How did you hear about the contest MTVU/Decemberists contest and what made you want to participate? I heard about The Decemberists contest from an e-newsletter that my school put out (The Art Institute of Portland). The deadline was like two weeks away, and I was seriously considering passing it by.
We invited the lovely and talented Emily Carmichael to answer a few questions over email regarding her short film, The Hunter and the Swan Discuss Their Meeting, which incidentally was, by far, one of our favorite Sundance films of the year.
We talk filmmaking with one of UK’s burgeoning directors—including a love for The Goonies and how to motivate young actors with Star Wars clips.
When Elliot lures the animalistic Jack into his apartment for a late night hook up, he unearths a dark emotional connection
8-year-old Eva and her father go to Mexico aboard an 18-wheeler. What was supposed to be a father-daughter road trip becomes an eye opening experience and an unexpected journey of deception.
A struggling actor agrees to help a director with some lighting tests but comes to suspect that maybe he’s just being exploited.
A reclusive college student is driven mad after picking a booger he can’t flick away.
Inspired by a creepy photo posted on 4chan, journey into a nightmarish world of never-ending rooms in this tension-filled Horror short
