“A Moment of Silence at the Grave of Ed Gein”
Dir- Jörg Buttgereit – 2min – Germany
On July 2012, Jörg Buttgereit visited the scene of the crime, i.e. the cemetery of Plainfield in Wisconsin. The body of Ed Gein rests at an unmarked place between his beloved mother Augusta and his brother Henry.
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“Chlorine”
Dir. Joshua Parker – 22min – USA (Local)
Devon (Kate Levering), while studying in the new studio rented by her boyfriend, Shawn (Gil McKinney), explores a secret room under the floor. Soon, long suppressed memories of her childhood start to surface. Driven by these tortured memories, she descends into a nightmare of fear and panic. Eerie clues about her past haunt her and blur the lines of reality. Will she unravel the mystery before its too late?
IMDB:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2321786/combined
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“Buried Beneath”
Dir. Brian H. Teague – 14min – USA (Local)
Upon moving into the Utterson Bed and Breakfast, Virginia Gregg is in a race to leave after making a gruesome discovery.
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“ Refugio 115″
Dir. Ivan Villamel – 9min – Spain
In the Spanish Civil War, a group of survivors escape from strange shadows at Refuge 115.
Website:
https://www.facebook.com/Refugio115
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“C#ckfight” Dir. Julian Yuri Rodriguez – 10min – USA
A deconstructed adaptation of “Dante’s Inferno,” taking place at a bathsalt-fueled fighting ring in Miami’s underworld.
Trailer:
https://vimeo.com/52056847
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“Next Exit”
Dir. Benjamin Goodger – 14min – United Kingdom
A young woman is given a lift home from a wedding by an, apparently, friendly stranger. The mood quickly darkens leading her to a destination she could never have imagined.
Trailer: http://vimeo.com/60506816
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“Shhhh!!”
Dir. Freddy Chavez Olmos & Shervin Shoghian – 12min – Canada
Shhh!! is a tale about a young boy, Guillermo, who uses his imagination to overcome his bully: a hair-eating monster. Tired of being scared, Guillermo eventually takes matters into his own hands. It’s only then that we realize the monster might not be as fictitious as one may have thought.
Website:
http://www.shhh-film.com/
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“The Summoners” Dir. Christian Ackerman – 6 min – USA
Three Girls summon the ghost of a child molester for the thrill of being possessed by his spirit.
Website:
https://www.facebook.com/SummonersFIlm
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“Bait”
Dir. Raymond Carr – 10min – USA (Local) A desperate father uses his willing young son as bait to rescue his wife from a monster conjuring cult.
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“Pieces of Talent”
Dir. Joe Stauffer – 94 min – USA
Set in the small coastal town of Bright Leaf, North Carolina, “Pieces of Talent” centers around Charlotte, a disillusioned aspiring actress working a night job as a cocktail waitress in order to make ends meet. Charlotte catches a break when seemingly chance circumstances put her in contact with a local filmmaker, David Long. David and Charlotte form a quick friendship that leads to Charlotte landing the starring role in David’s newest project. David quickly becomes obsessed with Charlotte and begins building his bloody masterpiece by killing members of the community. He films each encounter with the ultimate goal of filming Charlotte as his final installment. David is a happily obsessed individual willing to do whatever it takes to make “true art”. He utilizes his charm and skills to make something dark and deranged seem utterly beautiful and loving.
Website:
http://piecesoftalent.com/
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11:30PM
Opening night party!
11:30 – 1:30am
Join us for our Opening night party. Meet our distinguished filmmakers from all over the world. Catch a few episodes of “Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell” projected outdoors. Come help us have fun and talk about movies at The Workshop. It’s just one mile from The Plaza Theatre at:
The Workshop
320 N. Highland Ave.
Atlanta, 30307
Saturday,Nov.9
3:00pm
3:00 Weird and Wild: Shorts Program0 “Giant Rubber Monster Movie”
Dir. Thomas Berdinski – 15min – USA An evil vegetarian from the year 25,000,000 A.D., Dr. Sigmund Zoid, steals a time machine and travels back to the present day. His mission: Destroy all of the Earth’s edible animals using the giant monsters under his control. Fortunately, Miko – a young stowaway on Zoid’s ship – escapes to help the Earthlings. With his new serial killing best friend Ken at his side, Miko commandeers one of Zoid’s giant monsters to fight for the Earth!
