally since January 2016 and received nearly 20 official selection laurels, whilst winning a 3 Finalist Laurels and 5 awards internationally including "Best Use of Yarn", "Winner of Production Design for Animation" at the Portsmouth International Film Festival 2016 and "X-Tra Short Award" at Student World Awards in 2017.
“Munchies” was Sinead’s second solo animation made in the second half of her second year January-May. This animation was shown at 35 film festivals internationally since May 2016 and has already received 2 awards at Southampton Film Week, 2 Semi-Finalist laurels and 3 Finalist laurel as well as 25 official selection laurels. Sinead has also been interviewed at film festivals about her film "Munchies" and links to the interviews can be viewed here and here.
“Tone Death” was Sinead’s graduation film at UCA Farnham and the latest of her student films, which was completed in May 2017.
You can find her on social network sights such as:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sinead_Stoddart
Linkedin: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/sineadstoddart
Credits
Sinead Stoddart - Director
Sinead Stoddart -Writer
University For the Creative Arts: Farnham -Producer
Joe Lunn - Music Composer
Joseph Fort -Voice Actor
In a dark and abandoned basement, there’s a hidden old box containing a pair of children’s shoes. They once belonged to the eight-year-old girl Emily Liebesmann who was possessed by the demon Kasdeya. On a blue moon night Kasdeya manipulates a young woman leading her to the basement only to find the old box. Once she finds and opens the box, all hell breaks loose…
Women In Horror
Country - Belgium
Language - Dutch
Ray Kermani (21.03.1979) is a Belgian film producer, screenwriter and director of Persian descent. Since his childhood, he has been a fan of the cinema and, before he was fifteen-years-old, he was out making movies with an 8mm camera. He has directed several horror films including the short film SEANCE for which he received the audience choice award for "best national short" on Moving Pictures Festival. His latest short film SHOES received the award for "best sound design" on Catharsis International Film Festival and the award for "best thriller" on Liberty Massacre Philadelphia 2018
Credits
Ray Kermani - Director
Seance, The Summoning
Ines Swinters - Writer
Seance, The Summoning
Ines Swinters - Writer
Seance, The Summoning
Ines Swinters - Producer
Seance, The Summoning
Daniel Camu - Producer
Kelly Huysman - Key Cast
Eley Vanhemelrijck - Sound
Ray Kermani - editor
Seance, The Summoning
The Mountain King - 4:45
A woman struggling with depression discovers a demonic creature in her backyard that threatens to unnerve her mental health.
Student Production
Country - Canada
Language - English
Director Biography - Kevin McGuiness
Kevin McGuiness is a Canadian artist and filmmaker who has produced a number of award-winning short films. His accolades include recognition from the Indie Short Film Competition, The American Motion Picture Society and awards from the Render This Film Festival and the Big Bear Horror Film Festival. Kevin obtained his Honours Bachelors degree in Visual Arts in 2005 from Brock University and is currently enrolled in a doctoral program at the same institution. In the future, he hopes to continue producing short films with collaborators form the Niagara Region in the genres of drama and horror.
Credits
Kevin McGuiness - Director
A Likeness In Stone
Kevin McGuiness - Writer
A Likeness In Stone
Kevin McGuiness - Producer
A Likeness In Stone
Krissy Neumann - Key Cast
The Cat
Kane Dunn - Key Cast
The Conjurer
Sophie, who has been tasked with caring for her young nephew Peter, finds herself on a deserted country road late at night. An unscheduled pit stop is suddenly interrupted by Walter, a hunter who has become the hunted, who hitches a ride at gunpoint and tells Sophie his tale of the Thousand Legged Terror, a horrifying creature said to stalk the countryside. Can Sophie trust Walter's tall tale? Can she keep Peter from the monster and the man with the gun? Which should she fear more? Or is Sophie the most ruthless of them all?
Country - Canada
Language - English
Credits
Frederic Lefebvre - Director
Home Sweet Home, Madame Bolduc
Adam Kolodny - Writer
Francesco Giannini - Producer
Florence Cassius de Linval - Key Cast
“Sarah”
Director - Frederic Lefebvre
Frederic Lefebvre is a director and writer, known for Home Sweet Home (2015), Thousand Legged Terror (2018) and Madame Bolduc (2008). He has been married to Heather Stacey since September 14, 2013.
Inside - 1:00
There's something in the mirror!
Há algo no espelho!
¡Hay algo en el espejo!
Women In Horror
Country - Brazil
Language - English
Director Biography - Joel Caetano
Joel Caetano is a director and screenwriter of award-winning short films such as "GATO" (2009), "ENCOSTO" (2013) and "JUDAS" (2015) that have been screened at hundreds of festivals around the world. He is also one of the directors of the anthology feature "As Fábulas Negras" (2015) along with Rodrigo Aragão, Petter Baiestorf and José Mojica Marins, the eternal Coffin Joe. After being screened and awarded at several festivals, the feature is available for streaming through Itunes, Google Play and the SPACE Channel. His new film CASULOS debuted in the second half of 2017 and has toured several festivals in Brazil and the world, receiving 4 awards, Best Latin American Short Film in Montevideo Fantastic in Uruguay, Best Director at the IV Boca do Inferno Festival in São Paulo/Brazil, Best Effects Visuals at the FFF - Faina Film Festival in Brazil and Honorable Mention at the Hizantema Festival in Serbia.
