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
We may have finished the on-set work for our short film “Escape Room,” but a film isn’t really complete until it goes through the post-production and distribution stages. In these stages, we’ll do color correction, sound mix/design, polish our editing, compose music, and finally submit the film to film festivals, which have entrance fees. This is … Read more
Thanks to AT&T SHAPE Create-a-thon we were able to film part of Escape Room at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, CA. Yes, Warner Brothers! When we arrived on set that morning, I wanted someone to pinch me, because it was a dream come true! Everyone in the film industry wants to make it to Hollywood one … Read more
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to make a movie? We invite to you to come behind the scenes of our short film “Escape Room”! If you supported our campaign by donating or sharing on social media, this is your opportunity to witness the creation of the film you had a hand in sponsoring! … Read more
Apologies for being a little quiet for the last few weeks but we had a lot of work going into pre-production and now production. One exciting thing we would like to share with you is that we entered Escape Room into the AT&T SHAPE Create-a-thon and we’ve advanced to the next round! That means our … Read more
Our short film project has been receiving love on social media lately. First, I would like to give a shout out to KitSplit who featured us on their Instagram: Check out these storyboard snippets from ‘Escape Room’, a creative piece from KitSplitter @bessy.adut about one of those popular escape room games…with a twist. ‘Escape Room’ … Read more
It’s really happening! We just had our first pre-production meeting today for Escape Room in Hollywood. We’re still in the fundraising phase for the film, but I’m so stoked because I have such amazing, valuable people on my team. That’s one of the most important things I’ve learned in my career: you can’t make a … Read more
Wow, I can’t believe we’ve reached 106% and we’re still going strong! Even though we met our initial goal of $5,000, we would like to raise some more funds to make a better product and submit the film to more festivals. The better film quality and visibility we have, the better our chances of turning it … Read more