BLACK HEARTS
DRAMA HORROR SHORTS: Volume 1
(Various Countries, 91 min)
CRAVE
(US, 13 min, 2023)
A young man in an isolated motel desperately tries not to succumb to addiction while navigating a night of temptation.
FREE BENCH MUST PICK UP TODAY
(US, 6 min, 2023)
A young gay couple pay an unexpected price for bringing home a free piece of furniture.
IT’S REALLY YOU
(United Kingdom, 15 min, 2023)
A priest arrives at a house to perform an exorcism, unaware that he's about to be reunited with an old flame.
LATER
(US, 13 min, 2023)
A zombie flick shot in North Carolina.
MANICURE
(US, 10 min, 2023)
Before her 30th birthday party, Elanor's anxiety and demand for perfection turn a pleasant manicure into a bloody mess.
MONOPHOBIA
(US, 8 min, 2023)
25-year-old Thomas Neville suffers from monophobia, the fear of being alone, brought about by a childhood trauma. To treat his monophobia, Thomas and his psychiatrist, Dr. Ramon Medeiros, rent a home and begin exposure therapy. When a malevolent entity latches onto Thomas, Thomas must not only convince Dr. Medeiros that the entity is real but must also persuade Dr. Medeiros to help him expel the entity.
MOSQUITO LADY
(US, 13 min, 2023)
Terrified of telling her parents that she's pregnant as restrictions to abortion access worsen, a desperate teenager seeks the help of a reclusive neighbor who her parents warned her about.
THE PERFECT PLACE TO CRY
(US, 7 min, 2022)
Late at night, deep in the woods, a woman cries in her car. A light flickers through the trees. At the edge of her headlights' reach, she can just make out the shape of a man. He's coming closer.
THE VOICE IN ISABEL FLEISS’S OFFICE
(US, 6 min, 2023)
A woman with an unusual malady--cobweb buildup in the throat--receives an even more unusual treatment in this adaptation of a surreal poem by North Carolina writer Virgil Renfroe.
CRAVE
(US, 13 min, 2023)
A young man in an isolated motel desperately tries not to succumb to addiction while navigating a night of temptation.
Director Biography - Zac Coats, Dana Kippel
Zac Coats is a young LGBTQ filmmaker out of Los Angeles. Zac has an eye for jarring yet beautiful visuals and telling a story with subtext and nonverbal exposition. Zac has been in love with the art of film as far back as their memory can go with emphasis on Horror, Scifi, and the surreal. Zac produced their first feature Reflect in 2022 and was sold to Good Deed Entertainment. They make their directorial debut in 2023 with their feature proof of concept short Crave which is in preparation for its feature adaptation. Some of Zac's many directing heroes are David Lynch, Greg Arraki, David Cronenberg, and Tim Burton
- Year2023
- Runtime12 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- DirectorZac Coats & Dana Kippel
- ScreenwriterZac Coats
- ProducerZac Coats
- CastZac Coats, Marissa Patterson, Caden Finch, Zakry Hayden, Dana Kippel
BLACK HEARTS
DRAMA HORROR SHORTS: Volume 1
(Various Countries, 91 min)
CRAVE
(US, 13 min, 2023)
A young man in an isolated motel desperately tries not to succumb to addiction while navigating a night of temptation.
FREE BENCH MUST PICK UP TODAY
(US, 6 min, 2023)
A young gay couple pay an unexpected price for bringing home a free piece of furniture.
IT’S REALLY YOU
(United Kingdom, 15 min, 2023)
A priest arrives at a house to perform an exorcism, unaware that he's about to be reunited with an old flame.
LATER
(US, 13 min, 2023)
A zombie flick shot in North Carolina.
MANICURE
(US, 10 min, 2023)
Before her 30th birthday party, Elanor's anxiety and demand for perfection turn a pleasant manicure into a bloody mess.
MONOPHOBIA
(US, 8 min, 2023)
25-year-old Thomas Neville suffers from monophobia, the fear of being alone, brought about by a childhood trauma. To treat his monophobia, Thomas and his psychiatrist, Dr. Ramon Medeiros, rent a home and begin exposure therapy. When a malevolent entity latches onto Thomas, Thomas must not only convince Dr. Medeiros that the entity is real but must also persuade Dr. Medeiros to help him expel the entity.
MOSQUITO LADY
(US, 13 min, 2023)
Terrified of telling her parents that she's pregnant as restrictions to abortion access worsen, a desperate teenager seeks the help of a reclusive neighbor who her parents warned her about.
THE PERFECT PLACE TO CRY
(US, 7 min, 2022)
Late at night, deep in the woods, a woman cries in her car. A light flickers through the trees. At the edge of her headlights' reach, she can just make out the shape of a man. He's coming closer.
THE VOICE IN ISABEL FLEISS’S OFFICE
(US, 6 min, 2023)
A woman with an unusual malady--cobweb buildup in the throat--receives an even more unusual treatment in this adaptation of a surreal poem by North Carolina writer Virgil Renfroe.
CRAVE
(US, 13 min, 2023)
A young man in an isolated motel desperately tries not to succumb to addiction while navigating a night of temptation.
Director Biography - Zac Coats, Dana Kippel
Zac Coats is a young LGBTQ filmmaker out of Los Angeles. Zac has an eye for jarring yet beautiful visuals and telling a story with subtext and nonverbal exposition. Zac has been in love with the art of film as far back as their memory can go with emphasis on Horror, Scifi, and the surreal. Zac produced their first feature Reflect in 2022 and was sold to Good Deed Entertainment. They make their directorial debut in 2023 with their feature proof of concept short Crave which is in preparation for its feature adaptation. Some of Zac's many directing heroes are David Lynch, Greg Arraki, David Cronenberg, and Tim Burton
- Year2023
- Runtime12 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- DirectorZac Coats & Dana Kippel
- ScreenwriterZac Coats
- ProducerZac Coats
- CastZac Coats, Marissa Patterson, Caden Finch, Zakry Hayden, Dana Kippel