FOUR MINUTES TIL MIDNIGHT
Long-Form Narrative Shorts
(Various Countries, 92 min)
THE BEAST
(France, 24 min, 2023)
On vacation on his family in the countryside, a young city boy is forced to participate in wild boar hunts in the cornfields. Naive and fearful, he lives in constant fear of a mysterious beast that adults say would live in the countryside.
In French with English subtitles
CUT ME IF YOU CAN
(US, 21 min, 2023)
Stuck in the loop of a horror B-movie and knowing they're always the first ones to die as per the cliché horror movie formula, two black characters decide to reject their fate and rebel against the script. They must outwit the serial killer and escape the theatre in order to survive...but the film has other plans.
DRAGON FRUIT
(Canada, 27 min, 2023)
In a violent, dystopian future, a single mother attempts to grow a dragon fruit sprout so she can one day sell it for cash.
I COULD JUST DIE, AND THAT WOULD BE ALL RIGHT
(US, 20 min, 2023)
Trying to end her life, a woman offers herself as a meal to the monster in the woods near her house. But her plan backfires when she wakes up with a thirst for blood and realizes she has joined the ranks of the immortal undead.
DRAGON FRUIT
(Canada, 27 min, 2023)
In a violent, dystopian future, a single mother attempts to grow a dragon fruit sprout so she can one day sell it for cash.
Director Biography - J. Brown
J. Brown is a director, producer, and animator based out of Vancouver, BC. He has nearly 20 years of experience working in television, feature film, and video games, working on massive titles like Stranger Things, The Mandalorian, and The Avengers movies. He created all costumes, props, and visual effects for the film in his apartment on his own. Partly to save money, and partly because there was a pandemic and he had nothing else to do. He also built two sets, acted as locations manager, and played the character of Mr. Mystery Meats, because after all this work, there’s no way he wasn’t gonna be in this thing. Identifying marks include a rattlesnake tattoo on his arm and a beard on his face. So far, he is bald.
- Year2023
- Runtime27 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryCanada
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- Social Media
- DirectorJ.Brown
- ScreenwriterJ.Brown
- ProducerJen Araki, Yvonne Chapman, J.Brown, Jessica Rivers, Henry Hayhurst-France
- Executive ProducerDylan Playfair, Jen Araki, J.Brown, Lori Zei
- CastYvonne Chapman, Azriel Dalman, Nicole Muñoz
- CinematographerHenry Hayhurst-France
- EditorJ.Brown, Melanie Snagg
- ComposerShawn Penner
FOUR MINUTES TIL MIDNIGHT
Long-Form Narrative Shorts
(Various Countries, 92 min)
THE BEAST
(France, 24 min, 2023)
On vacation on his family in the countryside, a young city boy is forced to participate in wild boar hunts in the cornfields. Naive and fearful, he lives in constant fear of a mysterious beast that adults say would live in the countryside.
In French with English subtitles
CUT ME IF YOU CAN
(US, 21 min, 2023)
Stuck in the loop of a horror B-movie and knowing they're always the first ones to die as per the cliché horror movie formula, two black characters decide to reject their fate and rebel against the script. They must outwit the serial killer and escape the theatre in order to survive...but the film has other plans.
DRAGON FRUIT
(Canada, 27 min, 2023)
In a violent, dystopian future, a single mother attempts to grow a dragon fruit sprout so she can one day sell it for cash.
I COULD JUST DIE, AND THAT WOULD BE ALL RIGHT
(US, 20 min, 2023)
Trying to end her life, a woman offers herself as a meal to the monster in the woods near her house. But her plan backfires when she wakes up with a thirst for blood and realizes she has joined the ranks of the immortal undead.
DRAGON FRUIT
(Canada, 27 min, 2023)
In a violent, dystopian future, a single mother attempts to grow a dragon fruit sprout so she can one day sell it for cash.
Director Biography - J. Brown
J. Brown is a director, producer, and animator based out of Vancouver, BC. He has nearly 20 years of experience working in television, feature film, and video games, working on massive titles like Stranger Things, The Mandalorian, and The Avengers movies. He created all costumes, props, and visual effects for the film in his apartment on his own. Partly to save money, and partly because there was a pandemic and he had nothing else to do. He also built two sets, acted as locations manager, and played the character of Mr. Mystery Meats, because after all this work, there’s no way he wasn’t gonna be in this thing. Identifying marks include a rattlesnake tattoo on his arm and a beard on his face. So far, he is bald.
- Year2023
- Runtime27 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryCanada
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- Social Media
- DirectorJ.Brown
- ScreenwriterJ.Brown
- ProducerJen Araki, Yvonne Chapman, J.Brown, Jessica Rivers, Henry Hayhurst-France
- Executive ProducerDylan Playfair, Jen Araki, J.Brown, Lori Zei
- CastYvonne Chapman, Azriel Dalman, Nicole Muñoz
- CinematographerHenry Hayhurst-France
- EditorJ.Brown, Melanie Snagg
- ComposerShawn Penner