Clickbait world premieres at GenreBlast, wins Best On-Screen Duo – Alamo Drafthouse – Winchester, VA – Sept 1 – 3:15 PM – Also was nominated for: Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Score, Best Cinematography

The GenreBlast Film Festival 2018 film festival was a blast and we are extremely honored to be recognized for:

Best On-Screen Duo (Amanda Colby Stewart & Brandi Aguilar)

And in non-Clickbait categories:
Les Femmes Du Genre (Sophia Cacciola)
Nuclear Pen [multiple finalist screenplays] (Michael J. EpsteinSophia Cacciola)

We also received nominations for:
Best Actress (Amanda Colby Stewart & Brandi Aguilar)
Best Score (Night Kisses ft. Catherine CapozziMichael J. EpsteinSophia Cacciola)
Best Screenplay (Jeremy Long & Michael J. Epstein)
Best Cinematography (Matt Stuertz & Paul Zurcher)

 

9/1 at 3:15 PM

3:15pm - CLICKBAIT
California - dirs. Sophia Cacciola & Michael J. Epstein
World Premiere
plays with: 
Leopard Parts I & II - California - dir. Tyler Sage
My Monster - California - dir. Izzy Lee

Q&A from the screening (Thank you to GenreBlast and Raygan Ketterer for the video!):

 

GenreBlast 2018: CLICKBAIT w/ Shorts | Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

Screened as a part of GenreBlast III Film Festival! About CLICKBAIT: A college student who will do just about anything for Internet fame is kidnapped by a fan, and her reluctant roommate is the only one who can save her in this horror satire of popularity culture.

Full schedule:

Thursday 8/30

5pm
SHORTS BLAST #1
The Tolls - California - dir. Liz Anderson
The Present - North Carolina - dir. Richard Rogers
Blood Sisters - Australia - dirs. Caitlin Koller & Lachlan Smith
Andromeda - California - dir. Emily Dean
Skin Baby - South Carolina - dir. Ken Cohen
Simple Simon - Canada - dir. Maninder Chana
Socket: The Amputated Veteran - Canada - dir. Christopher Beaubien

7:05pm
BOYNE FALLS
Michigan - dir. Steve Kopera
East Coast Premiere
plays with:
Young Blood - California - dir. Richie Starzec
Goldblooded - California - dir. Tom Skowronski

9:25pm
BUTTERFLY KISSES
Maryland - dir. Erik Kristopher Myers
Virginia Premiere
plays with:
The Least Among Us - DC/VA - dir. Bill Coughlan
Save - Germany - dir. Ivan Sainz-Pardo

11:40pm
THE VELOCIPASTOR
PA/NY - dir. Brendan Steere
Virginia Premiere
plays with:
Goodnight, Gracie - California - dir. Stellan Kendrick
Presepe Vivente (Living Nativity) - Italy - dir. Lorenzo Fassina

Friday 8/31

10am
SHORTS BLAST #2
//Haxx Deadroom// - Canada - dir. Dionne Copland
Dragtivists - Kansas - dir. Savannah Rodgers
Elias Black: Fire - California - dir. Clint Carney
The Devil's Gun - Texas - dir. James Cristopher
Sign On The Dotted Line - Georgia - dir. Joseph Hardin
La Revancha Del Bastardo Que Come Pasta Con Aceite De Sesamo - New Jersey - dir. Saba
The Confession: Til Death Do Us Part - Ohio - dir. Erik William
Silica - Illinois - dir. Eliaz Rodriguez
Things That Bleed - United Kingdom - dir. Simon Giles
Conductor - California - dir. Alex Noyer

11:45am
SHORTS BLAST #3
Past And Future Kings - Canada - dir. Raphael Hebert
Skinjacker - United Kingdom - dir. Dan Horrigan
Goodbye Old Friend - New York - dir. Rafael De Leon Jr.
Teaser - Georgia - dir. Dayna Noffke
Kiss The Devil In The Dark - Utah - dirs. Rebecca Martin & Jonathan Martin

1:30pm
STUCK
California - dir. Jillian Armenante
plays with:
Hotelpool - France - dir. Saba
At Your Disposal - California - dir. Diana Woody

3:55pm
LOON
Montana - dirs. Lillian Langston & Andrew Bassett
plays with:
Hypodontia - North Carolina - dir. Jennifer Trudrung
Split Rail - Idaho - dir. Christian Lybrook

6pm
MURDER MADE EASY
California - dir. Dave Palamaro
plays with:
You Are The Captain - California - dir. Dan Samiljian
Sequence - California - dir. Briana Jones

8pm
THE NOTHING
Georgia - dir. Clayton Thompson
East Coast Premiere
plays with:
Nasty Robin Goodfellow - United Kingdom - dir. James Gunn

