Filmmakers in attendance
Ladybug
RT 12 Mins
Director: Roman Dent
Writer: Roman Dent (screenplay, story by); Michael Roud (Story By)
Producer: Jaret Martino, Rob Rettberg
Starring: Jennifer Lyons, Bruce Shetler, CeCe Paige, Jakob Wedel, Jessica Morris
Description: After the untimely death of his parents, John turns to his sister for support who helps him cope with his grief in some questionable ways.
World Premiere
The Stomach
RT 15 Mins
Director: Ben Steiner
Writer: Ben Steiner
Producers: Dan Dixon
Starring: Simon Meacock, Ben Bishop, Peter Marinker, Kiki Kendrick, Neil Newbon, Jennie Lathan
Description: Frank's had enough. A spirit medium whose unique and grotesque method of channeling the dead is putting his own life at risk, he wants out. But others, in this world and the next, have plans of their own. Part body horror, part crime thriller, part ghost story, The Stomach is a unique tale of Supernatural Noir.
Insomniacs
RT 15 Mins
Director: Charles Chintzer Lai
Writer: Charles Chintzer Lai
Starring: Vanessa Kirby, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Imogen Stubbs, Charlotte Hope
Description: Two Londoners lose sleep but find each other.
CO Premiere
The Blood of Love
RT 20 Mins
Director: Jeff Meyers
Writer: Jeff Meyers
Producers: Keith Jefferies, Arden Morris, Jonathan West, Jeff Meyers
Starring: Mali Elfman, Chris Stack, James St. Vincent, Steve Xander Carson, Norm Roth
Description: Unwilling to accept the death of her husband, a young widow, acquires a machine that can bring him back to her. But the machine exacts a terrible price: she must provide the blood it needs to revive her beloved. And it starts demanding more and more blood for less and less time.
CO Premiere
Everything (You say) I am
RT 18 Mins
Director: Guillermo Florence
Writer: Guillermo Florence
Producer: Guillermo Florence
Starring: Marta Larralde, Iván Massagué
Description: Gonzalo, a hotel waiter, looks under a bed and finds Bea. She, suffering a bout of amnesia, has run out on her own wedding, and everyone is searching the hotel for her. Before the others find her, Gonzalo must get her to believe what he says: that she is the love of his life.
CO Premiere
While You Were in a Coma
RT 10 Mins
Director: Jean Paul Labbe
Writers: Kevin & Matthew McManus with input from the TentSquare Community
Producers: Andrew van den Houten, Zach Passero, Seth Webster, Ashleigh Snead
Starring: James St. Vincent, Brooke Butler
Description: As the first film ever created using Crowd Powered Entertainment™, “While You Were in a Coma” was voted on every step of the way, from the title to plot points, to the director and lead actor. It follows the story of Otis Reeves, a man who wakes from a coma 30 years after his prom night to find the world in shambles and the girl of his dreams still out there waiting for him.
CO Premiere
Fruitcake
RT 13 Mins
Directors: Seth M. Sherwood and Sarah Baker Grillo
Writer: Seth M. Sherwood
Producers: Sarah Baker Grillo, Erin Boyes, Seth M. Sherwood, Elyse Levesque, Morgan Peter Brown
Starring: Erin Boyes, Elyse Levesque, Troy Ruptash, JR Bourne, Russell Sams, Karen Jean Olds, Piercey Dalton
Description: Set in suburbia during the 1950s, Fruitcake tells the story of 'Rosemary' and 'Sallie,' who for various reasons, feel they are not as happy as they should be with the world around them. Disconnected and ambivalent, they are intrigued by the prospect of a new cure-all for their loneliness. Desperate for their lives to live up to some imaginary ideal, these women might be swayed to take any course of action, even if it costs them their very sanity.
World Premiere
