"Ticket To Hell"
Short Film Drama - Running Time: 15:37 min
Synopsis - An intense journey through one kid's personal struggle, as the 17 year old son of a dying woman fights to manage his mother's pain as well as their ever crumbling home environment all by himself. After losing their medical insurance, the young man turns to a common drug dealer for help. The growing debt to his dealer soon get's away from him, becoming as unmanageable as his poor mother's agonizing pain. First, he sells his body... and then his soul. And then... he simply snaps.
CAST
Ronnie Connell............Jimmy
Stephanie Jones............Alta
Bree Pavey.........Miss Beamish
Eric Scott Woods.....Mr. Sergento
Bill Zasadil...........Dennis
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
Enrico Natale
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Ronnie Connell
Ryan Glasgow
Arnella
Past IMIS Film Screenings
"Liquortine Dream"
Short Film Drama - Running Time: 8:31 min
Synopsis - For many years Brijanna has had a secret lover. She thought they had the perfect relationship. But now she can see her lover has a dark side. A very dark side. Brijanna knows she must break free before it is too late. But this lover has no intention of releasing her. Ever.
CAST
NEESHA POOLE......Brijanna
TE KAEA BERI..... Trixie
RUGEN DU BRAY.....Dixie
CHELSEA McEWAN MILLER.....Narrator
WRITER/DIRECTOR
KELLY LYNDON
PRODUCERS
KELLY LYNDON
GRAEME CASH
"Soap and Roses"
Short Film Drama - Running Time: 33 min
Synopsis - Soap and roses is a film short that approaches the subject of sexual assault with a new perspective. This film explores not only the effects of rape trauma syndrome on the survivor, but also takes a unique look at the perpetrator, examining the psyche of the rapist by tracing one man's descent into violence.
CAST
Phillip Edward Vanlear....Raymond Oliver
Linara Washington....Julissa Triste
Elizabeth Shivers....Denise Oliver
Cerall Duncan....Alyne Triste
Saralynne Crittenden...Mrs. Rosen
WRITER/DIRECTOR
Rae Shaw
PRODUCERS
Rae Shaw
Jonna Walsh
Jeremy Beiermann
"THE EQUITY PARTNERS"
Short Film/Thriller - Running Time 13 min
Synopsis: A former litigator recruits an unemployed accountant (and ex-Marine) on a mission: to rob a Wall Street executive of hundreds of millions of dollars, and to redistribute the proceeds to foreclosed homeowners. They set up a business meeting in a Japanese restaurant, only to be confronted by a Wall Street executive who isn't willing to go down quietly.
CAST
Eric Charles Jorgenson.....Darvish
John Kayton......Schwarzman
Jim Lau....Lee
Alex Chu.....Chang
Director, Writer and Composer
Alex Chu
"Poplockin Groovin To Tha Grave"
Short Film Comedy - Running Time 14:08 min
Synopsis - After the freak accident death of his mentor Crackin Deluxe is out to to get what is rightfully his, the poplockin championship.
Writer/Director/Producer
Todd McGuire
Cast
Todd McGuire
Black West
Mic Towns
E-Slim
Harold Bluford
Arletha Renee
Nasir Rose
Steve Sneed
"The Seedling"
Short Film Drama – Running Time: 16:30 min
Synopsis: An attractive woman checks into a hotel for a liaison with a young man. There, she chooses between destruction and salvation, both for herself and the man she loves.
CAST
Jacqueline Ann Finch - Elizabeth Dunning
Johnny Sale - Jamie
DIRECTOR
Chris Ross Leong
PRODUCERS
Jacqueline Ann Finch
Dwayne C. Ladd
Jesi Burch
"How To Break Up With Your Mother"
Short Film/Romantic Comedy - Running Time
17:54 min.
SYNOPSIS: A dark comedy about an emasculated man, his gorgeous girlfriend and his matriarchal mother. After an ultimatum to break up with his mother, they'll both find out that a mothers bond isn't severed so easily.
CAST
Michael Satow....Fred
Cassandra Paras....Jenell
Gloria Rosen....Mother
Writer, Director& Editor
Lawrence Zoeller
Producer
Lindsay McCray
"THE UNBORN"
Short Film Sci-Fi/Thriller - Running Time: 22 min
Synopsis: Pregnant Frances, fearful of her husband, an LAPD detective, Eddie's erratic temper, waits anxiously for his return. Once again, his unreasonable anger flares.
Meanwhile, Janey (the fetus), protected warmly in the womb, hears what is happening. She feels the blow that kills her mother. Surviving her mother's death and born prematurely, Janey vows revenge. From the first night of her birth, she warns him of his fate.
Cast
Jesse Woodrow...........Eddie
Norma Murrell..............Jane
Sydney Sweeney.........Janey
Producers
Executive Producer...................Serita Stevens
Executive Producer......................Hank Tarlow
Producer/Director...............Samuel Benavides
"PULL THE TRIGGER"
Short Film Action - running time 8:10 min
Synopsis: A Secret organization, The Oxtration Elite, pay Jake Thomas to perform operations against the Government. They give him a manufactured pill designed by the company that will give him super human powers. The C.I.A is trying to give them their pill which will counter act Oxtration Elite's pill and will leave Jake to death or insanity.
Cast
Richard Ryan ...... Jake Thomas
Dee Marshall.......Jane Doe
Tom Hart..........Tim Crenshaw
Executive Producers
Richard Ryan
Producers
Danna Wilberg
Joe F. Ryan
"Whole 'Nother Level"
Short Film Drama - Running Time 19:26 min
Synopsis - A 20-year-old man with cerebral palsy wants to pass the final test given to him by an occupational therapist. If he passes the test, he will qualify for job training and independent housing assistance. If not, his parents will be forced to put him in an institution.
Writer/Director/Producer
Bruce B. Gordon
Producer
George Ohan
Executive Producers
Gail Gordon
Ibrahim Adekeye
Vic Holtreman
Cast
Brett Emanuel
Achara Kirk
Alain Azoulay
Skye Barnes
"Pull"
Short Film Drama - Running Time 10:59 min
Synopsis - In the life of a young man there is little room for error. De'Jon (Juhahn Jones), a Charismatic high school All-Star, finds himself in a bad situation when Miscommunication starts a brush fire of events in his teenage life.
Writer/Director
Danielle L. Ross
Cast
Juhahn Jones
Keith Burke
Vincent Ward
Matt Grace
Chuck Taylor