10pm
AMAZON HOT BOX
Georgia - dir. James Bickert
Virginia Premiere
plays with:
Maniac Priest - Georgia - dir. Greg Sisco
Shit, They're All Vampires! - Illinois - dir. Tim Troemner
Ghosts Doing...It! - Illinois - dir. Tim Troemner

11:59pm
SHE WAS SO PRETTY: BE GOOD FOR GOODNESS SAKE West Virginia - dir. Brooklyn Ewing
plays with:
Tears of Apollo - Ohio/Austria - dir. James Quinn
Tom - Florida - dir. Josh Goodman

Saturday 9/1

10am
SHORTS BLAST #4
Pulsar - United Kingdom - dir. Aurora Fearnley
Banshee - Canada - dir. Adam O'Brien
Dead Celebrities - United Kingdom - dir. Michael Fausti
Ten Minute Time Machine - Canada - dir. Charles Wahl
Time Enforcer - California - dir. Jimmy Nickerson
My First Time - Israel - dir. Asaf Livni
The Scarlet Vultures - Canada - dir. Kyle Martellacci

12pm - LIVESCREAM
South Carolina - dir. Michelle Iannantuono
plays with:
Jax In Love - California - dir. Colin Campbell, written & produced by Rakefet Abergel

2pm - MAKE YOUR OWN DAMN MOVIE! Panel
Hosted by Jeff Frumess

3:15pm - CLICKBAIT
California - dirs. Sophia Cacciola & Michael J. Epstein
World Premiere
plays with:
Leopard Parts I & II - California - dir. Tyler Sage
My Monster - California - dir. Izzy Lee

5:30pm - I'M DREAMING OF A WHITE DOOMSDAY Pennsylvania - dir. Mike Lombardo
plays with:
Wondering Eyes - Canada - dir. Jared Carney
Murder In The Cat House - California - dir. Kristy Linderholm
Canine - Illinois - dir. Sean Richard Budde

7:20pm
SHORTS BLAST #5 - Viewer Discretion Advised!
Two Girls, One Trunk - UAE/New York - dir. Adam Pivorotto
We Summoned A Demon - Texas - dir. Chris McInroy
Gut Punched - North Carolina - dir. Christopher G. Moore
Street Dykes - Louisiana - dir. Haven Nutt
Blood Shed - United Kingdom - dir. James Moran
Third Wheel - Illinois - dir. Daniel Del Purgatorio
Sarah's Dream - Tennessee - dir. Wendy Keeling
Killing Giggles - North Carolina - dir. Jaysen Buterin
Mother Fucker - NY/NJ - dir. Nicholas Santos
The Jerry Show - Florida - dir. Stephen Stull
What Metal Girls Are Into - California - dir. Laurel Vail

9:25pm
LIEUTENANT JANGLES
Australia - dir. Nic Champeaux
World Premiere
plays with:
Freelancer - Portugal/Finland - dirs. Francisco Lacerda & Francisco A. Lopes

11:55pm
HOUSE SHARK - New York - dir. Ron Bonk
plays with:
Ghost Cop: Part 2 - DC - dir. Dylan Hintz

Sunday 9/2

11am - SHORTS BLAST #6 (90:29)
Justice Served - Missouri - dir. Patrick Rea
Protectress - California - dir. America Young
Heartless - California - dir. Kevin Sluder
Seafood Diet - Maryland - dir. Max Levine
Tick - Canada - dir. Ashlea Wessel
I Baked Him A Cake - Pennsylvania - dir. Vanessa Wright
The Son, The Father - Washington - dir. Lukas Hassel
The Daughters of Virtue - California - dir. Michael Escobedo

1pm - HOW NOT TO SUCK AT SCREENWRITING panel
Hosted by Ryan LaPlante

2:10pm
THE PSYBORGS
Canada - dir. David Hiatt
World Premiere
plays with:
Bullies - California - dir. Daniel Bydlowski

4:20pm
BONG OF THE LIVING DEAD
Ohio - dir. Max Groah
plays with:
The Devil's Due - Canada - dir. Ryan LaPlante
Hangover Food - United Kingdom - dir. Ross McGowan

6:25pm - AWARDS CEREMONY

7:20pm
TOP KNOT DETECTIVE
Australia - dirs. Aaron McCann & Dominic Pearce
Virginia Premiere
Special Joint Screening w/Psycho Cinema
plays wih:
Astroknot - Minnesota - dir. Joel Erkkinen
The Green Giant Of Zanzuki - Georgia - dir. Alex Greenberg

9:30pm
THE RANGER
dir. Jenn Wexler
plays with:
Compulsion - Canada - dir. Brian Sepanzyk

11:15pm
UNTERWELT: THE WORLD BEYOND
Germany - dir. Ralf Kemper
plays with:
Helminth - Australia - dir. Merinda Staubli
Sulphur For Leviathan - Ohio/Austria - dir. James Quinn

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