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Filmmaker Ethan Grahek (PEGASUS HIGHWAY)

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PEGASUS HIGHWAY, 15min., Australia
Directed by Ethan Grahek
Two Bronies (Adult male fans of small, collectable Pony toys) are out to buy weed for their first time. Unbeknown to them, it is also their dealers first deal. What should have been a simple transaction quickly devolves, forcing one of the Bronies to chauffeur the eccentric drug dealer on a psychotic road trip. But there is more to these Bronies than the dealer could ever fathom.

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?
This film was my Honours film I completed at Deakin University, Melbourne.
For the very first assessment presentation I attended at uni, a young woman did a presentation on bronies, they really piqued my interest, i’d never heard of them before because I grew up in a small, rural town.
I went down a bit of a rabbit hole and discovered the uh… interesting… world of the Bronie fandom. Whilst searching I wondered how a Bronie would be perceived at my small town high school, that seed of an idea developed into the final film.
I thought the idea was pretty unique so that really motivated me to see it through to completion over the years it took!

2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film?
I conceived the idea in 2017 and began research and development of it for my Honours year in 2020. But we all know what happened that year. There were going to be heavy COVID restrictions imposed on our film sets so I decided to flee back to my hometown until the lockdowns subsided. I returned to Melbourne to finally complete the production in Oct 2022 – Feb 2023. So realistically, even though the process took all those years to finally complete, the actual time spent on it was approximately 7-8 months.

3. How would you describe your film in two words!?
Unexpected, Whack

4. What was the biggest obstacle you faced in completing this film?
The Covid pandemic for sure, plus the constant rain during production, as well as the long hours spent completing all the VFX solo.

5. What were your initial reactions when watching the audience talking about your film in the feedback video?
I honestly thought it was pretty incredible, almost surreal hearing people from another country comment on and more excitingly, seem to enjoy my whacky little film!
It was really great and insightful listening to people say they dug the details that you put so much time, research and effort into!

6. When did you realize that you wanted to make films?
When I was in year 9. I originally thought I wanted to be an actor, growing up in a small town, there were very few opportunities to act so I started making youtube videos to practice, through this process I discovered that I found it much more endearing being behind the camera than in front of it.

7. What film have you seen the most in your life?
If we’re talking about my entire lifetime, I’d say Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones.
If referring to my adult life, I’d say Two Hands.

8. What other elements of the festival experience can we and other festivals implement to satisfy you and help you further your filmmaking career?
Honestly, the fact that you guys provide these feedback videos is awesome, and is certainly what drew me to screen my film with you!
Especially as someone that is fresh out of uni and can’t necessarily afford travelling to film festivals.

9. You submitted to the festival via FilmFreeway. How has your experiences been working on the festival platform site?
I love FilmFreeway! It’s so good having everything available in one place! Saves on a lot of the research time!

10. What is your favorite meal?
Burritos

11. What is next for you? A new film?
For sure. I’ve made up a bit of a roadmap of what I’d like to achieve over the next few years and next up is either an action short or a horror short about a drag queen. I’m thinking more likely the latter because action is very expensive.

Filmmaker Donald Rayne Mitchell (MARION GRUBER: PREPAREDNESS IS PREVENTION)

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MARION GRUBER: PREPAREDNESS IS PREVENTION, 30min. USA
Directed by Donald Rayne Mitchell
Dr. Marion Gruber is a world-renowned expert in vaccine development, regulation, and licensure. She worked at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for many years, serving as the director of the Office of Vaccines Research & Review (OVRR) from 2012-2021. In this short film, Dr. Gruber and several of her colleagues describe their efforts to ensure that life-saving vaccines were available during some of the most recent and well-known public health emergencies and why preparing for the next infectious disease threat is critical.

https://hillemanfilm.com/marion-gruber

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

In collaboration with the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, I helped to create the educational initiative we call the Vaccine Makers Project (VMP). The VMP is made up of K-12 curricula which are supported by a variety of films and animations, the feature documentary, HILLEMAN among them. From the beginning, one of our goals with the project has been to put a human face to the science of vaccines. There’s a lot of noise out there around vaccine science but at the heart of the conversation are people that, in many cases, have dedicated their lives to protecting their fellow human beings through the prevention of disease. Marion Gruber is one of those people and her inspiring career is what motivated us to make this film.

