BLOCK CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING FILMS:
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BFF GIRLS
SYNOPSIS: Three dorky American girls magically transform into beautiful Japanese Superheroes and fight a tampon monster as they begin their journey into womanhood.
DIRECTOR: Brian Lonano
AWARDS WINS / NOMINATIONS: TBD
DIRECTOR’S / FILMMAKER’S BIO: Brian Lonano makes bizarre short films with titles like “ATTACKAZOIDS!”, “Gwilliam”, and “CROW HAND!!!” His films embrace a trashy sentiment and utilize DIY practical effects. Brian’s been very fortunate to screen at festivals like SXSW, Slamdance, Fantastic Fest, Fantasia and many more. His recent film “Gwilliam” won such prestigious awards as the “Trash and Transgression Award” at the Sydney Underground Film Festival and the “Wrongest Film” Award at the Sick n’ Wrong Film Festival. He loves making films with his loyal and hard working crew; he loves his wife and frequent collaborator Victoria Cook, and he loves to eat doughnuts.
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C L A W
SYNOPSIS: An adult film performer meets a mysterious producer and discovers the true price of fame.
C L A W is Creepypasta short film based loosely on an urban legend that originated via email in early 2000. It’s subject line simply read: “If you read one disgusting story this year . . . LET IT BE THIS ONE !
AWARDS WINS / NOMINATIONS: TBD
DIRECTOR’S / FILMMAKER’S BIO: Christopher Litten (aka Dick Thompson) and Menaka Gopinath started inviting musicians into their Hollywood living room on Wilcox Avenue to play private performances—with the cameras rolling. Our pilot episode was with a high school band featuring 15yr old’s Indio Downey and Lewis Pullman (Strangers 2). It was cozy. Everyone took off their shoes, Menaka made cookies, and the kids rocked it out. A few weeks later Family of the Year stopped by – cookies were replaced with whiskey, and the party officially began.
In addition to producing a wide-range of content for our clients, Chris has worked for over 10 years as a producer/editor for The WB, FX, and The CW creating successful broadcast marketing launch campaigns for Gossip Girl, Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, and the upcoming Black Lightning.
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CONDUCTOR
SYNOPSIS: Alexis, a sound engineer, helps an aspiring musician, Josh, win the drum machine of his dreams in a competition in a mall. She mentors him and helps him find his groove to compose the winning beat. Once he submits his creation, it triggers a chain reaction revealing the competition booth to be a gruesome contraption. Through Josh’ beat and a horrific death, Alexis’ creative design comes to fruition directing the macabre music she envisioned.
DIRECTOR: Alex Noyer
AWARDS WINS / NOMINATIONS: TBD
DIRECTOR’S / FILMMAKER’S BIO: Raised in a Finnish art and media family, Paris-born Alex Noyer, studied advertising in London and ultimately joined the world of story telling through art when he co-founded You Know, an innovative agency with a focus on film and video.
Upon creating the short piece, A Conversation With Julian Schnabel, which successfully screened at Art Basel before touring museums and galleries worldwide, Noyer subsequently, conceived, produced and released two more conversation pieces (with Peter Halley and HC Berg) with global review.
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GOODNIGHT, GRACIE
SYNOPSIS: After mom gets hacked to pieces by her latest lover, a devout child fights to escape the same fate.
DIRECTOR: Stellan Kendrick
AWARDS WINS / NOMINATIONS: TBD
DIRECTOR’S / FILMMAKER’S BIO: 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.
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INSIDE THE HOUSE
SYNOPSIS: It’s best to keep your eyes open when you’re home alone.
DIRECTOR: Dycee Wildman & Jennifer Bonior
AWARDS WINS / NOMINATIONS: TBD
DIRECTOR’S / FILMMAKER’S BIO: Dycee Wildman and Jennifer Bonior live in Nashville, TN and spend all of their free time making short films with a spooky or horrible twist under the name Dasiy Dukes Films. Wildman, a Nashville native, and Bonior, from San Jose, bring very different backgrounds and styles to their projects. Their ongoing collaboration has been born out of a joyful love of creation and a shared delight in all things scary and strange. While both women make things separately when their powers combine wild and wonderful films are the result.
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MORTAL COIL
SYNOPSIS: In the dark city slums, a storytelling dominatrix hides a grotesque creature in her closet. The struggle to feed it’s demanding drug addiction causes her life to come crashing down around her.
DIRECTOR: Conor Long
AWARDS WINS / NOMINATIONS: TBD
DIRECTOR’S / FILMMAKER’S BIO: For the first 15 years of his career, Conor mixed an academic approach towards filmmaking with an intensely adventurous drive to make films all over the world. In 2010 he received undergraduate degrees in ‘Film & Media Arts’ and ‘Asian Studies’. In the Spring of 2018 he will receive an MFA in ‘Film & Media Arts’ from the University of Utah.
