Brain Dead Studios

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    Comedy Antonio Oreña-Barlin

    Drawcard

    When a lighthearted office prank gets out of hand, Ed is left to pick up the pieces to save not only his job but his dignity.

  • SOTW

    The Summer of Sequels

    As another sequel-saturated summer comes to a close, it's clear that sequels are no fad but a growing trend. It's a conversation we started with our 2011 article, Has Hollywood Lost its Way, when we mapped the rising popularity of sequels over the last three decades.

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    Dark Comedy Albert 't Hooft & Paco Vink

    Fallin' Floyd

    After being dumped by his girlfriend, a street musician suffers from psychological problems manifested as a little demon who disrupts his everyday life.

  • Festival

    Tribeca Storyscapes 2017

    Short of the Week checks out Tribeca's VR sidebar, and reports back on the state of the form.

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    Adventure Limbert Fabian & Jacob Wyatt

    The Boy Who Learned to Fly

    Before he was the fastest man alive, Usain Bolt was the boy who learned to fly.

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    Horror Sava Zivkovic

    Irradiation

    After being escorted to a mysterious irradiated site, Evgeniy finds himself experiencing strange visions and questioning the very reason he was sent to investigate the site in the first place.

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    Documentary Whitney Skauge

    The Beauty President

    In 1992, at the height of the AIDS pandemic, activist Terence Alan Smith made a historic bid for president of the United States as his drag queen persona Joan Jett Blakk. Today, Smith reflects back on his seminal civil rights campaign and its place in American history.

  • New Filmmaker Series

    The New Filmmaker: Stephan Zlotescu

    In 2009, an unknown effects-laden sci-fi short, Panic Attack, grabbed the attention of Hollywood proving the internet had opened a new path for aspiring directors. That success spawned thousands of CG-savvy imitators.

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    Adventure Brandon Oldenburg

    Taking Flight

    In this fictional tribute to Antonio Pasin, the inventor of the Radio Flyer Wagon, what begins as a small boy’s boring day with Grandpa turns into a larger-than-life journey to save the universe.

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    Documentary Ben Proudfoot

    MINK!

    Fresh off an Oscar win for The Queen of Basketball, Ben Proudfoot is back with his latest NYTimes Op/Doc film, a propulsive profile of the feminist trailblazer Patsy Takemoto Mink and the origin of the landmark legislation synonymous with gender equity in American sport—Title IX.

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