SHORT FILM BLOCK 3 (with Filmmaker Q&A)

Type: 
Film
Location: 
RISD Metcalf Auditorium, Chace Center - 20 N Main St.
Date and time: 
Saturday, August 18, 2018 - 5:30pm

Followed by Q&A with Whitney Ellis, the director of "The Transition of Juan Romero."

 

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.

 

The Music of John Low

US Premiere
Directed by
Marko Kattilakoski
starring
Dennis Åhs, Annelie Morin, Bengt Westin
33 mins
 | 2018
 | Sweden
 | English
 

The traumatized private investigator, John Low, is on a mission to find an ancient occult book. On his way he has to deal with childhood memories, a broken marriage, a mad professor and finally a monster. The Music of John Low is a twisted noir/horror/drama, set in the 1930s, and is inspired by the author H. P. Lovecraft

 

The Final Nights of E. Zann

Directed by
Gurleen Rai, F. Anthony Shepherd
3 mins
 | 2016
 | United States
 | English
 

Erich Zann, a cheap theater viol player, has been driven to madness by his nightly battle to cover the horrific sounds of evil forces clawing into this world.
Alone, he struggles to keep them at bay with only the feverish strength of his playing.

 

The Transition of Juan Romero

Regional Premiere
Directed by
Whitney Ellis
starring
Anthony Subietas , David Zaldivar
10 mins
 | 2016
 | United States
 | English
 

THE TRANSITION OF JUAN ROMERO takes place at the Norton Mine where mysterious things happen. A miner owns a unique ring that seems to be the source of all the trouble along with the arrival of Juan Romero.

 

Just After Midnight

Directed by
Jean-Raymond Garcia, Anne-Marie Puga
starring
India Hair, Rémi Taffanel
20 mins
 | 2017
 | France
 | French
 w/English subtitles

Suzanne is a young blind primary school teacher. With a community of bling people, she keenly studies art history devoted to witches and to Satan’s erotology.

Owner: 
H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival – Providence, RI