PARTY IN MIAMI

The team behind THE PARTY web series is honored to announce they are an official selection at the Miami Web Fest! The festival will take place May 2 - 5, 2024 in Miami, Florida.

Miami Web Fest is the film festival for web series that started in 2014, offering both in-person local events and online experiences for worldwide audiences. For attendees, Miami Web Fest is a “window into the future” of new media, allowing the general public to see independently produced shows before they are discovered by television networks and media entities.

BEST HORROR FEATURE FILM

WHERE THE DEAD GO won Best Horror Feature Film at the Golden State Film Festival over the weekend.

The movie was screened at the TCL Chinese Theaters in Hollywood for the West Coast premiere. Members of cast & crew were there.

From L-R: composer Brandon Moore, director Alberto G. Rodriguez, producer Carlos Gallardo, Gene Lewis, actor & producer Adam P. Cray

From L-R: director Alberto G. Rodriguez, composer Brandon Moore, actor & producer Adam P. Cray

It is possible that the film will be screened at more festivals to come.

HOLLYWOOD BLOOD HORROR FESTIVAL

DON’T RAISE THE DEAD (THE BOARD GAME) cast & crew won several awards at the Hollywood Blood Horror online festival including a win for Best Original Score by Brandon Moore!

Full list of winners:

  • Best Dark Comedy

  • Best Producer (Tracy Clifton)

  • Best Director (Michael Benni Pierce)

  • Best Actor (Jared Rivet)

  • Best Actress (Fayna Sanchez)

  • Best Supporting Actor (Zach Kumaishi)

  • Best Supporting Actress (Tracy Clifton)

  • Best Ensemble (Fayna Sanchez, Jared Rivet, Zach Kumaishi, Tracy Clifton)

  • Best Original Score (Brandon Moore)

  • Best Special FX (Peter Johnston)

  • Best Poster (Anthony Diecidue)

SOUTH TEXAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

WHERE THE DEAD GO is premiering at the South Texas International Film Festival’s pre-festival showcase alongside the 30th anniversary of EL MARIACHI.

PRE-FESTIVAL SHOWCASE SCREENINGS

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 - EDINBURG MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM

7:30 PM El Mariachi directed by Robert Rodriguez. Q&A with Carlos Gallardo (El Mariachi)

9:00 PM Where the Dead Go Q&A with director Alberto G. Rodriguez, Carlos Gallardo Executive Producer

Synopsis: Caleb Murdock is living the American Dream, one bloody nightmare at a time. Caleb Murdock lost his last fight, and everything he had betting on himself. He now sleeps, dreams, and kills to pay back his debts…. Or die trying.

WHERE THE DEAD GO

A new crime thriller horror from the producer of El Mariachi, Desperado and Once Upon a Time in Mexico premiering at the South Texas International Film Festival (STX IFF) this September 14-16.

WHERE THE DEAD GO will be premiering alongside a special 30th anniversary screening of El Mariachi followed by a Q&A with producer Carlos Gallardo!

The STXIFF is a multi-day, competitive international film festival in Edinburg, TX showcasing films in the categories of RGV Film, Short Film, Feature Length Film, Documentary Film, Music Video, Animated Film and Student Film. STXIFF is open to the public and features film screenings, workshops and script competition.

THERE'S MOTION AT YOUR DOOR

The MOTION AT YOUR DOOR screening at Screamfest in Hollywood was a success. The cast & crew were all in attendance and the movie was well-received.

You can now watch MOTION AT YOUR DOOR from the comfort of your own home on YouTube as a special Halloween tweet from director Jared Rivet who states that MOTION AT YOUR DOOR is a 10-minute homage to J-Horror.

MOTION AT YOUR DOOR

The Just Scare Me challenge: Filmmakers have 2 months to direct a horror short between 1 & 10 minutes or they owe everyone (in the artist group) $100.

Writer-director Jared Rivet met this challenge with his new horror short film, MOTION AT YOUR DOOR, complete with original music by Brandon Moore.

More info on release coming soon!

TOY MASTERS AVAILABLE TO STREAM!

TOY MASTERS, the hour and a half documentary about the creation of Mattel’s He-Man toy line is now available for streaming on Vimeo.

TOY MASTERS from directors Corey Landis and Roger Lay, Jr.


The documentary started production in 2011 when 2 filmmaker friends were curious about how their favorite childhood toy came about. They soon discovered that a rivalry for credit and constant head-butting between a toy company and TV production company led to a lot of animosity between most of the creative artists behind the He-Man Masters of the Universe franchise. For a period of 3-4 years the filmmakers were on the case to uncover who really created He-Man, help the designers reconcile, spotlight the creativity and success of He-Man and finally bring its story to the fans.

Toy Masters screened at festivals & conventions in the US including a special 2-day He-Man event at LA’s Egyptian Theater in 2015 but hasn’t been available to the public until now.

Toy Masters screening and Q&A at the Egyptian Theater (2015) - photo by Mike Williamson

FROM THE WINDOW

FROM THE WINDOW premieres online tomorrow 11/11 at 11:11 PST.

The short film marks the third collaboration for Brandon and writer/director Adam P. Cray

— Watch the trailer now! —

TALES 2!

Nocturna is back with three new terrifying tales in Earbud Theater’s second installment of their horror-anthology TALES FROM THE DEAD OF NIGHT 2!

Brandon is also back writing more music. Not only did he compose the main theme, but he also scored 2 segments - Night Moves and The Bellows.

Stream/download at earbudtheater.com or on Apple Podcasts now!

FROM THE WINDOW

 
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FROM THE WINDOW, the new short film featuring a score by Brandon Moore and directed by Adam P. Cray, will debut next month at the Take 2 Film Festival in Los Angeles.

 
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East LA Film Festival

telasofa.org

Thursday October 7 - 6:00 pm

Self Help Graphics & Art

1300 East 1st Street

Los Angeles, CA 90033

Panamanian International Film Festival LA

piffla.com

Saturday October 9 - 12:00 pm

Raleigh Studios

664 N. Van Ness Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90038

Online Premiere: TBA

WOODSTOCK MUSEUM FILM FEST

PERFECT STRANGERS is an official selection of the Woodstock Museum 22nd Annual Film Festival in New York.

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Multiple screenings will happen Thursday, September 2nd (afternoon and evening), in order to accommodate more people due to social distancing in the theaters. The afternoon showing will be utilizing two theaters while in the evening there will be an additional outdoor screen.

More details to come at woodstockmuseum.com!