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

In the summer of 2022 we were exploring the idea of making a film about Operation Warp Speed, the government program that made the rapid development of the COVID-19 vaccines possible. But it didn’t take long to realize that we just didn’t have the budget or the people power to do justice to that subject. During the course of that research, however, we were fortunate enough to interview Dr. Gruber and the more we learned about her involvement in not just the COVID-19 pandemic, but the 2009 flu pandemic and the Ebola outbreaks in the mid-teens, the more we felt that her story was one the world should know about. My first interview with Dr. Gruber happened in mid-September, 2022 and we finished the film by mid-April, 2023.

3. How would you describe your film in two words!?
“Tempered urgency.” Think about what’s at stake when an infectious disease strikes. Lives are being lost with every passing minute. To stop those lives being lost we must act with urgency, but not with haste, because if we’re not careful our actions could cause more harm. Dr. Gruber and her colleagues understood both the urgency of shielding the public from the COVID-19 pandemic and simultaneously protecting the public from unproven products. They met that massive responsibility by tempering their desire to act fast with their need to rigorously evaluate the science. And they did that admirably!

4. What was the biggest obstacle you faced in completing this film?
Imagine what happens on a daily basis at the FDA; maybe a meeting with your staff in the morning, a catch-up over lunch with a colleague, lots of phone calls and Zoom calls and then probably another meeting or two in the afternoon. Ebola is wreaking havoc in West Africa and you’re saving the world by having one meeting after the next. That’s not a very visually exciting story to tell. (And by the way, the FDA doesn’t video record all their meetings anyway so good luck finding archival footage of your subjects doing their jobs.) So as a filmmaker telling this story, the biggest obstacle was finding the visual language to convey the drama and the stakes that were at play in the work of Dr. Gruber and her team. We found that visual language primarily through news footage. And even though our protagonist wasn’t the subject of that news footage, our antagonists were, and that’s what drove our story forward.

5. What were your initial reactions when watching the audience talking about your film in the feedback video?
Honestly, the audience reactions to the film were exactly what I would hope for; that realization that scientists working in public health are people just like us, and that they have families and they’re in this boat with us. If there’s one thing we need right now it’s more faith in each other. I think a film like this reminds you that institutions are made up of people, and that most people strive to be the best they can be and want to help where and when they can.

6. When did you realize that you wanted to make films?
Like every filmmaker that grew up in the 1970s, I knew I wanted to make films when I saw Star Wars for the first time.

7. What film have you seen the most in your life?
In high school I worked as an usher, then a projectionist at the local movie theater. The cinema had two screens so I spent a lot of time managing the various movies that were running. But in between shows I would stand in the back of the theaters and watch the films. Raiders of the Lost Ark was one of the movies we hosted during that time and so I’ve probably seen that movie more than any other during my lifetime.

8. What other elements of the festival experience can we and other festivals implement to satisfy you and help you further your filmmaking career?
The New York SCIENCE & NATURE FEEDBACK Film Festival is doing it right by bringing the festival experience into the virtual theater. It’s great to be able to experience a film with others in the same room but so often in today’s world creating that experience is really hard or even impossible. And that’s when this kind of experience is invaluable, not only to support filmmakers but to also create community around important subjects. Anything you can do to bridge that gap between the theater and our living rooms is so appreciated.

9. You submitted to the festival via FilmFreeway. How has your experiences been working on the festival platform site?
Nothing but good things to say about both FilmFreeway and the New York Science & Nature Feedback Film Festival!

10. What is your favorite meal?
Chicken Korma w/ rice, Chana Masala and Naan 🙂

11. What is next for you? A new film?
I’m just finishing a short illustrated animation about the History of Vaccine Science in Pennsylvania and continuing to develop a feature film project based on Bill Foege’s book, House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox.

Filmmaker Leo Rojas (APHASIC DREAM)

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APHASIC DREAM, 24min,. Bolivia
Directed by Leo Rojas
Fernando, a guy with a messy life, starts having strange dreams of a kid in an abandoned warehouse.

http://leorojas.me/
https://www.instagram.com/steverojas00/

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

– My main motivation is to make Bolivian films to be recognized worldwide, I want to show the quality of stories we can tell.

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

– Approximately 4 months.

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

– Opportunity and proud.

4. What was the biggest obstacle you faced in completing this film?

– The money, we had no much money and that limited us to many things that we wanted to do. But I think we managed to deliver a very good job with the little budget we had.

5. What were your initial reactions when watching the audience talking about your film in the feedback video?

– I was very proud and happy to see that other people enjoyed my short film, I think that’s the most beautiful thing about filmmaking.

