2022 Film Details

#NOFILTER (12:52, USA) Drama

Beth, an insecure twenty-something, who becomes obsessed with an insidious filter, leaving her to question true beauty.

• Director Of Photography: Jason Banker
• Director: Nathan Crooker
• Producer: Nathan Crooker, Maya Korn
• Cast: Kelly Lamor Wilson, Misha Osherovich, Sam Bixby

 

#Uncomfortable

Nina loves making people feel uncomfortable, she knows what stereotypes her size carries.

• Director: Catara Lane
• Producer: Temple U
• Executive Producer:
• Cast: Nina Rocha

 

ABC's of Philly

Sonni Shine shares her experiences living in Philadelphia in alphabetical order.

• Director: TG Gainey
• Cast: Sonni Shine, Victoria Williams

 

Anagnorisis

A new doctor has just arrived at a nursing home, where he meets a patient tormented by a past which he cannot remember. This doctor will help him do it, without anticipating the consequences.

• Director: Arturo Dueñas
• Producer: Laurentino Duenas Herrero
• Executive Producer:
• Cast: Julio Lázaro, Carlos Pinedo, Olga Mansilla

 

ANGST

In a distant future fear has been completely eradicated in order to find relief and peace beyond the hectic pace of life. That's where Bobby comes in: selling pills to those who wish to get back in touch with their primal instincts.

• Cinematography: Bernhard Schlick
• Editor: Johannes Schellhorn
• VFX Supervisor: Benjamin Philippovich
• Sounddesign: Karim Weth
• Music by: Karim Weth, Sebastian Leitinger, Laurenz Öllinger
• Director: Béla Baptiste
• Producer: Jakob Widmann
• Cast: Peter M. Marton, Béla Baptiste, Natalija Pajevic, Achmed Abdel-Salam, Shoshana Rae Stark, Cornelia Köndgen, Tatjana Alexander, Georg Duffek

 

Attached

Mert, always has a problem with relationships, thinking the girls are troubled, but the problem is Mert.

• Director: Emre Yapıcı
• Producer: Dorukan Soybas
• Executive Producer:
• Cast: Ercan Orta, Asena Keskinci, Efe Ekemen

 

b a l a a m

Balaam (King of Hell), is invoked to know aspects of the past, present and future. A black mass, a human sacrifice in the form of thanksgiving.

• Director: Melanie Belmonte
• Producer: Melanie Belmonte

 

Title: Behind Door Two

A young woman can no longer hide from what's haunting her apartment.

 

• Director: Frank Felipe
• Producer: Frank Felipe, Trever Jones, Greg Wilmot
• Cast: Haley Gauthier

 

Billy

An obsessive professor experiences a series of tragic events after uncovering new information surrounding the subject of his latest research - Billy, the Pygmy Hippopotamus.

• Animation: Andrew Dittmann
• Director of Photography: Kirby Gamel
• Director: Jack Saxon
• Producer: Katie Nowak, Jack Saxon, Andrew Dittmann
• Cast: Trey Guinn, Reese Ravencraft, Macy Johnson
• Cinematographer: Kirby Gamel
• Animator: Andrew Dittman

 

Bliss

Cindi has a passion for cooking. That love is tested when she posts a picture of her latest creation to social media.

• Director of Photography: Dean Tatulli
• Editor: Mark L. Mazzeo
• Director: Mark L. Mazzeo
• Producer: Dean Tatulli, Mark L Mazzeo, Drew Mueller
• Cast: Kelley Marina
• Cinematographer: Dean Tatulli
• Editor: Mark L. Mazzeo

 

The Call of Water

Flung into the astral-plane, Nadia must face ancient forces in order to realize her responsibility to her homeland.

• Director: Kaya Tone
• Producer: David M. Night Maire, Brian Plain, Tim Preston
• Executive Producer:
• Cast: Trinity Simpson, Emily Bollman, Sawyer Wright, Eric Palmer, Rebecca Hamner, Tamara Jakos, Haiden Davis

 

CHINA DOLL

After her abduction, Amelia Chen fights to stay alive against an insatiable captor with a fetish.

