Echoes of Antietam, 6min., USA
Directed by Christopher Vallone
Echoes of Antietam is a haunting post–Civil War horror short film set on the blood-soaked farmlands of Maryland.

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Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?
I love history and a good father son story, so I thought that we really haven’t seen a “zombie civil war” film. So I thought one night before bed about a father and his two sons defending their home against an army of confederate zombie soldiers, the next day, I started writing!

2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film?
About 2 months.

3. How would you describe your film in two words!?
Zombie Eruption

4. What was the biggest obstacle you faced in completing this film?
When working with AI, many times there is a lot of censorship, it does not like to show blood, especially if there are kids in the film, so I had to word the prompts creatively to make the blood FX in this film.

5. There are 5 stages of the filmmaking process: Development. Pre-Production. Production. Post-Production. Distribution.

What is your favorite stage of the filmmaking process?
I love post-production.

6. When did you realize that you wanted to make films?
Since I was kid watching terminator 2.

7. What film have you seen the most times in your life?
Terminator 2.

8. In a perfect world: Who would you like to work with/collaborate with on a film?
Morgan Freeman

9. You submitted to the festival via FilmFreeway. How has your experiences been working on the festival platform site?
Very good.

10. What is your favorite meal?
Nice big fattie ribeye

11. What is next for you? A new film?
Resurrecting more stories I wrote 18-25 years ago using AI. My latest is based off of a true story from WWI called “One Man’s Land”