Official Selections: 4th LA Horror Film Festivals
Congratulations to our accepted filmmakers!
Films are listed in alphabetical order, index to the left.
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Greed & Gore
Short
Five criminals pick the wrong safehouse to lay low after robbing a bank.
After a bank robbery doesn’t go exactly as planned, a crew of five pick a last minute safehouse to lay low with their take and a hostage. But the safehouse isn’t so safe… Greed & Gore, a film by Adam Kirkey, is a mash of horror and thriller, with practical effects that will please all genre fans. It stars Julie Mainville (Butchers, The Good Doctor), Krishan Dutt (The Boys), Matthew Bell (Curse of the Anti-Quenched), Monica Zelak (Curse of the Anti-Quenched, Chronicles of Blood, The Enigma), and breakout stars Curt Derosier and Nick Dewolfe.
Cast: Julie Mainville, Monica Zelak, Krishan Dutt, Curt Desrosier, Matthew Bell, Nick DeWolfe
Directed by: Adam Kirkey
Written by: Adam Kirkey and Mathieu Lamarche
Produced by: Travis Laidlaw, Adam Kirkey, Mathieu Lamarche, and James Carmichael
Music by: Steph Kowal
Practical FX by: Locked in the Cellar
- Days of the Dead: Win best stunts
- Days of the Dead: Win Best FX
- Houston Horror Film Festival: best Fx
- Toronto International Spring Horror and Fantasy Film Festival: WIn Best Kill
- Bay of Blood: Winner Best Cinematography, Winner Viewers Choice Best Death, Winner Grossest Gag
- Horror Hotel: Winner Best Slasher
- Philadelphia Independent Film Festival: Win Best Horror
- Montreal Independent Film Festival: Best Horror
- Boden International Film Festival: Winner Best Horror
- Stockholm City Film Festival: Winner Best Horror
- Baton Rouge: Award Winner
- Austin International Arts Festival:Award Winner
- Shoot Your Shot: Award Winner
- Krampus Kon: Award Winner
- Golden Nugget Independent Film Festival : Award winner
Website: greedgorefilm.com
IMDB: imdb.com/title/tt17526842/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
IG:@greedandgorefilm
FB:@greedandgorefilm
TW:Greedgorefilm
Monstr
Short
How do you go on living when everything is taken from you in the blink of an eye? A true story of a young artist who confronts his inner demons while apprenticing with a northwest totem carver after the death of his beloved.
Created + Directed by: Tank Standing Buffalo
Writers: Xstine Cook, Tank Standing Buffalo
Producers: Amanda Miller, Xstine Cook, Leah Solis
Actors: Tristan Risk, Corey Feldman, Gabe Vadas
Casting: Joanne Boreham
Animation + Storyboards: Tank Standing Buffalo
Animation by: Crooked City Studios, Michael Linington, Michael Corr, Louis Solis, Brian Evinou, Miranda Limsiaco
VFX Supervisor: Greg Zajac
Compositors: Sean Janisse, Greg Zajac
Music + Sound Design: Cara Adu-Darko, Brandon Smith, William McGuigan
Music: Walter MacDonald White Bear
Hide Behind
Short
A couple's tryst in the woods takes an unexpected and deadly turn when they find themselves hunted by a vicious monster with a terrifying ability to hide behind any object.
Writer/Director: Richard Martin
Producer: Melissa Lee, Richard Martin, Jennie Kong, Irina Slepneva
Cast: Grace Su, Julian Curtis
Cinematographer: Broderick Engelhard
Editor: Chris Willett
Costume Designer: Mariah Harrison
Production Designer: Dorothy Zhu
Sound Designer: Sung Rok Choi, Matt Copeland
Composer: Alexander Bornstein
VFX: Chicken Bone FX Studios, Studio X
Special Effects: MastersFX
Instagram: @hidebehindshort
IMDB: imdb.com/title/tt18340090/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_hide%2520behind
It Heads Home
Los Angeles Premiere
Short
Something sinister has followed Daniel.
Director: Richard Louprasong
Producer: Richard Louprasong, Edwin Osaze
Writer: Richard Louprasong
Cast: Edwin Osaze
Cinematographer: Richard Louprasong
Editor: Richard Louprasong
Instagram: @somecallme_ricky
New Friend
World Premiere
Short
A group of friends lose their grip on reality when a mysterious new friend joins their hangout.
Director: Stephen Marsiano
Producer: Stephen Marsiano, Nic Murphy
Writer: Stephen Marsiano, Nic Murphy
Cast: Karel Ebergen, Alex Vergel, Emily Yetter, Jon Bangs, Derek Chariton
Cinematographer: Trey Betts
Editor: Stephen Marsiano
Website: newfriendfilm.com
Instagram: @stephenmarsiano