Our short film “Escape Room” was recently featured on the entertainment news website Film Daily. After giving a synopsis of the film and its themes, author Frankie Stein includes an interview with our director Bessy Adut. “We all have inner monsters to chase and traumas to deal with,” Bessy explains. “The reason I chose horror … Read more
Our short film “Escape Room” took home the Most Fun Award at the 2020 Underground Indie Film Festival! This Florida festival normally has in-person screenings, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they had to cancel their physical screenings this year. They didn’t want anyone to get sick or possibly die from attending the festival. We … Read more
We have just signed a distribution deal with HODTV.NET, which is an online streaming platform completely dedicated to the genres of horror/thriller. It is owned by an Italian company called House of Disaster Production & Entertainment S.r.l. HODTV.NET aims to help independent filmmakers like us reach a wider audience and earn income through our films. … Read more
You’ll recall from a previous post that our short film “Escape Room” was featured in August on the Independent Shorts Awards (ISA) website. We then won Best Mystery Short and Best Director (Female) for August 2019 in the IndieX Film Festival, which is a sister competition of ISA, and “Escape Room” premiered earlier this month at … Read more
We’re excited to announce that our short film “Escape Room” won Best Mystery Short and Best Director (Female) for August 2019 in the IndieX Film Festival! Congratulations to our wonderful director, Bessy Adut, who is blazing the trail for women directors everywhere! We’re so proud of her, our cast and crew, and our supporters for … Read more
We have some more exciting news to share. We submitted our short film “Escape Room” to the White Unicorn International Film Festival for the month of July 2019 and we’re a finalist in the Women’s Film category! The first screening will be held on August 11, 2019, beginning at 4 pm, at Rotary Sadan in Kolkata, … Read more
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
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