Credits
Joel Caetano - Director
Gato, ENCOSTO, JUDAS, CASULOS, As Fábulas Negras
Joel Caetano - Writer
Gato, ENCOSTO, JUDAS, CASULOS, As Fábulas Negras
Mariana Zani - Producer
Gato, ENCOSTO, JUDAS, CASULOS
Joel Caetano - Key Cast “A man”
Gato, Encosto, Casulos, As Fábulas Negras, A noite do Chupacabras, Mar Negro, Mata Negra
At night, it's not just the cats that scratch the doors.
A noite, não são só os gatos que arranham as portas.
La noche, no son sólo los gatos que arañan las puertas.
Women In Horror
Country - Brazil
Language - English
Director Biography - Joel Caetano
Joel Caetano is a director and screenwriter of award-winning short films such as "GATO" (2009), "ENCOSTO" (2013) and "JUDAS" (2015) that have been screened at hundreds of festivals around the world. He is also one of the directors of the anthology feature "As Fábulas Negras" (2015) along with Rodrigo Aragão, Petter Baiestorf and José Mojica Marins, the eternal Coffin Joe. After being screened and awarded at several festivals, the feature is available for streaming through Itunes, Google Play and the SPACE Channel. His new film CASULOS debuted in the second half of 2017 and has toured several festivals in Brazil and the world, receiving 4 awards, Best Latin American Short Film in Montevideo Fantastic in Uruguay, Best Director at the IV Boca do Inferno Festival in São Paulo/Brazil, Best Effects Visuals at the FFF - Faina Film Festival in Brazil and Honorable Mention at the Hizantema Festival in Serbia.
Credits
Joel Caetano - Director
Gato, ENCOSTO, JUDAS, CASULOS, As Fábulas Negras
Joel Caetano - Writer
Gato, ENCOSTO, JUDAS, CASULOS, As Fábulas Negras
Mariana Zani - Producer
Gato, ENCOSTO, JUDAS, CASULOS
Mariana Zani - Key Cast “Woman”
GATO, ESTRANHA, A MANICURE
MARIAH CAETANO - Key Cast “DEMON”
INSIDE, SCRATCHES
The Not So Bright Vampire - 2:36
The brief tale of a not so bright but curious Vampire and his sudden awareness to pain.
Country - Australia
Language - English
Nick & Jim Zounis - Director
The Zombies trip & The Werewolf's Greatest Hit.
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Nick & Jim Zounis - Writer
The Zombies trip & The Werewolf's Greatest Hit.
Nick & Jim Zounis - Producer
The Zombies trip & The Werewolf's Greatest Hit
Nick Zounis - Key Cast “Vampire character ”
The Zombies trip & The Werewolf's Greatest Hit.
Three Minutes With Angie - 5:00
Two teenagers, Paul and Sarah, break into an old abandoned house to test the myth of Angela Claremont, a woman who was supposedly killed in the location decades earlier and who haunts the dwelling.
Student Production
Country - Canada
Language - English
Kevin McGuiness is a Canadian artist and filmmaker who has produced a number of award-winning short films. His accolades include recognition from the Indie Short Film Competition, The American Motion Picture Society and awards from the Render This Film Festival and the Big Bear Horror Film Festival. Kevin obtained his Honours Bachelors degree in Visual Arts in 2005 from Brock University and is currently enrolled in a doctoral program at the same institution. In the future, he hopes to continue producing short films with collaborators form the Niagara Region in the genres of drama and horror.
Credits
Jordan Alexander - Key Cast
A Likeness In Stone
Candice Bogdanski - Key Cast
Krissy Neumann - Key Cast
The Mountain King
Thanks For The Ride - 1:45
A normal daily outing takes a turn for the worse.
A micro short horror film done as part of the video for photographers class at Ozark Technical Community College.
Professor Jason Brasier designed the class as hands on. Working with the students, directing and teaching them as they film.
"After working on the class documentary project, they wanted to do something similar. I wanted to make sure and teach them short film form and using the documentary technique we had just done seemed like the best transition. So found footage was decided on. We came up with the story as a class and went out and filmed it the next period. It was great to have them on a small set and working to get the shots and lighting needed to make it look like one continuous shot. We all had a blast."
Student Production
Country - United States
Language - English
Director Biography - Jason Brasier
Jason Brasier is the co-owner of American Wasteland Entertainment, LLC. A production company focusing on online media entertainment and film.