IMDB:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1862499/combined0“Werehooker“
Dir. Jay Holloway – 3min – USA (Local)
It’s “Pretty Woman meets an “American Werewolf in London” when Mary Sampson the girl next door is bitten by a strange disfigured hooker during the night of a full moon.
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“All You Can Eat”
Dir Tommy Groth – 4 min – USA (Local)
Did you have nightmares about clowns when you were a child? Do you still have nightmares? This short film about a clown and his secret will confirm your fear.
IMDB:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3042004/combined
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“The Hotel”
Dir. Jose Luis Alemán - 12 min – Spain
An exhausted man walks through the desert. The sun seems to melt the image. The man can barely walk, exhausted, hungry and thirsty. Defeated, he drops down. Between the heat and blazing sun on the horizon in the distance, he catches a glimpse of an hotel.
Website:
http://www.agenciafreak.com/en/film/hotel/301
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“Welcome to the Bubs”
Dir. Tony Reames – 10min – USA (Local)
A band of survivors have found a way to domesticate the undead.
Website:
https://www.facebook.com/WelcomeToTheBubs
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“Seven Heads (7 Köpfe für den Henker)”
Dir. Lukas Rinker – 16min – Germany
A medieval executioner, an unfinished job from the past, four friends on a hike – they’re in over their heads.
IMDB page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2993824/combined
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“HP Apology”
Dir. Thomas Nicol – 2min – USA
In the wake of the destruction and madness wreaked by the Ancient One, its inadvertent creator apologizes for his actions leading to such suffering and gibbering.
IMDB:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2799546/combined
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“Dracula in Space”
Dir. Kevin Lonano – 7min – USA
Captain Harker travels to the depths of space to investigate a distress signal coming from the mysterious planet Traxsylvania.
IMDB:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2574120/combined
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“The Working Dead”
Dir. Lee Arter – 5min – USA
A Zombie invades the office and our heroine is forced to fight the menace off in this Horror super short.
Trailer: http://vimeo.com/70302218
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“The Lone Wolf”
Dir. Lee Arter – 2min – USA
A full moon changes a date for the worse.
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“Play Dead”
Dir. Andres Meza-Valdes and Diego Meza-Valdes - 18min – USA
A zombie apocalypse unites a ragtag pack of dogs in the ruined streets of Miami. Immune to the epidemic, they must stick together to survive in the midst of ferocious undead and human survivors. Sit. Stay. Play dead.
IMDB:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1972738/combined
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“Monster”
Dir. Rich Johnson – 10min – Canada
Monster is a fable set in a pastoral village in the future. Hannah, played by Jodelle Ferland, draws the winning lot to feed a terrifying hungry monster living deep in the woods. When things go wrong and her offering escapes, she discovers the monster’s cunning secret.
Website:
www.monstertheshortfilm.com
5:30PM
5:30 International Terror: Shorts from around the World:0“A Moment of Silence at the Grave of Ed Gein” Dir- Jörg Buttgereit – 2min – Germany
On July 2012, Jörg Buttgereit visited the scene of the crime, i.e. the cemetery of Plainfield in Wisconsin. The body of Ed Gein rests at an unmarked place between his beloved mother Augusta and his brother Henry.
Website:
http://www.joergbuttgereit.com/english/films/shorts/a-moment-of-silence/0“Cat Sick Blues” Dir. Dave Jackson – 10min – Australia
In a last ditch effort to revive their decaying relationship, a couple spend the weekend at the beach, only to encounter a stray man in a cat mask. They soon realize their relationship isn’t the only thing at risk.
