CO-DIRECTOR: Kelsey Bollig CO-DIRECTOR/WRITER: Matthew DuVall
PRODUCER: Wendy Wang PRODUCER: Annalea Fiachi
STARRING:
Jack Campbell as DON ROB
Ales Peña as MANNY
Siya Maleki as DIEGO
Michael Mazanko as THE BOY
Alex Bankier as THE MONSTER
LOGLINE
In the unforgiving wilderness of 1850s Alta California, a dwindling group of gold prospectors encounters a feral boy who forces the men to confront the horrors lurking in the woods and the sins of their past.
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
NOMINATED: BEST OF THE FEST, BEST ACTOR (ALEX PEÑA), BEST DIRECTOR (KELSEY BOLLIG & MATTHEW DUVALL),
BEST FX (MATTHEW DUVALL)
WINNER: BEST FX (MATTHEW DUVALL)
PORTLAND HORROR FILM FESTIVAL, Portland
WINNER: TROMPE L’OEIL AWARD FOR BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
HYSTERIA FILM FESTIVAL, St Louis, Missouri
WINNER: BEST VFX (Matthew DuVall)
BLOOD SWEAT AND FEARS AWARD
NOMINATED: BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY ( Michael Moghaddam )
NOMINATED: (BEST VFX: MATTHEW DUVALL, BEST HORROR)
WINNER BEST SHORT
SICK CHICK FILM FESTIVAL, North Carolina
WINNER: BEST SHORT FILM, BEST HORROR FILM
NOMINATED: BEST ENSEMBLE (SIYA MALEKI, ALEX PEŃA, JACK CAMPBELL, MICHAEL MAZANKO), BEST VFX (MATTHEW DUVALL)
FUTURE SCREENINGS
ETHEREAL HORROR FEST, Austin, TX
Oct 16th at 10 pm at the Violet Crown Cinema
CANADIAN PREMIERE: The Vancouver Horror Show, Vancouver, Canada
Oct 17th at 5:15 pm at the Cineplex Cinemas Int Village
AUSTIN HORROR FILM FESTIVAL, Austin, TX
Oct 17th at 2 pm the 29th St Ballroom
NIGHTMARES FILM FESTIVAL, Columbus, Ohio
Oct 17th at 12 pm at the Gateway Film Center
AVIAN OVERLORDS SHORTS BLOCK
HELLIFAX HORROR FESTIVAL, Nova Scotia, CA
Oct 17th at 6 pm in the Carbon Arc Cinema
50/50 HORROR FEST, Los Angeles, CA
Oct 18th at 6 pm at Brain Dead Studios
HORRORHAUS FILM FESTIVAL, Santa Clarita, CA
Oct 24th at 7 pm in Santa Clarita
Oct 30th at 3:30 pm at the Velour Live Music Gallery
“They’ll Rip Your Face Off!” – Creature Features Shorts Block
NOMINATED (BEST VFX: MATTHEW DUVALL, BEST HORROR)
LEEDS INT FILM FESTIVAL, Leeds, England
Nov 6th & 8th (Fanomenon Short Film Competition 3) at the Vue in the Light, Leeds theatre
& on Nov 13th as part of the Night of the Dead event
BURIED ALIVE FILM FESTIVAL, Atlanta, GA
Nov 8th, at 2 pm at the Plaze Theatre
The Monsters In The Dark (Creature Shorts)
ANOMALY: THE ROCHESTER GENRE FILM FESTIVAL,
Nov 11th-15th at The Little and The Drden in Rochester, NY
MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS FILM FESTIVAL, Reno, NV
Nov 13th at 12 pm at the Galaxy Victorian Theatre in Sparks
SOHO HORRORFEST, London, England
Nov 20-29th at the Whirled Cinema, Brixton
WEIRD WEEKENDER INT FILM FESTIVAL, Stuttgart, Germany
Nov 12th-15th at EM-Kino Stuttgart and the Blaue Brücke in Tübingen
THE ANCHORAGE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Anchorage, Alaska
Dec 4th-13th, theatre TBD
PAST SCREENINGS
WORLD PREMIERE: PANIC FEST, Kansas City
Screenland Armour | 408 North Armour Rd. North KC, MO 64116
Friday, April 10th, 3 PM (CDT)
Short Film Block #1
NOMINATED: BEST OF THE FEST, BEST ACTOR (ALEX PEÑA), BEST DIRECTOR (KELSEY BOLLIG & MATTHEW DUVALL),
BEST FX (MATTHEW DUVALL)
WINNER: BEST FX (MATTHEW DUVALL)
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE: BRUSSELS INT FANTASTIC FILM FEST, Brussels
Friday-Saturday, April 17th - 18th, at 12:30 AM
Screening in THE LITTLE NIGHT
WESTCOAST PREMIERE: PORTLAND HORROR FILM FESTIVAL , Portland
Wednesday, June 3rd at 6:45 pm at the Hollywood Theatre
Short Film Block #1
WINNER: TROMPE L’OEIL AWARD FOR BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
SCANDANAVIAN PREMIERE: RAVENHEART FILM FESTIVAL, Oslo, Norway
June 3-7 at Cinemarket in Oslo
UK PREMIERE: RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL , London
Friday, June 19th at 9:00 pm at the Vue Piccadilly - Screen 5 AND
Tue, Jun 23rd at 9:00 PM at Vue Piccadilly - Screen 3
Screening before FRIDAY THE 69TH
CALIFORNIA PREMIERE: DANCES WITH FILMS, Los Angeles
Friday, June 19th at 11:45 pm at the TCL Chinese Theatres
Midnight Shorts Block #1
HYSTERIA FILM FESTIVAL, St Louis, Missouri
Wednesday, July 8th at 5 pm at Arkadin Cinema
Before the Battle: A Short Film Block
WINNER: BEST VFX (Matthew DuVall)
IOWA PREMIERE: SNAKE ALLEY FILM FESTIVAL, Burlington, Iowa
Saturday, July 11th at 7 pm at The Capitol Theatre
Film Block K
August 28th at the Los Feliz Theatre 8 with the American Cinematheque
September 9 at Nitehawk Williamsburg in NYC with the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival and The Future of Film is Female
Sept 2-6th at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas
Fri, Sep 18 at the Nuart Theatre, LA
Screening before - SPOOKIES
Sept 23-28th at the Galaxy Theatres
Saturday, Oct 3rd at 4:38 pm at the Landmark Century
NOMINATED: BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY ( Michael Moghaddam )
GRIMMFEST, Manchester, England
Oct 8th at 4 pm WEIRDER TALES – SHORTS PROGRAMME ONE
at the Odeon Great Northern, Manchester, UK
SICK CHICK FILM FESTIVAL, North Carolina
Oct 10th at 12 pm, at the Varsity Theatre in downtown Chapel Hill!
WINNER: BEST SHORT FILM, BEST HORROR FILM
