In a world driven by corporate greed and unethical genetic experimentation, Darien, the pioneering human clone, finds himself obsolete against a superior 2nd Generation Clone, leading to his and his mentor’s targeting. Following his mentor’s death, Darien’s hidden hybrid nature—combining human and vampire DNA—surfaces during a critical confrontation, granting him unexpected survival. Marked as a “Tainted” failure yet possessing newfound powers, Darien faces an ambiguous future, embodying the narrative’s critique of ambition’s perils and the poignant fallout of manipulative sciences.
Review by Julie Sheppard:
This fabulous sci-fi action flick, Tainted, has all the high energy of a combat video game, but with an added emotion-infused touch. You can sense that there is a backstory between the youthful Darien and Jarred, perhaps a previous friendship but now a chilling rivalry. There is also a father/son type of fondness between the brave Dr. Cole and the loyal Darien. The fine acting of this trio gives the film more depth and dimension than a simple display of combat.
Saying that, the combat choreography is sensational – lots of lightening-fast moves and capable use of weaponry, complete with bright flames and sparks. The muted-coloured clinical setting is a suitable backdrop to give focus to the sparring figures. Also impressive is the make up, notably the oozing gore and the terrifying face of the monster. I appreciate the high-tech computer voice, the (mostly) off screen maniacal laughter, the soulful choir, and the intense sound effects.
Indeed, this film offers both the satisfying entertainment one might get from a video game, and the real sense that justice is done, without the viewer ever having to reach for a joystick!
“Breaking Out” is centered around a tumultuous piano improvisation David Glass recorded several years ago. The short film is a psychological rollercoaster containing a variety of footage that express a wide range of intense emotions and strong forces of nature, and yet there is a beauty to the chaos. As in a ballet, the music is in synchronicity with the dramatic scenes.
Breaking Out is a riveting short – – it is a cross between startling imagery and brilliant solo piano improvisation by David Glass.
Beginning somewhat slowly, it takes precious little time for the piano to go from “0 to 60” in pace and intensity. The visual imagery follows a similar trajectory. Before you know it, the screen is filled with immense billows of fast-moving smoke, and other images surging toward the viewer. Speed is also present with a scene of a frantic sex act.
David Glass is obviously an accomplished pianist. His nimble fingers seem to attack the keys with both delicacy and ferocity. Although the end credit lists the piano as “improvisation”, the clever link between the piano and the visuals seems well rehearsed and contemplated. Many of the images are quite nightmarish, in perfect synch with the fierceness of the piano, notably the scenes of humans fighting viciously, a fierce lion attacking his prey, a tornado destroying a house, and faces screaming in fear.
The film successfully startles the viewer into reflecting on the frustrations of life and the common human need, once in a while, to break out.
Festival designed to expose and promote films and screenplays that work outside the system and break the boundaries in the horror genre. To bring a voice to the talented independent filmmakers & writers within the horror genre.
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Our mission is to promote screenplays, films and videos that dissent radically in form, technique, or content, and challenge and transcend commercial and audience expectations using the audience FEEDBACK festival format that the flagship festivals uses.
Film festival occurs with a private audience at least 6 times a year in Montreal and Los Angeles. Each accepted film received 2 festival screenings. Private cinema screening where they will receive their audience feedback video. And the virtual screening (4-6 weeks after) that is an industry showcase of the best HORROR films from around the world today.
Screenplay Festivals occur once a month. We perform a transcript script of the winners in a studio using professional Canadian actors and post them online for the entire world to see. (Great proof of concept video to use to promote your script.)
NOTE: Accepted works also get the opportunity to do two interviews: A blog interview and an ITunes Film Festival podcast interview.
THE DESTRUCTION OF JANE, 12min,. USA Directed by Drue Pennella The Destruction of Jane is a campy, over the top, erotic, outrageous comedy which follows Miss Jane Parker to the African Jungle where it all began. Witness Tarzan and Jane’s first encounter, in what now has become a rather heralded expedition in the African Jungle, and one of our greatest love stories.
