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A Report on Account of the Silent Stalker

A Report on Account of the Silent Stalker

Short, Crime Drama / Thriller
Los Angeles Premiere

Set in 1960s New York, Detective Jane Mallory enlists the help of the retired Detective Charles Cassius, who dedicated his career to tracking down the infamous Silent Stalker to no avail. When Detective Mallory suspects the return of the sinister serial killer 10 years later, she drags the reluctant old detective to the scene of the crime. Charles Cassius refuses to believe the return of his old nemesis until he is brought face to face with the evil that forces Cassius to confront his morality and ethical principles.

Director: Les Perrin IV
Producer: Les Perrin IV
Writer: Les Perrin IV
Cast: Ben Chalex, J Rod, Rory Smith, Sydney Sutter
Cinematographer: Morgen Ludwig
Editor: Les Perrin IV

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A WITNESS

A WITNESS

Short 

"The world ended but theirs is just beginning. Three people brought together by nothing short of fate. Thrown into a post apocalyptic age as children left our trio with little understanding of basic human emotions, such as love. Like any true cynic, James, is questionable of the idea at best. He watches the love story of Jane & Bodhi unfold in front of him, fascinated by the purity and magnitude of it all. With the help of his favorite authors, Shakespeare & Stephanie Meyers, James documents the romance like a true historian. And like most great love stories, told and untold, tragedy follows closely behind with every step."

Director: Noelle Miller
Producer: Veronica Deeds, Max Gray Wilbur, Drue Knapp, 6Degrees Films
Writer:  Drue Knapp           
Cast: Drue Knapp, Emilio Garcia-Sanchez, Alex MacNicoll
Cinematographer: Don Morgan 
Editor: Kelsey Myers

Best Drama short at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival, Best Drama Short at the Berlin Indie Film Festival 

Instagram: @awitnessfilm

BUSH

BUSH

Short 

Darcy desperately wants to have sex with her boyfriend, but she is tormented by her pubic hair. 

Director: Danielle LeBlanc
Producer: Laura Trent, Moss Rios Rehm, Danielle LeBlanc
Writer: Danielle LeBlanc           
Cast: Julia Rome, Baron Nguyen, Sammy Bluth, Genevieve Lerner, Laura Trent
Cinematographer: Harrison Stagner
Editor: Austin O’Reilly

Honorable Mention from Boundless Film Festival

Instagram: @mothercannoli

The Hideaway

The Hideaway

Short, drama

Sophie, the lead of a failing film franchise, is suing her production company claiming a "toxic Set". The night before the lawsuit begins she meets up with Beckah, a once-production-assistant, now producer, who is testifying against her. An already complex circumstance is made more complex as past feelings are revealed, and true intentions put into question.

Director: Rachel Wender & Alison Faye Shelley
Producer: Rachel Wender, Alison Faye Shelley, Kristin Screnci
Writer: Rachel Wender
Cast: Rachel Wender, Niah Andino, Tagger Skomsky, Kayleigh Goldworthy
Cinematographer: Brent Bailey
Editor: Michael Roush

Awards: Winner of Best LGBTQ Film at Santa Barbara international Movie Awards, Best Film on Women’s Issue at Las Vegas Indie Film Festival and San Diego International Film Awards, Best Romance Film at San Jose Independent Film Festival,  and Best Script at Vancouver Indie Film Festival, and Best Narrative Short at LA independent Film Channel Festival and International Independent Film Awards.

Filmed in Los Angeles shortly after the SAG and Writer’s strikes!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachelwender/

Stuhi

Stuhi

Music Video
USA Premiere

Everyone remembers the hollow left behind by the disappearance of human life. The melancholy—and the need—for everyday urban chaos. The frantic movements, the endless lines, the absurd traffic that, once gone, ended up magnifying an entire chapter of our history.

It was a time when truth shrank into moments of stillness, slipping easily into the possibility of being false. A time when truths—and the debates built around them—had to be kept intact, even when their fragility was obvious.

That same tension lingers in the road lines that open the film: directions without destinations, paths that lead nowhere. It grows stronger in the elegiac soundtrack that frames a vertical cityscape, where oversized statues stand as the only living witnesses of a frozen public space.

Two figures step into this setting. They move forward carrying the weight of uncertainty—born from the emptiness below them and the edges that hold them up.

Against the void, against the illusion, they run, nameless and unseen. 
And yet they reach another place, where they finally emerge—descending into the underground of a crowd that seems, somehow, to have been waiting for them…

Director: Chiara Feriani
Producer: Chiara Grandi
Writer: Chiara Feriani
Cinematographer: Gianluca Catania, Federico Vio
Editor: Chiara Feriani, Francesco Loffredo

Winner at: Europe Music Video Award 2026, Indie Short Film Festival 2026, Cine Paris Film Festival 2026, Greece Film Festival 2026, Ponza Film Festival 2026, Monza Film Festival 2026.

Nominee at: New York Film Festival 2026

It Came to This

It Came to This

Short

Dina is writer who wants a book deal. She lets her boyfriend, Ira, move in with her, but their plans are interrupted when they fight over an ugly lamp. Love should inspire compromise right? At least until a lamp becomes the match to ligh their relationship on fire.

Director: Sheldon Schiffer
Producer: Sheldon Schiffer
Writer: Sheldon Schiffer
Cast: Marilyn Sanabria, Amir Kovacs
Cinematographer: Ly Bolia
Editor: Sheldon Schiffer & Diego Bruno

Winner Best Romantic Comedy 30th Indie Gathering Indepedent Film Festival (Cleveland, USA), Winner Best Short Film Feedback Romance and Relationship Film Festival,  Jury Appreciation Award For Remarkable Artistic Achievement 10th Durgapur Interational Film Festival, Finalist Best Romantic Comedy Georgia Comedy Film Festival

Website: www.mysteriouspictures.com
Instagram:@sheldonelias
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sheldonelias

Never Leave

Never Leave

Short
Los Angeles Premiere

Try to make it through and evening while the threat of a stalker is always lingering often blurring the lines between real and imagined. The fear never leaves you.

Director: Geoff Ryan
Producer: Christine Severin
Writer: Geoff Ryan             
Cast: Yoni Ilyassova, Victor Ross II
Cinematographer: Geoff Ryan 
Editor: Geoff Ryan 

Website: http://www.geoffryan-film.com

Instagram: @geophrian

Facebook: @geophrian

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