6. When did you realize that you wanted to make films?

– Since I was 11 years old, I knew I wanted to dedicate my whole life to make films.

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

– The Lord of the Rings trilogy

8. What other elements of the festival experience can we and other festivals implement to satisfy you and help you further your filmmaking career?

– Maybe record the reaction of the audience while they are watching the short films.

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

– It is a very comfortable and easy to understand platform, quite intuitive.

10. What is your favorite meal?

– Lasagna

11. What is next for you? A new film?

– I will continue to make a few more short films, until I get the opportunity to make my first feature film, after that, I will not stop.

Filmmaker Suniva Maya Miller (ROOM OF MEMORIES)

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ROOM OF MEMORIES, 2min., Australia
Directed by Suniva Maya Miller
The story of heartbreak told from the memory center of the brain.

https://instagram.com/caffeinated_dream_dream

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

It was my first ever animated film that I developed during my first year of university. For some reason I had this feeling that I had to make something so emotional and deep. At the time I had just been through a pretty rough breakup with someone who I had been friends with for much longer. So I wanted to write and make something that would reflect the complicated emotions I had surrounding this person and our relationship.

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

The idea initially formed itself in March 2023 and finally had a developed script by around June. After that I created storyboards and a production schedule for when I started the animation in September and completed everything in November 2023.

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

Love and heartbreak.

4. What was the biggest obstacle you faced in completing this film?

Initially this film was supposed to be a minute long, however I found that the story really required to be longer in order to be as impactful

5. What were your initial reactions when watching the audience talking about your film in the feedback video?

I thought that a lot of it was quite on track and I’m glad that despite being quite short the message of the film came across. I noticed that despite the implications of the girls having shared a romantic relationship however I understand that might not have come off as strongly as I would have hoped. Either way, however people interpret their relationship, the story still fits.

6. When did you realize that you wanted to make films?

When I was twelve I realised how much love I had for telling stories and exploring all these different ideas and emotions. I especially had a love for drawing and making comics, so then I decided that I wanted to go into film making and animation.

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

This would probably be a tie between so many films, but I would say that either Back to the Future or Coraline. I have studied these movies endlessly.

8. What other elements of the festival experience can we and other festivals implement to satisfy you and help you further your filmmaking career?

Honestly this has been such a great experience as one of the first festivals I have ever submitted to and been accepted. I don’t have much experience with festivals so I’m not sure how to improve them.

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

I really love using FilmFreeway, it’s such a great tool for exploring all sorts of festivals at the touch of a button.

10. What is your favorite meal?

Gnocchi al ragù d’anatra (gnocchi with duck ragu).

11. What is next for you? A new film?

I have already started developing a new film for my second year of animation at university.

Filmmaker Fernando Alberto Broce (OJUE)

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OJUE, 13min,. USA
Directed by Fernando Alberto Broce
A panamanian fashion designer living in the US, who is embarrassed about her culture, is forced to bring her dad with dementia (who is convinced that he is still in Panama) to her most important exhibition.

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

Since I moved to Los Angeles two years ago, I have felt a great nostalgia for my country, Panama. I wanted to tell a story whose characters would reflect this. I wanted to tell a story that would serve as a collage of the things I miss most about my country.

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

It took about three months writing it, four months of pre-production, 7 days of filming, and four months of post-production. In total, almost a year.

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

Panama, identity.

4. What was the biggest obstacle you faced in completing this film?

The last two minutes of the short film were definitely the most challenging. Replicate a festival like the “Thousand Skirts”, with more than thirty women arranged with the Panamanian skirt, shooting inside the lock in the Panama Canal, shooting with a band of more than seventy members. Undoubtedly, that final montage was challenging but the best thing that could happen to the short film.

5. What were your initial reactions when watching the audience talking about your film in the feedback video?

I was very happy that even though this is a story with Panama in the middle, the feeling was effectively transmitted to the audience of this festival, despite the fact that they were from other parts of the world.

6. When did you realize that you wanted to make films?

When I was little I watched an astronaut movie and spent a month wanting to be an astronaut. Then I saw one about writers and I wanted to be a writer. Then about lawyers, about doctors, etc. at the age of 13 I realized, that what I wanted was to make movies.

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

Her, The Swiss Army Man, Interstellar.

8. What other elements of the festival experience can we and other festivals implement to satisfy you and help you further your filmmaking career?

