An F.B.I. agent turns to someone from his past to stop a serial killer, but healing the fractured relationship may prove to be the bigger challenge.

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Vaughn: Geoff Mays
Caleb: Bill Poulin

Directed by Amber Rose McNeill

An appropriated media piece that explores our societal need to consume violence for entertainment. The film comments on the fetishism and romanticizing of violent imagery, while observing the link to commercial consumerism that both demonizes and exploits human sexuality. Interview segments from prominent serial killers expose and echo our endless need to devour salacious content by glorifying and normalising both real and fictional violence.

Watch the full Audience FEEDBACK Video:

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS:
BEST THRILLER FILM: MIRROR FINISH
BEST HORROR FILM: MALAKOUT
BEST PERFORMANCES: VIRTUALLY HAPPY
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: ABSENCE
BEST SOUND & MUSIC: STAY

Theme of night: Death and Rebirth

NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so all screenings were held in private.

Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos:

ABSENCE, 13min., Germany, Sci-Fi/Thriller

VIRTUALLY HAPPY, 11min., USA, Sci-Fi/Magical Realism

IRONFIN, 2min., USA, Sci-Fi/Animation

GOD GLITCH, 8min., Netherlands, Sci-Fi/Romance

STAY , 6min., USA, Thriller/Crime

SNUB NOSE, 11min., USA, Thriller/Crime

MILK, 5min., USA, Thriller/Crime

MIRROR FINISH, 10min., Canada, Thriller/Crime

SWEET TOOTH, 4min., USA, Horror

EVERY CORNER, 8min., USA, Horror

MALAKOUT, 11min., Iran, Animation/Sci-Fi

INVASION, 16min., USA, Horror/Suspense

The beginning of a (temporary) new era.

See you at the festivals. Whenever that happens!

– Matthew Toffolo