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HIGHLIGHTS – DECEMBER 2021 ROMANCE Short Film Festival
A Showcase of the best ROMANCE & RELATIONSHIP Short Films in 2021: Festival Awards: Best Film: DRILL Best Romance Film: JUST A MAN AND A WOMAN Best Cinematography: A ROLL IN THE HAY Best Performances: LA CASITA DE LA MARIPOSA Best Sound & Music: THE THING Best Direction: REVERIE Watch the Audience Feedback Video for… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS – DECEMBER 2021 ROMANCE Short Film Festival
Read Poem: A NEW FALSE DAWN, by Peter Gartner
A new false dawn has broken Over the trees, pausing for a while, Before the sense of disappointment Ringing in our ears, shatters the hope We had, like a careless ignorant boy. Smashing a piece of glass into Dangerous vicious sharp shards – There’s nothing worse than that. There is a moment before Disillusionment becomes… Continue reading Read Poem: A NEW FALSE DAWN, by Peter Gartner
ROMANCE Festival SHORT Screenplay: Happy Ending, by Shah Yasir
After a night of partying, Joy finds herself sharing an Uber with her long-term ex boyfriend from childhood, Samir. CAST LIST: Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morris Harold/Young Harold: Shawn Devlin WILLOUGHBY: Bill Poulin GERTRUDE/DORIS/HATTIE/YOUNG HATTIE: Kyana Teresa
Director BIO: Caitlin Gray (REVERIE)
Caitlin Gray hails from New York City and currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia. She has spent the past 20 years working as a choreographer for tv, film, music videos, theatre and live events. Her choreography credits include the World and Australian premieres of Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby”, CBS “Reckless” starring Cam Gigandet and Anna… Continue reading Director BIO: Caitlin Gray (REVERIE)
Short Film: REVERIE, 5min., USA, Music Video
A woman is haunted by the memory of her lost love. Project Links Website Twitter Instagram
Director BIO: Geoffrey Fighiera (A ROLL IN THE HAY)
Author Director born in Reims, France in 1980, Geoffrey Fighiera has been first and foremost, since childhood: a “storyteller”. After a career in finance, he becomes Author Director and he directs his first professional short film in 2017, “Corps Défendants”. He wins the Grand Prix at the Cognac Film festival the same year. He is… Continue reading Director BIO: Geoffrey Fighiera (A ROLL IN THE HAY)
Short Film: A ROLL IN THE HAY, 18min., France
Laurent takes mistress his country vacation home for the weekend leaving his wife, Isabelle, bedridden and in the midst of a nervous breakdown. But Isabelle surprises them in the house, armed with a revolver and determined to make them face the price of betrayal…
Director BIO: Samantha Ferrand (LA CASITA DE LA MARIPOSA)
Samantha Ferrand is a Peruvian-American filmmaker currently living in Los Angeles, California. While visiting Poland with her grandmother, Samantha attended a screening of “The Pianist” and walked out to find a blizzard waiting for her after the credits. She marks this experience as the moment she wanted to become a filmmaker. Her University of Miami… Continue reading Director BIO: Samantha Ferrand (LA CASITA DE LA MARIPOSA)
Short Film: LA CASITA DE LA MARIPOSA, 19min., USA
Renee grew up waiting for her happily ever after. At least, that’s what her mother promised her. But what happens if you marry Prince Charming only to find he’s a Monster? Pregnant and living in a foreign land, Renee must decide to stay with her husband or leave him. The decision is hers alone to… Continue reading Short Film: LA CASITA DE LA MARIPOSA, 19min., USA