To have the recording of the audience reacting was more than enough. The more spaces we have to see and talk about the reactions of our work, the better.

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

Very easy and smooth!

10. What is your favorite meal?

Octopus ceviche.

11. What is next for you? A new film?

Currently writing my first feature film as writter and director. Also working daily as an editor and production designer

Short Film Review: BARBETTE + FONTAINE. Directed by John-Carlos Estrada, Zak Zeh

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Synopsis:

A century apart, two Texas icons unite through art, resilience, and a shared legacy of self-expression and freedom.

https://instagram.com/barbette.fontaine

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/barbette-fontaine-review

Review by Andie Karvelis:

Hope. Inspiration. Freedom. All these words conjure powerful feelings and we each define what these things mean to us. What inspires you? What gives you hope? What is your idea of freedom? These three words are the best way to describe Barbette & Fontaine – hope, inspiration and freedom.


Directors John-Carlos Estrada and Zak Zeh did an amazing job with this film. As did Thomas Swafford with his sensational cinematography work. They honored a trailblazer in the entertainment industry, Barbette. She paved the way in the early 1900’s by embracing the freedom to be herself and gave countless others inspiration and hope. One of those individuals is Cynthia Lee Fontaine, a wonderful drag performer. There have been so many parallels in Fontaine’s life to Babette’s and the struggles they both faced and overcame.


This film is so beautifully and artfully done. You can’t help but be inspired, hopeful and to remember that freedom of expression is a form of love… and love always wins.

GENRE Movie Trailers Film Festival

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A showcase of the best new movies and their respective trailers from around the world today.

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS:

Best Story: CANEPA´S ROAD BRIDE
Best Editing: WAIT
Best Direction: THE MEMORY OF MY HEART
Dance Trailer: THE TIDES
Student Trailer: DEAR FORGIVENESS
Music Video Trailer: FEARLESS
Thriller/Suspense Trailer: THE BATON ROUGE SERIAL KILLER
Crime/Mystery Trailer: THE D WORD
Comedy Trailer: OMG! THE CAPTAIN IS HERE
Mockumentary Trailer: THE END OF DAYS
Sci-Fi Trailer: BLACK HOLE
Mythological Trailer: SICK TWISTED FAIRIES
Supernatural Trailer: DELUSIONAL STATE
Documentary Trailer: DREAM BIG FOR WHAT YOU WANT TO HAPPEN
Horror Trailer: ABHORRENT

See the Full Lineup of Films:

THE TIDES, 2min.,
Directed by Sophia Williams
The beginnings of a movement to amplify the under-heard voices of dance. Created and directed by female Cypriot/New Zealander artistic director, Sophia Williams, and choreographed by Leiland Charles on the Artists of Pointeworks.

https://www.pointeworks.org/
https://facebook.com/pointework
https://instagram.com/pointe_works

DEAR FORGIVENESS, 2min.,
Directed by Lawrence Dumas Jr.
A young and successful entrepreneur is about to launch one of the biggest deals of his life. This deal will put him in the top 1% of the business world. He is striving to honor his mother Sunshine Sandison who passed a year ago. Jaden deals with grief and resentment towards his father Brian who left during Sunshine’s sickness. This is hindering Jaden from completely locking in on the upcoming brand launch.

https://www.thelawrenceeugenecollection.net/dear-forgiveness-short-film.html

FEARLESS, 30 seconds
Directed by Asel Suluu
Our project is a celebration of women’s empowerment, uniqueness, and freedom. It revolves around a fearless female persona who boldly embraces her freedom and refuses to be constrained by boundaries, prejudices, or stereotypes. Her belief is simple but powerful: YOU are in charge of your life, do what you love, and be fearless.

THE BATON ROUGE SERIAL KILLER, 3min.,
DIrected by Bishop Stevens
This film unravels the haunting true story of the first African American serial killer, Derrick Todd Lee, whose chilling reign of terror spanned from 1993 to 2003 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The film exposes a dark chapter in history where racial bias shields a cunning predator, challenging investigators and the community.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23863358/
https://www.facebook.com/derricktoddleemovie

THE D WORD, 18 seconds
DIrected by James Watjen
A deranged looking stranger prepares for his morning breakfast.

https://www.anaellemorf.com/
https://www.facebook.com/anaelle.morf.5
https://twitter.com/AnaelleMorf
https://instagram.com/toothbrainproductions

OMG! THE CAPTAIN IS HERE. Part 2, 1min.
Directed by Anaëlle Morf, Cristina Müller
A TikToker explores a haunted boat. Part 2.
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THE END OF DAYS, 1min.,
DIrected by Jonathan Christopher Martin-Ives
In this mock trailer, a British teenager, gifted with clairvoyancy seeks to warn anyone who will listen to her about an impending alien attack. She falls on deaf ears.