A Missouri native, originally from Willow Springs, Jason developed a passion for film at an early age, but has his roots in live theater, which is where he started. He graduated from Missouri State University in 2009 with a degree in Mass Media Production and the Screenwriters Certificate. He currently resides in Springfield, Missouri where he is actively involved in film and tv production and is constantly developing and creating his own projects.
Jason also serves as adjunct professor at both Missouri State University teaching media production and at Ozark Technical Community College where he teaches Video for Photographers.
Cast
Jason Brasier - Director
Jason Brasier - Writer
Jason Brasier - Producer
Makenah Marshall - Key Cast
Jason Brasier - Key Cast
Jason Brasier - Story By
Brett Sterling - Story By
Nathanael Mendoza - Story By
Janet Edmonds - Story By
Jospeh Woodiel - Story By
Lindsey Sides - Story B
Negative - 2:59
Negative images invert memories. A female photographer makes a disturbing discovery and counts the cost of her own fears.
Women In Horror
Country - Italy
Language - English
Director Biography - Antonella Barbera
Credits
Antonella Barbera - Director
Antonella Barbera - Writer
Antonella Barbera - Producer
Adriana Tuzzeo - Key Cast
Lorenzo Prestipino - Key Cast
Cool Killer - 4:32
Credits
Chenyang Shu - Director
Chenyang Shu - Writer
Taja Sparks - Producer
Student Production
Country - United States
Language - English
The Wait - 1:58
A young man learns that fear manifests in mysterious ways
Women In Horror
Student Production
Country - United States
Language - English
Director - Audrey Rogers
Credits
Audrey Rogers - Director
Audrey Rogers - Writer
Yvette Zhang - Producer
John Taylor Timmons - Key Cast
“The Waiting Man”
Calvin Bellas - Cinematographer
Dominic Wojcik - Camera Operator
Dean Liu - 1st AC
Joe Russ - 2nd AC
Lyle Michos - Gaffer
Audrey Rogers - Editor
Yvette Zhang - Production Design
Horror is a warm, sunny day.
Women In Horror
Student Production
Country - Spain
Language - Spanish
-Director and producer of the short film “You Mean, Us", awarded at the Sundance Festival Channel Shorts with the Audience Award (march 2016).
-Director, producer and writer of other short films like "Menhir" (2017), "In and Out" (2017) and "Party People" (2017).
-Production assistant on the TV movie "22 Ángeles" (Miguel Bardem; 2016), co-produced by RTVE (spanish national television) and Four Luck Banana (march- april 2016).
-Assistant director in the videoclip “Sushi en Tribunal” by “Verano”, co-produced by Walterhaus and Paul Back Music (june 2016).
-Internship in the art department for the series "La Sonata del Silencio" (RTVE; October - november 2015).
-Internship in the production company Apaches (march 2014).
Cristina García Zarzosa - Director
In and out, You mean us, Party People
Cristina García Zarzosa - Writer
Cristina García Zarzosa - Producer
Andrea Uriarte - Producer
Laura Postigo - Producer
Tek J. Smith - Producer
Miriam González - Key Cast
Eduardo Mangada - Director of photography
Andrea Uriarte - Art director
Credits
Heading 6
Paloma Mariscal - Other actors
Yolanda de la Hoz - Other actors
Celia Arias - Other actors
Marina Adeva - Other actors
Laura Postigo - Editor
Martha Helga - Set designer
Ángela Muhate - Sound
Laura Rodríguez López - Makeup
Duarte Eiros - Colorist
The Tattooist - 1:20
‘The Tattooist’ studio is renowned for its remarkably crafted tattoos. But during their visits, the customers have been drugged and imprisoned with other unfortunate victims that bear his prized masterpiece. They must fight their fears and race against time to escape from The Tattooist before ending up as a victim of his morbid obsession!
Country - China
Language - English
Director Biography - Michael Wong
Michael Wong is currently working as an independent film director, after having spent 16 years as an ad agency art director and creative director. In the late 90s, he left his native Malaysia and arrived in China, where he's worked at such leading agencies as Ogilvy, BBDO, TBWA, Grey and Saatchi & Saatchi.
After more than a decade and having won over 50 creative awards, Michael decided to move onto the filmmaking scene as a writer/director with his directorial debut for Lenovo; a viral video campaign that was to be used in such markets as India, Russia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Turkey, South Africa, South East Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Since then, Michael has been making the truth appealing for brands such as Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Citroën, Foton Daimler, Unilever, IDO Jewelry, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, Samsung and Mengniu, just to name a few. He is the kind of collaborative thinker who's especially good at expanding on little thoughts and turning them into big ideas, with a strong and steady eye on making the work look and feel fresh.
His directorial debut short film ‘The Story of 90 Coins’ picked up 60+ accolades from international film festivals; which includes the Best Direction and Best Cinematography at Malta Short Film Festival, Rising Star Awards at Canada International Film Festival, Best Foreign Short Film at Ukrainian International Short Film Festival, Best Drama and Best Cinematography at Los Angeles Film Awards, Best Foreign Short at Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards, among others.
