SYNOPSIS: A severely injured man and woman awake in an abandoned sanitarium only to discover that a sadistic caretaker holds the keys to their freedom and the horrific answers as to their true identity.
DIRECTOR: Rob Grant
CAST: Thomas Cocquerel, Angus Macfadyen, Camille Stopps
USA, Canada / 2018 / 1 hour, 31 minutes
AWARDS WINS / NOMINATIONS: TBD
DIRECTOR’S / FILMMAKER’S BIO: Rob Grant started his career in the editing department on Cabin in the Woods and in between editing gigs would write and direct his own material. At 21 years old he directed his first feature, Yesterday, an ultra low budget zombie flic shot on 16mm which screened at Fantastic Fest as well as other major genre fests. He has recently worked as an editor on Steven Spielberg’s BFG, Matt Reeves’ War For The Planet of The Apes, and David Leitch’s Deadpool 2. His most recent feature film, Fake Blood, premiered at Grimmfest and has received glowing reviews from Ain’t It Cool News, The Hollywood Reporter and the LA Times among others.
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OUTPOST
SYNOPSIS: When the last Citizen on the furthest outpost in space makes first contact with intelligent life, he’s forced to not only protect humanity, but that which makes him human: love.
DIRECTOR: Justin Giddings & Ryan Welsh
AWARDS WINS / NOMINATIONS: TBD
DIRECTOR’S / FILMMAKER’S BIO: Justin Giddings and Ryan Welsh are two actors who joined forces to become one of the hottest new writing/directing teams in Los Angeles. After meeting on the set of the hit zombie comedy series BITE ME (a Machinima/Lionsgate series with over 60 million views on YouTube alone), the two have since gone on to write and direct the festival-winning film THIS IS NORMAL and the upcoming sci-fi epic OUTPOST. Their production company Giddy Welshmen Productions is now developing their first two features – the thriller DARK WINTER and the Western NO GOOD MEN LEFT ALIVE.
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