A1: I was motivated by an unstoppable combination of caffeine, an overactive imagination, and a jungle of weeds in my backyard that screamed “cinematic masterpiece.” I thought, why not turn my backyard chaos into a hilarious, campy adventure? Plus, playing both a gorilla and a damsel in distress was just too good to pass up.
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TIME, 3min., Greece Directed by Christos Karakasis An experimental movie depicting the passage of time over the city of Athens. It does not follow the usual cinematic narrative but focuses on the visual dimension of the moving image. The creator, hidden behind four shooting angles, designs a live painting and plays with four shots that test the composition, opening and duration of a panorama. The duration of this panorama (the continuous movement of the camera from point A to point B) combined with Time Lapse creates the feeling of a prolonged time. According to the director this is a comment on time. Time is “the undefined movement of the existence and the events of the past, present and future, considered as a whole”. According to ancient Greek mythology, time has wings on its back and never stops moving. Time was associated with Saturn, the Titan, who was the son of Uranus (sky) and Gaia (earth), representing the chaotic freedom of a primitive world opposed to Zeus’ order. “But what was of particular concern to ancient Greek poets, philosophers and historians was the problem of seeking the beginning of everything.
JACKAL AND HIDE, 12min,. UK Directed by Andy Gray, Nick Sneath, Lee Alan Donaldson In a desperate attempt to save them, a rescue group band together to free the boss whilst vastly outnumbered, a fight to the death soon ensues.
THE PLAQUES, 3min., France Directed by Patrice Guillan Paris, August 1944, Louis Dumas has just passed his entrance exam at the prestigious Sorbonne, he runs to announce it to his fiancée Henriette. But Paris rises up and frees itself, it shoots in the streets. Will he manage to join his sweetheart?
Submit a screenplay that is only 1 page long and have it performed at the Writing Festival by professional actors.
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Submit for only $20. ALL of the screenplays will be accepted and performed. If there is a beginning/middle/end, and the grammar is sound, we will perform it.
A great way to get your words out there, obtain the Agent you’re looking for or just get your story and work seen by more people. Your story will be seen by 100,000s of people when it’s read online using top professional actors. It’s a rush you’ll never experience in your life seeing it come to life that way.
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TV SCREENPLAY FESTIVAL takes place every single month. At least 4-15 winning screenplays read monthly.
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This festival was created as a way to get new teleplay writers out there to the industry. And to help expose the many amazing Web Series that our out there today that need recognition and exposure.
The present and future of the industry is now television. If you look at the TV industry at the turn of the century, you’ll see an entirely different medium.
This festival has a guaranteed 4 tier set up for each accepted script. (No matter what all screenplays submitted receive FULL FEEDBACK on their work by industry professionals.)
1st Tier: FULL FEEDBACK on your screenplay (all submissions)
2nd Tier: Accepted scripts (25% on average of submitted entries) get a best scene of their screenplay performed by professional actors and made into a promotional vehicle. (cut & paste the link here to watch the recent videos: https://vimeo.com/showcase/8252522)
Then (Tier #3) we will send you a list of questions to answer for our blog interview that will promote you and your film. Then after that (Tier #4) we will set up a podcast interview on our popular ITunes show where will we chat with you about the process of how the film was made.
—— TV WEB SERIES FESTIVAL occurs every 3 months.
Festivals takes place at the Carlton Cinemas in downtown Toronto, Canada. And at the LA LIVE Regal Cinemas in downtown Los Angeles.
Submit your short film that’s 5 minutes or less and get it showcased at the FEEDBACK Short Film Festivals in Los Angeles and Toronto. A monthly film festival event!
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(NEW: Also accepting smartphone made films.)
ALSO submit a short screenplay that’s 5 pages or under and get it performed by professional actors at the Writing Festival. FULL FEEDBACK on all entries.
Festival occurs 10 times a year! And gives accepted films multiple options to showcase and promote your film.
1) Screening #1 where you will also obtain your audience feedback video (private screenings). 2) Screening #2 virtually on the streaming service WILDsound TV 3) Podcast interview at Film Festival Radio on ITunes 4) Blog interview promoting you and your film.