Michael's works have been featured in Shots, Trendwatching and Graphis magazine. He has judged at the New York Festivals International Advertising Awards and Ad Stars Festival.
Michael Wong - Director
The Story of 90 Coins
Michael Wong - Writer
The Story of 90 Coins
Michael Wong - Producer
The Story of 90 Coins
Liu Yunsong - Producer
The Story of 90 Coins
Kong Shan - Key Cast
“The Tattooist”
Lu Li - Key Cast
“Platinum”
Miroslava Mala - Key Cast
Chase Lichtenberg - Key Cast
Credits
Simon Shiyamba - Key Cast
Mayela Magrou - Key Cast
Dan Litza - Key Cast
Li Pai Seang - Editor
VHQ Media - Post Production
Mayela Magrou - Cinematographer
Troy Sandford - Cinematographer
Krishna Hari - Camera Operator
Krishna Hari - Gaffer
Found In The Attic - Music
Li Yan - Line Producer
Troy Sandford - Assistant Director
Michael Wong - Screenplay
The Story of 90 Coins
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A woman begins receiving anonymous letters, that are simply a countdown from 5 - and with each day, hear paranoia and sense of dread escalates...
Country - United States
Language - English
Joe Leone hails from Westchester County, NY, and resides in Brooklyn. He graduated from Skidmore College with a degree in theater arts, and subsequently starred in two long-running Off-Broadway shows, The Donkey Show, directed by Diane Paulus, and Tony and Tina’s Wedding. He has written over two dozen feature screenplays, including two comedies for Triangle Entertainment. Currently in production/pre-production are Meant to Be Broken (DC Dogs), Rio Urban Legend: Witch’s Moon (EVP Films), Layers of Lies (Sonram Productions), Scherbo (Ekstasy Films), Underground (LuminouStudios) and American Dream (Dev Pinn Productions). Joe is also a copywriter at New York magazine.
Credits
Joe Leone - Director
Parched
Joe Leone - Writer
Parched, Meant to Be Broken, Layers of Lies
Joe Leone - Producer
Parched
Paula Cunha - Key Cast “Woman ”
Top
Specter - 3:00
A student falls asleep in a study hall and is awakened by a mysterious voice.
Student Production
Country - United States
Language - English
Credits
Jesse Hanna - Director
Jesse Hanna - Writer
Ryan Noh - Producer
Anthony Martino - Key Cast
Top
Don't Look Under Your Bed - 4:04
Someone moves from one apartment to another and it leads to some disastrous consequences, as things that go bump in the night are not merely dreams...
Student Production
Country - Australia
Language - English
Director Biography - Radheya Jegatheva
Radheya Jegatheva is a young Perth based Australian filmmaker who was born in Johor, Malaysia in 1999 to parents of South Korean and Malaysian ancestry. He completed Year 12 at Perth Modern School in Western Australia in 2016 and has just commenced his first year at Curtin University.
Radheya's skill set cuts across a number of creative areas and he has won prizes for his creations in the fields of writing, poetry, art and film making, among others.
Credits
Radheya Jegatheva - Director
Radheya Jegatheva - Writer
Radheya Jegatheva - Producer
Jay Jay Jegathesan - Producer
Menso Jagtenberg - Key Cast
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A family finds out a lost old photography camera, but it's cursed: It links our realty to an evil dimension. The father try to take a picture of his wife and son, but he just get a ghost get freed.
Country - Spain
Language - Spanish
Director Biography - Eitán Sandom
Started in Art production (Day and Knight, Alatriste, Manolete, The dictator) before studying filmmaking
Credits
Eitán Sandom - Director
Eitán Sandom - Writer
Blanca García - Producer
Javier Peña - Key Cast
Juani Tenorio - Key Cast
Eva Velasco - Key Cast
Alex Manzanares - Key Cast
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In a park, a girl sends a message to her boyfriend. Something interrupts her.
Country - Spain
Language - Spanish
Director Biography - Cristina Lladosa, Joaquín Vallet
Film critic and director of short films Joaquín Vallet was born in Valencia on January 23 , 1978. Author of several books about cinema, including those dedicated to Joseph Losey (Ed. Cátedra, 2010) and Terence Fisher (Ed. Cátedra, 2013), his short films have won awards at festivals like Cinema Jove or Tirant Awards. Currently preparing his first film: "El alba rota".
Joaquín Vallet - Producer
Cristina Lladosa - Key Cast
Jairo Sobrino - Key Cast
Sonia Martell - Key Cast
Credits
Cristina Lladosa - Director
Joaquín Vallet - Director
Cristina Lladosa - Writer
Joaquín Vallet - Writer
From Delusion Til Fear - 4:44
Young girl is sleeping in murder.
With a cry of sleep, he will rise up, and again encounter his body.
