Exclusive: Atx TV Festival has announced the finalists for this year’s Pitch Competition.
Here they are in alphabetical order:
Clue Castle by Nell Kessler, (Diplo)rable by Shatha Yas, Golden by Darren Bluestone, Good Grief by Zavior Phillips, Live From New York by Carolyn Getches and Hilary C. Gish, Mourning Wood by Garrett Williams, Oakdale Country Club by Toni Adeyemi, Rats! by Candelaria Duran and Robert Daniels, Seasick by Libby Glenn and Taylor Kerr, and Swallows by Nathan Pearson.
Find details about each of the Top 10 finalists’ pitches below. Atx TV Festival will be held in Austin, Texas, from May 30 to June 2.
“Working with the Pitch Finalists has become one of my favorite parts of what I do,” Emily Gipson, co-founder and co-president, Atx TV Festival said in a statement. “I love getting to know each of them throughout the year and diving into their projects, as well as...
Here they are in alphabetical order:
Clue Castle by Nell Kessler, (Diplo)rable by Shatha Yas, Golden by Darren Bluestone, Good Grief by Zavior Phillips, Live From New York by Carolyn Getches and Hilary C. Gish, Mourning Wood by Garrett Williams, Oakdale Country Club by Toni Adeyemi, Rats! by Candelaria Duran and Robert Daniels, Seasick by Libby Glenn and Taylor Kerr, and Swallows by Nathan Pearson.
Find details about each of the Top 10 finalists’ pitches below. Atx TV Festival will be held in Austin, Texas, from May 30 to June 2.
“Working with the Pitch Finalists has become one of my favorite parts of what I do,” Emily Gipson, co-founder and co-president, Atx TV Festival said in a statement. “I love getting to know each of them throughout the year and diving into their projects, as well as...
- 4/12/2024
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
On the JoBlo Movies YouTube channel, we will be posting one full movie every day of the week, giving viewers the chance to watch them entirely free of charge. The Free Movie of the Day we have for you today is the succubus horror movie Lillith, not to be confused with the horror anthology Lilith, which we previously shared as a Free Movie of the Day. You can watch Lillith over on the YouTube channel linked above, or you can just watch it in the embed at the top of this article.
Directed by Lee Esposito, who also crafted the screenplay with Luke Stannard, Lillith has the following synopsis:
After catching her long-term boyfriend cheating, Jenna turns toward elements she doesn’t fully understand to get revenge. Said vengeance comes in the form of a succubus named Lillith, who embarks on a bloodthirsty, sex-fueled rampage.
The film stars Langston Fishburne,...
Directed by Lee Esposito, who also crafted the screenplay with Luke Stannard, Lillith has the following synopsis:
After catching her long-term boyfriend cheating, Jenna turns toward elements she doesn’t fully understand to get revenge. Said vengeance comes in the form of a succubus named Lillith, who embarks on a bloodthirsty, sex-fueled rampage.
The film stars Langston Fishburne,...
- 11/21/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
From director Lee Esposito and Terror Films, we have an exclusive look at the trailer for Lillith, headed to VOD platforms this July!
"Jenna Collins (Nell Kessler) is a girl whose heart has been broken by her self-absorbed boyfriend, Brad (Michael Finnigan). With some convincing from her best friend Emma (Robin Carolyn Parent), Jenna turns to the dark arts to seek revenge. That vengeance comes in the form of Lillith (Savannah Whitten), a murder-hungry siren from hell. Jenna quickly realizes that her new friend Lily is more than what she bargained for. The lust demon embarks on a sex-fueled killing spree with no end in sight. Can Jenna and her friends stop Lillith in time before the entire campus is doomed?
Langston Fishburne (“Ant-Man and the Wasp”) also stars in the film."
Director Lee Esposito talks about how he got into filmmaking at a young age and the movie that...
"Jenna Collins (Nell Kessler) is a girl whose heart has been broken by her self-absorbed boyfriend, Brad (Michael Finnigan). With some convincing from her best friend Emma (Robin Carolyn Parent), Jenna turns to the dark arts to seek revenge. That vengeance comes in the form of Lillith (Savannah Whitten), a murder-hungry siren from hell. Jenna quickly realizes that her new friend Lily is more than what she bargained for. The lust demon embarks on a sex-fueled killing spree with no end in sight. Can Jenna and her friends stop Lillith in time before the entire campus is doomed?
Langston Fishburne (“Ant-Man and the Wasp”) also stars in the film."
Director Lee Esposito talks about how he got into filmmaking at a young age and the movie that...