BLACK HOLE, 3min.,
Directed by Jim Territo
A Space Probe reflects on all it’s learned and lost as it drifts into oblivion; a “Space Cowboy Ballad”. Michael-Leon Wooley, vocals. Proof-of concept for a full-length animated feature.

http://www.daedalus2mission.com/
https://www.facebook.com/
https://www.instagram.com/daedalus2mission/

WAIT, 1min.,
Directed by Jared Jacobsen, Lorena Diaz
A man and a woman suddenly find themselves alone in a vacant lot and neither can remember how they got there.

http://www.stephenjakevideo.com/
https://www.instagram.com/sjakevido

KUINERRAQ, 4min.,
Directed by Magnus Shipe
A young seventh grader explores the heritage of his maternal grandma through this glance at a Yu’pik village and his Native Alaskan roots.

IF HUMANS WERE PLASTIC BOTTLES, 2min.,
Directed by Muhammad Wafri Zaidani
Telling the feelings of a plastic bottle if it was a human.The film becomes a powerful allegory for environmental sustainability, urging viewers to reflect on their own habits and consider the long-term consequences of a throwaway culture. “If humans were plastic bottles” delivers a poignant message about the importance of individual responsibility, collective action, and the need for a more sustainable way of living.

SICK TWISTED FAIRIES, 3min.,
Directed by Marisa L. Williams
Original music from the motion picture “Demons Among Us” by Thorisaz, Joshua Brian Knight, and Ras Shomari; featuring Flying Veda and Morgan as dark fairies.

http://www.outlandishwriter.com/
https://instagram.com/thorisaz

THE MEMORY OF MY HEART, 2min,.
Directed by Marc Martinez
In a quest for healing, a bereaved child psychologist uncovers a sinister secret buried within her patient’s new heart, leading to a dramatic crusade for justice amidst a backdrop of unspoken tensions.

GONE WITH THE WINDSHIELD, 2min.,
Directed by Lawrence Riggins
Crash Test Dummies bust out of their car factory to rescue one of their own. From the Award Winning Screenplay.

CANEPA´S ROAD BRIDE, 2min.,
Directed by Victor LANGUASCO
There is a popular legend “The bride of Canepa’s Road” which was spread among the northern towns in Argentina a long time ago, similar to a Latin American legend called “The Moaning”.

Músika, 4min.,
Directed by Alberto Herrera
A delightfully harmonic tale of the origin of music

ROBOT ASTEROID, 1min.,
Directed by Paul May
A trailer for my sci/fi horror screenplay.

DELUSIONAL STATE, 3min.,
Directed by Trelanda Lowe
Following a near-fatal accident at a party, Ryan McDillon must resolve his issues within thirty days according to Angel and Mr. Grim over a work-related bet the two have together. Ryan must make amends among the people in his life. He must maneuver through his dysfunctional family, a pregnant girlfriend, hiding his boyfriend from his girlfriend, dealing with his long-time best “friend” who only wants to keep Ryan in the party world for selfish reasons, navigating painful PTSD memories from his childhood pastor, and battling sobriety.

https://visionedge.media/
https://facebook.com/visionedgemedia
https://twitter.com/visionedgemedia
https://instagram.com/visionedgemedia

DREAM BIG FOR WHAT YOU WANT TO HAPPEN, 3min.,
Directed by Peter Vordenberg
The trailer for Dream Big, a documentary about listening rather than talking in order to make progress in our fight against climate change.

ABHORRENT, 1min.
Directed by Anthony Buziak
A smalltown deputy must discover the source of a recent slew of animal attacks

http://abhorrentfilm.com/
https://www.instagram.com/abhorrentfilm/

February 2024 – Movie Trailers Festival

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A showcase of the best new movies and their respective trailers from around the world today.

