Viewer's Guide: This program contains violence and gore. "Fisherman" contains explicit nudity and strong graphic sexual content. Please be informed before watching or purchasing.
Here is a 105-minute collection of nine horror, fantasy, and mystery shorts from around the world.
CATFISH KILLER: Starring Chris Salvatore (Eating Out), Nathan Ramos-Park and Sachin Bhatt, Catfish Killer follows three diverse gay besties on a camping trip who are thrust into danger when one of them inadvertently catfishes a serial killer online. Now, they must come together to survive or get gutted, and not in a good way.
FAMILY HISTORY: On the anniversary of his mother's mysterious death, a young man brings his new boyfriend home to meet his reclusive, conservative father, and secrets rise to the surface.
HANGRY: When teenage Rae realizes her stepfather has been stealing her mother's medication as her mother inches closer and closer to death, she has to make a decision regardless of her morality...Quiet. Calculated. Strong. And now fearless. LeRoy will find out who his stepdaughter is when her back is against the wall...literally.
SUNDOWN TOWN: Bryce and Mitchell's trip home is disrupted after making a pit stop in a mysteriously unwelcoming town.
THORNS: Stopping at a sketchy motel for some private intimacy, Gwen and Jade get the sense that someone’s watching them.
THE FORGOTTEN PLACE: In this whimsical fantasy, all Eric ever wanted was a friend. He just never knew how to find one.
HIDE OR SEEK: Andrew introduces his boyfriend to his childhood friends by playing a nostalgic - and terrifying - game of Hide and Seek. The game turns deadly when he discovers someone from his past hiding in the shadows, out for violent revenge.
GUARDIAN: Two employees get into a hilariously-heated argument when one of them begins questioning his sexual identity. Who's gonna explain this to "The Boss"?
FISHERMAN: A fisherman is at the lake when a beautiful young man rises from the water. Fascinated by him, the fisherman begins an idyllic sexual trip into nature.
WINNER! 2021 OUTSOUTH JURY AWARD: BEST HORROR SHORT
NORTH CAROLINA PREMIERE!
Bryce and Mitchell's trip home is disrupted after making a pit stop in a mysteriously unwelcoming town.
WEBSITE: Click Here
OFFICIAL SELECTION!
IndieX Fest
Paris Film Festival
Madrid Indie Film Festival
Hollywood Blood Horror Film Festival
Afro Civilization Fair
Hollywood Indie Film Festival
Director Biography - Mylo Butler
Mylo is a film director and cinematographer who is committed to telling empowering stories that are centered around the underrepresented. As of early 2021, after 5 years of freelancing and working with multiple high-profile production companies, Mylo has obtained his LLC and is the managing member of his own production company MyloB Productions, focusing on storylines that feature BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and other largely marginalized communities. Turning attention to issues that desperately need to be addressed in society and that are often overlooked or forgotten. Taking from his own personal experiences, Mylo is committed to capturing incredibly powerful and compelling moments that are not only emotionally fulfilling but also moments that generate and inspire fresh meaning-full concepts and ideas that shape and develop the audience’s perspective.
Director Statement
Sundown Towns are all-white municipalities or neighborhoods in the US that practice a form of racial segregation by excluding non-whites via some combination of discriminatory local laws, intimidation, and violence. Black and brown people were met with violent repercussions if they unknowingly found themselves in the wrong town after dark. This film is directly inspired by my own traumatic experience with racism and homophobia. As a queer black man, It feels like you can never win, trying to exist in a world that constantly uses what you look like and who you choose to love as a deadly weapon against you.
- Year2021
- Runtime10 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- DirectorMylo Butler
- ScreenwriterMylo Butler & Jada Lewter
- ProducerTamia Bailey & YaJarrah Paul
- CastTashan Thornton, Michael Haggerty
Viewer's Guide: This program contains violence and gore. "Fisherman" contains explicit nudity and strong graphic sexual content. Please be informed before watching or purchasing.
Here is a 105-minute collection of nine horror, fantasy, and mystery shorts from around the world.
CATFISH KILLER: Starring Chris Salvatore (Eating Out), Nathan Ramos-Park and Sachin Bhatt, Catfish Killer follows three diverse gay besties on a camping trip who are thrust into danger when one of them inadvertently catfishes a serial killer online. Now, they must come together to survive or get gutted, and not in a good way.
FAMILY HISTORY: On the anniversary of his mother's mysterious death, a young man brings his new boyfriend home to meet his reclusive, conservative father, and secrets rise to the surface.
HANGRY: When teenage Rae realizes her stepfather has been stealing her mother's medication as her mother inches closer and closer to death, she has to make a decision regardless of her morality...Quiet. Calculated. Strong. And now fearless. LeRoy will find out who his stepdaughter is when her back is against the wall...literally.
SUNDOWN TOWN: Bryce and Mitchell's trip home is disrupted after making a pit stop in a mysteriously unwelcoming town.
THORNS: Stopping at a sketchy motel for some private intimacy, Gwen and Jade get the sense that someone’s watching them.
THE FORGOTTEN PLACE: In this whimsical fantasy, all Eric ever wanted was a friend. He just never knew how to find one.
HIDE OR SEEK: Andrew introduces his boyfriend to his childhood friends by playing a nostalgic - and terrifying - game of Hide and Seek. The game turns deadly when he discovers someone from his past hiding in the shadows, out for violent revenge.
GUARDIAN: Two employees get into a hilariously-heated argument when one of them begins questioning his sexual identity. Who's gonna explain this to "The Boss"?
FISHERMAN: A fisherman is at the lake when a beautiful young man rises from the water. Fascinated by him, the fisherman begins an idyllic sexual trip into nature.
WINNER! 2021 OUTSOUTH JURY AWARD: BEST HORROR SHORT
NORTH CAROLINA PREMIERE!
Bryce and Mitchell's trip home is disrupted after making a pit stop in a mysteriously unwelcoming town.
WEBSITE: Click Here
OFFICIAL SELECTION!
IndieX Fest
Paris Film Festival
Madrid Indie Film Festival
Hollywood Blood Horror Film Festival
Afro Civilization Fair
Hollywood Indie Film Festival
Director Biography - Mylo Butler
Mylo is a film director and cinematographer who is committed to telling empowering stories that are centered around the underrepresented. As of early 2021, after 5 years of freelancing and working with multiple high-profile production companies, Mylo has obtained his LLC and is the managing member of his own production company MyloB Productions, focusing on storylines that feature BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and other largely marginalized communities. Turning attention to issues that desperately need to be addressed in society and that are often overlooked or forgotten. Taking from his own personal experiences, Mylo is committed to capturing incredibly powerful and compelling moments that are not only emotionally fulfilling but also moments that generate and inspire fresh meaning-full concepts and ideas that shape and develop the audience’s perspective.
Director Statement
Sundown Towns are all-white municipalities or neighborhoods in the US that practice a form of racial segregation by excluding non-whites via some combination of discriminatory local laws, intimidation, and violence. Black and brown people were met with violent repercussions if they unknowingly found themselves in the wrong town after dark. This film is directly inspired by my own traumatic experience with racism and homophobia. As a queer black man, It feels like you can never win, trying to exist in a world that constantly uses what you look like and who you choose to love as a deadly weapon against you.
- Year2021
- Runtime10 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- DirectorMylo Butler
- ScreenwriterMylo Butler & Jada Lewter
- ProducerTamia Bailey & YaJarrah Paul
- CastTashan Thornton, Michael Haggerty