Happy to uproot himself, Conor prides himself on his adaptability, an attribute which has opened up opportunities over the years to make films in many countries throughout Europe and Asia. With a versatile skill-set, he has worked professionally in many roles including: writing, directing, cinematography, animation, editing and VFX. Many of his personal projects, including award winning shorts and his feature film, POINT B, highlight his unique visual style, and outside-the-box thinking. Since POINT B, he has been studying animation and post-production techniques, freelancing in his various specialties, and fiercly writing to ensure that his next projects are great stories well told.
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MOTHER FUCKER
SYNOPSIS: Charles is deeply in debt and desperate to save his kidnapped dog. In a last-ditch effort to secure the ransom, Charles returns home to ask his wealthy, widowed mother for help. An unimaginable bargain is struck.
DIRECTOR: Nicholas Payne Santos
AWARDS WINS / NOMINATIONS: TBD
DIRECTOR’S / FILMMAKER’S BIO: Nicholas Payne Santos is a twenty-nine year old filmmaker based out of Brooklyn, NY. He is a writer, director and producer at BullMoose Pictures and is a proud member of the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective. Santos was born and raised on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Nicholas is currently pursuing his Film MFA at Columbia University School of the Arts.
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THE BLOODY BALLAD
OF SQUIRT REYNOLDS
SYNOPSIS: The kids at Camp Nawgonamakit are about to find out the tragic tale of Squirt Reynolds is more than just a legend.
DIRECTOR: Anthony Cousins
AWARDS WINS / NOMINATIONS: TBD
DIRECTOR’S / FILMMAKER’S BIO: Anthony Cousins is a Minnesota based director/cinematographer who made his directorial debut with the Award winning short When Susurrus Stirs.
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THE LAST DROP
SYNOPSIS: Once a week, a group of strangers meet to talk about their addiction. Their good efforts to stay on the ‘straight and narrow’ path are challenged when Dennis accidently joins their group. All of them have to ask themselves a question, do they have their addiction under control?
DIRECTOR: Sascha Zimmermann
AWARDS WINS / NOMINATIONS: TBD
DIRECTOR’S / FILMMAKER’S BIO: Sascha was born in Bremerhaven in 1977. He studied Media Design for Film, TV and Sound in Hamburg, Germany and graduated in 2006. His main emphasis was in film theory, dramaturgy and montage theory. In 2006 he wrote and directed his first feature film SHUT. Sascha was nominated for the 20TH CENTURY FOX AWARD with his short 25 CENT (over 40 festivals). The film also won the several awards including the Audience Award at the CLIP AWARD 2009. In 2010 he co-wrote & directed the web series THE ULTIMATE SUPERHERO BLOG which was produced by OSCAR 2012 nominee Stefan Gieren.
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THIRD WHEEL
SYNOPSIS: Susan has more than just skeletons in her closet.
DIRECTOR: Daniel DelPurgatorio
AWARDS WINS / NOMINATIONS: TBD
DIRECTOR’S / FILMMAKER’S BIO: Daniel DelPurgatorio most recently directed the award-winning short films “Third Wheel” (2017), “Body(s)” (2015), “OTHER” (2012), and in 2009, “Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter” for Warner Bros. The 30-minute film starring Gerard Butler and Jared Harris was a tie-in to Zack Snyder’s “Watchmen” adaptation, produced by Synder and written by Alex Tse.
Daniel’s films have screened in competition at such festivals as SXSW, Fantasia, and Screamfest among others.
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TiCK
SYNOPSIS: In a post-pandemic society, a vampire in hiding is forced to make a stand when confronted with the oppressive regime who kidnapped and enslaved her family.
DIRECTOR: Ashlea Wessel
AWARDS WINS / NOMINATIONS: TBD
DIRECTOR’S / FILMMAKER’S BIO: Ashlea Wessel is a filmmaker and blood donor hailing from the raccoon-infested hellmouth called Toronto, Ontario. Wessel’s films use elements of sci-fi, fantasy and horror as a framework to explore themes of social, political and personal upheaval. She tells her stories using an arresting visual style that couples stark realism with a phantasmagoric flair. Her award-winning short film Ink was an official selection at the 2016 Toronto After Dark Film Festival. She is looking forward to the premiere of her sophomore short Tick at Fantasia 2018!
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WE SUMMONED A DEMON
SYNOPSIS: They just wanted to be cool. Instead, they got a demon.
DIRECTOR: Chris McInroy
AWARDS WINS / NOMINATIONS: TBD
DIRECTOR’S / FILMMAKER’S BIO: Hi, I’m Chris. I write and direct things. Mostly horror and comedy related. I made Bad Guy #2, Death Metal and We Summoned A Demon. Maybe you’ve heard of them. They’ve played in film festivals and have won awards. Right now I’m prepping my short film segment for the horror anthology, Scare Package. I’m hoping my next project will be my first feature film, a horror-comedy with werewolves. I love werewolves. I also love dipping chips in dips
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