THEY’RE COMING TO GET YOU, BARBARA!
US/CANADA SHORTS
(90 minutes)
CAAN ARTIST
(US, 8 min, 2023)
Unimpressed by what her producer's prepared, a video podcaster attempts to craft the perfect 'scare', while catering to a masked man they've already paid.
GREETINGS
(US, 14 min, 2023)
Office newbie, Trish, finds popularity when her coworkers realize that whatever she writes in their birthday cards comes true...until they forget her birthday.
MY SCARY INDIAN WEDDING
(US, 11 min, 2023)
A bridesmaid has to forcefully get married to her soulmate before dawn in order to escape the wrath of a vengeful demon.
NO OVERNIGHT PARKING
(US, 10 min, 2023)
No Overnight Parking follows a cosmopolitan woman (Alyssa Milano) who has just left her husband (French Stewart) after a disastrous fight. Out of sorts from the scuffle, she stops at a pharmacy in a rundown town, but when she goes down into the cavernous underground parking garage, she soon discovers she's been locked in overnight -- and she's not alone!
RED VELVET
(US, 14 min, 2023)
Upon learning the end of the world is taking place, a lonely man locks himself in a motel room when a female escort arrives at his door.
ROBBIE AIN’T RIGHT NO MORE
(US, 18 min, 2023)
A young girl’s brother returns from war with a most disturbing souvenir.
SANGUINE
(Canada, 11 min, 2023)
A first date takes an unexpected turn as Mirabel finds herself captured and experimented on by shady figures who believe she isn't what she seems.
WE JOINED A CULT
(US, 4 min, 2023)
Two friends on their way to a game of kickball find themselves incessantly pressured to join an incompetent satanic cult.
NO OVERNIGHT PARKING
(US, 10 min, 2022)
No Overnight Parking follows a cosmopolitan woman (Alyssa Milano) who has just left her husband (French Stewart) after a disastrous fight. Out of sorts from the scuffle, she stops at a pharmacy in a rundown town, but when she goes down into the cavernous underground parking garage, she soon discovers she's been locked in overnight -- and she's not alone!
Director Biography - Meg Swertlow
MEG SWERTLOW is a high-spirited and high-energy screenwriter and director who uses her voice to tell thrilling female-forward stories. Meg’s mission is to empower women to dare to be bold. Meg shot eight short films in two years. Her award-winning short films have been featured in over 30 top genre film festivals. In August 2022, Meg wrote and directed a short film in an all-female-directed anthology feature, Give Me an A, which is executive produced by Tasha Halevi and stars Alyssa Milano, Gina Torres and Jason George. At the end of 2022, Meg was selected for Ryan Murphy's Half Initiative Director Shadowing Program, where she shadowed an episode of a Ryan Murphy show at nine-months pregnant. The feature screenplay of No Overnight Parking was selected for Blumhouse and K Period Media's inaugural "Screamwriting" lab, where she was mentored by Kevin Williamson and Couper Samuelson. After graduating Hamilton College in New York with a degree in theater, Meg went back home to her native Los Angeles and wrote breaking news for major entertainment outlets, Entertainment Tonight and E! News, for a decade. Meg likes talking a lot, dancing a lot, wearing glitter a lot and being a lot of fun.
- Year2023
- Runtime10 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- DirectorMegan Swertlow
- ScreenwriterMegan Swertlow
- ProducerMegan Swertlow
- CastAlyssa Milano, French Stewart, Brandon Loeser
- EditorBrett Solem, Tom Pilla
THEY’RE COMING TO GET YOU, BARBARA!
US/CANADA SHORTS
(90 minutes)
CAAN ARTIST
(US, 8 min, 2023)
Unimpressed by what her producer's prepared, a video podcaster attempts to craft the perfect 'scare', while catering to a masked man they've already paid.
GREETINGS
(US, 14 min, 2023)
Office newbie, Trish, finds popularity when her coworkers realize that whatever she writes in their birthday cards comes true...until they forget her birthday.
MY SCARY INDIAN WEDDING
(US, 11 min, 2023)
A bridesmaid has to forcefully get married to her soulmate before dawn in order to escape the wrath of a vengeful demon.
NO OVERNIGHT PARKING
(US, 10 min, 2023)
No Overnight Parking follows a cosmopolitan woman (Alyssa Milano) who has just left her husband (French Stewart) after a disastrous fight. Out of sorts from the scuffle, she stops at a pharmacy in a rundown town, but when she goes down into the cavernous underground parking garage, she soon discovers she's been locked in overnight -- and she's not alone!
RED VELVET
(US, 14 min, 2023)
Upon learning the end of the world is taking place, a lonely man locks himself in a motel room when a female escort arrives at his door.
ROBBIE AIN’T RIGHT NO MORE
(US, 18 min, 2023)
A young girl’s brother returns from war with a most disturbing souvenir.
SANGUINE
(Canada, 11 min, 2023)
A first date takes an unexpected turn as Mirabel finds herself captured and experimented on by shady figures who believe she isn't what she seems.
WE JOINED A CULT
(US, 4 min, 2023)
Two friends on their way to a game of kickball find themselves incessantly pressured to join an incompetent satanic cult.
NO OVERNIGHT PARKING
(US, 10 min, 2022)
No Overnight Parking follows a cosmopolitan woman (Alyssa Milano) who has just left her husband (French Stewart) after a disastrous fight. Out of sorts from the scuffle, she stops at a pharmacy in a rundown town, but when she goes down into the cavernous underground parking garage, she soon discovers she's been locked in overnight -- and she's not alone!
Director Biography - Meg Swertlow
MEG SWERTLOW is a high-spirited and high-energy screenwriter and director who uses her voice to tell thrilling female-forward stories. Meg’s mission is to empower women to dare to be bold. Meg shot eight short films in two years. Her award-winning short films have been featured in over 30 top genre film festivals. In August 2022, Meg wrote and directed a short film in an all-female-directed anthology feature, Give Me an A, which is executive produced by Tasha Halevi and stars Alyssa Milano, Gina Torres and Jason George. At the end of 2022, Meg was selected for Ryan Murphy's Half Initiative Director Shadowing Program, where she shadowed an episode of a Ryan Murphy show at nine-months pregnant. The feature screenplay of No Overnight Parking was selected for Blumhouse and K Period Media's inaugural "Screamwriting" lab, where she was mentored by Kevin Williamson and Couper Samuelson. After graduating Hamilton College in New York with a degree in theater, Meg went back home to her native Los Angeles and wrote breaking news for major entertainment outlets, Entertainment Tonight and E! News, for a decade. Meg likes talking a lot, dancing a lot, wearing glitter a lot and being a lot of fun.
- Year2023
- Runtime10 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- DirectorMegan Swertlow
- ScreenwriterMegan Swertlow
- ProducerMegan Swertlow
- CastAlyssa Milano, French Stewart, Brandon Loeser
- EditorBrett Solem, Tom Pilla