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THE SUSPECT
90 min. Action/Thriller. Complete.
Cast: Mekhi Phifer (8 Mile, Dawn of the Dead), William Sadler (Iron Man 3), Sterling K. Brown (Army Wives)
Synopsis: A bank robbery takes an unplanned, deadly turn.
WORLD PREMIERE
HBO's American Black Film Festival, Miami FL
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay,
Best Actor: Mekhi Phifer, Beset Actor: Sterling K. Brown
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Sidewalk Film Festival, Birmingham AL
St Louis Black International Film Festival, St. Louis MO
Montreal International Black Film Festival, Montreal Canada
Third World International Film Festival, San Francisco CA
Brooking Institution: Screening and Panel Discussion, Washington DC
Twin Cities Black Film Festival, St. Louis Park MN
Louisville International Film Festival, Louisville, KY
Englewood International Film Festival, Englewood IL
Philadelphia Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA
Toronto Black Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
ReelWorld Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsE3QJf205w
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SO THIS IS CHRISTMAS
115 min. Family. Complete.
Cast: Eric Roberts, Vivica A. Fox, Lexi Ainsworth
Synopsis:
Eighteen-year-old Ashley lives life in the fast lane. After a chance encounter with the handyman, she finds herself writing and directing a Christmas play for over sixty underprivileged kids. At the same time she runs headlong into her ultimate soul mate.
TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEskIfiDP4E
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THE BATES HAUNTING
76 min. Thriller. Complete.
Cast: Ryan Dunn (Jackass), Jean Louise O'Sullivan
Synopsis:
One year ago, Agnes Rickover attended opening night at the Bates Motel and Haunted Hayride to see her best friend Lily's dramatic debut. A horrific accident resulted in Agnes witnessing Lily's fiery death in a spectacle gone wrong. After a year of obsessing over a murder investigation everyone else thinks is open and shut, Agnes goes to work at the Haunt in an attempt confront her trauma. Horrific events begin to claim the lives of her coworkers and Agnes must figure out what is behind all of the "accidents" before more people die.
TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bgB9IC7hkA
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THE LIBRARY
90 min. Thriller. Complete.
Synopsis:
In a small town circa 1860 small pox takes the life of a little girl. She enters a world that will get her prepped and re-incarnated for her next life. The library is a second chance, a place to select a storybook life and be reborn. The evil darkness takes the girl into lower earth. All the corners of hell are fighting to keep her from reaching the next level. Three guardians are sent to rescue her but they only have 30 minutes.
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THE SURVIVAL GAMES
95 min. Action. Complete.
Cast: Konrad Case, Robin Zamora, Mischa McCortney, Stephanie Rubin, Christos G. Vass, Heather Gornall
Synopsis:
A group of friends camping trip turns into kidnapping, guns, and fighting for their lives.
TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6EKj26HhNk&feature=youtu.be
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THE HOSPITAL
90 min. Horror. Complete.
Cast: John Dugan (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Scott Tepperman (Ghost Hunters International), Jim O'Rear (The Dead Matter), and Daniel Emery Taylor (Return Of The Swamp Thing).
Synopsis: Old St. Leopold's Hospital has many urban legends surrounding it, but the residents of Bridgeport all agree on one thing: tortured souls roam its abandoned halls.
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PASTOR SHEPHERD
90 min. Family. Complete.
Cast: Danny Trejo, Maria-Elena Laas, Pastor Shepherd
Synopsis: The tale of a down-on-his-luck freeze-dried-pet-salesman and his journey to become the first-ever-cyber-evangelist.
TRAILER:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o9bfkGD_jQ
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NARX
90 min. Action. Complete.
Cast:
Fat Joe, Chris Mulkey(Boardwalk Empire, The Purge), Rocky Passafaro, Alex Maisonette, Jason Rodriguez
Synopsis:
Based on a shocking true story. An undercover cop puts his life on the line to fight corruption in his department, while trying to take down the biggest Drug Kingpin of New York City. No one can be trusted as the body count rises.
TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmWRaMxvXWc&feature=youtu.be
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EXIT TO HELL
81 min. Action/Horror/Thriller. Complete.
Cast: Kane Hodder (Jason X, Ed Gein, BTK), Tiffany Shepis (Cyrus), Rena Riffel (Showgirls, Mulholland Dr.), Jason Spisak (Pirahna 3D)
Synopsis:
A local gang rob a mafia run strip club, shooting up the place and killing anyone in sight. They head south for the border, but when they enter the town of Redstone and begin terrorizing the locals, they find that crime is a dish best served cold!
TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCamsVJnAMA
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THE BACKPACKER
91 min. Action/Thriller. Complete.
Cast: Vincent Stone, Laura Andersen
Synopsis:
This Summer stay off the back roads!
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VIRGIN ALEXANDER
90 min. Comedy. Complete.
Cast: Rick Faugno, Paige Howard (Adventureland), Bronson Pinchot (True Romance, Risky Business), Elizabeth Masucci (Shame, Theo), Mika Boorem (Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, Blue Crush), Joe D'Onofrio (Goodfellas, Spider Man, We Own the Night).
Synopsis:
Alexander is a 26 year old scrap hauler who is facing eviction. In a last ditch effort to save his house from the bank, he turns it into a brothel - even though he has never had sex before.
TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEZ5es8J7Rc&feature=youtu.be
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KILLER ANTS
80 min. Thriller. Complete.
Synopsis:
There are more than 100 billion fire ants on earth. They swarm in seconds. Attack in the thousands. And kill within minutes. And now, they are coming to wreak havoc in Texas.
TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhRB6lihqq4
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THE OUIJA EXPERIMENT
90 min. Horror. Complete.
Cast: Justin Armstrong, Dave Clark, Miranda Martinez, Carson Underwood, Eric Window
Synopsis: A group of friends play with a ouija board and record it. The footage they captured cannot be explained.
TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kCHtl7BqNo
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SINS
90 min.
Action/Thriller. Complete.
Cast: Danny Glover, Steven Bauer (Scarface, Primal Fear), Michael Madsen, John Savage (The Godfather: III, The Deer Hunter), Anne Jeffreys (General Hospital), Hal Yamanouchi (Push), Giovanni Martorana
Synopsis: Two ex-gangsters meet on a high speed train to Sicily.
TRAILER:
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THE SECRET VILLAGE
90 min. Thriller. Complete.
Cast: Jonathan Bennett (Pawn, Van Wilder, Mean Girls), Ali Faulkner (Twilight: Breaking Dawn), Stelio Savante (Starship Troopers 3), Richard Riehle (Office Space, The Man From Earth)
Synopsis: Two strangers research a mysterious outbreak of mass hysteria in a small village.
TRAILER:
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THE LEGENDS OF NETHIAH
93 min.
Sci Fi/Action/Fantasy. Complete.
Cast: John Heard (Home Alone, Home Alone 2, Prison Break), Theresa Russell (Spider Man 3, Eureka, The Last Tycoon), Robert Picardo (Star Trek, Total Recall, Stargate: Atlantis), Julie Michaels (Titanic, Batman Forever).
Synopsis: A grandfather introduces his grandson to a fantasy world of creatures and science-fiction.
TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5sGxKN7mn8
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ALCATRAZ STORAGE
90 min. Thriller. Complete.
Synopsis:
A group of strangers find themselves trapped inside the haunted Alcatraz Storage.
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AMY
90 min. Thriller. Complete.
Cast: Christopher Atkins (The Blue Lagoon), Jessica DiGiovanni, Kurt Peterson, Kris Smith, Clayton Meyers
Synopsis: Amy is blessed with the psychic power of clairvoyance, an extra-sensory perception. Amy witnesses haunting visions as her entire village begins the fall into demonic possession. A funeral director (played by Christopher Atkins, Blue Lagoon: The Awakening) uses Amy's clairvoyant abilities to determine the covert leader behind the fall. As Amy and Christopher try to stop the fall of their village, the Devil takes over Amy's soul-forcing Christopher to perform a dangerous exorcism.
