AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST THRILLER FILM: NEAR KEPLER BEST CRIME/MYSTERY FILM: LYCANTHROPHY BEST ACTION FILM: ROLL PIN PUNCH BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: DEEP WATER BEST PERFORMANCESS: MARRAS BEST SOUND & MUSIC: WILL TO LIVE: THE GARY EDINGER STORY Theme of night: Trapped and getting out. NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so all screenings… Continue reading HIGHLIGHT & VIDEOS: JUNE 2020 THRILLER/SUSPENSE Film Festival
Category: suspense films
Short Film: FOOD CART, 18min., USA, Thriller
Ali is a talented chef and Food Cart owner in Portland, Oregon. After falling behind on rent, a tragic accident forces Ali to make a change in his father’s recipe. He becomes an overnight sensation but finds achieving his dream of opening a restaurant means selling his soul. Project Links Website Facebook Instagram News &… Continue reading Short Film: FOOD CART, 18min., USA, Thriller
THRILLER Festival 1st Scene Script: The Journal Of Second Lieutentant Issac Bangs, Unabridged, by George Deihl Jr.
In 1776, a young medic in the Continental Army struggles to solve a series of gruesome murders in Manhattan’s Brothel District, and uncovers a secret that could cost him his soul. CAST LIST: Jacob: Biden Hall Lizzie: Aliya Hamid Ben: Geoff Mays Narrator: Val Cole Cunningham: Shawn Devlin Isaac: Chris O’Bray Madame: Pascale Behrman —… Continue reading THRILLER Festival 1st Scene Script: The Journal Of Second Lieutentant Issac Bangs, Unabridged, by George Deihl Jr.
Director – Hamish Robertson (HIDEOUS)
Director Statement Though I have worked on various short films at college and university, I was aware that making an ambitious short, such as Hideous, would be a considerable jump. Despite the films relatively modest setting of a flower shop, there were still inevitable complications in finding legal areas of Glasgow to film in, undertaking… Continue reading Director – Hamish Robertson (HIDEOUS)
Short Film: HIDEOUS, 16min., UK, Thriller
When cheerful flower shop employee, Marla, awkwardly comes into contact with a mysterious man dressed all in black, she learns that her husband, Pete, was savagely murdered earlier that day. He then gives her an opportunity to take revenge. But will she accept? Project Links Facebook Twitter Instagram News & Reviews “⭐⭐⭐⭐ review of Hideous… Continue reading Short Film: HIDEOUS, 16min., UK, Thriller
Short Film: A NIGHT WITHOUT, 6min., Isreal, Thriller
A sleepless father, in danger of losing his sanity, is hopelessly trying to put his crying baby to sleep. Project Links Facebook
Short Film: SOLITAIRE, 15min., USA, Thriller/Drama
In this dark comedy we follow a young woman who has secluded herself in her palatial estate from any human interaction. When she hires a handyman in the hopes of relieving her lack of companion ship, she finds herself overwhelmed with attachment to this man which quickly snowballs when he attempts to leave the estate.… Continue reading Short Film: SOLITAIRE, 15min., USA, Thriller/Drama
Short Film: THE SLEEP OF THE RIGHTEOUS, 16min., Mexico, Thiller/Action
In Mexico, where only one in every 100 crimes ends in a conviction, a group of men decide to wait no more and take justice on their own hands. Soon they discover that they’ve killed the wrong man, that two police detectives seem to be on their track and that a gang of real criminals… Continue reading Short Film: THE SLEEP OF THE RIGHTEOUS, 16min., Mexico, Thiller/Action
THRILLER Best Scene Reading: THE PORTRAIT, by Matthew Marshall
Roderick Usher is a struggling portrait painter in 1880s Providence, Rhode Island. After meeting the beautiful Ligeia, a poet, muse and force of nature in her own right, Usher learns of a deadly technique that enables him to produce “life-like” portraits. After falling in love with Ligeia he is commissioned to paint her portrait. Usher… Continue reading THRILLER Best Scene Reading: THE PORTRAIT, by Matthew Marshall
Short Film: BLOODBURN, 7min., Netherlands, Crime/Thriller
What if someone commits a horrible crime and afterwards gets promoted to a powerful position within de Department of Defense where he is legally untouchable? In a desperate attempt, a young soldier forces a high ranking officer into a confrontation by hijacking a bar. The young soldier gives him a choice between two options: confessing… Continue reading Short Film: BLOODBURN, 7min., Netherlands, Crime/Thriller
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