• Director: Eddie Shieh
• Producer: Eddie Shieh
• Executive Producer:
• Cast: Josephine Huang, Logan Roberts
• Sound Design: William Hsieh

 

City Creatures

Joann and Stephen, a recently relocated couple, confront the financial strains of their new home and peculiar new neighbors.

• Director: Michael A Johnston
• Producer: Michael A Johnston, Chad Blevins
• Cast: Daniel Maurio, Kellie Cooper

 

Clothed Minds

Working to actively protect and elevate the brilliance and beauty of black women and girls.

• Director: Carletta S. Hurt
• Producer: Lauren Evanglista, Stephanie Powers
• Executive Producer: Carletta S. Hurt

 

Club Lockdown

In the middle of the Corona lockdown, two lonely souls meet up for a blind date in an abandoned nightclub. But during this riotous evening, dark secrets come to light and their date escalates into a fight to the death.

• Director: Ashar Medina
• Producer: Julia Rombout
• Cast: Joy Wielkens, Cyriel Guds

 

Cutter A teenage cutter in recovery and her overbearing mother are haunted by a ghost who seeks to keep them at odds.

• Director: Dan Repp, Lindsay Young
• Producer: Scott Honea, Bears Rebecca Fonte
• Cast: Nadia Alexander, Leslie Fender, Jen Brown

 

Dark Passage

A part time driver's last ride of the night may be the last ride of his life.

• Director: Roshni "Rush" Bhatia
• Producer: Andrew Mayne, Virginia Blatter
• Cast: Anastasiia Polishchuk, Marcus Eddie, Jonathan Madajian

 

Dating App Mishap

When Lucy accidentally sends a racy photo of herself to her BFF, she wonders: Is HE the one for her?

• Director: Dave Berenato
• Producer: Natalie Combs
• Cast: Kira Omans, Blake Pontello, Dontrell Griffin

 

A DEAD SEA

Kamel, a Palestinian man in his 50s, suffers from autism and travels with his paralyzed sister to the Dead Sea to receive medical treatment in seawater in the hope that it will help him treat psoriasis that has spread through his body.

• Editor: Eyad Fadel
• Director of Photography: Gal Genossar
• Original Music: Humaid Alsuwidi
• Director: Nahd Bashir
• Cast: Mahmud Abu-Jazi, Byan Anteer, Noya Bashir

 

Dilemma

In a rural setting, a young nun, disenchanted with her faith, wishes to hang up her habit and looks into suicide as the immediate solution to her reality.

• Director: Luis Suarez Bracho
• Producer: Luis Suarez Bracho
• Cast: Angela Aquilar Lopez
• Cinematographer: Alejandro Iodice
• Color Correction: Juan Humberto Rodríguez
• Editor: Luis Suarez Bracho
• Sound Design: Roberto Tarzieris
• Music: Roberto Tarzieris

 

Domesticity

A housewife has a secret in the basement.

• Director: Gregory Nice, Jack Stanton
• Producer: Gregory Nice
• Cast: Olivia Bromley
• Cinematographer: Ali Youssef
• 1st Assistant Camera: Aaran Lewis Leach
• 2nd Assistant Camera: Dante Connor
• Gaffer: Nick Edwards-Tombs
• Spark: Rich Maskey
• Costume Designer: Katherine Aspinall
• Makeup/SFX: Rebecca Mattsson
• Sound Design: Joe Bulmer

 

Double Dutch

Three kids, two ropes, one moment.

• Director: Stephen Bydal
• Producer: Stephen Bydal
• Cast: Carlene Beasley

 

Edgar Allan Poe's THE MURDER HOUSE

It's as if there's an EVIL in this house.

• Director: Vincent Costanzo
• Cast: Matt Schmid, Jacquie Baker, Molly Silverman, Rich Lee
• Editor: Vincent Costanzo

 

Finding Justice: The Untold Story of Women's Fight for the Vote

"Finding Justice: The Untold Story of Women's Fight for the Vote" tells the story of a band of intrepid women and their one-ton bronze bell that became a celebrated icon of the women's suffrage movement.

