UTAH PREMIERE
SCREENING TIME & DATE: Sunday, September 8th @ 7:00 PM
SYNOPSIS: A young violinist unravels her long lost father’s past, triggering dark forces that reach beyond her imagination.
AWARDS NOMINATIONS (10): Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Score, Best Production Design, Best Costumes, Best Visual Effects
DIRECTOR: Andrew Desmond
CAST: Freya Tingley, Simon Abkarian, Rutger Hauer
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence & Mild Language
France & United Kingdom / 2018 / 1 hour, 28 minutes
DIRECTOR’S / FILMMAKER’S BIO: Born in London, Andrew Desmond is a British film director based in Paris. After attending the ESRA (Ecole Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle) film school in Paris and obtaining a Master Degree in filmmaking at Denis Diderot University, he went on to direct music videos, commercials and several short films. His latest short Entity was selected in over 50 festivals worldwide (Gerardmer, NIFFF, PIFAN, Clermont Ferrand, Rhode Island, FilmQuest, Sunscreen), won 5 awards and was bought by Cine + and NBC Universal in France, Shorts TV in the UK and the Kqed Network (PBS) in the USA. This film took 2 years of production and was released in early 2014. It was the first short film to be mixed in Dolby Atmos, in partnership with Dolby Company. In 2017, Andrew directed his first feature film, Supernatural Thriller The Sonata starring Freya Tingley, Simon Abkarian, James Faulkner and Rutger Hauer.
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DREAMCATCHER (CANADA)
USA PREMIERE
SYNOPSIS: Julia, victim to multiple psychological disorders, must survive the night without her prescribed sedatives. In and out of sleep the only thing protecting her sanity is the Dreamcatcher.
DIRECTOR: Michael Alexander Uccello
RATINGS GUIDE: Scary Images, All Audiences
AWARDS NOMINATIONS (1): Best Makeup – Short
DIRECTOR’S / FILMMAKER’S BIO: Michael Alexander Uccello develops his craft as a writer, director, and producer from Toronto, Canada. Michael’s mind revolves around the mystical and fantastical worlds of genre films with a sharp meticulousness and visionary foresight. Balancing both experimental and traditional filmmaking, it is his goal to leave a mark on the film industry.
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THE BLIZZARD (ANDORRA)
UTAH PREMIERE
SYNOPSIS: Second World War. Marie wakes up wounded and disoriented in the middle of a blizzard. In front, a mysterious forest separates her from her daughter.
DIRECTOR: Alvaro Rodriguez Areny
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence
AWARDS NOMINATIONS (1): Best Foreign Short
DIRECTOR’S / FILMMAKER’S BIO: Alvaro, from Andorra, is a short filmmaker. Has written, Directed and Produced the short films “Wolves” and “The Blizzard”
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