John Kahrs

  • Filmmaker Update

    Filmmaker Updates: In Development (October 2022)

    From short-to-feature adaptations to five-year exclusive partnerships with Universal Pictures, the latest news from our previously featured filmmakers once again showcases the importance short film plays in a filmmaker's career.

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    Dramedy Matt Starr

    The Entertainer

    Set in a reality where technology as we know it doesn't exist, a young woman attends a series of touching and surreal “appointments” that straddle the line between companionship and personalized entertainment.

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    Dark Comedy Kurt Andrew Schneider

    Notice Me

    Becky looks up from her phone and her world changes forever.

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    Adventure Tom Jenkins

    Address is Approximate

    When everyone leaves for the night, the objects in the office take over the computers to experience the outside world in this stop-motion animation powered by Google Street View.

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    Documentary Olivia Loomis Merrion

    Quilt Fever

    Welcome to “The Academy Awards of quilting”, a weeklong spectacle in which quilters from all over the world gather in Paducah, Kentucky every year for its huge quilt competition. Part of our SXSW Shorts Week coverage. #SXSWshorts

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    Experimental CISMA (Denis Kamioka)

    Handmade

    This surreal, design-inspired film, blends live-action and animation to illustrate the emotions of new love and heartbreak.

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    Dramedy Andrew Fitzgerald

    The Family Circus

    A Vietnamese-American family's plan to cover up a drunk driving accident begins to unravel when their emotional baggage spills out in front of the police.

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    Documentary Chad Sogas

    Rat Tail

    A self-deprecating look at a filmmaker's battle with depression using archival footage and ephemera from his past, focusing primarily on the rat tail he had for ten years that his parents still keep in the storage room of their basement.

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    Sci‑Fi Sophia Banks

    Proxy

    "Proxies" can be rented to anyone. They can be anyone. It's the ideal service for someone who wants to live their fantasy and an ideal job for someone who wants to escape their reality.

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