• Director: Amanda Owen
• Producer: Amanda Owen, Justice Bell Foundation, Wild West Women, Inc.

 

God in the Sky

When a cosmic entity suddenly appears in the sky sending everyone on Earth 'visions of the afterlife' - Dee, a teenage girl, suffers a crisis of faith.

• Director: Daniel Fox, Sean Peter Fox
• Producer: Daniel Fox, Sean Fox, Pat Fox, Rachel Khalaf
• Cast: Tali Simon, Mia Barrett, Briannah Borg, Louis Le, Ryan Fox

 

THE GRAVE WITH NO NAME

A young couple spend a weekend in the countryside with a friend of theirs; they awaken an old legend that haunts the village.

• Director: Gerard Corporon
• Producer: Les Productions de la Source Henri Cohen
• Cast: Tristan Impellizzeri, Anysia Deprele, Alban Aumard

 

Groove

Matt is in the zone, he's groovin'. Until the outside world intrudes.

• Director: Mark L Mazzeo
• Producer: Dean Tatulli, Mark L. Mazzeo
• Cast: Mark L. Mazzeo, Ian Golden
• Crew: Tommy Klodowsky

 

He's Here

Recently widowed Cassandra and her daughter move into a new home looking for a fresh start. However, it is not long until they find out it isn’t just the two of them.

• Director: Darcy Love
• Producer: Roshan Kodabuckus
• Cast: Simone Jetsun, Naiya Novak
• Cinematographer: Johnathan King-Séguin
• 1st Assistant Camera: Alejandro C Campomanes
• 2nd Assistant Camera: Anastasia Filomeno
• Sound Recordist: Shawn Barry
• Post Production: Will Dano
• Special Thanks: Andrew Milani

 

HOW LONG UNTIL

Castaway was about a man stranded on a deserted island. This is about two men stranded on a deserted island. Which changes everything.

• Director of Photography: Adam Hribar
• Director: Jon Rehr
• Producer: Jon Rehr
• Cast: Erik Terrell, Matt Stephens
• Cinematographer: Adam Hribar
• Editor: Jon Rehr
• Sound Design: Kathavut Niranon, Michael Mowen
• Music: Ryan Donnelly

 

I Was A Teen-Aged Space Man From Space

A loving homage to the b-movie genre.

• Director: Vincent DiCostanzo
• Producer: Vincent DiCostanzo
• Cast: Curt Riedy, Aubrie Williams, Paul Trigianni , Samantha Russell , Brian Craig, Quentin Alexander, Julia Celley, Matt Holmes, Jonathan "Jack" DiCostanzo
• Editor: Vincent DiCostanzo
• Visual Effects: Vincent DiCostanzo, Emery Myers

 

Into Light

On this 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in the United States, "Into Light" highlights the power of our hard-won right to vote, by bringing to life suffragist Inez Milholland's inspiring final speech.

• Director: Jessica Graham
• Producer: Martine Melloul, Amy Walker, Rachel Thundat, Jennifer Brofer, Alex Brown
• Cast: Amy Walker, Jessica Erin Martin, Travis Joe Dixon

 

Intruder

An office supervisor must fight for her life when a zombie enters the bathroom.

• Director: Adam Mick Laughlin
• Producer: Shannon Marcus Nash
• Cast: Shelby Slager, Donnea Jackson, Samuel Kreigh

 

July Bills

The journey of Nick Meyer's life and the importance of memories

• Director: Michael DiMonte
• Producer: Sage Glover
• Executive Producer: Hezekiah Lewis, Darryl Ridgeway
• Cast: Fredy Kwak, Nishika Goel, Andra Cain, Darryl Ridgeway
• Cinematographer: Luca Joseph Bevilacqua

 

Kitsch

A group of Christmas figurines must work through an extra long holiday season.