We hear the cry of the girl. At that very moment, the man rises from sleep, but he encounters a young woman's body, and we hear the cry of a man screaming from the city
Country - Islamic Republic of Iran
Language - English
Director Biography - Iman Davari
I am an Iranian screenwriter, currently residing in Iran. I have been an active screenwriter since 2009 and have written over fifty screenplays. I have also produced three short movies. Several of my screenplays, in particular the ones written in the past two years, have won major international screenplay competitions. In addition to these, one of my screenplays named "The chess of life" has published as a book.
Friday night, a teenage boy is chilling home alone, scrolling through his social media. A killer is on the loose. Will he survive?
Country - Greece
Language - English
Director Biography - Sotiris Petridis, Dimitris Tsakaleas
Sotiris Petridis is a PostDoc Researcher and an Adjunct Professor in Film Studies at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He holds a bachelor's degree in Film Studies (Aristotle University), a master's degree in Art, Law and Economy (International Hellenic University), and a PhD in Film Studies (Aristotle University). His four previous films as a producer and screenwriter were officially selected by more than 200 International Film Festivals around the world, including countries such as USA, Australia, Canada, Mexico, UK, Italy, Greece, India, Sweden, Morocco and Cyprus. He is currently in post-production as a producer/screenwriter in his first feature film, Scopophilia (90’, 2018).
Dimitris Tsakaleas is a filmmaker based on Thessaloniki, Greece, while he is studying filmmaking at Aristotle University. During the summer of 2014 he studied filmmaking at the London Film Academy (Short Courses). He is a producer/executive producer of several films, such as Liveloula (short film, 2015), Naked Bodies (short film, 2016), Scopophilia (feature film, 2017), iCon (short film, 2017), and Emoticon Man (short film, 2017). During the summer of 2016 he participated in Sarajevo Talents, a program that was founded in collaboration of Sarajevo International Film Festival with Berlin International Film Festival and Berlinale Talents. Also, he served as a producer at a documentary mini-series that was part of the 57th Thessaloniki International Film Festival.
Credits
Sotiris Petridis - Director
Dimitris Tsakaleas - Director
Sotiris Petridis - Writer
Sotiris Petridis - Producer
Dimitris Tsakaleas - Producer
Nathan Baesel - Key Cast
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
Apostolos Kolitsas - Key Cast
No Going Back - 2:21
A mysterious woman hires our unnamed protagonist to recover her stolen black rooster. Accepting her offer means there's no going back.
'No Going Back' is a video music produced for the county-punk band 'The Yawpers'.
Country - Brazil
Language - English
Director Biography - Matias Vellutini
Matias Vellutini is an American-Brazilian director and composer who after 30 years living in the United States, moved to Brazil in 2012 - hired by renown commercial director Jarbas Agnelli to direct commercials at his company AD Studio.
He has also written and directed shorts such as Chaplin SP, Alki & Me, the official music videos for the american rock band “The Yawpers” and for the electronic artist “Altermauz”.
Matias studied cinema and received his master’s degree in experimental electronic music at the University of California, Irvine in 2011.
Credits
Matias Vellutini - Director
Matias Vellutini - Producer
Tatiana Helmer - Producer
Cleber Galo - Key Cast
Juliana Calderón - Key Cast
Eduardo Makino - Cinematographer
Marçal Souza - Production Manager
Finding mom can be scary.
Country - United States
Language - English
Credits
Thomas Moore - Director
Ruination, Broken Contentment
Thomas Moore - Writer
Ruination, Broken Contentment
Thomas Moore - Producer
Ruination, Broken Contentment
Jensen Moore - Key Cast
Rayn Lain - Key Cast
“Monster/Mom”
Set in an 80's elementary school, our film tells the story about a mutated potato clock that rises from death in a stormy day to get revenge on the cafeteria's lunch lady who is chopping potatoes, creatures of his own kind.
Student Production
Country - United States
Language - English
Director - Victoria Lopez, Ji young Na
Live Feed - 3:59
The butchery consequences of a sneaky husband's midnight snacking.
Country - United States
Language - English
Director - Mario G. Lopez
Lenora, a young girl, wakes up excited to bake her father his favorite cake on his birthday. As Lenora bakes, she notices strange behavior from Mom. Meanwhile, Dad isn't home yet and it's growing late...
Women In Horror
Country - United States
Language - English
Vanessa Ionta Wright is a film director and producer based in the metro Atlanta, GA region. She is the owner of Above the Line Artistry as well as the co-founder and Festival Director of the Women in Horror Film Festival (www.wihff.com).
Vanessa recently collaborated with Mark Simon (One Missed Call), David Irwin (House of 1000 Corpses), Josh Oliver (Oculus) on her 2nd film with writer/producer Samantha Kolesnik, "RAINY SEASON". I BAKED HIM A CAKE is the pair's first film together.
Vanessa graduated from Ohio University with a degree in Video Production & Film. She is a lifelong fan of cinema, most especially the horror genre.
