The selections just keep rolling in! Our short film “Escape Room” was recently selected to be screened at the Cannes Short Film Festival! The 2019 Festival will take place at Cinema Pathé Masséna in Nice, France. It will run September 5-8, with screenings every evening at 6pm and 8pm. The Cannes Short Film Festival brings … Read more
We are pleased to share with you the highlight of our entry on the Independent Shorts Awards (ISA) website: https://independentshortsawards.com/2019/07/23/the-escape-room/ ISA works like this: Filmmakers submit their work through FilmFreeway and FilmFestivalLife. Each month, a team of experts from academia and the film industry judge the submitted projects. The monthly winners automatically qualify to compete and be screened … Read more
Earlier this year one of my dear friends, Eric Sherman, passed away. He was not only a producer of our short film, “Escape Room,” but my first boss after film school. He was such a sweet, kind man who loved movies, his family and dogs. I will miss him so much. He was a major … Read more
Recently our Director Bessy Adut was invited to the set of the TV series Animal Kingdom at Warner Bros Studios. It was a wonderful opportunity to talk to crew members such as Assistant Director Steven Dale and Production Manager Robert Scott to learn the inner workings of professional filmmaking. Bessy was interviewed about her takeaways … Read more
Our short film “Escape Room” was nominated for Best Short Slasher film in the International Horror Hotel Film Festival, which takes place June 6-9 at Norwood Inn in Hudson, Ohio. The winners will be announced at the award ceremony. The International Horror Hotel Film Festival and Convention is held every June in Northeast Ohio. They … Read more
Big news! Our short film “Escape Room” is now available for purchase on Amazon Prime! MRG Collective is a compilation of award winning short films from around the world. Women of Horror Volume 1 includes Escape Room as well as Beyond Repair, Devil’s Deal, Jax in Love, Tell-tale Heart Sisters, Underland, and Used Body Parts. … Read more
Fresh from our short film’s award-winning performance at the Feel the Reel Film Festival, where “Escape Room” won 2nd Best of the Fest, Best Screenplay, and Best Editing, we received a great promotional review on the Feel the Reel website. Reviewer Vlad discusses the previous films and shows which inspired “Escape Room”, including Final Destination, … Read more
We mentioned in our last post that “Escape Room” won 2nd Best of the Fest in the January 2019 competition of the Feel The Reel Film Festival. Not only that, but our director Bessy Adut and screenwriter Xenia Puiggros also won Best Screenplay and our editor Yin Lui won Best Editing! We’re so proud of … Read more
We have some more exciting news to share! Our short film “Escape Room” was an official selection for January 2019 by Feel the Reel and we won 2nd Best of the Fest! You can see the official announcement here. Feel The Reel is a monthly international film festival founded in Glasgow. It’s not only an … Read more
We just received word that our short film “Escape Room” will be screened at the Golden State Film Festival! The festival takes place March 22-28 at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood, CA. We will find out about specific scheduling in early March. Administered by industry professionals Jon Gursha and Peter Greene, the Golden State … Read more
First things first: our short film “Escape Room” will be screened at NukhuFest 2018 and is in consideration for many other horror film festivals right now! Nukhu works like this: filmmakers upload their movies to the Nukhu website, fans vote on their favorites, and attendees watch the top 10 nominees to decide on Best Movie. … Read more
HORROR SHORT SCREENING & FILMMAKERS NETWORKING Tuesday, October 30, 2018 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM California Institute of the Arts 24700 McBean Parkway, Santa Clarita, CA 91355 You’re invited to a private screening of our short film “Escape Room” at Bijou Theater of CalArts. Not only will you get to watch a scary movie at … Read more