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“As órbitas” Dir. Pedro Américo – 15min – Brazil
Rafael wakes up abruptly in an abandoned hospital, blind and covered in bandages. He agonizes and perambulates in a terrifying journey, with nowhere to go, while, Sofia, a doctor, follows him. Distressing images of recent events emerge from his memory, revealing Rafael’s tragic fate, and also that of Sofia and her son, Caio. A desperate tale of survival and horror.
Trailer:
https://vimeo.com/35647404
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“For Clearer Skies” Dir. Alfredo Salvatore Arcilesi – 12min – Canada
A man struggles to decide whether or not to pursue survival as his race nears extinction.
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“Next Exit” Dir. Benjamin Goodger – 14min – United Kingdom
A young woman is given a lift home from a wedding by an apparently friendly stranger. But the mood quickly darkens leading her to a destination she could never have imagined.
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“Bariku Light“ Dir. Aised Abio – 6 min – Spain
It’s a Friday night. Feliciano eats lots of french fries with low calorie mayonnaise for dinner while he is watching TV. When the sex on TV begins, he goes crazy.
Trailer:
https://vimeo.com/36019834
7:00PM
7:00 A.S.I.F.A. ATLANTA and Buried Alive present:Drawn and Quartered: animation program0“Lot 254″
Dir. Toby Meakins – 3min – United Kingdom
A Collector repairs a vintage cine camera unlocking the hidden terror of LOT254.
Website: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2361323/combined0“The Eater”
Dir. Wally Chung – 3min – USA
A man has a strange experience that affects the people around him.
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“Night of the Loving Dead”
Dir. Anna Humphries – 9min – United Kingdom
Nigel is a lovesick teenager living under the tyranny of his wicked sex-obsessed stepmother, Barbara. But he gets more than he bargained for on Valentine’s Eve when he accidentally brings his old girlfriend, Felicity, back from the dead.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9NXOyWgaWc
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“Apocalypse Pizza Video”
Dir. Andres Fernandez - 4min – France
A film for all the family with zombies, blood, DVD rental and pizzas!
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“Bydlo”
Dir. Patrick Bouchard - 9min – Canada
An allegory of mankind heading for disaster, Bydlo is a tragic vision inspired by Mussorgsky’s music. A mighty ox emerges from the rain-soaked earth. A prisoner of its yoke, the great beast pulls its heavy load, a greedy and angry nation of people that slaughter each other and sap its energy.
Trailer: http://www2.telefilm.ca/05/516/cannes/2012/films.php?festival=131&id=761
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“Lady and the Tooth”
Dir. Shaun Clark – 8min – United Kingdom
When the most precious commodity in society are teeth there is only one way to conquer love.
Trailer: http://www.mewlab.com/#lady-and-the-tooth
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“Abysuss Abussum Invocat”
Dir. Wes Simpkins – 9min – USA
Abyssus Abyssum Invocat is a short film that utilizes stop-motion animation and live-action puppetry to create a darkly comic meditation on capital punishment and religion. The surreal and macabre world of Abyssus Abyssum Invocat is inspired by the animation from masters of the stop-motion craft such as Jan Svankmajer and The Brothers Quay. The film’s title is interpreted to mean ‘Hell invokes Hell.’ .
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/61736369
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“Zing”
Dir. Kyra Buschor and Cynthia Collins – 8min – German
Day in, day out, Mr. Grimm is busy with his job as the Reaper, harvesting people’s lives. One day, his monotonous existence is interrupted by the doorbell. It’s a little girl. She wants her cat back. Little does she know that she’s the next life on Mr. Grimm’s list.
Trailer: http://www.zing-movie.com/sub/trailer.html
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“Fuck Off” Dir. Berin Tuzlic – 3min- Bosnia – Herzegovina
The film is about people who neglect animals and arrogant attitudes towards the world of animals. The filmmaker is playing with colors and personifies hope that in this world there is justice and punishment for those who deserve it.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOA5i39L7_0
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“Woman Who Hates Plants”
Dir. Morgan Miller – 1 – min – USA
But she likes cigarettes.