Vanessa Ionta Wright - Director
Rainy Season
Samantha Kolesnik - Writer
The Price of Bones, Rainy Season
Stephanie Wyatt - Producer
Bela Attila Kovacs - Producer
Michael Sherry - Producer
Samantha Kolesnik - Producer
Evgenii Kolesnik - Producer
Lillian Gray - Key Cast
Fleece - Key Cast
Credits
Henrik A. Meyer - Director of Photography
Brandon Taylor - Editor
Rainy Season, Death House, The Price of Bones
Emily Chomuik - Art Director
Michael Stuart - Sound Mixer
Michael Sherry - Colorist
Ross Childress - Composer
Nadine Al-Remaizan - Special Effects Artist
Rainy Season
Sean Hamilton - Sound Recordist
Michael Sherry - 1st Assistant Camera
Bela Attila Kovacs - 2nd Assistant Camera
Dawns . A baby breaks the silence .
Country - Germany, Spain
Language - German
Director Biography - Iván Sáinz-Pardo
ván Sáinz-Pardo (Madrid, 1972) is licensed in direction of cinema and television by the prestigious School of Cinema of Munich (HFF MÜNCHEN).
With only a handful of shorts and more than 150 prizes in film festivals of the whole world, he has monopolized the attention and the international recognition of the public and the critique.
He has got a prenomination to the Academy Awards (Oscar), one nomination to the "Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis" (German Oscar) for "Schneckentraum" and the prize for the best European short with "Simones Labyrinth" in the International Festival of Fantastic Cinema of Brussels. It won also the "Shocking Shorts Awards " as best short in Germany and Sainz-Pardo was invited to make a Film Master in Universal Studios in Los Angeles.
Recently works as Content Manager of Stock Footage in Framepool, works as filmmaker and prepares his first feature film debut.
Credits
Iván Sáinz-Pardo - Director
Iván Sáinz-Pardo - Writer
Iván Sáinz-Pardo - Producer
Josephine Ehlert - Key Cast
Roland von Kummant - Key Cast
Mia von Kummant - Key Cast
Philipp Fabian Kölmel - Music
Iván Sáinz-Pardo - Cut
Iván Sáinz-Pardo - DOP
A man fears the dark and his enemy
Country - Austria
Language - English
Perica Antov is a Filmmaker from Vienna (Austria).
He is known for his Talent to make High Quality Shortfilms with almost no Budget.
After desperately praying for a way of escaping her suffocating financial debt, Clare awakens to find herself out the front of a quaint cottage, and straight away believes this place is here to help her. But once inside things quickly unravel, and Clare soon realises that this is not the place to help her but somewhere much more sinister.
Country - Australia
Language - English
Women In Horror
Lyndsay Sarah Doyle is an Irish-Australian writer, director and filmmaker. She has been involved in television, film and theatre since a young age; either writing, directing, producing, acting, or in a post production capacity. She launched her own indie production company, RumRunnerFilms, in 2012 and has been working on creating exciting and engaging projects since.
Her debut short film 'The One' had much success in the film festival circuit internationally, winning the 'Best Woman Filmmaker' in the Chandler international Film Festival in Arizona, 'Best Actress' award in EuroFest in St Petersburg and Yes! Let's Make a Movie Film Festival in Quebec, and becoming a Finalist in the LA Cinefest.
Lyndsay has also had success with her writing projects, including becoming a finalist for her short thriller 'Isle', in the Cinequest Short Screenplay Competition and WeScreenplay Short Screenplay Fund.
Lyndsay has recently completed her first short documentary project 'Vegan Story', interviewing 40 people who made the switch to a vegan diet and lifestyle. And is in the process of writing her first feature film script for the Australian production house Digital Realm, due to start production in mid-2018.
Credits
Lyndsay Sarah Doyle - Director
Vegan Story, The One, Cradle, Trail, Grace
Lyndsay Sarah Doyle - Writer
Infamy (pre-production), Vegan Story, The One, Cradle, Trail, Grace
Lyndsay Sarah Doyle - Producer
Vegan Story, The One, Cradle, Trail, Grace
Celia Kelly - Key Cast
Janet Shay - Key Cast
Karl Jenner - Director of Photography
The Veiled, House Call, The Novak Chronicles, Bonnets & Britches
The bloody glittery adventures of a serial killer pairs of lovers.
Women In Horror
Country - Canada
Language - French
Cassandre Émanuel is a passionate multidisciplinary artist. Originally from Abitibi, the Actress, playwrighter, director and producer had a personal and varied path. Since graduating from the theater school in 2012, she has taken part in several projects, including Denis Côté's feature film Que ta joie demeure, the popular Tv show District 31, as well as the web series Trak on Vrak.TV.
With regard to the theater, she played, among other things, the title role in Ondinok's play Métusse. Still in theater, she has written and staged, amoug others, the play And the lovers will have cataracts. Her play Monsieur Victor won best Francophone production at the Frankie Prize 2012.
As for the realization, she realized the short film Brandy. Cassandre Émanuel is currently nominated for Best director for her docu -fiction Les jumeaux dizygotes who is presented in internationals films festivals.
