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2022 Official Selection: featurette – Thriller

A small town cop sets out to avenge his sons death but ends up unlocking a trove of horrifying town secrets. Now, he not only works for the law, but is enforcing his own. “JON LAW”

Director(s): Scott Martin
Writer(s): Scott Martin
Producer(s): John “Ophus” Lamb, Marybeth Martin, Scott Martin
Cast: Scott Martin, Morgan Piner, Mark Aaron, Greg Mason & John Cox

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2022 Official Selection: Feature Film – Experimental/Arthouse

Ginger, a recent widow, takes up autoerotic asphyxiation to work up the nerve to kill her abusive mother-in-law, Ginny.

Director(s): Brandon C. Lay
Writer(s): Brandon C. Lay
Producer(s): Brandon C. Lay, Sarah Cugini, Marcy Repp, Joshua Faturos
Key Cast: Sarah Cugini, Marcy Repp, Chris Egging, Kate Hughes, Hannah Marijon, Valynn Turkovich, Laura Klos-Gunther, Tatiana Torres, Searra Sawka, Syd Stauffer

2022 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

When a custody petition arrives, 13-year-old girl “Glory” must break her dad “Lord Injustice” out of a depression or they will lose each other forever.

Director(s): Jamieson Tabb
Writer(s): Melissa Jean Martinez-Areffi, AJ Areffi, Bella Zoe Martinez & Sean E Crouch
Producer(s): Max Wong Melissa J Martinez-Areffi & Bella Zoe Martinez
Cast: Eric Michael Cole, Bella Zoe Martinez, Felix Pire, Jonathon Booker, Joe ShaShaty

 

 

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2022 Official Selection: Short Film – Experimental/Arthouse

A re-imagining of Mad Men through the lens of the blaxploitation genre. A trailer for a non-existent show that should exist.

Director(s): Daniel Fries
Writer(s): Daniel Fries
Producer(s): Daniel Fries
Cast: Michael Shaw, Jasmine Carmichael

 

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2022 Official Selection: Short Film – Documentary

Shot entirely in Kyiv, Ukraine, the heroes of the movie left lucrative careers in IT and successfully realized careers based on their passions. They became happier by following their desires.

Director(s): Aleksandr Paramonov
Cast: Max Balter, Den Kazakov, Dmitry Filimonov

 

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2022 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama & Experimental/Arthouse

A psychological drama set in Los Angeles, about a
troubled, mentally ill, young woman who personifies her illness
into a man and has to choose love in order to move on.

Director(s): Therese Gotlib
Writer(s): Therese Gotlib
Producer(s): Therese Gotlib
Cast: Yasmin LeComte, Matthew Gasper, Kasey Esser

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2022 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

40-year-old Hervé, horn-rimmed-glasses and a bowl cut, is a cocky loser with basic dreams : find a girl, get a permanent contract. A strange individual with long hair, lurking near Hervé’s building is going to help him in an unexpected way.

Director(s): Aliénor Duplessis
Writer(s): Aliénor Duplessis
Producer(s): Aliénor Duplessis
Cast: Kim Giani, Pascal Voglimacci, Nicolas Lorange

 

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2022 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror

We’ve all seen a “Share this post with 10 people or something bad will happen to you” post. Things get weird when Casey ignores the threat.

Director(s): Christopher James Cramer
Writer(s): Christopher James Cramer
Producer(s): Christopher James Cramer
Cast: Devin Brooke, Riley Cramer Brooke

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