BLOCK CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING FILMS:
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BULLIES
SYNOPSIS: Eugene, a shy 10-year-old boy, is bullied every day until he discovers a secret underneath the school that keeps him safe, for now…
DIRECTOR: Daniel Bydlowski
AWARDS WINS / NOMINATIONS: TBD
DIRECTOR’S / FILMMAKER’S BIO: Daniel is an award winning filmmaker and virtual reality artist. Always attempting to bring awareness to social issues such as those connected to health, bullying and the so-called digital revolution, Daniel focuses on new media and virtual reality as the future of cinema.
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CADUCEA
SYNOPSIS: Tom hides not only a deformed face behind his flamboyant Commedia dell’arte masks, but also a dark secret that won’t be divulged until decades later.
DIRECTOR: Christophe Mavroudis
AWARDS WINS / NOMINATIONS: TBD
DIRECTOR’S / FILMMAKER’S BIO: Developing a passion for fantastic, science fiction, fantasy, B-movies since childhood, Christophe Mavroudis joined the specialized magazine “Science-Fiction Magazine” at the age of 23. Co-founder in 2005 of Mefamo, a non profit organization born in the wake of a parodic amateur film he produced and directed, he has participated in several institutional films, while organizing film screenings and workshops.
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DISTRESS
SYNOPSIS: Aralyn Thanderson, the impoverished orphan, must overcome starvation, troll roads, questionable environmental policy, immigration reform, and knights with a misogynist agenda in order to save the Prince from the magical tower and receive a sizable cash prize.
DIRECTOR: Lane Lyle
AWARDS WINS / NOMINATIONS: TBD
DIRECTOR’S / FILMMAKER’S BIO: Lane has recently graduated with a degree in Film Production from Dodge College of Film and Media arts at Chapman University. She’s originally from Los Gatos, California but has since moved southward to reside in Los Angeles. Her previous award winning short film, HAWT YOGA, has received recognition for featuring some truly talented comedic women. She is passionate about casting minorities and women in her films as a black female director herself, but more than anything, she loves making people laugh. She also likes smoothies.
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ONCE A CHEATER
SYNOPSIS: Music Video from Carla Stark.
DIRECTOR: Guillaume Simonin
AWARDS WINS / NOMINATIONS: TBD
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SYLPHVANIA GROVE
SYNOPSIS: A troubled girl follows a magical being into the woods where her fears take on fantastic forms.
DIRECTOR: Rebeka Fieschi
AWARDS WINS / NOMINATIONS: TBD
DIRECTOR’S / FILMMAKER’S BIO: Rebekah Fieschi is an award-winning writer/director from a tiny island in the south of France who makes peculiar fantasy and gothic horror films through her company Horromance Productions. Her new film, Sylphvania Grove, successfully crowdfunded on Seed&Spark and and will debut in film festivals later this year. Her previous, Mauvaises Têtes, is an award-winning reinvention of classic Hollywood horror films such as Frankenstein which was well received in film festivals around the world. Her focus is to bring more entertaining, yet layered, character driven gothic horror and fantasy films to the screen. Her career as a storyteller began as a small child, making up elaborate tales to tell her family and friends. This natural talent for make-believe and keen visual imagination, had by age eleven, led her to decide on a directing career. After studying filmmaking in Paris, Rebekah moved to New York in 2010. She is also an advocate of fair gender representation in cinema, she is known for giving nuanced voices to female characters and is part of a group of filmmakers seeking to transform the industry.
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TRAUMA INDUSTRIES
SYNOPSIS: It’s a big day for Joseph, his family is taking him on a trip to the Smile-Rite® toy factory for his twelfth birthday. And everybody knows that when you turn twelve, that’s when you become a man…
Trauma Industries is a science fiction film set in a 1950s propaganda inspired dystopia. Shot on 35mm, the film was made only using the techniques of the era.
DIRECTOR: Jethro Massey
AWARDS WINS / NOMINATIONS: TBD
DIRECTOR’S / FILMMAKER’S BIO: Jethro Massey is a British-French filmmaker living in Paris. His documentary work has taken him around the world working with everyone from ballerinas in the Bolshoi Theatre to clowns in the Malian savannah. His music videos for Hailey Tuck, Joon Moon, Liset Alea and Malody Linhart have won nominations and awards at numerous festivals, and his previous fiction film Shelter premiered at Paris Courts Devant in 2014. Trauma Industries is his last short.
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