In respect of music videos, she directed Comme Douze by Simon Kingbury, nominated for video of the year at Gamiq 2017. She realized as well Gang de rang by Elexir de Gumbo winner of Best Music Video at LA Edge Film Awards 2018. Her Music Video Longtemps by Mauves was presented in a dozen international festivals and was nominated several times.
The video also won the Best Music Video Award at the Feel The Reel Film Festival 2018.
Concerning her work in cinema, Cassandre Émanuel is currently working on the production of her first feature film Le Règne éphémère.
Credits
Cassandre Émanuel - Director
Cassandre Émanuel - Writer
Adlitteram - Producer
Jeanne Roux-Côté - Key Cast
“Woman”
Simon Kingsbury - Key Cast
“Men”
Jean-Benoît Duval - Key Cast
“Orange guy”
Cassandre Émanuel - Key Cast
“Dancer”
A man that dismembers bodies finds his life in danger when one of the corpses isn't really dead.
Country - Portugal
Language - Portuguese
Credits
David Barros - Director
David Barros - Writer
André Henriques - Producer
David Barros - Producer
Telmo Bento - Key Cast
João Rebelo - Key Cast
Clarey and Boyd take a trip to get away from all the stress back home, but are slightly lost. They stop to ask an interesting chap for directions.
Country - United Kingdom
Language - English
Credits
Daniel Harding - Director
Punch Bag, The Missing Hand, Two Pound Forty Pence
Daniel Harding - Writer
Punch Bag, The Missing Hand, Two Pound Forty Pence
Neil James - Key Cast
Sophie Dearlove - Key Cast
Jack Kristiansen - Key Cast
dark comedy about a girl about to go on a date in a post zombie apocalypse world.
Country - United Kingdom
Language - English
Credits
James Atkins - Director
James Atkins - Writer
James Atkins - Producer
Jessica Sargent - Key Cast
Marcus Kinsella - Key Cast
The Water's Edge - 1:59
A dog walk along a lake takes an unexpected turn with a shocking discovery beneath the water's surface. Everything is not quite what it seems....
Country - United Kingdom
Language - English
Director Biography - Nick Sneath
Nick Sneath is a commercials director who specialises in underwater, beauty & VFX.
Credits
Nick Sneath - Director
Nick Sneath - Writer
Nick Sneath - Producer
Rich Stevenson - Producer
Imogen Rose Crew - Key Cast
Jack Armstrong - Key Cast
Sofia invokes the spirit of"Bloody Mary."
Student Production
Country - United States
Language - English
Credits
Jean Gotay - Director
Parting Ways
Erika Ramirez - Director
AJ Scherkenbach - Writer
Parting Ways, Swiping Right, Lil'Red
AJ Scherkenbach - Producer
Parting Ways, Swiping Right, Lil'Red
Erika Ramirez - Producer
Parting Ways
Aledria Pangelinan - Key Cast
“Sophie”
Lisara Pangelinan - Key Cast
“Jessica”
Phoenix Scherkenbach - Key Cast
“Carrie”
Chrisel Scherkenbach - Key Cast
“Jessica's Mother”
Bill Scherkenbach - Key Cast
“Sophie's Father”
Morgan Cepero - Key Cast
“Bloody Mary”
Jeff Kaminski - Director
Team Proof, Jawffice
Steve Holbert - Writer
Jill Brennan - Writer
Jeff Kaminski - Writer
Allegra Deneroff - Producer
Natasha Gleichmann - Key Cast
Steve Holbert - Key Cast
Allegra Deneroff - Key Cast
Country - United States
Language - American Sign Language
A first date goes tragically wrong when young teens play a game of "What scares you?"
Country - United States
Language - English
Director Biography - Calvin Morie McCarthy
Calvin Morié McCarthy was born April 28th 1992 and raised in Vancouver WA. He began his career as an actor at age 16 playing Romeo in his high school theater production of "Romeo and Juliet". He has appeared in such films as "the Adults in the room", "Lake Noir" and "A House A Home". Calvin has gone on to direct two feature films, "3 flies in a widow's web" and "Bedtimescarries.com". Calvin also directed and produced the documentary "Manos: a conversation with Jackie Neyman".
An office worker tries to cope with an unwelcome visitor.
Country - Canada
Language - English
Credits
Elvis Deane - Director
Automate, Blindfold, Maid of Slaughter
Elvis Deane - Writer
James Deane - Producer
Automate
Nigel Middelkamp - Key Cast
“The Visitor”
Elvis Deane - Key Cast
“The Office Worker”
Phi Theta Daemon - 3:18
Two sorority sisters attempt to summon a demon from an old book.
