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Los Angeles County Premieres at Screamfest

The first public screening of the film in Los Angeles County. 

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As Long As You Both Shall Live

Meet the Filmmaker

Peter Macaluso

Director
Synopsis
A recent widower attempts to make amends after the death of his wife.
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ARE YOU IN HEAVEN

Meet the Filmmaker

Nick & Adam Hayes

Director
Synopsis
When our main protagonist is challenged to go against his principles - will he stand-up against the group, and fail the test? Or stay silent in the hope of success?
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Afterlife

Meet the Filmmaker

Daniel Butler

Director
Synopsis
A dead man wakes to discover he's a vampire only to struggle to follow through with his dreams of escape.

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Buzzkill

Meet the Filmmaker

Peter Ahern

Director
Synopsis
Tune into the blind date woes of Rick and Becky (who has something in her eye...and her closet).
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Employee of the Month

Meet the Filmmaker

Véronique Jadin

Director
Synopsis
Inès is the mainstay of EcocleanPro, a small wholesale company selling household products. She gives herself body and soul to her boss PATRICK, in the love of a job well done. Although PATRICK is proud of his 1992 Manager of the Year award, the laziness of his employees JEAN-PAUL and JEAN-PIERRE play shoulder to shoulder with the boastfulness of NICO, the tiresome salesman.

Under the blasé gaze of the new trainee MELODY, the marketing phrases of the Benelux manager ANNA NILSSON open up a new mental space for Inès: she is the only one who never gets a raise, even though she works harder than the others. Is it because she is the only woman in this boys' club?
Ines takes her courage in both hands and for the first time insists on being augmented, but Patrick throws her out in two sentences. Ines gets screwed again; her frustration turns to anger. Ingesting Xanax and Viagra won't help. Ines wants her raise and all of EcoClean is going to pay cash for these years of exploitation.
Mélody's internship will finally prove to be very instructive...

"The cast is great, and the ending is pitch-perfect. So get ready to laugh until your sides hurt."  - Bobby LePire- Film Threat

"Jasmina Douieb and Laetitia Mampaka shine with hilarious rapport, making Employee Of The Month a comical, infinitely rewatchable joyride." - Nightmarish Conjurings
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VRDLK: Family of Vurdulak

Meet the Filmmaker

Sam Chou

Director
Synopsis
VRDLK: (pronounced Vor-Du-Lac) centers around a traveling diplomat that is caught in a snowstorm and forced to take shelter with a poor Serbian family.
When the family warns him of “beasts” that hunt in the night, he is quick to dismiss their fears as superstition and fairy tales - a mistake he may not have a chance to make twice.
Based on acclaimed Russian writer, Aleksey Tolstoy's 1839 gothic novella, "The Family of The Vourdulak"
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RINGWORMS

Meet the Filmmaker

Will Lee

Director
Synopsis
After discovering her boyfriend's plan to propose on their weekend vacation, a young girl undergoes a crisis of commitment which attracts the attention of a sinister local cult.
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Code One Eighty Seven

Meet the Filmmaker

Buz Wallick

Director
Synopsis
Two detectives begin a routine investigation of what appears to be a homicide but there are no visible signs of death, the apartment is spotless, and there is a strange portrait of a little girl with bloody words written on it. It doesn't take them long to realize that something else is at the crime scene, lurking in the shadows.
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The Eyes

Meet the Filmmaker

Mike Timm

Director
Synopsis
Nothing goes unseen in this 80s camp creature short where the eyes of karma haunt one man's wrong choices.
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Kin

Meet the Filmmaker

Sarah Gross

Director
Synopsis
Two sisters must fight off an unshakeable curse to survive in the desolate prairies of the 1800's
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Whaley House

Meet the Filmmaker

Julianna Robinson

Synopsis
Whaley is inspired by the Whaley House, the most haunted house in America. Thomas Whaley, Sr. had knowingly built on cursed ground, the family home haunted by the ghosts of all who'd been executed there. During the editing of the footage of this short story, the crew discovered a mysterious figure. During one lone take, our camera passed the old courtroom. At one of the benches was a figure whose silhouette you can see. Watch the end credits to see the footage.
This short was made by possible by a grant from the California Arts Council. Alumni from Screamfest wrote, directed and produced this short film.
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Slasher Squad

Meet the Filmmaker

Nathan Stone

Director
Synopsis
Amber's quiet night at home is interrupted by a chilling news report: A killer is on the loose in the area! Unsettled, she checks the locks and scans the outside. There's not a soul in sight. Perhaps a shower to clear the head... But Amber isn't alone and she's about to be put to the test. A deadly test she may not survive.