Here is a 90-minute collection of short films from the United States and Canada.
BLACK DRAGON (Rồng đen) - Vietnam, 1968. A feared American colonel nicknamed “The Black Dragon” by Vietnamese locals must face his inner shadow when his platoon presents him with a captured Vietcong girl who harbors some very unusual powers.
CATALOG - A son cataloging his missing father’s occult book collection for auction discovers a key to a mysterious shed in his dad’s journal. There the son finds out more than he wanted to know about his father’s disappearance.
GET OUT OF THERE - After surviving a dangerous fall, an injured patrolman soon discovers that a dark supernatural presence is closing in on him.
IN THE SHADOWS - Melanie, a newly separated mother, is spending a weekend at her mom’s house with Tom, her 8-year-old son who is still unaware of the breakup. In the shadows, a creature in search of fresh flesh lies waiting for them, studying them and waiting for the right moment to lure them into its lair. In French with English subtitles
KICKSTART MY HEART - After a brutal car accident, a young woman fights her mind's three levels of hell to wake up again.
MOONLIGHT SONATA, WITH SCISSORS - A reluctant young woman agrees to help a former criminal associate dispose of a dead body with unexpected results.
PROM CAR ’91 - Prom Night, 1991. Carrie and Don plan to have sex for the first time in the back of Don’s dad’s minivan. But when they witness a murder outside the car, their night takes a sharp turn.
SALLY’S LULLABY - Mom and Dad team up with their daughter Sally to get rid of a monster in her closet.
TONIGHT - A young boy builds a time machine in his parent's basement with the hope of rescuing his sister.
WE FORGOT ABOUT THE ZOMBIES - Two dudes think they have found the cure for the zombie virus.
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - WINNER
Harper Alexander
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS - WINNER
Isaiah Kang
BEST ACTOR – Feature or Short
Matthew Del Negro (“Colonel Palmer”) (Nominee)
BEST DIRECTOR - Short
Alexander Thompson (Nominee)
SCHEDULED TO APPEAR at the PHYSICAL FESTIVAL:
Chris Day, Actor
Phil Smoot, Unit Production Manager
Whitney Collazo, Makeup Artist
Josh Barker, Associate Producer
BLACK DRAGON (Rồng đen)
Vietnam, 1968. A feared American colonel nicknamed “The Black Dragon” by Vietnamese locals must face his inner shadow when his platoon presents him with a captured Vietcong girl who harbors some very unusual powers. A Jungian psychological thriller/parable examining the capacity for monstrous evil lurking within us all, the film is loosely inspired by the My Lai Massacre, one of America’s most pernicious wartime atrocities. Hailing from the producer of “Cabin Fever”, the film stars Matthew Del Negro and Celia Au.
Director Biography - Alexander Thompson
Alex seeks to explore the human condition through a personal brand of cinema that infuses a love of dark fairy tales, aberrant psychology, strange monsters and even stranger people. He is in post on "Em & Selma Go Griffin Hunting", a neo-western fantasy short starring Milly Shapiro and Pollyanna McIntosh. His coming-of-age fantasy drama "The Sisters" made the 2022 annual Black List after placing as a semifinalist in the AMPAS Nicholl Fellowship, and was named by Forbes Magazine as among the fifteen most promising unproduced screenplays. Among his upcoming feature projects are "Fathoms", a New England period fantasy/thriller story, as well as dark fantasy two-hander "Cyrilla's Bestiary" with Armory Films producing.
- Year2022
- Runtime15 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- Social Media
- DirectorAlexander Thompson
- ScreenwriterAlexander Thompson & Nathaniel Hendricks
- ProducerSam Froelich, Isaiah Kang, Alexander Thompson
- CastMatthew Del Negro, Celia Au
- CinematographerHarper Alexander
- EditorZach Kashkett
Here is a 90-minute collection of short films from the United States and Canada.
BLACK DRAGON (Rồng đen) - Vietnam, 1968. A feared American colonel nicknamed “The Black Dragon” by Vietnamese locals must face his inner shadow when his platoon presents him with a captured Vietcong girl who harbors some very unusual powers.
CATALOG - A son cataloging his missing father’s occult book collection for auction discovers a key to a mysterious shed in his dad’s journal. There the son finds out more than he wanted to know about his father’s disappearance.
GET OUT OF THERE - After surviving a dangerous fall, an injured patrolman soon discovers that a dark supernatural presence is closing in on him.
IN THE SHADOWS - Melanie, a newly separated mother, is spending a weekend at her mom’s house with Tom, her 8-year-old son who is still unaware of the breakup. In the shadows, a creature in search of fresh flesh lies waiting for them, studying them and waiting for the right moment to lure them into its lair. In French with English subtitles
KICKSTART MY HEART - After a brutal car accident, a young woman fights her mind's three levels of hell to wake up again.
MOONLIGHT SONATA, WITH SCISSORS - A reluctant young woman agrees to help a former criminal associate dispose of a dead body with unexpected results.
PROM CAR ’91 - Prom Night, 1991. Carrie and Don plan to have sex for the first time in the back of Don’s dad’s minivan. But when they witness a murder outside the car, their night takes a sharp turn.
SALLY’S LULLABY - Mom and Dad team up with their daughter Sally to get rid of a monster in her closet.
TONIGHT - A young boy builds a time machine in his parent's basement with the hope of rescuing his sister.
WE FORGOT ABOUT THE ZOMBIES - Two dudes think they have found the cure for the zombie virus.
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - WINNER
Harper Alexander
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS - WINNER
Isaiah Kang
BEST ACTOR – Feature or Short
Matthew Del Negro (“Colonel Palmer”) (Nominee)
BEST DIRECTOR - Short
Alexander Thompson (Nominee)
SCHEDULED TO APPEAR at the PHYSICAL FESTIVAL:
Chris Day, Actor
Phil Smoot, Unit Production Manager
Whitney Collazo, Makeup Artist
Josh Barker, Associate Producer
BLACK DRAGON (Rồng đen)
Vietnam, 1968. A feared American colonel nicknamed “The Black Dragon” by Vietnamese locals must face his inner shadow when his platoon presents him with a captured Vietcong girl who harbors some very unusual powers. A Jungian psychological thriller/parable examining the capacity for monstrous evil lurking within us all, the film is loosely inspired by the My Lai Massacre, one of America’s most pernicious wartime atrocities. Hailing from the producer of “Cabin Fever”, the film stars Matthew Del Negro and Celia Au.
Director Biography - Alexander Thompson
Alex seeks to explore the human condition through a personal brand of cinema that infuses a love of dark fairy tales, aberrant psychology, strange monsters and even stranger people. He is in post on "Em & Selma Go Griffin Hunting", a neo-western fantasy short starring Milly Shapiro and Pollyanna McIntosh. His coming-of-age fantasy drama "The Sisters" made the 2022 annual Black List after placing as a semifinalist in the AMPAS Nicholl Fellowship, and was named by Forbes Magazine as among the fifteen most promising unproduced screenplays. Among his upcoming feature projects are "Fathoms", a New England period fantasy/thriller story, as well as dark fantasy two-hander "Cyrilla's Bestiary" with Armory Films producing.
- Year2022
- Runtime15 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- Social Media
- DirectorAlexander Thompson
- ScreenwriterAlexander Thompson & Nathaniel Hendricks
- ProducerSam Froelich, Isaiah Kang, Alexander Thompson
- CastMatthew Del Negro, Celia Au
- CinematographerHarper Alexander
- EditorZach Kashkett