• Director: Jon Friesen
• Producer: Jon Friesen
• Cast: Suzie Afridi, Alonzo I Rue, Chris Cowan, Pragya Jha
• Animator: Jon Friesen
• Music: Jon Friesen

 

Knock Knock

A lone waitress closing up the bar hears a knock at the door.

• Director: Kyle Peirson
• Producer: Kyle Peirson
• Cast: Kennedy Iverson

 

MAN DOWN

During the first wave of the pandemic, Josh Raff is jobless and back at home with his overbearing parents.

• Director: Maura Campbell
• Producer: Josh Raff, Maura Campbell, Jordan Battiste, Tim Kiely, Abigail Mellinger, David Kahne
• Cast: Josh Raff, Micki Raff, Barry Raff, Mia Gentile, Lorraine Pouliot, Jack McGuire, Owen Bush

 

Maneater!

Anna a young cannibal, forced to choose between her love of human flesh and her new romance.

• Director: Jack Rooney
• Cast: Maddie Thomas, Lyndon Davis, Mark Davis

 

The Maroon Bomber

Four siblings walk down memory lane with the family’s old, beat-up Ford truck.

• Director: Joshua M. Thomas
• Producer: Kari L. Thomas
• Cast: Lucy Thomas, Monty Thomas, Henry Thomas, Emma Thomas

 

Mate In a world without human beings, stray shopping carts search for purpose and companionship.

• Director: Rusty Eveland
• Cinematographer: Janelle Smith
• Animator: Rusty Eveland, Janelle Smith
• Sound Design: Rusty Eveland
• Music: Rusty Eveland

 

Max is Bleeding

Courtney is on the way to the vet with her boyfriend and injured dog Max, but something is wrong. Her strange demeanor begs the question: is Max the only one who needs help?

• Director: Jordan Anstatt
• Producer: Harrison Perkins
• Cast: Chloe Sirene, Matias Bonino, Julie Reifers

 

The Militiaman

In the hills of rural Pennsylvania, the leader of a local militia must prepare his men for the turbulent political landscape of 2020 while at war with his own conscience. Researched by a director from Denmark studying in the US.

• Director: David Peter Hansen
• Executive Producer: Alyse Ardell Spiegel
• Producer: David Peter Hansen
• Executive Producer: Alyse Ardell Spiegel
• Cast: Christian Yingling, Bob Gardner, John Wagner, Magie Yingling
• Composer: Ryan Seaton

 

The Mill Creek Strangler

A woman obsessed with a local serial killer finally gets to meet him one night when he shows up to her house to kill her.

• Director: Aaron Egbert Allsop
• Producer: Aaron Egbert Allsop
• Cast: Amber Pratt, Jesse Bailer

 

Miracle Baby

Miracle Baby is a psychological thriller about a congressman and his wife, who discovers that her husband has been cheating on her.

• Director: Michelle Bossy
• Producer: Nancy Nagrant, Steven Fechter, Brenden Hubbard
• Cast: Nancy Nagrant, Stephen Kunken
• Cinematographer: Saro Varjabedian
• Composer: Darren Morze

 

A Monster in the House

Two siblings must learn to confront their childhood trauma when their abusive father passes away. Something they thought was a figment of their childish imagination has returned, feeding on the fears instilled in them by their father.

• Director: Dustin Weible
• Assistant Director: Victoria Marx
• Producer: Josh Cease, Dafna Alma, Joseph Fleischer
• Cast: MJ Mattiaccio, Chloe Marie Rhoades, Brayden Benson, Leyla Benson, Aaron Sturgess, Daniel Gray, Savanna Weible
• Cinematographer: Shadai Perez
• Editor: Dustin Weible

 

My Sister

It's New Year's Eve 2020. With nothing to do, tween Lily convinces her older sister and friend to let her hang out with them. The older teens wanting to have the night to themselves come up with a plan to get Lily out so they can enjoy their night, but things don't go as expected... for any of them.

