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Special Guest Meosha Bean

Meosha Bean is a award winning actress, filmmaker. Voted best upcoming director in 2012 at the New Jersey film festival. Owner of M.V.B Films which was established in 2003. Her projects includes Dark Rises (2013) that has all star cast. Miss Pepper short film (2013), that has gained almost 30,000 views in 1 week upon release. Join her for a series of shorts and Q&A.

Mr. Nightmare

Mr.Nightmare : Nightmares That Read Into Reality

Director: Meosha Bean

Run time: 3:12

Nightmare At The Cinema

Nightmare at The Cinema – Scary Stories We all enjoy going to the cinema to watch a good movie but let’s not forget about the creeps that go to the movies to watch us instead.

Director: Meosha Bean

Run time: 4;55

Danger World

In Danger World by Luchina Fisher A 13-year-old girl and her grandpa struggle to survive in a zombie infested world.

Run time: 18:41

PM White

In White by A. Sayeed Clark  It’s another 120-degree day with five more days to Christmas and hot is the only season left in New York City. Global warming has become a tangible threat and everyone is creating new ways to protect themselves from the sun. Bato and his wife Gina are expecting a baby, but they weren’t expecting it so early. Although they planned to have the baby at home, Gina now requires the services of a clinic for the premature delivery. With no money for the clinic, Bato enters into a race against the sun, the birth, his community and even his own identity to save his family.

Run time 15 minutes

Intermission

Penelope

Penelope, dreamed up by Maris Wilson is a modern day witch – a Venefica, to be exact. Today, in the middle of an isolated forest, she must endure the mystical rite of passage that determines whether her abilities will be used for good or for evil.

Run time: 7:29

WAKE

Wake by Bree Newsome tells the tale of a repressed woman murders her domineering father, then using a local folk magic called “root work”, she conjures a demon to aid her in creating the man of her dreams— but soon finds herself in a waking nightmare.

Run time: 21:29

Gorenos

In Clarence Williams’ Gorenos a young man that becomes haunted by a supernatural entity in the wake of his 18th birthday. Influenced by films like Scream, Nightmare on Elm Street, and Paranormal Activity, Gorenos is a fresh and self-aware entry into the horror genre that boasts a hip and diverse cast of new and established talents

Run time 1:21:29

Special Guest Kevin Craig West

Award winning actor/filmmaker and proud member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA. When not on camera or stage, he enjoys producing, directing, writing and coaching. He also enjoys sharing his talents as a teacher/artist and has worked with many Arts in Education groups including Theatre for a New Audience, Only Make Believe, and Symphony Space. Kevin is the owner of the production company, MoBetta Films, an advisory board member of WAM Theatre as well as Lake Placid Film Forum, former President of Upstate Independents and has served as Assistant Director of Film Columbia Festival.

The Groundskeeper

Kevin Craig West stars as The Groundkeeper in  this short film by Nichole Eckenroad, taking place in Pearl River County Lunatic Asylum, Mississippi in 1920. In the early 1920, one of Alice’s friends helps her escape away from two newborns.

Run time: 11 minutes 

DISTRACTIONS

A suspenseful short – in this Twilight-Zone style parable about distracted driving, Dick just can’t stay off the phone.

Run time: 6 minutes 

I Hate Being Black

Drama short – A conversation amongst buppies about the struggles associated with blackness.

Run time: 11 Minutes

PM Orphaned

After missing for almost a year, Allen McAvoy returns home to find a family falling apart, and his adopted brother Steve taking care of his wife. The death of his adopted parents sparked his disappearance, and now everyone wants answers, including his biological sister. As a fight over the family inheritance brews in the background, both brothers are thrust into a world where their loyalties to one another and their country are ferociously challenged. Will they be able to mend their own small world, or be a part of the destruction of the world at large?

Run Time: 85 min

colors in darkness

Colors in Darkness is an experimental award winning documentary by Sy Shanti is entirely composed of stock footage, stock images, stock sounds, and self-recorded interviewee videos of African American authors, writers, and content creators discussing the genre of Horror in books, Tv and film. Featuring Colors in Darkness.

Run time: 1:01:51