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS:

MOVIE TRAILER: Red Dog & Bates
EDITED TRAILER: Wallie’s Gals
FEATURE FILM TRAILER: Dante
DOCUMENTARY TRAILER: Water
COMEDY TRAILER: Attack of the Killer Refridgerator 2
EXPERIMENTAL TRAILER: Q 1
ACTION TRAILER: Hard Ride
LGBTQ+ TRAILER: Skin Show / Live
SCI-FI TRAILER: Celeste
MOCK TRAILER: The End of Days
HORROR TRAILER: Goodbye God, I’ve Gone to Bodie
STUDENT FILM TRAILER: Wrong Girl
DRAMA TRAILER: Son-Of-A-Preacher-Man
ANIMATION TRAILER: The Scarlet Knight: Defender of the Block

See the Full Lineup of Films:

WATER TRAILER, 10min., USA
Directed by Gary Beeber
“WATER” is a feature documentary film by Gary Beeber that focuses on Ohio’s source of water and what’s being done to protect it for future generations.

https://www.filmsbygarybeeber.com/water

DANTE, 1min.
Directed by Frank Reyes
This is the trailer of this middle lengh film. In here you will find a hint of the story and some of the awards and selections the movie has collected so far.

https://www.instagram.com/ojitodegato.producciones

ATTACK OF THE KILLER REFRIGERATOR 2, 1min., USA
Directed by Michael Savino
During a high school house party, the refrigerator is plugged in and turns the students into sliced meats. A group of survivors battle to save their lives and stop the wrath of the Killer Refrigerator.

https://www.instagram.com/attackofthekillerrefrigerator2/

Q 1, 1min,. Croatia
Directed by Silvano Perozic
Moving mandala what I started with a simple circle .

HARD RIDE, 3min., Australia
Directed by Rod Power
Three ex-military men set off on a motorcycle Ride .. their journey gets caught up in a Biker Gangster War all over a sexy pole dancer and will see the bikers who want their girl back and gangsters their drugs however the three riders are unaware .. this leads to the final battle Bikers & Gangsters against trained WAR vets

https://www.facebook.com/rod.power.7

SKIN SHOW / LIVE, 2min,. USA
Directed by Richard Daniels
This is a short trailer for the film SKIN SHOW / LIVE, the paintings of Dan Romer by Richard Daniels.

https://www.danielsfilms.com/documentary-film-projects/
https://www.facebook.com/DanielsFilms/
https://www.instagram.com/justonemec/

PSAs, 2min., USA
Directed by Lisa Spencer
Midle school students make two minute long PSAs against drinking alcohol.

CELESTE, 3min., China
Directed by ?? ?
In the fifth century of human interstellar colonization, an artist traversed across galaxies in exploration of the true colors of human civilization and emotions – the Celeste. Even though ultimately discovering the profound mystery of civilization’s essence, there was no power to save humanity.

INVADER FROM PLANET X, 1min.
Directed by Jonathan Christopher Martin-Ives

THE END OF DAYS, 1min., USA
Directed by Jonathan Christopher Martin-Ives
In this mock trailer, a British teenager, gifted with clairvoyancy seeks to warn anyone who will listen to her about an imbedding alien attack. She falls on deaf ears.

GOODBYE GOD, I’VE GONE TO BODIE, 30 seconds, USA
Directed by Kirby Wright
Teaser Trailer for Animated Series set in a Wild West ghost town in California. Here we have our Ghost Gurl narrator providing an overview of the concept.

LOVE DON’T BULLY, 1min., USA
Directed by Ilysa Spencer

SEE HOW THAT JIGGLES, 1min., USA
Directed by Ilysa Spencer
Just a lil ride around the farm on this old fashioned bike.

WRONG GIRL, 1min., USA
Directed by Caitlyn Melton
Steven, a human trafficker is looking for his next victim. He comes across Heather, your average waitress, but soon finds out she isn’t as innocent as she seems.

RED DOG & BATES, 3min., USA
Directed by Xochi Blymyer
In 1958, Red Dog & Bates decided to walk from Los Angeles to Mexico City. 2300 miles, 12 pairs of shoes, 7 months and 1 extraordinary adventure!

http://reddogandbatesthemovie.com/
https://www.instagram.com/xochib

FULL THROTTLE, 6min., France
Directed by Gabriel Boyer
A young man gets into a gleaming Porsche and rushes at breakneck speed through the streets of Toulouse.

