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.
TONIGHT
A young boy builds a time machine in his parent's basement with the hope of rescuing his sister.
SCHEDULED TO APPEAR at the PHYSICAL FESTIVAL:
Mark Roush, Director
Director Biography - Mark Roush
I'd like to call myself a born filmmaker but I'm not one of those mavens who grew up with an 8mm camera and was shooting short films at the spritely age of thirteen. I was raised in an Italian household and as a child, used to sit next to the fireplace with my grandfather who weaved me thrilling stories about pirates and adventurers. His influence drove me toward learning more about history while concurrently digesting as many stories about pirates that I could find. So, I grew up studying underwater archaeology and spent much of my youth reading about treasure hunters such as Mel Fisher and Robert F. Marx. It wasn't until college that my dream of discovering underwater treasure ceased (I didn't know how to scuba dive and the Oregon coast is insanely cold). I decided to focus my studies, at the ripe age of 23, toward becoming a filmmaker. If I couldn't excavate stories of the past -- I would create stories for the future. Directing is my life and I couldn't think of a more expressive medium to be part of.
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.
TONIGHT
A young boy builds a time machine in his parent's basement with the hope of rescuing his sister.
SCHEDULED TO APPEAR at the PHYSICAL FESTIVAL:
Mark Roush, Director
Director Biography - Mark Roush
I'd like to call myself a born filmmaker but I'm not one of those mavens who grew up with an 8mm camera and was shooting short films at the spritely age of thirteen. I was raised in an Italian household and as a child, used to sit next to the fireplace with my grandfather who weaved me thrilling stories about pirates and adventurers. His influence drove me toward learning more about history while concurrently digesting as many stories about pirates that I could find. So, I grew up studying underwater archaeology and spent much of my youth reading about treasure hunters such as Mel Fisher and Robert F. Marx. It wasn't until college that my dream of discovering underwater treasure ceased (I didn't know how to scuba dive and the Oregon coast is insanely cold). I decided to focus my studies, at the ripe age of 23, toward becoming a filmmaker. If I couldn't excavate stories of the past -- I would create stories for the future. Directing is my life and I couldn't think of a more expressive medium to be part of.