Here is a 96-minute collection of short films from the United States and Canada. TIM TRAVERS AND THE TIME TRAVELER'S PARADOX: It is called the Time Travelers Paradox. In which a scientist creates a Time Machine and kills their younger self. So now a man who should not- can not- exist, somehow does. That is the Paradox, and Paradoxes are impossible.THE SWEET SPOT: A&nbsp;young girl's overnight stay at a rural daycare takes a dark turn when she discovers she's not the only guest for the evening.SMILE: When a young woman struggles to smile, her depression becomes something truly monstrous.ESCAPE: A GHOST STORY: A group of escape room employees must face their fears and overcome a series of murderous puzzles set by a malicious ghost who has haunts the building, or face the dire consequences.#NOFILTER: #Nofilter addresses the ever-growing issue surrounding Body Dysmorphic Disorder through the eyes of Beth, an insecure twenty-something, who becomes obsessed with an insidious filter, leaving her to question true beauty. It is a cautionary tale for all those obsessed by "likes," being flawless, and thinking that somehow social media is the magical cure-all for happiness.ANGEL CITY HORROR: Los Angeles, 1951. Detectives George Hard and Glenn O'Brian investigate the disappearance of a mental patient from LA's most notorious insane asylum and discover something evil lurking inside.CUTTER: A teenage cutter in recovery and her overbearing mother are haunted by a ghost who seeks to keep them at odds. Viewer's Guide: This film depicts self-harm.

NORTH CAROLINA PREMIERE! It is called the Time Travelers Paradox. In which a scientist creates a Time Machine and kills their younger self. So now a man who should not -- can not -- exist, somehow does. That is the Paradox, and Paradoxes are impossible. 2022 Nevermore Jury Award Winner! <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/0d8e3028c9dc3e382572f8d5a7e9c016.png" width="205" style="display: inline; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 1em 1em;">BEST SHORT (US/CANADA)&nbsp;BEST DIRECTOR – Short FilmStimson Snead (“Tim Travers and the Time Traveler’s Paradox”, United States)BEST ACTOR – Feature or Short: Samuel Dunning (“Tim Travers”, Tim Travers and the Time Traveler’s Paradox”)BEST SCREENPLAY – Short FilmStimson Snead (“Tim Travers and the Time Traveler’s Paradox”, United States) 2022 Nevermore Jury Award Nominee!Best Production &amp; Set DesignBest Visual EffectsBest EditingBest Sound Director Biography -&nbsp;Stimson Snead<a href="https://storage.googleapis.com/ff-storage-p01/press_kits/headshots/001/922/748/original/3d3247510c-headshot.jpg?1633047183" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/ff-storage-p01/press_kits/headshots/001/922/748/thumb/3d3247510c-headshot.jpg?1633047183" width="131" style="border: none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; display: inline; height: auto; max-width: 100%; position: relative; float: left;"></a> Award-winning director, illustrator, and ten-year veteran of the indie scene. With multiple stage musicals, short stories and comic strips also to his name. Some describe him as an open-minded team leader who lends his signature style to projects with grace and good humor while still respecting the ethos that informs the source material. Although others have described him as a ticking time bomb of insanity and social anxiety, ready to go screaming off the deep end at any...

TIM TRAVERS AND THE TIME TRAVELER'S PARADOX

A&nbsp;young girl's overnight stay at a rural daycare takes a dark turn when she discovers she's not the only guest for the evening. Director Biography -&nbsp;Evan Enderle<a href="https://storage.googleapis.com/ff-storage-p01/press_kits/headshots/001/867/920/original/be640dae16-headshot.jpg?1626371264" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/ff-storage-p01/press_kits/headshots/001/867/920/thumb/be640dae16-headshot.jpg?1626371264" width="83" style="border: none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; display: inline; height: auto; max-width: 100%; position: relative; float: left;"></a> Evan Enderle is a playwright and screenwriter and has worked as an actor in film, theater, and television. He was a recipient of the 2017 Drama League Rough Draft Residency in NYC and a 2018 Artist-in-Residence at the O'Neill Institute in Connecticut. His play Karen Dalton received a workshop in New York in the Fall of 2021. The Sweet Spot is his first film.