SON-OF-A-PREACHER MAN, 2min., USA
Directed by Brandon M Glover
A promising young executive involuntarily falls in love with a young gambler who ultimately ruins her career, and finds himself looking for redemption, while she has to start over.

https://www.sonofapreachermanmovie.com/
https://www.facebook.com/sonofapreachermanthemovie
https://twitter.com/soapfilm
https://www.instagram.com/soap.film/

THE SCARLET KNIGHT: DEFENDER OF THE BLOCK, 2min,. USA
Directed by Juaquan Herron
Scarlet Knight: Defender of the Block” unfolds a mesmerizing tale of two cousins, raised by their grandparents and aspiring to become emergency room doctors in their hometown. Their lives take an extraordinary turn when they stumble upon Merlin’s magical gem, thrusting them into the roles of modern-day knights. As the gem triggers medieval chaos, transforming others into creatures, the cousins find themselves in a heated family feud, torn between using force or alternative methods to save their community. This thrilling fantasy adventure explores the intersection of magic, family ties, and the struggle to protect what matters most.

https://www.facebook.com/scarletknightseries
https://www.instagram.com/Scarlet_knight2923

WALLIE’S GALS, 3min., USA
Directed by Mary C. Ferrara
The official trailer for the upcoming feature comedy, “Wallie’s Gals.” About a group of women who worked at a clothing store back in the ’80s. 30 years later they reunite, wackier than ever.

https://callitawhimproductions.com/current-productions/wallies-gals/
https://www.facebook.com/walliesgals
https://instagram.com/walliesgals

WORDLOTTO, 2min., USA
Written by Tom Lop
As ‘alternative facts’ began to overrun every corner of free speech, Western Civilization found itself divided like never before. Shouting replaced listening. Each side was utterly convinced of its rightness. Spoken words gushed forth, regardless of law or propriety. Citizens saw a verbal Civil War on the horizon and demanded something be done. Welcome to the world of the WordMeter, where every utterance is not only counted but also granted at the discretion of the higher powers. Everyone agrees this is a generous system because allotments of words can be replenished simply by scratching a winning ticket in the WordLotto.

http://imdb.com/title/tt27610971/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_1_nm_1_q_wordlotto
https://www.facebook.com/New.Fiction.Ebooks.Audiobooks
https://twitter.com/Wordlotto
https://www.instagram.com/wordlotto/

Short Film Review: TILLIE. Directed by Noelle P. Wilson, D. Andrew Hartfield

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Synopsis:

An 8 year old girl adopted from China leads her father to a deeper understanding of what she faces in a new culture and what she longs for from her home country.

Review by Andie Karvelis:

This heartfelt film about an 8 year girl who was adopted from China was beautifully written by D. Andrew Hartfield and Tillie Hartfield. Just watching the bond between father and daughter will have you smiling but the direction the story took and how skillfully it was told will touch your heart.


The cast was phenomenal, Ming Xuan as Tillie, D. Andrew Hartfield as the Father and Sara Atkinson portraying the Mother. Each actor was so believable and you could see the rapport between them. Director Noelle P. Wilson did a wonderful job and creator D. Andrew Hartsfield also assisted in directing. The cinematography was beautiful thanks to Ben Enke and the score by Sean Turner, accentuated the emotion in the film.


One of my favorite parts was the game they played together. You could tell that D. Andrew Hartfield was writing from experience and it translated so perfectly on screen. Making this entire film an absolute joy to watch.

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January 2024 – Movie Trailers Festival

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A showcase of the best new movies and their respective trailers from around the world today.

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS:

MOVIE TRAILER of the MONTH: Don’t Die in Dubai
EDITED TRAILER: Limited Slip
MOCK TRAILER: The End of Days
SCI-FI TRAILER: Staycation
HORROR TRAILER: Appointment with the Plague Doctor, Lester Haywood
COMEDY TRAILER: Naughty in Az
CRIME/MYSTERY TRAILER: 27
LGBTQ+ TRAILER: Martinez, Margaritas and Murder!
KIDS TRAILER: Robbie & Mollie
ENVIRONMENTAL TRAILER: Water Star Medicine
MYSTERY TRAILER: Wait
DOCUMENTARY TRAILER: Anatolia Ancient Nature

See the Full Lineup of Films:

ANATOLIA ANCIENT NATURE, 2min. Turkey
Directed by Burak Dogansoysal
The Anatolian Ancient Nature documentary is a project that aims to create a visual inventory of the Anatolian geography, which contains species that are extremely important for the natural history heritage of our world. Our primary goal is to document little-known, iconic, endemic and endangered species in high quality and pass them on to future generations.

WAIT Trailer, 1min.,
Directed by Jared Jacobsen, Lorena Diaz
A man and a woman suddenly find themselves alone in a vacant lot and neither can remember how they got there.

