Official Selections: 5th LA Horror Film Festivals
Congratulations to our accepted filmmakers!
Films are listed in alphabetical order, index to the left.
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Les Bêtes
Animation
A mysterious rabbit with a set of magic keys summons a host of strange creatures to entertain a wicked king and his decadent court in this dark stop-motion animated fantasy inspired by the works of Ladislas Starevich.
Director: Michael Granberry
Producer: Michael Granberry
Composer: Lito Velasco
Cinematographer: Michael Granberry
Editor:Michael Granberry
A four-year labor of love begun in 2020 as a "pandemic lockdown project" and completed in 2024, "Les Bêtes" was conceived to be a zero-budget, entirely recycled film in the style of a 1930's Ladislas Starevich animation. Even the stop-motion characters, all of which were originally constructed for other projects that never materialized, were repurposed after rotting away in storage for almost two decades.
Instagram: @michaelgranberry @lesbetes_film
Lumberjack
Short
Los Angeles Premiere
A young couple, struggling to keep their relationship alive, embark on an overnight to the woods, but are stalked by an axe-wielding lumberjack.
Director: Colin Stryker
Producer: Colin Stryker
Writer: Colin Stryker
Cast: Daniel Jackson, Sarah Shaw Glidden, Ben Steeper
Cinematographer: Ben Steeper
Editor: Colin Stryker
Awards: Best Slasher Villain - Cabin in the Woods Film Festival, Semi-Finalist - Phoenix Shorts
Website: darkrosepictures.com
Instagram: DarkRoseColin
Facebook: fb.com/DarkRosePictures
No Slasher Here
Short
A woman comes home from work, only to receive an unsettling phone call. Does the danger only exist over the phone, or is there a masked killer inside her home?
Director: Robert Tiemstra
Producer: Llenelle Gibson, Cody Zak, Robert Tiemstra
Writer: Robert Tiemstra
Cast: Llenelle Gibson, Ethan Haslam, Noelle Hensler
Cinematographer:Denis Kirkman-Moriarty
Editor: Robert Tiemstra
Award Winner: Best Horror Short (Long Island Film Expo), Best LGBTQ Film (Highlands Horror Film Fest), Best Mystery/Best Actress (The Thing in the Basement Horror Fest), Jury of Peers Award (LA Crime and Horror Film Fest)