THE SWEET SPOT

NORTH CAROLINA PREMIERE! When a young woman struggles to smile, her depression becomes something truly monstrous. Director Biography -&nbsp;Joanna Tsanis<a href="https://storage.googleapis.com/ff-storage-p01/press_kits/headshots/001/610/855/original/db98f9bc39-headshot.jpg?1594772697" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/ff-storage-p01/press_kits/headshots/001/610/855/thumb/db98f9bc39-headshot.jpg?1594772697" width="118" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: middle; display: inline; height: auto; position: relative; float: left;"></a> Joanna Tsanis is an award-winning writer, producer, and filmmaker. Her directorial debut Imagine a World (2019), a satirical horror short, premiered at Toronto After Dark Film Festival in 2019 and screened in multiple festivals around the world including Mórbido Film Fest in Mexico City, Nightmares Film Festival in Columbus, Ohio, and Nevermore Film Festival in Durham, North Carolina. Joanna wrote and produced Eleftheromania (2018), a WWII-era short film starring Academy Award Winner Olympia Dukakis.

SMILE

NORTH CAROLINA PREMIERE! ​A group of escape room employees must face their fears and overcome a series of murderous puzzles set by a malicious ghost who has haunts the building, or face the dire consequences. WEBSITE: <a href="flaweddesigns.weebly.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Click Here</a> <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/f0e5900074fdf01e085c67bea0dbb4d3.png" width="228" style="display: inline; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 1em 1em;">2022 Nevermore Jury Award Nominee!Best Supporting Actor -- David Benjamin Tomlinson (“Bryan”, Escape: A Ghost Story)Best Screenplay Director's Biography -- Robin Careless <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/4751618c71138a53d6294776a7589729.jpg" width="166" style="display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px;">Robin Careless is a filmmaker from Toronto, Canada. He has been writing, directing, and producing narrative projects in one way or another for the last 17 years. His production studio, Flawed Designs, has produced 5 short films, a feature film, a theatrical show, and a novel. Currently they are developing a video game entitled Light &amp; Shadow, written by Robin, which will be released in mid 2022.When not writing or directing, Robin can be found crafting specialty costumes for film and TV. In 2019 he co-founded Builders Anonymous, a Specialty Costumes and Props company based in Toronto.

ESCAPE: A GHOST STORY

NORTH CAROLINA PREM﻿IERE! A teenage cutter in recovery and her overbearing mother are haunted by a ghost who seeks to keep them at odds.Viewer's Guide: This film depicts self-harm. FACEBOOK: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cutterthefilm" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Click Here</a> Director Biography -&nbsp;Dan Repp, Lindsay Young<a href="https://storage.googleapis.com/ff-storage-p01/press_kits/headshots/001/422/608/original/6790b8a6a9-headshot.jpg?1600048418" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/ff-storage-p01/press_kits/headshots/001/422/608/thumb/6790b8a6a9-headshot.jpg?1600048418" width="112" style="border: none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; display: inline; height: auto; max-width: 100%; position: relative; float: left;"></a>Dan Repp is an Austin writer, director and producer. He learned to love all genres of film while studying at the University of North Texas, but there has always been a soft spot in his heart for horror and sci-fi. Since its inaugural festival in 2014, Dan has been the Senior Programmer and Event Director for the Other Worlds Austin SciFi Film Festival. He has produced and acted in two shorts films, “The Encouragement Clown” in 2016 and “It’s History” in 2014.​Lindsay Young is an Austin writer particularly fond of dark comedy and horror. her first short screenplay, “Barney” was a semi-finalist in the SoCal Screenplay Short Competition in 2016. She has worked as a production assistant on short films “Roadside Assistance” and “The Encouragement Clown.” Lindsay has volunteered for Fantastic Fest, Austin Film Festival, and Other Worlds Austin. Currently, she attends a weekly screenwriting group and was thrilled to be a first-time director on “Cutter.”

