February 14, 2021
Miranda Riddle
Operating in a perfect, seamless loop that can be repeated on itself endlessly, 9-minute animated short Opera took three years of blood, sweat, and animated tears to reach our screens. Critically acclaimed Korean animator Erick Oh, one of the minds and artists behind such beloved films as Pixar’s Inside Out, selected an extraordinary team of [...]
January 20, 2021
Miranda Riddle
Have you given much thought to what happens to a therapist’s career post-apocalypse? Sure, we’ve all heard plenty about working from home and how the workflow has to change, but I’m talking real, nuclear fallout, dead walking the earth level apocalypse. What does a therapist do? Well, in the case of Dr. Eschaton (Messalina Morley) [...]
May 17, 2020
Miranda Riddle
LYCANTHROPY follows Detectives Kessler (Paul Duncan) and Mills (Stephen Clark) as they attempt to solve what is believed to be a child abduction case. After chasing down “Mr. Johnson” (Daniel Knight), a child pornographer, and questioning him as best as he can, Kessler decides to take the case into his own hands. Kessler goes rogue, [...]
April 10, 2020
Miranda Riddle
There is almost nothing as insidious as the feeling of regret. It creeps in when you least expect it, when you’re at your weakest. It has strong and controlling allies like grief and anguish. Regret presses on the bruise of an already deep wound. What would your regret look like if you had to give [...]
April 9, 2020
Miranda Riddle
Parents Esther (Lindsey Garrett) and Kevin (Tyler McKenzie Cook) are grieving their son. He is missing, and they fear the worst. After neither of them picked him up on time after baseball practice, he was nowhere to be found. Esther combs the streets, putting up missing posters everywhere she can. Kevin has started attending group [...]
April 1, 2020
Miranda Riddle
At under 6 minutes long, WRATH OF THE MINITAUR packs a powerful punch of zany, bizarre fun and horror. Haley stays up too late one night watching her favorite show, “Tales From The Outer Zone”, and falls asleep during the show. From that night on, every full moon, something bizarre and unexplainable happens to her. [...]
November 21, 2019
Brendan Haley
Creative director Michaela Olsen, and Brooklyn Studio's Mighty Oak present a stop motion night of unexplainable mystery that all goes on in the solitude and perceived comfort found Under Covers. "On the night of a lunar eclipse, we uncover the sweet, salacious, and spooky secrets of a small town," so reads the introductory text at the start [...]
THE LITTLE BROOMSTICK RIDER Makes Satanic Panic Cute–SLAMDANCE
OPERA Is An Animated Masterpiece–SLAMDANCE
ZOMBIE SHRINK short film examines minds and brains.
LYCANTHROPY is a short with a big bite
REGRET brings the darkest feelings to life
Short film GRIEF takes its time to sink in
Bold, Bizarre WRATH OF THE MINITAUR
UNDER COVERS Creeps Into Bed to Both Charm and Fright – AFI Fest Screening
THE LITTLE BROOMSTICK RIDER Makes Satanic Panic Cute–SLAMDANCE
OPERA Is An Animated Masterpiece–SLAMDANCE
ZOMBIE SHRINK short film examines minds and brains.
LYCANTHROPY is a short with a big bite
REGRET brings the darkest feelings to life
Short film GRIEF takes its time to sink in
Bold, Bizarre WRATH OF THE MINITAUR
UNDER COVERS Creeps Into Bed to Both Charm and Fright – AFI Fest Screening
THE LITTLE BROOMSTICK RIDER Makes Satanic Panic Cute–SLAMDANCE
OPERA Is An Animated Masterpiece–SLAMDANCE
ZOMBIE SHRINK short film examines minds and brains.
LYCANTHROPY is a short with a big bite
REGRET brings the darkest feelings to life
Short film GRIEF takes its time to sink in
Bold, Bizarre WRATH OF THE MINITAUR
UNDER COVERS Creeps Into Bed to Both Charm and Fright – AFI Fest Screening