Short Film Block 1 with Filmmaker Q&A

Type: 
Film
Location: 
Main Theater
Date and time: 
Friday, October 5, 2018 - 7:45pm to 9:30pm
Location: 
Upper Right theater
Date and time: 
Saturday, October 6, 2018 - 3:00pm to 5:30pm

Friday's screening of Short Film Block 1 will begin immediately after the Opening Night Gala.

Q&A with visiting filmmakers after the films.

 

To See You

World Premiere
Directed by
Liz Tabish
starring
Derek Babb, Dolly Lewis, Charles Ben Russell, Avery Merrifield
14 mins
 | 2018
 | United States
 | English
 

Set in 1973 in New York City, To See You follows a male photographer as he trails a beautiful prostitute throughout the city, noting her every move. When he builds the courage to finally approach her, he is met with a strange truth that forces him to face himself.

 

And Nothing Hurt

US Premiere
Directed by
Gav Chuckie Steel
starring
Oliver Church, Rachel Deadman, Sonu Louis
6 mins
 | 2018
 | United Kingdom
 | English
 

During WW2 a young terrified British Soldier flees from the turmoil of war only to come face to face with an altogether different kind of horror.

 

The Strange House in the Mist

US Premiere
Directed by
Guilherme Daniel
starring
Daniel Viana, GUILHERME DANIEL
15 mins
 | 2018
 | Portugal
 | Portuguese, Portugal
 w/English subtitles

A lost pilgrim comes across an odd house facing the abyss, and its mysterious dweller.

 

Echoes in the Ice

Regional Premiere
Directed by
BJ Verot
starring
Adam Hurtig, Stephen Eric McIntyre, Aidan Ritchie, Jeff Strome , Darcy Fehr
10 mins
 | 2017
 | Canada
 | English
 

Four men explore an abandoned research facility. Within the station unsettling signs of disorder are revealed, and in the lowest level of the facility, a chilling discovery is made.

 

Mr. Memento

Directed by
Chris Heck
starring
Richard Lippert, Gabrielle Stone
12 mins
 | 2018
 | United States
 | English
 

An aging photography collector obsessed with death receives the final piece to his collection.

 

Phototaxis

Regional Premiere
Directed by
Melissa Ferrari
7 mins
 | 2017
 | United States
 | English
 

“Phototaxis” draws parallels between Mothman, a prophetic and demonized creature in West Virginia lore, and Narcotics Anonymous, the main treatment program in West Virginia’s addiction epidemic. Rooted in nonfiction, this film contemplates synchronicity and the role of belief systems in perception; the tendency to assign supernatural meaning to tragedy and the unknowable; anonymous and apocryphal oral histories; and the moth to the flame. To visualize these narratives, natural materials and pastel-on-paper palimpsest animation are woven together using a multiplane and analog overhead projection.

 

Irreparable

World Premiere
Directed by
Thomas Nicol, Andrew Gleason
starring
Eric Beckley, Cara Maurizi
7 mins
 | 2018
 | United States
 | English
 

Following a devastating loss, a couple attempts to pick up the pieces.

Owner: 
H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival - Portland, OR