TRAILER:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83vY_QUEnxk
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THE FAMILY
90 min. Thriller. Complete.
Cast: Tony Todd (Candyman, The Man From Earth, Final Destination), Kane Hodder (Jason X, Friday the 13th VII and VIII), Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes), Angie Savage
Synopsis: It's hard for a family to stay together when killing is in their blood.
TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaMVKgcoQe4
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DO NOT DISTURB
85 min. Thriller/Horror. Complete.
Cast: Stephen Geoffreys (Fright Night, 976-Evil, Mr. Hush), Tiffany Shepis (Abominable, Night of the Demons, Cyrus), Ezra Buzzington (The Hills Have Eyes, The Artist, The Prestige, Bad-Ass), Corey Haim (The Lost Boys, Crank: High Voltage, License to Drive)
Synopsis: Plagued with personal demons, Don checks into a seedy motel room to enact a bloody rampage. When he checks in, no one checks out.
TRAILER:
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SILENCE
90 min. Thriller. Complete.
Cast: Matthew Lawrence (The Hot Chick, Mrs. Doubtfire), Masiela Lusha (The George Lopez Show, Kill Katie Malone), Muse Watson (I Know What You Did Last Summer series, The Last Exorcism II)
Synopsis: Colby loses his wife Annabelle to suicide. After her passing, he hears, sees and experiences the unknown.
TRAILER: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdx9g0_of-silence-trailer_shortfilms
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GOD DON'T MAKE THE LAWS
100 min. Thriller. Complete.
Cast: Ella Rae Peck (Gossip Girl, Deception, upcoming Sony Pictures 'The Call' with Halle Berry), Paul Sorvino (Goodfellas, Nixon), Robert Prescott (Burn After Reading, Michael Clayton), Peter Vack (CBGB), Bruce Davison (Oscar nominee & Golden Globe winner, Short Cuts, Longtime Champion, X-Men, X2)
Synopsis: Does time exist when nothing changes? That is the question for the picturesque Village of Rockwell, where time has frozen. Nobody gets sick; nobody ages, and nobody dies due to a tragic bus crash that took the lives of the 1977 undefeated Rockwell High School Basketball Team.
TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrkX3Xch9IA
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KNOCKDOWN
90 min. Action/Thriller. Complete.
Cast: Tom Arnold (True Lies, Hit and Run),
Bai Ling (Red Corner,The Crow), Casey Evans
Synopsis: A former American Boxer now exiled in Bangkok, is forced to confront his violent past after meeting a mysterious fight fan from his hometown
TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8PYbSnI3dU
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DRIVING BY BRAILLE
106 min. Womens Drama. Complete.
Cast: Tammin Sursok (Pretty Little Liars, The Young and the Restless, Aquamarine, Daytime Emmy Award Nominee), Finola Hughes (General Hospital, Like Crazy, Daytime Emmy Award Winner), Steven Bauer (Scarface, Golden Globe Nominee), Ryan Eggold
Synopsis: Sarah Corso is deeply afraid of turning out like her mother who had the progression of love, marriage, kids, etc. right up until the day she suffered a psychotic break down.
TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe7_9J1CiC0
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ASHES
90 min. Thriller. Complete.
Cast: Piper Perabo (Covert Affairs, Looper, The Prestige), Ajay Naidu (NBC's Lateline, Office Space, Requiem for a Dream, The Wrestler), Heather Burns (HBO's Bored to Death, NBC's Twenty Good Years, Miss Congeniality), Faran Tahir (Iron Man, Star Trek, Elysium)
Synopsis: ASHES follows the story of two brothers whose lives are unraveling. As one brother plummets deeper into mental illness, the other, Ashes, copes by throwing himself into the world of crime.
TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmgWOb81sU8
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