CUTTER

NORTH CAROLINA PREMIERE! Los Angeles, 1951. Detectives George Hard and Glenn O'Brian investigate the disappearance of a mental patient from LA's most notorious insane asylum and discover something evil lurking inside. FACEBOOK: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Angelcityhorrormovie/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Click Here</a> <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/210c1c505731e56b25623d9b25073939.png" width="184" style="display: inline; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 1em 1em;">2022 Nevermore Jury Award Winner!BEST COSTUME – Short FilmShon LeBlanc (“Angel City Horror”, United States)&nbsp; 2022 Nevermore Jury Award Nominee!Best Visual Effects Director Biography -&nbsp;Matt McWilliams<a href="https://storage.googleapis.com/ff-storage-p01/press_kits/headshots/001/592/562/original/927cffe4f6-headshot.jpg?1592701552" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/ff-storage-p01/press_kits/headshots/001/592/562/thumb/927cffe4f6-headshot.jpg?1592701552" width="140" style="border: none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; display: inline; height: auto; max-width: 100%; position: relative; float: left;"></a>Matt is a Writer, Director and Producer raised in Prior Lake, Minnesota. After finishing his film degree at the University of Arizona he spent time in Montana and Wyoming before moving to Los Angeles. For the last ten years he has been working in the entertainment industry in film, TV and commercials. He currently develops and Directs original content for MadWest Content and Palindrome LLC, creative production companies specializing in development through post production. He is known for his Directorial debut indie horror film Chupacabra Territory, and his award-winning horror shorts Bath Bomb, Mushtown, and Candy, as well as his work in the Art Department on the Bachelor and Bachelorette Television reality series. He is a father, husband, musician, uncle and a proud Minnesotan.

ANGEL CITY HORROR

NORTH CAROLINA PREMIERE! #Nofilter addresses the ever-growing issue surrounding Body Dysmorphic Disorder through the eyes of Beth, an insecure twenty-something, who becomes obsessed with an insidious filter, leaving her to question true beauty. It is a cautionary tale for all those obsessed by "likes," being flawless, and thinking that somehow social media is the magical cure-all for happiness. The film stars Kelly Lamor Wilson and Misha Osherovich from Blumhouse's "Freaky." FACEBOOK: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nofilterthemovie" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Click Here</a><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/4f10cfbdf43f0820a0e06337f98cf8bc.png" width="184" style="display: inline; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 1em 1em;"> 2022 Nevermore Jury Award Nominee!Best Makeup Best Visual Effects Director Biography -&nbsp;Nathan Crooker<a href="https://storage.googleapis.com/ff-storage-p01/press_kits/headshots/001/801/644/original/da07aa982a-headshot.jpg?1633974979" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/ff-storage-p01/press_kits/headshots/001/801/644/thumb/da07aa982a-headshot.jpg?1633974979" width="112" style="border: none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; display: inline; height: auto; max-width: 100%; position: relative; float: left;"></a>NATHAN CROOKER is an accomplished filmmaker who helms from Leominster, Massachusetts, a small working-class town in the shadows of Boston. There he developed an interest in narrative and visual storytelling with an authentic and raw cinematic style. Crooker found his voice in narrative filmmaking through horror with his first short, "Playback" that went viral in just one day. Both "Playback" and “Midnight Delivery” have had wild success at many of the top film festivals around the world. Crooker is also an accomplished producer having recently created and produced the horror anthology “Isolation,” helming some of the genre’s most innovative directors such as Larry Fessenden, Dennie Gordon, and Bobby Roe. He also produced the horror feature “Until Someone Gets Hurt,” starring Michael Welch from “Twilight.” Last year Crooker founded his production company Ghost Gang. Speaking to contemporary social issues in the genre world, Ghost Gang champions artistic collaborations with prolific and original voices and strives to push the boundaries of horror, science fiction and dark drama, while creating a unique visual language.

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