- 6/15/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
"If the wickedness pleases you, let the window become a door..." Here's yet another excellent horror short film to watch. Givertaker, a "Dead Kids Club Story", is directed by Paul Gandersman, and written by Peter S. Hall, a movie writer who many cinephiles probably know already. In the film, Nell Kessler plays Sarah, a high schooler who decides to get revenge on the people who have been bullying her by asking for help from a mysterious wishing well. This is an impressive horror short that relies more on storytelling and strong performances than any special effects. Though I do really like the look of swirling smoke in the wishing well. There's also a fantastic old school poster for this short (made by artist Stephen Andrade) seen below. Enjoy. Thanks to Film School Rejects for the tip on this short. Description from Vimeo: "An angry teen conducts an ancient ritual to...
- 10/13/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Here's a great short film called Givertaker that comes from a couple of filmmakers based out of Austin, Texas. It's about a teenaged girl who is convinced a couple of Mean Girls-esque classmates have ruined her reputation and made her life a living hell, so she turns to a mysterious supernatural creature called the Givertaker to enact her revenge on them.
The short serves as a proof of concept for the world of the "Dead Kids Club," which the filmmakers presumably hope to build out in future shorts or maybe even a feature film. Givertaker premiered at this year's Fantastic Fest, and I've embedded it below for you to check out. Be sure to let us know what you think in the comments!
Written by Peter S. Hall and directed by Paul Gandersman, Givertaker is a short film love letter to '90s teen horror of all forms. Starring Nell Kessler,...
The short serves as a proof of concept for the world of the "Dead Kids Club," which the filmmakers presumably hope to build out in future shorts or maybe even a feature film. Givertaker premiered at this year's Fantastic Fest, and I've embedded it below for you to check out. Be sure to let us know what you think in the comments!
Written by Peter S. Hall and directed by Paul Gandersman, Givertaker is a short film love letter to '90s teen horror of all forms. Starring Nell Kessler,...
- 10/12/2016
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
Spurned teen Sarah turns to ancient evil to seek revenge on her classmates in Givertaker, a new short film that takes viewers into the supernatural world of the Dead Kids Club, and is now available to watch online following its world premiere at Fantastic Fest.
Press Release: Austin, TX - October 11, 2016 - Arcanum Pictures has released online the short film Givertaker, which recently had its world premiere at Fantastic Fest.
Written by Peter S. Hall and directed by Paul Gandersman, Givertaker is a short film love letter to ‘90s teen horror of all forms. Starring Nell Kessler, Caiti Ward (Rooster Teeth’s “Rwby”), Jessica Perrin (Found Footage 3D), Sharmita Bhattacharya (iGirlfriend) and John James Pepper, Givertaker is the fun genre story of Sarah, an angry teen who conducts an ancient ritual to seek revenge on the classmates she believes have wronged her.
Givertaker also serves as a proof-of-concept introduction to...
Press Release: Austin, TX - October 11, 2016 - Arcanum Pictures has released online the short film Givertaker, which recently had its world premiere at Fantastic Fest.
Written by Peter S. Hall and directed by Paul Gandersman, Givertaker is a short film love letter to ‘90s teen horror of all forms. Starring Nell Kessler, Caiti Ward (Rooster Teeth’s “Rwby”), Jessica Perrin (Found Footage 3D), Sharmita Bhattacharya (iGirlfriend) and John James Pepper, Givertaker is the fun genre story of Sarah, an angry teen who conducts an ancient ritual to seek revenge on the classmates she believes have wronged her.
Givertaker also serves as a proof-of-concept introduction to...
- 10/12/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
“You make a wish and then you make a special offering.”
Just in time for Halloween, it’s time to get witchy with a biting new film from budding horror maestros Paul Gandersman and Peter Hall and their burgeoning Dead Kids Club franchise. Their latest offering, a short entitled “Givertaker,” recently debuted at Fantastic Fest, and now the duo are making it available in full online to anyone looking for a nice twist on an old story.
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“Givertaker” introduces a familiar scenario — a talented teen witch uses her powers to take out her enemies — and then flips the entire thing on its head. Sarah (Nell Kessler, in her debut role) is a pissed off teenage conjurer who endeavors to do something super-relatable: Smote the mean girls at her local high school who spread...
Just in time for Halloween, it’s time to get witchy with a biting new film from budding horror maestros Paul Gandersman and Peter Hall and their burgeoning Dead Kids Club franchise. Their latest offering, a short entitled “Givertaker,” recently debuted at Fantastic Fest, and now the duo are making it available in full online to anyone looking for a nice twist on an old story.
Read More: Spike Jonze Unleashes a Totally Wild Margaret Qualley in Quirky New Kenzo Short Film – Watch
“Givertaker” introduces a familiar scenario — a talented teen witch uses her powers to take out her enemies — and then flips the entire thing on its head. Sarah (Nell Kessler, in her debut role) is a pissed off teenage conjurer who endeavors to do something super-relatable: Smote the mean girls at her local high school who spread...
- 10/12/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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