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Mask Of The Ninja by Kevin Anderton. (3 mins)
A Chinese secret agent must defeat her arch nemesis (Master Plan) and save the free world. Official entry of Lowell Comedy Festival, Boston Comedy Festival, and Herring Run Arts Fest. Won 'best comedy' in Comcast Undergroundfilm.org contest and selected to Panasonic contest on YouTube as one of the top twenty films. Alson available on VOD in SF area. Recently licensed to Sprint to run on their video phones globally. You can purchase the DVD with it, and 44 other shorts at Amazon.com.
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In The Tradition of My Family by Todd Davis (15 mins)
Billy wants a better scar than the one his father gave him. In The Tradition of My Family is a super16mm short made as a Boston University thesis film and has played in numerous festivals and won some awards. It also won 'best SAG film' at this year's Boston Film Night. A five minute piece is available online. |
The Fecenator by George O'Connor (2 mins)
Finally, an auto-theft device for your car that ensures that the thief will abandon the vehicle. Official selection of Lowell Comedy Festival and always manages to make audiences laugh-out-loud. Script was originally written for Saturday Night Live but fell into the hands of George and Midnight Chimes instead. Enjoy! You can purchase the DVD with it, and 44 other shorts at Amazon.com.
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Center for Downward Mobility by Steven Stuart (3 mins)
An advertisement for a job training service designed to recapture jobs lost overseas to outsourcing. CDM proudly boast 'Yesterday's Jobs Tomorrow'. Script by Kevin Anderton of Midnight Chimes Productions who is well known for his offbeat view of everyday life. |
Last Day of Spring by Hooray for Funn! (5 mins)
Hilarious animated short about chicken day and the last day of spring. Also includes an insightful look into how a modest-budget animation piece gets done in the days of Pixar. A very popular funny piece was a really funny group of Boston-area filmmakers/comediens. |
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The Fens by Doug Gordon (7 mins)
A story of friendship, tradition and most importantly, perspective in a time when it's easy to lose sight on the big picture. Shot in Boston by local filmmaker Doug Gordon who has worked on many local and international films. |
The Albino Code by Dennis Hurley (10 mins)
What if THE DA VINCI CODE could be told from Silas’s point of view, and what if Silas were an actual person with albinism, thrust into a world of secret codes, mystery, and assassination? Very funny spoof that received a huge amount of publicity (People, The Globe, & NYTimes).
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Alibi Phone Network by Tom Bennett (13 mins)
When a naïve romantic is coaxed into using an alibi phone service he gets a lesson in deception that he won't soon forget. Tom Bennett is a producer/writer/director and editor who lives in Nashua NH. Albi was a collaboration between Tom, his Aussie partner (producer/editor/DP) James Tauber and co-producer James Marcus. Alibi was an official selection at the prestigious Palm Beach
International Film Festival in 2005(trailer) |
Opening Night Jitters by Steven Stuart (10 mins)
A silent comedy about a floundering theater troupe trying to avoid disaster. One of the four representatives from the Boston 48hr film project, ONJ Won five awards including 'best acting' and 'best editing' and the audience award for their screening. |
Bairstow and Miller by JP Discicio (7 mins)
Bairstow and Miller is a work in progress. It is about death and how an entire life can be summed up in one page of print. Jean-Paul DiSciscio was born in Waltham, Massachusetts. At the age of seven, after seeing Jaws for the first time, he abandoned his dreams of becoming a dentist to pursue a career in filmmaking. |
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Temporary Spy by Ilene Fischer (7 mins)
Former child actor, J. Withers, of the long forgotten sitcom "String of Pearls," has a new job - temporarily. Ilene Fischer is a writer, producer, performer and founder of Unlicensed Poultry - a consortium of mad improvisors, musicians and video professionals.
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The Guts & The Glory by Michelle Barbera (7 mins)
Want the glory? Have the guts? Better hold on to them. Made for the 48hr film project . Won six awards including 'runner up best film', 'best director', and won audience award for their night. Michelle is a long-time zombie fan and strongly believes she has spent more time thinking about
zombies and what to do to escape zombie attacks than most people.
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Schtickman by Mike Messier (1 min)
An animated stickfigure/standup comediene muses about the ups and downs of life. Schtickman is the creation of standup comedien and actor Mike Messier. Mike recently acted alongside Wesley Snipes and Cybil Shepard. Mike also has an award winning cable-access show in Providence so hook up with him and get him to play your work.
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Virtue: The Way of the Modern Samurai by
H. Jarrod Courtemanche (14 minutes)
The newest short film by Mindbeside Studios is a contemplative meditation on the role of power and corruption as told through two competing samurai in the modern world. The short was shot in Lowell and saw it's premiere at Boston Film Night. Jarrod is a veteran screenwriter who makes his directorial debut with an adaptation of one of his short stories, a bold undertaking in scope and execution for a micro-budget film project made possible by an outstanding cast and crew.
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The Container by Andrew Sniezek REACTION Independent Studios (22 min)
Amid corrugated walls and stacks of boxes, life puts an interesting twist on a chance meeting between two people in the most unlikely of places. In final production, The Container is a silent film that features the talents of two local SAG actors framed by an engaging score. It is a stunning example of Andrew's visual acuity and of the caliber of filmmaking that's becoming more prevalent right here in New England.
