Year: 2020

A cunning, but naive attorney gets in over his head with a Wall Street financier and the Russian mob. CAST LIST: Narrator: Julie Sheppard Max: Sean Ballantyne Ruben: Steve Rizzo Vulture Capitalist: Matthew Camp Neisha: Allison Kampf

When a brilliant young law grad with a talent for speed-reading takes a well paid gig scraping bulk data for dirt on a rival political candidate, his idealistic naiveté and misplaced loyalty land him in the crosshairs of powerful enemies, the FBI, and his murderous boss. CAST LIST: Narrator: Geoff Mays Dillan: Allan Michael Brunet… Continue reading THRILLER Festival Best Scene Reading: Opposition Research. by T. R. Schumer

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST CRIME/THRILLER FILM: IMAGINARY FRIEND BEST ACTION FILM: THE LAST PIZZA BEST PERFORMANCES: RETRIEVAL BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: ZEALANDIA BEST SOUND & MUSIC: EMBLEM Theme of night: Changing conventional thought. NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so all screenings were held in private. Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: ZEALANDIA 13min. New… Continue reading HIGHLIGHT & VIDEOS: DECEMBER 2020 THRILLER/SUSPENSE Film Festival

A family leaves the western rat race to pursue their lifelong dream to manage a tourist lodge in the rainforest. Unaware of the lodge’s murderous past, they are pulled into a psychological game unveiling the ultimate stake, life itself. CAST LIST: Daniel: Sean Ballantyne Interbank Trader: Allan Michael Brunet Annika: Julie Sheppard Emily: Val Cole

Matt Szymanowski wrote, produced and directed his debut feature, a Sundance Screenwriting Lab Finalist The Purple Onion. The film premiered at the Cinequest Film Festival and went on to play a dozen festivals Internationally, winning the Best Feature: Drama-Comedy at the Indie Gathering International Film Festival. Cinemation Studios distributed the film in summer 2017 on… Continue reading Director Biography – Matt Szymanowski (DARK DAY)

A man has just committed a brutal crime. His wife comes home with the intent of telling him she wants a divorce. On this day both of their dark secrets come to light.

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST THRILLER FILM: MIRROR FINISH BEST HORROR FILM: MALAKOUT BEST PERFORMANCES: VIRTUALLY HAPPY BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: ABSENCE BEST SOUND & MUSIC: STAY Theme of night: Death and Rebirth NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so all screenings were held in private. Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: ABSENCE, 13min., Germany, Sci-Fi/Thriller… Continue reading HIGHLIGHT & VIDEOS: OCTOBER 2020 THRILLER/SUSPENSE Film Festival

Hannah Davenport is having a “good news, bad news” kind of day: A stranger appears in the haunted village of Harper’s Ferry and could be the father she never knew. That’s the good news. The bad news is that he could also be a cold-blooded killer. CAST LIST: Narrator; Allison Kampf Hanna: Elizabeth Rose Morriss… Continue reading THRILLER BEST Scene Script Reading: 53 Hours In Harpers Ferry, by David Sabbath

Peter Nogueira is a Massachusetts filmmaker, completing his first feature film “You Still Have Time” at the age of 19, and his latest short film “Milk” in 2020 at the age of 21. Director Statement Every filmmaker should watch and learn from John Cassavetes. He’ll teach you how to stop worrying about what camera you… Continue reading Director Biography – Peter Nogueira (MILK)

  A man investigates a bizarre disappearance.