• Director: Jamie Lokoff
• Producer: Jamie Lokoff, Cody Cichowski, Jackson T. Lokoff, Taylor Lokoff, Lily Lokoff, Tommy Joyner
• Executive Producer:
• Cast: Lily Bleu Lokoff, Taylor Lokoff, Evie Eisenstein

 

Parizad

Keshvar is a lonely old woman crafting an ancient woven textile. She tells a strange story about a fairy and a shepherd.

• Director: Mehdi Imani Shahmiri
• Producer: Mehdi Imani Shahmiri
• Cast: Keshvar Jafari

 

Parrot

A drag queen protects a child during a crisis as prejudices reach a breaking point.

• Director: Kyle B. Thompson
• Producer: Kyle B. Thompson, Z. Joseph Guice, Krystle Weaver, Bryant Hendricks, Keith Giosa
• Cast: Wesley Holloway, Ian Morrison, Steve Cavanaugh, Donna Glaesener, Laura Jill Newman
• Cinematographer: Rick Cook
• Music: Keith Giosa

 

The Prey

While hunting in the forest with his dog, a man accidentally kills a young boy. Hearing someone approaching, he decides to run away.

• Director: Thibault Lafargue, Romain Lafargue
• Producer: Jules David, Mehdi Haddou
• Cast: Olivier Banse, Hervé David
• Original Score: Adrien Beunas

 

The Prop Master

A talented Prop Master, entangled in past trauma, makes a dark choice to complete her commission on time.

• Director: Noah Temple
• Producer: Angela Wolf
• Cast: Brenda Lowe
• Cinematographer: Josiah Grandfield

 

Rear View

Everyone who can afford it, deserves peace of mind.

• Director: Rob Hunt
• Producer: Duncan Carr, Jacob Weldon
• Executive Producer: Avi Glanzer, Matt Kerr
• Cast: Dana Bettine, Mike Li, Linda Watters, Jake Gillespie, Rlynex Caspers
• Editor: Jacob Weldon

 

The Recess

Seventeen-year-old Sahar is determined to watch her favorite soccer team play for the league championship. Barred from attending sports events as a woman, Sahar disguises herself as a boy with the help of her friends.

• Director: Navid Nikkhah Azad
• Producer: Navid Nikkhah Azad
• Cast: Mojan Kordi, Reyhaneh Nabiyan, Niloofar Shokouhinia, Ghazal Khalili
• Cinematographer: Behrouz Badrouj
• Editor: Vahid Nikkhah Azad
• Sound Design: Saman Shahamat
• Music: Mikhail Shmatenko
• Sound Supervisor: Ehsan Afsharian
• Art Director: Mona Ramezani

 

Reflections

In "Reflections," Mike Donnelly speaks about his long and storied career in the roofing trade. Parallels are drawn between his experiences and those of his ancestors.

• Director: J.W. Hill
• Cinematographer: Caleb Lucky
• Editor: J.W. Hill
• Sound Design: Andra Cain
• Advising Professor: Hezekiah Lewis

 

The Relic

A group of adventurers in search of a mythological object get more than they bargained for when they discover the legend, foretelling the end of all life in the universe could actually be true.

• Director: J.M. Logan
• Producer: J.M. Logan, Matt Falletta, Roger Nall, Jesse Einstein, Victor Paul, Dixon McPhillips
• Cast: Johnny Wactor, Stephanie Einstein, Jesse Einstein, Andrew Oliveri, Megan Le

 

SAD

A young woman battles a formidable foe in her own home.

• Director: Jeremy Ray Burchard
• Producer: Jeremy Ray Burchard
• Cast: Masha Abramzon, Jennica Lynn Scott, Jeremy Ray Burchard

 

Safe Passage

Victor must battle his obsessive compulsive disorder to get out of the house to a job interview he desperately needs.

• Director: Chris Pierdomenico
• Producer: Kevin Hackenberg
• Cast: Johnny Walker, Lisa Panzer

 

Shadow

An old man lives alone contemplating suicide. Strange things happen in his house that cause him to change his decision.

