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New Film on the Platform: THE STAMP, 10min., USA, Comedy
Watch Film: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/watch-the-stamp-short-film
A satire on how to complete a task within government bureaucracy.
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https://instagram.com/the.stamp.shortfilm
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/the-stamp-review
Directed by Sharon Mayo
Director Statement
I graduated from NYU University in 2001 and ended up working in post production for 15 years in different spaces — the government space, the corporate space and the broadcast space just to name a few.
One of my most infuriating jobs was for a government contractor. I’m a woman with a high work ethic who likes to get tasks done in the most efficient manner to make the most of my time. This short film is based upon my experiences of being too much of a go-getter, too ambitious, too much in general for a government space. When I tried to conform to the job, I found myself miserable and felt that my talents were being wasted.
In retrospect, I now realize the importance of working in an environment that encourages innovation and imagination is key to uplifting society as a whole.
I made this film to highlight three main statements:
1. Your environment can kill your creativity and imagination if you stay within it long enough.
2. There’s a reason why the energy at the DMV or the Post Office can be somewhat suicidal and,
3. A new job may promise money for financial freedom but can be at the cost of your mental health.
Wrap this all up in a package (where my strengths are in post and improvisational comedy) and the results are the short film satire, The Stamp.
Cast: Joe Hoenig, Gorby Mufan Shih, Katherine Burns, Nana Fobi Duffuor
March 2025: MOVIE Trailers GENRE Festival
AUDIENCE AWARDS:
Best TRAILER: DEALING WITH CRIPPEN
Best COMEDY Trailer: THE HAPPINESS ANGEL
Best DRAMA Trailer: CIRCLE OF LIFE
Best EDITED Trailer: FLICKER
Best FAMILY Trailer: TREE
Best HORROR Trailer: BLACK MAGIK
Best MYSTERY Trailer: THE BIRD MAY DIE
Best RELATIONSHIP Trailer: ENDLESS NIGHT
Best STORY Trailer: Relics of the Madre Vina
Best THRILLER Trailer: PANCAKE MAN
See the full lineup of trailers:
TREE, 3min., Iran
A girl plants a sapling in her garden. But as the years pass, the tree feels lonely because the girl has forgotten it, and it emerges from the soil and leaves the girl. Until the girl goes back to the tree.
FLICKER, 1min., USA
For the most part, the city of Columbia is safe and friendly, but a strange light begins to flicker and no one can seem to ignore it.
https://www.instagram.com/sevenhearts.productions/
BLACK MAGIK TRAILER, 2min., Italy
What happens when a group of kids find themselves sharing a passion, that of music that awakens the dark side of our consciences? What happens when you find yourself in your hands with the possibility of transforming into a demon?
CIRCLE OF LIFE, 1min,. Canada
THE BIRD MAY DIE, 2min., Canada
A woman flees her country in an attempt to save her teenage daughter’s life. The upcoming events prove that things are not what she expected. She has to make a very difficult decision.
https://www.facebook.com/thebirdmaydie/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel
ENDLESS NIGHT, 1min., Canada
The story of a couple who have problems in their marriage. He wants to get a second wife but she becomes aware and goes and tells the second woman about the truce. This brings more trouble for all of them.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5177940/?ref_=nm_knf_i2
THE HAPPINESS ANGEL, 2min.,
After a celebrity therapist known online as The Happiness Angel is tasered, she develops a lethal compulsion to attack her lovers mid-act.
Relics of the Madré Véna, 3min., USA
A young headstrong graduate student must form an untrustworthy alliance with a rival Australian treasure hunter to rescue her gay best friend from a dangerous band of tomb robbers and solve a mysterious Viking connection to the American Civil War in the Ozarks.
Dealing With Crippen, 1min., UK
A charming narcissist exploits a failing marriage for financial gain. Based on the infamous 1910 Dr Crippen murder case.
https://m.imdb.com/name/nm5753723/?
https://instagram.com/officialronaldmoger
PANCAKE MAN, 1min., USA
A trailer highlighting some tasty kills from the feature film Pancake Man
https://www.facebook.com/groups/621268619691404
JINGU, 90min,. USA
JINGU was a legendary empress consort of Emperor Chuai, who left her legacy and power inside a sacred sword where her future successor challenges the guardian of the sword to recover her legacy.
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