2023 SCHEDULE
Thursday 8|31
5-6pm -- GB HAPPY HOUR IN THE ALAMO LOBBY
6pm -- SHORTS BLAST #1 – “IT HAS BEGUN! THE WORLD TOUR EDITION”
SOLITARY (dir. Maninder Chana / CANADA)
THE SPIRIT HUNTERS (dir. Mikko Lopponen / FINLAND)
RAJA'S HAD ENOUGH (dir. Ekaterina Saiapina / UK)
HERI (dir. Lowri Palfrey /UK)
THEY CALL IT... RED CEMETERY! (dir. Francisco Lacerda / SPAIN)
HIDDEN (dir. Nat Downs / UK)
THE NEWCOMER (dir. Ivan Villamel / SPAIN)
8:10pm -- FEATURE #1 - POUNDCAKE (dir. Onur Turkel / US)
*virginia premiere*
plays with...
RED VELVET (dir. Blake Simon / US)
THE HERITAGE (dir. Andrew Rutter / UK)
10:40pm -- FEATURE #2 - LOVE WILL TEAR US APART (dir. Kenichi Ugana / JAPAN)
*east coast premiere*
plays with...
JEONG-DONG (AFFECTS) (dir. Choi Woo Gene / SOUTH KOREA)
Friday 9|01
11:45am -- SHORTS BLAST #2 - DOCS & DRAMAS FOR LUNCH
True stories and urgent drama merge in thought provoking fashion...
MAKING A MARK (dirs. Matthew Ritacco & Susan Mangiero / US)
OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE (dir. Jason Black / US)
DIABLES (dir. Tom Sweetland / SPAIN)
MAKING WAVES - JD FOX (dir. Alex Winn / UK)
TORN TOGETHER (dir. Melissa Kunnap / US)
VEGAS (dir. Anna Wheeler / US)
COIN SLOT (dir. Scott Jones / CANADA)
DEMON BOX (dir. Sean Wainsteim / CANADA)
1:55pm -- SHORTS BLAST #3 - "THE ACCURSED HAT TRICK"
Three long shorts that will leave your jaw on the floor and your mind blown...
BITERS AND BLEEDERS (dirs. Charlie Carson Monroe & Raven Angeline Whisnant / US)
BLANK (dir. Avishai Weinberger / US)
SOME VISITORS (dir. Paul Hibbard / US)
4:05pm -- SHORTS BLAST #4 - "RETURN OF THE SCI-FANTASTIC"
A perfect blast of science fiction and fantasy, GenreBlast style...
FOREIGN PLANETARY (dir. Tiffany Lin / US)
THE UNIVERSE AND YOU (dir. Brendan Mitchell / US)
WHEN YOU'RE GONE (dir. Kristin Noriega / US)
THAT'S OUR TIME (dir. Alex Backes / US)
PARTNR (dir. Kaylin Rizer Allshouse / US)
THE ERL KING (dir. Genevieve Kertesz / IRELAND)
6:10pm -- FEATURE #4 - THE ONCE AND FUTURE SMASH (dirs. Sophia Cacciola & Michael J. Epstein / US)
*regional premiere*
blastification: *convention mockumentary meets horror history satire*
plays with...
MOONLIGHT SONATA, WITH SCISSORS (dir. Chris Ethridge / US)
8:20pm -- FEATURE #5 - END ZONE 2 (dir. August Kane / US) *regional premiere*
blastification: "lost slasher horror flick shot on film"
plays with...
CANDOR (dir. Timothy Troy / US)
GOOD LOOKING OUT (dir. Seth Chatfield / US)
10pm -- SHORTS BLAST #5 - "THE FRIDAY NIGHT FREAKSHOW"
Warning: this shit is b-a-n-a-n-a-s...
BOWLING 4EVA (dir. Aelfie Oudghiri / US)
MAYO CHOCO NIGHTMARE (dir. Tim Troemner / US)
WAKA CHICKA WAKA (dir. Ryan Clausen / US)
HE SEES ALL (dir. Heath Benfield / US)
PLAY DEAD (dir. Angie Hansen / US)
NOSEPICKER (dir. Ian Mantgani / UK)
FIRST BLOOD (dir. Olivia Loccisano / CANADA)
A BEN EVANS FILM (dirs. James Henry Hall & Bret K. Hall / US)
CHARLIE THE CANCELED SKELETON (dir. Joe Reilly / US)
11:59pm -- FEATURE #6 - FAT FLESHY FINGERS (dirs. Sophia Cacciola, Gurleen Rai, Michael Elliot Dennis, Artturi Olavi Rostén, Sara Nieminen, Lauren Flinner, Anthony Cousins, Zach Strum, Heather Cunningham & Michael Arcos / US & FINLAND)
*east coast premiere*
blastification: "disgusting midnight wtf anthology from hell"
plays with...
A PLACE TO BE (dir. Christopher La Vigna / US)
MY ROOMMATE'S RENT (dir. Randy Zuniga / US)
Saturday 9|02
10am -- SHORTS BLAST #6 - "WAKE UP & BLAST!"
The best of animation, music & comedy!
KEVIN FROM ANOTHER WORLD (dir. Diana Lee Woody / US)
KNIT ONE, STAB TWO (dir. Alison Pierse / UK)
THAT DOLL AIN'T RIGHT III (dirs. Brian W. Smith & Vincent Vinas / US)
MET(EYE)MORPHOSIS (dir. Jonathan Riles / US)
THE WARMEST COLOR IS BLUE (dir. Kevin Ralston / US)
PECCADILLO (dir. Sofia Garza-Barba / US)
SPANK PATROL (dir. Kevin Ralston / US)
P[]PC()RN (dir. Jonathan Riles / US)
DEMONS IN THE CLOSET (dir. James Smith / GERMANY)
SURPRISE! (dir. Chris Borgo / CANADA)
THE HAUNTED BABY CARRIAGE FROM HELL (dir. J.T. Seaton / US)
SUCKS TO BE THE MOON (dirs. Tyler March & Eric Paperth / US)
CONTENT: THE LO-FI MAN (dirs. Brian Lonano & Blake Myers / US)
12:05pm -- SHORTS BLAST #7 - "THE GB ALL-STAR GAME"
GenreBlast Alumni bring the heat with their latest offerings...