THE AMERICAN RIVIERA DETECTIVE AGENCY, 2min.,
Directed by Sidney Bailey
Mike Durant, a private investigator working in Santa Barbara, specializes in high end divorce cases among the rich denizens of California’s American Riviera. Stepping outside his usual purview, Durant agrees to help a grieving widow, who suspects her husband’s death in a motorcycle accident is directly connected to the contents of a camera she discovered after his death which contains surveillance pictures and video clips of numerous people, associated with his place of work – Bristol Scott Engineering (BSE) – a developer of drone software for the US military. Durant’s investigation leads him into a minefield of corruption, betrayal and murder that very nearly ends with his own death at the hands of

SUNDOWN, 1min.
Directed by Bob Brill
Trailer for the short film “Sundown”

WATER STAR MEDICINE, 2min.,
Directed by Ilysa Spencer
a PSA about water

ROBBIE & MOLLIE, 1min.,
Directed by KIDS ‘N TRICKS
Robbie the seal and Mollie the seagull are living the good life by the sea. But dangers have been lurking on the beach and in the water for some time now. It’s not natural enemies that they now have to fear, it’s mainly plastic rubbish from humans that collects in the sea and threatens their habitat.

UNTO THE LEAST OF THESE, 3min.,
Directed by Kandis Heckler
When a group of diverse and eclectic social workers with more dysfunction than the Homeless they serve, line up for services at a faith based agency they unwillingly work through their own prejudice, privilege and guilt.

MARTINEZ, MARGARITAS AND MURDER!
Directed by James Helsing, Kirk Demorest
As Freddy Martinez’s friends are murdered one by one, he is recruited by a private investigator to help set a trap for the killer responsible: The Bedroom Butcher.

27 trailer, 1min.,
Directed by Nino Pace
Film trailer for the heist drama 27. The stresses of everyday life are causing too much anxiety for Max, he wants an easy way out. for his family. Would you do wrong to makes things right?

NAUGHTY IN AZ, 3min.
Written by Christopher Harmon
A shy divorcee reluctantly enters the world of nude dancing in mid 90’s Phoenix, as a fish out of water – but after numerous raucous and over the top … often dangerous, adventures — she achieves inner peace and transforms into a star.

LIMITED SLIP, 1min.,
Directed by Clint Calvert, Caleb Johnson
Trailer for the short film Limited Slip

ECHO RHYME, 3min.
Directed by Caleb Johnson, Jeff Johnson
Trailer: for the feature film Echo Rhyme

APPOINTMENT WITH THE PLAGUE DOCTOR, LESTER HAYWOOD, 8min,.
Directed by L.S. Strange

DELUSIONAL STATE, 3min.,
Directed by Trelanda Lowe

DOUBLE OR NUTIN’, 2min.
Directed by Stewart Brodian
A local actor tries to start a comedy variety show on public access TV using celebrity impersonators.

HUMAN GAME 2 – The Culling Of A King trailer, 1min.
Directed by Nathan Waire
Trailer for the sequel.

STAYCATION, 1min.,
Directed by Russell Emanuel
Lead virologist Edward Bellows plays tête-a-tête with hard-hitting journalist Grace Baxter as the world collapses under the weight of a global pandemic. She holds nothing back as she fires question after question, seeking answers from the beleaguered professor. Meanwhile, Britt and Marnie, college roommates being forced to live together, must deal with their newfound realities of this global pandemic. And, a couple Matt and Cathy, stuck in lockdown and separated between continents, spend some belated quality time via webcam toasting to foreign brandy and reminiscing on the past.

THE END OF DAYS, 1min.
Directed by Jonathan Christopher Martin-Ives
In this mock trailer, a British teenager, gifted with clairvoyancy seeks to warn anyone who will listen to her about an imbedding alien attack. She falls on deaf ears.

MY SISTERS’ CUP, 3min.
Directed by Cortez Mack
An inspirational story about four sisters learning the value of sisterhood through the teachings and wisdom of their mother

DON’T DIE IN DUBAI, 4min.,
Written by Christopher Harmon
A bad boy living, cannabis loving, Rap star is terrified about turning 50 and dying like his peers, so he travels to Dubai to find ‘magic bud’ that stops aging … while there to judge a Belly-Dancing contest — but underworld villains threaten his life and ruin his high. He struggles to survive long enough to appreciate his life, his friends and to blaze for another day.