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“Underlife” Dir. Jarosław Konopka – 9min – Poland
An intertextual journey through the areas of memory, flashback and imagination, not entirely conscious sensations that are often evoked by experiencing reality. It is a story depicting very subjective and personal emotions, showing the world woven with cultural themes parallel to dreaming which constantly overlaps the reality in a dangerous manner.
Trailer -
https://vimeo.com/24306718
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“Herman Blue”
Dir. Ian Mark Stewart- 4min – USA (Local)
Life is never easy… especially not if you’re a pumpkin. Using over 250 individually carved pumpkins to create, “Herman Blue: The Pumpkin Comic” features a woebegone jack-o-lantern musing on many topics ranging from love and relationships to the troubles of air travel; and all from the “unique” perspective of a pumpkin.
Vimeo:
https://vimeo.com/themicamonster
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9:00PM
9:00Wave of Mutilation: shorts program0“Dysmorphia”
Dir. Andy Stewart – 11min – United Kingdom
One man prepares to remove a limb that he perceives as being ‘alien’ or ‘foreign’.
Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uogFQpgIZ6k0″Other” Dir.Daniel DelPurgatorio – 14min – USA
Patrick is a brilliant doctor, in an obsessive race to alter his own grim prognosis. During a series of unconventional experiments, he discovers a scientific loophole unlike anything he had ever imagined. In pursuit of this dark prize, Patrick will risk everything to ensure he sees his experiment to the end…even if it means accepting the sinister results.
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“Day of the Spectre”
Dir. Chris Peters – 10 min – USA
Mary’s husband and young son have been killed in a tragic accident. An unlikely visitor tells her how she can bring them back from the dead.
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“Baraku Light”
Dir. Aised Abio – 6 min – Spain
It’s a Friday night. Feliciano eats lots of french fries with low calorie mayonnaise for dinner while he is watching TV. When the sex on TV begins, he goes crazy.
Trailer:
https://vimeo.com/36019834
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“The Plan”
Dir. Daniel Fallik – 13min – Israel Making a wild decision, Ben, a disturbed man, finds himself years later unable to find a direction in his life. Years of self-neglect lead him to look back at his past decision. Unable to fully comprehend what happened back then, Ben travels through his twisted memories, unable to let go.
Trailer:
http://www.theplan-film.com/#!videos/c9qb
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“For Clearer Skies”
Dir. Alfredo Salvatore Arcilesi - 12min – Canada
A man struggles to decide whether or not to pursue survival as his race nears extinction.
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“Ed is a Portal”
Dir. Darrell C. Hazelrig - 5min – USA (Local)
Ed’s got a head full of bad ideas. Literally. After an inter dimensional portal opens in the back of his skull, Ed has to learn to deal with nightmarish hell beasts that escape from it and move into his small house. A new horror/sci-fi/comedy from the New Puppet Order filled with foul and horrible creatures; ooze dripping tentacled skull portals, and the never-ending quest for taquitos.
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11:00PM
11:00 Closing night feature program and awards ceremonies:It’s the last BAFF screening of 2013 and we are also giving out the awards. Come and see which film wins!0″As Orbitare”
Dir. Pedro Américo – 15min – Brazil Rafael wakes up abruptly in an abandoned hospital, blind and covered in bandages. He agonizes and perambulates in a terrifying journey, with nowhere to go, while, Sofia, a doctor, follows him. Distressing images of recent events emerge from his memory, revealing Rafael’s tragic fate, and also that of Sofia and her son, Caio. Its a desperate tale of survival and horror.0 “Thanatomorphose”
Dir. Éric Falardeau – 100 min – Canada
Thanatomorphose is a French word meaning “the visible signs of an organism’s decomposition caused by death”. One day, a young and beautiful girl a wakes up and finds her flesh rotting.
