March 2021 Festival – Highlights and Videos

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: Best Short Film: 52 – A TALE OF LONELINESS Best Animation: LUZ Best Cinematography: AMEND Best Sound & Music: JUSTIN AN THE WERLOOBEE Best Direction: LU VON LOSER Theme of night: New world. New environment. NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so all screenings were held in private. Watch… Continue reading March 2021 Festival – Highlights and Videos

February 2021 Festival – Highlights and Videos

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: Best Feature Film: DOROTHEA AND THE MYOTRAGUS Best Short Film: THE LAST RIGHTS Best Performances: IMMERSION Best Cinematography: 303: ENDLESS NIGHT Best Sound & Music: MY FAMILY TREES Theme of night: Attempting to connect. NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so all screenings were held in private. Watch the… Continue reading February 2021 Festival – Highlights and Videos

LA Festival 1st Scene Script Reading: Miserable People, by Jeff Hindenach

A young man suffers from the uncanny ability to absorb the worst memories of people he comes into physical contact with, which forces him into a lonely life of seclusion. But when he starts seeing happy memories for the first time in his life, he embarks on a mission to find the woman from the… Continue reading LA Festival 1st Scene Script Reading: Miserable People, by Jeff Hindenach

Short Film: DARK CLOUD, 15min., UK, Documentary

The story of a First Nation man who suffered deeply as a result of his abduction and indoctrination by the Canadian government during the sixties scoop. Project Links  Website News & Reviews “Sixties Scoop survivor Dark Cloud tells his life story”Bristol Posthttps://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/sixties-scoop-survivor-dark-cloud-4686647 “Learn about Canadian persecution of Indigenous communities from Bristol’s Dark Cloud”Rife Magazinehttps://www.rifemagazine.co.uk/2020/12/learn-about-canad

Director Biography – John Patrick Hayden (AMEND)

John Patrick Hayden ( writer/director/fight choreographer/actor) : is a New York based filmmaker. Awards: A BAFTA student award , and the Princess Grace Nominee for MFA in Directing at CCNY film school class of 2020. “Best film “ at three festivals for his short film: “Veritaphobia” (Comedy) and “Honorable mention for Best director “ for… Continue reading Director Biography – John Patrick Hayden (AMEND)

Winning BEST SCENE Reading: Bad Love Strikes, by Kevin Schewe

It’s the summer of 1974 in the small town of Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The kids in the Bad Love Gang live daring lives, filled with high adventure. When they stumble upon an abandoned World War II-era time machine, part of as the White Hole Project, that word adventure takes on a whole new meaning. Traveling… Continue reading Winning BEST SCENE Reading: Bad Love Strikes, by Kevin Schewe