• Director: Farzin Taheri
• Producer: Farzin Taheri
• Cast: Farokh Nemati, Khorshid Cheraghi

 

Show Must Go On

"Show Must Go On" is about women who show us that it is never too late to reinvent yourself. Performing in front of sold-out audiences, as the comedy musical act Hot Stuff, these ladies refuse to sit still and encourage others to do the same.

• Director: J.R. Jones
• Producer: Aimee Jones
• Cast: Karen, Pat, Jane, Mary
• Cinematographer: Chris Davis, Josh Woll
• Editor: J. R. Jones, Robin Kerrick

 

Something Borrowed

Three friends go to the shore for a girls weekend, but when a fun idea goes awry, chaos ensues.

• Director: Danny Donnelly
• Producer: Aimee Theresa, Danny Donnelly
• Cast: Aimee Theresa, Jennifer M. Kay, Annie Raczko, Andrew Hunsicker, Frank Williams, Melissa Hunsicker
• Cinematographer: Danny Donnelly
• Editor: Danny Donnelly
• Sound Design: Danny Donnelly,Tom Mattera, Dylan Henning
• Grip, Gaffer, AC, PA: Tyler Gain

 

Sproutland

Beth lives with constant reminders of her deceased husband -- a local health guru named Sproutman. When her son grows increasingly obsessed with his dad’s legacy, Beth wonders: who am I now without Sproutman?

• Director: Cynthia Wade
• Producer: Matthew Syrett
• Cast: Beth Robbins, Charley Danger Rusk, Elizabeth Aspenlieder

 

STALAG III-C

In the final days of World War II, US paratrooper Joe Boyd leads a daring escape from a Nazi POW camp, only to face a more horrifying evil beyond the prison walls.

• Director: Jason Rogan
• Producer: Jason Rogan, Yury Gromik, Constantine Samarin
• Cast: Sam Falconi, Vadim Gitlin, Henri Falconi

 

Stuck At Gnome

Baleigh finds a unique way of coping during the pandemic.

• Director: Julia Roth
• Producer: Avery Staley-Bischoff, Sage Glover
• Executive Producer: Hezekiah Lewis, Darryl Ridgeway
• Cast: Baleigh Rhodes
• Cinematographer: Sylvan Prey-Harbaugh

 

Survivers

Natural selection says that only those who adapt will survive. What if humans have become stupid?

• Director: Carlos Gómez-Trigo
• Producer: Carlos Gómez-Trigo
• Cast: Stephanie Magnin, Maarten Dannenberg, Alex Moreu

 

There's Something in the Silence

Erin's new hearing aids have been picking up voices and sounds she's unable to explain. In an attempt to quiet the voices, she confronts them head on-- only to find there may be something more sinister lurking in the depths of silence.

• Director: Mike Castro
• Producer: Mike Castro, Mike Lewis
• Cast: Chelsea Camp, Laura Frenzer
• Sound Design: Mike Lewis

 

Twin

A young couple checks into a rental cottage at the end of the vacation season and finds a mysterious twin bed inside that wasn't mentioned in the online listing.

• Director: Mark J. Parker
• Producer: Mark J. Parker
• Cast: Branwyn Ritchie, Alexa Renee
• Cinematographer: Ian MacLellan
• Editor: Matthew Fletcher

 

The Water Will Regret You

A badly wounded man lies alone on a drifting boat, stalked by an aquatic creature that threatens to take his life. The man keeps a secret that will soon emerge from the water.

• Director: Marco Bentancor
• Producer: Marco Bentancor
• Executive Producer: Gustavo Suárez, Alfonsina Carrocio, Rafael Soliwoda, Stefanía Tortorella

 

The Wound

A 9-year-old girl has lost her family to an earthquake. She begins to menstruate for the first time and thinks she's been wounded.

• Director: Sahar Nourmonavar
• Producer: Sahar Nourmonavar
• Cast: Vania Afzali, Alireza Labibian, Fatima Mirzaie, Aryan Rezaic
• Cinematographer: Ali Abpak
• Editor: Sheyda Gorji
• Sound Design: Hossein Ghourchian, Hasan Salmani
• Music: Omid Eskandar