BLACK SHABBAS
Written by Max Lehman | Directed by Cleo Handler - After his father goes missing, a hen pecked Jewish school teacher searches for him at the insistence of his mother and finds himself in trouble with kosher vampires, monster hunters, and Nazis in the bygone Borscht Belt.
Horror comedy, Cleo's films have screened across the globe at prestigious film festivals, and the script has won and been selected by several industry competitions.
CHILDREN OF THE SUN
Written by Miranda Bowden-Parker | Directed by Wanjiru M. Njendu - Desperate for sanctuary from an unforgiving sun, a Black family embarks on a perilous journey across a post-apocalyptic landscape but encounters a barbaric white clan that believes Black skin will protect them from the sun’s fatal rays.
Horror/thriller, Wanjiru Njendu's short "Stray" was produced by 20th Digital Studio.
HYSTERIA
Written & Directed by Jenna Payne - Tired of being dismissed, a chronically ill and undiagnosed patient takes matters into her own hands, murders most of her doctors, and blows up an insurance company.
Dark comedy/medical revenge, Selected for Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin's Resource Lab 2022 directing incubator, finalist for 2021 Sundance Development Track.
MALACOSTRACA
Written & Directed by Charles Pieper - The crushing pressures of marriage, fatherhood, and a book deadline eat away at a writer’s sanity until he’s convinced his baby daughter is a hideous crustacean creature that must be destroyed for the sake of his novel…
Charles's short version of MALACOSTRACA is currently streaming as part of Shudder & The Horror Collective's BEYOND THE DARK, and his feature script DESTROY ALL NEIGHBORS debuted on Shudder to acclaim.
PIONEERS
Written by Mary Iacono | Directed by Puppett - A white hipster couple buy a house in a gentrifying neighborhood where they feel unwelcome. When strange things start to happen, they blame their Latino neighbors, inciting the avenging ghost who will stop at nothing to drive them out.
Horror/comedy, Puppett's award-winning short "Wedlocked" was distributed by Hewes & Revry.