HORROR SHORTS PROGRAM 3
RED PRINCESS BLUES
11 minutes/US/English / Short Narrative/Fantasy
Director: Alex Ferrari
redprincessblues.com
MIAMI PREMIERE
ABOUT THE FILM: In this twisted modern day fairy tale Zoe, a young teenage girl, is lured into an after hours carnival tent by the sleazy rock-n-roll carny Rimo, she then gets more than she bargained for. It is up to the mysterious Princess, the star of the new knife show at Roscoe’s Carnival & Freak Show to pull Zoe out of the wolf den that she has fallen into. Source: filmmaker
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR: Independent filmmaker Alex Ferrari began his career as an editor and quickly moved up the ranks as a colorist, post production and visual effects supervisor. Coming from a visual effects/post-production background, this versatile director combined his passion for storytelling and visual effects experience with a unique visual style. Ferrari has been directing commercials and short films for many years. He has been featued in numerous publications including Moviemaker Magazine, Digital Arts, Chicago Sun-Times, In Film and Digital Filmmaker.
Ferrari exploded onto the indie film scene with his award winning short film BROKEN. The film went to screen at over 160 international film festivals and has been reviewed by over 250 news outlets world-wide including famed film critic Roger Ebert. Ferrari has established an award winning visual effects/post-production company called Numb Robot, which specializes in editorial, color grading, visual effects, title sequences, commercials and independent films. Source: filmmaker/alexferrari.com
CAST: Richard Tyson, Rachel Grant, Tabitha Morella, Robert Forster, and German Leonne (for full cast list, please see site or IMDB).
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SINNERS
22 minutes/US/English / Short Narrative/Horror/Triller
Director: Gary Lynch
painandpassionentertainment.com
FLORIDA PREMIERE / Midnight Mania
ABOUT THE FILM: When her cousin Missy is murdered, Nicky comes to town looking for answers. Soon more murders occur. Nicky thinks she knows who the killer is. But does she? Source: filmmaker
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR: Gary Lynch became interested in film making when his nephew Jonathan took a film class in high school. After watching some of the cool films his nephew made, Gary went to Wal-Mart where he purchase a camcorder, wrote a script and in 2002 made his first short film THE DEADLY PREDATOR. From 2002 to 2011, Gary has made thirteen short films that have played at over 150 film festivals. Several have been seem on television and several have played at theaters before major films. Gary writes, produces and directs all his films. He also does all the casting and marketing for his films. Gary’s films range from comedy to horror. His most popular films are CASTIN CALL, I WILL HURT YOU and I WILL HURT YOU SOME MORE. Gary is very popular with actors in Atlanta, Georgia known as " a guy who is very cool to work for".
Currently Gary is marketing his new film SINNERS and writing a new script for CASTING CALL 2. He will be shooting CASTING CALL 2 in April 2012. Source: filmmaker
CAST: Karli Garret Brooks, Nina Nicole, Ladonna Coward, Tanya Fraser, Latoya Haynes, and Niki Collier.
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ZOMBIE YEARS: THANKS GRANDPA
15:20 minutes/US/English / Short Narrative/Horror
Directors: Julio Alvarez and Juan Navarro*
creatureentertainement.com/projects/film/zombie-years-thanks-grandpa/
MIAMI PREMIERE / Filmed in Miami
ABOUT THE FILM: ZOMBIE YEARS: THANKS GRANDPA is a short film that takes place in a post-apocalyptic Miami, Florida overrun by the living dead. When all that exists is death, it takes more than survival to understand life, and we see Delilah “Del” Esquinosa go about this in her own way, from finding a new companion… to keeping old ones. What is family, friends, or even life itself when faced with the dead who won’t DIE? THANKS GRANDPA is a vignette prequel based on the ongoing web-comic ZOMBIE YEARS (zombieyears.com). It tells the story of one of its main characters, Delilah “Del” Esquinosa, and what she did before she met her compatriots. It ties in directly to the story line of ZOMBIE YEARS. Source: creatureentertainment.com/projects/film/zombie-years-thanks-grandpa/
ABOUT THE DIRECTORS: Julio Alvarez -- Global wayfarer and student of the elements of ‘the story’, Julio Alvarez, is dedicated to revealing the detail and hyperrealism of the moment. His photographic and filmic artistry reflects his curiosity for–and ability to capture–the immediacy, expression, limitless beauty, entertainment and innate importance of the narrative, whether that story is a movie or in a still photograph. He received training in the Theater Arts as a student of the Center for Expressive Arts under Lou Alexiou and the Performing and Visual Arts Center (a precursor to the New World School of the Arts). Julio’s rolling stone tendencies have led him to live and work all over the U.S., Europe and Central Asia. He has worked as a sound recording engineer, producer and mixer for over two decades. As a filmmaker, he has worked on corporate industrials, independent narrative films, promotional films and music videos in the capacity of director, shooter, location sound mixer, sound designer and editor. Julio’s curiosity for the nuanced details of a good story and his expertise in the technical components of picture and sound allow him to naturally draw out the each performer’s uniqueness with profound grace, imbuing each film with a distinctive and timeless story of its own.
Juan Navarro -- Born and raised in Hialeah (“agua, fango y factoría”) Florida, Juan Navarro has been writing for roughly ten years, making comic books for fifteen, and drawing and painting for over two decades. Fueled by a steady diet of comic books and Heavy Metal, Juan attended several Magnet programs in Miami including the Norland Middle School Arts Program and the Design and Architecture Senior High School. He graduated from the Performing and Visual Arts Center (PAVAC) at Miami Northwestern Senior High School and went on to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the New World School of the Arts at the University of Florida. He is the creator and artist of the web comic series Zombie Years since 2008, a founding member of Graphicsmash.com, and a founding illustrator for Steampunk Magazine. He also is a co-director of the CS Gallery in North Miami and the Art Director for the Oliva Cigar Company. He has lived and worked in Chicago, Savannah, San Francisco and, of course, his hometown Miami Florida. Source: creatureentertainment.com
CAST: Karla Solarte, Norbert Velez, Richard Haylor, and Chuchi the Wonder Dog (as himself).
* Be sure to catch directors Julio Alvarez and Juan Navarro and the CREATURE ENTERTAIMENT crew at their panel, the Florida Filmmaker Panel, and screening Q&A’s!