CandyByte

2023 Official Selection: Screenplay – Short Film

Charlie, a successful smart home inventor, dies after celebrating the opening night of her latest smart home creation called CANDY. Charlie’s spirit enters into the apple-shaped device and controls CANDY while her caretaker, Billie, helps her to find her murderer. The two discover an unexpected secret. But will Charlie and Billie find the murderer before it’s too late?

Writer(s): Diana Foronda

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Bad Trails

2023 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror

An exhausted new mother, at the end of her rope, is plagued by intrusive thoughts and feelings.

Director(s): Colin Garcia
Writer(s): Colin Garcia
Producer(s): Gary Leo Miller, Colin Garcia, Stuart McWhirter
Key Cast: Abi Van Andel, Tamara Dearing, Katherine Martin, Gracie Taylor, Dara Jade Tiller

Los Angeles Premiere!

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Robots Don’t Tell Jokes

2023 Official Selection: Short Film – Animation

Robot thinks he has a wonderful joke, so he keeps trying to tell it, but none of the other robots ever laugh. They tell him “robots don’t tell jokes…” Will Robot give up on his awesome joke or will he find his tribe?  Stop-motion using mainly wood scraps and metal pieces.

Director(s): Kelli Caldwell
Writer(s): Kelli Caldwell
Producer(s): Kelli Caldwelli

 

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Strawberry

2023 Official Selection: Featurette – Horror

After the death of her abusive ex-boyfriend, Nova connects with his most recent girlfriend- only to realize that some spirits have a hard time staying buried.

Director(s): Jordan Pfeifer
Writer(s): Jordan Pfeifer
Producer(s): Jordan Pfeifer, Angela Nancy Chapman, Eliana Mullins
Key Cast: Emily Gateley, Daisy Tichenor

World Premiere!

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CROOKS – Heart of Vengeance

2023 Official Selection: Music Video

The story of a scientist inventing the key to eternal life. A couple of thugs steal his invention and leave him and his daughter for dead. In order to come back to life he sells his soul to the devil. Armed only with a heart of vengeance, and an Axe, he hunts down the crooks one by one. . .

Director(s): Snorre Fuglsang Ruhe
Writer(s): Snorre Fuglsang Ruhe
Producer(s): Jens Formann
Key Cast: Christoffer Svane

Los Angeles Premiere!

They picked the wrong man to kill!

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