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Light Birth by Ben Guaraldi (3 min)
A meditation on the creation of light, based on Genesis 1:1-4. Ben Guaraldi is the Boston Producer of the 48 Hour Film Project and, together with all the competitors, helps to create over seventy shorts films in one weekend. Some of the other works are available through the Boston Film Night site. He's also an improv comedian and a Quaker in his spare time.
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Hitchcocked by David Young (7 mins)
Al and Fred discover that online hookups can be lots of fun... until somebody gets hurt. Boston-based filmmaker David M. Young began his TV/film career in NYC working on SESAME STREET, but seems to have strayed over the years to the other side of town |
Night of the Dying Living by Kevin Anderton (5 mins) 40 million zombies are set to destroy America. Who will save us? A political satire of the conservatives push for social security privatization as told through a parody of the horror classic Night of the Living Dead. Has played at Woods Hole Film Festival and Lowell Comedy Festival and had a strong showing in the Contagious Film Festival at the Huffington Post. You can purchase the DVD with it, and 44 other shorts at Amazon.com. |
Poetry in the City clip by Mick Cusimano
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A clip from a longer piece by local animatior Mick Cusimano that depicts a series of local 'characters' reading and performing poetry. Mick's a Boston animator and filmmaker contributed opening titles to this year's festival. |
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Bourbon (teaser) by Adam Woodworth (1 min)
It's hard being a small time gangster." Bourbon is about a couple of low-rent gangsters, their plan to hit it big, and how it all came crashing down. Directed by Adam Woodworth, written by Adam Woodworth & Keith Hedger, starring DJ Hazard, Scott Winters, Nathaniel Sylva, and Vic Clay |
Monkfish (trailer) by Rod Webber (1 min)
When Stewart steals a birthday present for his son, suddenly everyone in town, including a midget in a 10-gallon hat is out to get him. Rod Webber is an artist and musician. He’s currently finishing his feature “Monkfish” and directing a documentary on midget-wrestler turned politician, Tiny The Terrible.
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Crypto-Candida by Joshua Kastorf (2 min)
Crypto-Candida is a fantasy feature about dreams and the elves, witches, and fairies who work so hard to manufacture them. Joshua Kastorf is a Jamaica Plain-based filmmaker and poet. |
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The Challenge (trailer) by Charles Card (1 min)
A young arrogant samurai, in pursuit of glory and fame, finds a famous swordsman and challenges him to a match. Charles card is a new filmmaker, who has completed one short film (Natural Selection) and has his current film "The Challenge" in production. |
An Uzi At The Alamo by Chris Sparling (2 mins)
A discouraged writer must follow through on a suicide pledge to avoid looking like even more of a loser to his family than he did beforehand. Chris Sparling is the Providence based writer/director behind the film "An Uzi at the Alamo" (now availble on NetFlix) and the upcoming short film "Balance."
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Muriel (clip) by Kim Romano (1 min).
Kim Romano's hilarious documentary about Muriel who lives in Key West with her cheating husband, the son he had through the affair, her gay best friend and her bipolar son. Muriel won "Best Doc Short" at Woods Hole and was a finalist at the San Francisco Shorts Festival. |
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Divine Intervention by Rufus Chafee (3 min)
Shot using state of the art HD equipment, "Divine Intervention" is a tongue in cheek outrageously dark film about sex, drugs, violence and the repercussions of living a life filled with excess. Writer/Producer/Director Rufus Chaffee is a Boston native and Emerson College alum, he has been making films since he was 8; "Divine Intervention" marks his feature film debut but many future projects are already in development. |
Gladshiem's Edda (clip) by Drew Grindstaff
History has a habit of repeating itself.? Ideas clash violently.? Today it is the clash of Islam and Christianity, violent and political.? For Gladsheim, it was the clash of Christianity and the Pagan religions of his father and his father’s father.? An experimental action period film about love and betrayal, a clash of conflicting ideologies – a film lost in time and yet forever with us. ? |
Double Decker Bus (clip) by Brownie MacIntosh (5 mins)
In their first animated cartoon, Julie & Brownie take the premier song from their musical act to a new level. Originally published as a children's book/tape kit in 1995, "The Streamlined Double Decker Bus" has delighted young and old alike. Julie (Gisele Ganz) and Brownie Macintosh also appear in their cartoon, as does Brownie's son. Fun for all! |
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Valentine's Day (clip) by Marcos Buenos (30 secs)
In a city filled with crime a washed up detective is searching for his glory days at the bottom of a bottle, until she walked into his life that is. Ms. Valerie, played by Melissa Stanziale, having just lost her fiance’ to murder comes to Detective John Longwater, Ted Arcidi, with a case of vengeance. |
The Theory of Mind (trailer) by Guy Wood
The "trailer" for Theory of Mind tries to encompass the overall mood of the film. Theory of Mind is a surreal feature film that Guy been working on on and off again for 4 years. It's his his first film.
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May Day on The Mystic by Chelsea Spear (4 min) PENDING |