(Note; If your film is not formally accepted to the festival, please email the festival if you like to receive the committee’s notes.)
IN THE DISTANCE, 10min., France Directed by Laëtitia Daché “In the Distance” is a choreographic triptych presented as short films, offering a perspective on the notions of complementarity and duality, expressions of resilience in the face of challenges.
I have reflected deeply on the duality inherent in certain experiences and emotions that can emerge throughout life. This duality, which manifests itself in countless places and in a variety of forms, became a source of exploration for me. It served as a starting point for my reflections. The complexity and subtlety of the human experience, with its layers of contradiction and harmony, has always been something I’ve sought to convey. There is a richness in these tensions, a constant interplay between opposing forces, which I find both fascinating and challenging to express.
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COUNTERFEIT, 18min., USA Directed by Michael E. Berg A neo-noir dramedy about a desperate man past his prime who has a chance encounter with an unhappily married woman at a bar. They conspire over drinks and deception to arrange a contract killing of her husband. But when she arrives unannounced at the man’s motel room, their cover stories quickly unravel and the consequences play out in unexpected ways for both.
PARALAND: THE PROLOGUE, 4min., USA Directed by Patrick McCarthy Paraland is the story of three heroes charged with rebuilding the realm following the reign of a hateful tyrant. As they struggle to unite the land and bring together the twelve races, they must also solve magical mysteries, defeat legendary foes, and endure the gods’ twisted sense of humor. patrickhmccarthy@gmail.com
KILLING R, 15min., Sweden Directed by Irene Altagracia Perez Lopez In a not-so-distant future where AI technology is part of everyday life, Rebecka (41), a successful architect and mother to Nonno (5), works from home with her sick daughter while her partner Carl (39) is away.
LOW DOWN LARRY CONQUERS THE MOON MEN, 4min., USA Directed by Sammy Verni At the height of the Space Race in July 1969, Larry Johnson and his trusty sidekick Spike, endeavor to be the first man (and dog) to set foot (and paw) on the Moon.
BEYOND THE SYSTEM, 16min., Ireland Directed by Fergus Mulligan In 2100, Earth’s inhabitants live under domes, believing the outside air unbreathable. A worker dreams of the world beyond and escapes using available tools. His attempt fails but becomes a signal flare, inspiring others.
DWINDLE, 17min., USSA Directed by John Broadhead A motivated young woman and her blind father, travelers in a post-apocalyptic world, journey through a forest where the father’s chilling stories about an ancient, dangerous creature threaten to be more real than either can believe.
ANTI-SOCIAL CLUB, 24min., Denmark Directed by Danny Germansen Anti-Social Club is a 24min art-house film about a young woman named Suzana who is living emancipated in nature but then is being forced by norms and rules of society to assimilate into to being a good, productive and law obedient citizen and contribute to society and the economics of the state, thereby becoming a slave of the system.
L.A. HAUNTED, 14min., USA Directed by Arthur Mountaniol A grotesque ghostly trip to the City of Fallen Angels. Los Angeles like you’ve never seen before.
EXPERÏRE ALLEGORIA !, 8min., Tunisia Directed by Anas Mejri In 3018, Science, Art, Religion and Technology evolved. Green, an Artist-Scientist, meet up with Red, a young lady, who seems to be a key to his newest discoveries. A new mystery he meets.
THE TOWN OF DEAD DREAMS, 14min., Canada Directed by Manisa Hope The Town Of Dead Dreams is the story of three friends Sun, Dew, and Kind who go on a journey to find a town that completely differs from the one they live in. On their way, they encounter an unexpected misfortune which changes their destiny. Will they be able to overcome the obstacles that they will face throughout their journey?
ADAM SUSBE’s LAST INTERVIEW, 20min., Bulgaria Directed by Dima Proykova Adam Susbe, the leader of the emancipated men, is invited for an interview In Sazi Wag’s intergalactic studio. Provoked by the journalist’s questions and interrupted by advertisements featuring defiantly naked men, Adam tries to convince the viewer that the male problem exists. The year is 3023… dima.proykovamge@gmail.com
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