Student Production
Country - United States
Language - English
Credits
Oswald Barrios - Director
Oswald Barrios - Writer
Moises Quijada - Producer
Pedro Urena - Assisant Director
Zoe Helm - Key Cast
“Brenda ”
Sabrina Aziz - Key Cast
“Cindy ”
Tamara Chichian - Key Cast
“Demon ”
Lidiya Kan - Costumes & Set Design
Joseph Guavara - Script Supervisor
Julian Mejia - Sound
James Jestr - Sound Editor
Bloody Birthday - 4:26
For Vin’s birthday his older brother had a fabulous idea to surprise the young man with a present that will change their lives forever. This surprise makes Vin run around like mad.
Country - Germany
Language - English
Director Biography - Dieter Primig
Born 8 Oct 1985 in Austria
2005 – 2008 BA Media Produktion: University of Applied Sciences Salzburg, Austria
2008 – 2009 Junior Producer for Commercials: Kandoo Films, Los Angeles
2010 – 2011 VFX Project Manager Roland Emmerich’s „Anonymous“
2011 – 2013 Art Director for Commercials & Ads: United Visions, Berlin
2013 – now Freelance Director
Credits
Dieter Primig - Director
Escape
Dieter Primig - Writer
Escape
Paul Wolf - Producer
Joe Wiesenburger - Key Cast
Lucas Federhen - Key Cast
A Beautiful Place
Toothless
Emma
9
Skylar
Stain
Space Trash Bag
Off Kid
Mr. Snowflake
Find My Friend
Bec
A Quiet Room In Walthamstow
Casulos
Limit
Besoin Dead
Those Who Can Die
Cindy's Birthday
Embryo
There's No One Else Here
The Verity
And Nothing Hurt
Boogey-Woogie
Leaning
Balloon
Exactico
Impromptu
The Slayings At Three Fork Road
Shock Therapy
Transmission
Martinica
Come To Me
Jikininki
Sleigh My Name
How To Carve A Pumpkin
Fright Corner
She Came From The Woods
The Clown Hitchiker
Stained
Missappropriation
Bitten
Jesus Won't Save You
Like Every Morning
The Last Seance
Devil Town
Seeing Green
Detour
The Barber's Cut
Frenchies
Long Live The Art!
Friendsgiving
Round Trip
Cat Box
The Wake
Murder Tag
The House On The Way Home
Every Day Is Like Sunday
She's All Wet
The Stay
Caught
Gotas
Wisp
Trapped Inside
Esther
Chateau Sauvignon: Terrior
Goodnight
Psychic Sue
A couple finds themselves stranded in an abandoned home only to discover a masked axe slinging murder rampaging throughout the Horror House.
Student Production
Country - United States
Language - English
Credits
Chad Maura - Director
Chad Maura - Writer
Melissa Kerley - Producer
Leo Ayrault - Producer
Melissa Kerley - Key Cast
“Helen”
Eric Kraus - Key Cast
Mary has gone missing for a few days. The young woman is slightly marginal, and this does not make things easy for the 3-cop team conducting the investigation. They question Old Sam, hoping to discover some interesting clues...
Country - France
Language - French
Stephen Bigot - Director
Stephen Bigot - Writer
Pierre Clouet - Writer
Castela Prod - Producer
David Salles - Key Cast
Patrick Rocca -Key Cast
Pauline Bression - Key Cast
Jean Fornerod - Key Cast
Credits
Danny Gulfman(Tony Moran), lays in bed sick, dying of cancer. An angelic woman named June Walters(Genevieve Graves) comes to him and at that moment, he knows his time has come. Danny begins to ask questions about where he is going, but knows that something is off. It's when he remembers who this woman is, he realizes his fate isn't as promising as he once believed it to be. Lucifer(Robert Mukes) comes down for a final ruling. This is a classic of tale of how things aren't always as beautiful as they seem.
Country - United States
Language - English
Matthew, born and raised in San Jose had a dream of Directing Horror films since the age of 16. He moved to LA to pursue that dream in 2012. Since then has Directed/Wrote 2 films generating 6 Festival Acceptances for "Dementia 31" and 24 acceptances for his last film, "Toothless". Now has Directed and Co-Wrote a new film with a few of his childhood idols, Tony Moran (Halloween) and Robert Mukes (House of 1000 Corpses), "A Beautiful Place".
Matthew Vinaja - Director
Toothless, Dementia 31
Genevieve Graves - Writer
Toothless
Matthew Vinaja - (Co-Writer) Writer
Toothless, Dementia 31
Tony Moran - Key Cast
“Danny Gulfman”
Halloween (Dir: John Carpenter)
Robert Mukes - Key Cast
“Lucifer”
House of 1000 Corpses (Dir: Rob Zombie)
Genevieve Graves - Key Cast
“June Walters”
Toothless (Dir:Matthew Vinaja
Credits
Missy Monster - Hair & Make Up
Toothless
Nadia Nosferatu - Hair & Make Up
Steve Huff - Supporting Cast
Toothless
Destiny Demented - Supporting Cast
Sabrina Seance - Supporting Cast
Alexandria Nylen - Supporting Cast
El-Creepo - Music
Craig Eustis - Editor
Survivor, American Ninja Warrior