The SNOB Film Festival has several special and popular events planned throughout the weekend to give you a chance to find the films that speak to you, and maybe sneak out of work for a flick and a slice.
Friday Night Twisted Tales
One of the highlights of the SNOB Film Festival is the Friday Night Twisted Tales Block. There are thrillers and extreme films that will have you on the edge of your seat. Tickets and seating are limited. Short films start at 8 p.m. on Nov. 9, with the comedy-thriller, Grabbers starting at 10 p.m.
Capture (2 minutes – Liam Treacy)
A young man spends his evenings prowling the streets of his home town, cleaning up all of the crime that it’s riddled with. He hopes to keep the residents safe from all the criminals that inhabit it. Armed with only his Polaroid camera, he is a man on a mission.
The Boy Scout (14 minutes – Patrick Brooks)
Grant and Leah’s car gets stuck in an early season snowstorm during an impromptu trip to the mountains. After six days of captivity, they must answer the question: should we stay, or should we go?
Desolate Road (19 minutes – Marwan Abderrazzaq)
Desolate Road is a horror short about a couple on their way to start a new life who run into car trouble on a desolate road somewhere in Texas.
The Janitor (16 minutes – Mark Battle)
A lonely immigrant who cleans up in the wake of assassinations is confronted with a moral dilemma when he is ordered to finish a botched job.
Specimen 0625c (16 minutes – Mark Bauer)
A simple man from the Southern U.S., 0625, has been forced to repeatedly crawl through a mysterious maze. Over and over again he has tried and failed to reach the end. Just when he thinks he has reached it, he’s turned off via a device implanted directly into his spinal cord and reset to the beginning of the maze. Now he is more determined than ever to escape and finally confront his unknown captors. This time he has a gruesome plan to accomplish it, but what he didn’t plan on, was her, 0732 . . .
Steve From Accounting Vs. The Shadow Dwellers
(24 minutes – Patrick Gibbs and Paul Gibbs)
Steve Burrows, a mild-mannered accountant for super corporation Kensington Enterprises, discovers a bloodthirsty cult called ‘The Shadow Dwellers’ performing human sacrifices in his office building.
Grabbers (94 minutes – Jon Wright), see info on Page 22.
Friday Lunch at the SNOB
In 2012, the SNOB Film Festival created a new event that was an instant hit. The thought was skip out of work at noon for an hour to watch two short films and grab a few slices of pizza and a drink, all included with your ticket. Film viewers clamored for its return, and it’s back. This year you can pick between two films, Bulletproof or Blood Brothers, then pick between cheese or pepperoni pizza before selecting either Lost & Found or The Devil May Care. Each of the films is roughly 30 minutes, with a short intermission for pizza.
Blood Brothers (30 minutes –Jason Miller and Seth Savoy)
A young man returns to his hometown in Arkansas to kidnap the kingpin of the drug operation that ran him and his brother out of town; however, his actions may not bode too well for his brother, who now leads a clean and successful life in Chicago. Blood Brothers is a unique filmmaking collaboration combining the efforts of two filmmakers – one in Arkansas, the other in Chicago – to tell two sides of one story.
Bulletproof (34 minutes – Peter Lazarus)
Bulletproof is the story of young Benny Jackson, who is in danger of losing the beloved family business, Bulletproof Jackson’s Saloon, to an avaricious developer. In his quest, Benny stumbles across a journal that belonged to his great-great-grandfather, the famous gunslinger Bulletproof Jackson. Benny opens the journal and we are brought back to the wild west where we learn the true legend of Bulletproof. Bulletproof is made by Zeno film camp and many of the actors have disabilities.
Devil May Care (24 minutes – Kyle Johannessen)
When Lucifer was cast out of Heaven he declared that it was “Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.” Or something like that. He can’t really remember. After millions of years of ruling the Nine Kingdoms and waging war against God and His angels, Lucifer, the father of lies, has become restless and bored. It dawns on him that he wishes to end the war and come home. Fearing that God would never speak to him face to face, he knows that he must convince his “brothers” first that he is ready to come home . . . but after countless years of lies and deceit, this may be one trick he cannot pull off.
Lost & Found (20 minutes – Philip Hunt)
A magical tale of friendship and loneliness, which tells the story of a little boy who one day finds a penguin on his doorstep. Although at first he is unsure what to do, the boy becomes determined to help the penguin find his way back home, even if that means rowing all the way to the South Pole.
Note: All film description provided by filmmakers or film production companies used for promoting the films.