LIVING A WIFE OF CRIME (dir. C. Michael Whaley / US)
VIOLET BUTTERFIELD: MAKEUP ARTIST FOR THE DEAD (dir. Brooke H. Cellars / US)
OLD WEST END (dir. Virginia Shine / US)
FETCH! (dir. Carlos Garcia Jr. / US)
ALONE (dir. Jamal Hodge / US)
DEMON FOR HIRE (dir. Travis Heermann / US)
I AM OF YOU (dir. Holly Grayson / US)
POISON CNTROLLED (dir. Tim Troemner / US)
2:15pm -- FEATURE #6 - CRYPTO SHADOWS (dir. James Fox / US) *u.s. premiere*
blastification: "paranoid techno conspiracy sci-fi thriller"
plays with...
FROM ABOVE (dir. Zachary Eglinton / US)
BETTY AND BARNEY (dir. Dan Sellers / US)
4:25pm -- SHORTS BLAST #8 - "HORRORBLAST!"
You want the scary stuff? Well here it is!
THE DREAD (dir. Jaren Lewis / US)
THREE BATHS (dir. Rafael De Leon Jr. / US)
SEMPRE AVANTI (dirs. Matthew Barber & Nathaniel Barber / US)
RIDE BABY RIDE (dir. Sofie Somoroff / US)
THE WATCHER (dir. Nathan Sellers / US)
THE HANDBOOK (dir. Brandon Carraway / US)
THE WYRM OF BWLCH PEN BARRAS (dir. Craig Williams / UK)
HIMS (dir. Krsy Fox / US)
STOP DEAD (dir. Emily Greenwood / UK)
6:30pm -- FEATURE #7 - LIVESCREAMERS (dir. Michelle Iannantuono / US) *world premiere*
blastification: "in-screen found footage livestream horror videogame thriller"
plays with...
PICME (dir. Molly Tomecek / US)
RHYME OR DIE (dir. Max Lincoln / UK)
8:55pm -- FEATURE #8 - CRYPTIDS (dirs. Zane Hershberger, Justin Seaman, Brett DeJager, Billy Pon, Robert Kuhn & John William Holt / US)
blastification: "urban legend monster mash horror anthology hootenanny"
*virginia premiere*
plays with...
HIGH STAKES (dir. Zachary Eglinton / US)
WE FORGOT ABOUT THE ZOMBIES (dir. Chris McInroy)
11:20pm -- FEATURE #9 - MURDERCISE (dirs. Paul Ragsdale & Angelica de Alba / US)
*east coast premiere*
blastification: "retro throwback aerobics slasher horror comedy"
plays with...
JESS IS A CLOWN NOW (dir. Rylan Rafferty / US)
BUTT STUFF (dir. April Yanko / US)
THE 44TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN (dir. Jon Truei / US)
Sunday 9|03
11am -- SHORTS BLAST #9 - "REGIONAL SHORTS EXPLOSION!"
The best of the Beltway in about seventy minutes...
A MOMENT OF YOUR TIME (dir. Adam Lapallo / US)
FAMILY RECIPE (dir. Kaitlyn Brittenham / US)
CLOSURE CORPS (dir. William Coughlan / US)
SETTLE THE SCORE (dir. Jesse Womack / US)
SKITTER (dir. Ted Hogeman / US)
STATIC (dir. Jamin Mears / US)
SHE'S MINE NOW (dir. Dalton Okolo / US)
HE SLEEPS NO MORE (dir. Jay DeLuna / US)
JUST TAKE ONE (dir. Dylan Trail / US
PORTENT OMISSION (dir. Taylor Nice / US)
RIGHTEOUS (dir. Ethan Grossman / US)
12:50pm -- THE GB SCRIPT COMPETITION TABLE READ
Selected screenplays from this year's competition performed live!
featuring scripts by...
Rakefet Abergel
Greg Sisco
Chris Warner
Diana Lee Woody
and more...
with the acting talents of...
Diana Porter
Michael Merchant
Sable Griedel
Wes Reid
Rakefet Abergel
Bryan Nuri
Jeff Frumess
and more...
2:05pm -- FEATURE #10 - FOREVER HOME (dir. Sean Oliver / US) *east coast premiere*
blastification: "manic haunted house horror comedy with heart"
plays with...
ACQUIRED TASTE (dir. Emily Mary Phillips / US)
4:50pm -- FEATURE #11 - PROJECT EERIE (dir. Ricky Umberger / US) *world premiere*
blastification: "nerve-jangling found footage horror sci-fi thriller"
plays with...
SUPERPOSITION (dir. T.L. Westgate / US)
MY TWO CLONES (dir. Joe Heath / US)
SHELTER HALF (dirs. Matthew Barber & Nathaniel Barber / US)
GNOMES (dir. Ruman Heggelman / NETHERLANDS)
7-8pm -- AWARDS CEREMONY
8pm-Midnight -- GB AFTERMATH AFTER PARTY IN THE ALAMO LOBBY
8:30pm -- FEATURE #12 - GUERRILLA DOGS (dir. Blake O'Donnell / US) *world premiere*
blastification: "goofy slapstick wartime comedy"
plays with...
LOOKING BACK (dir. Michael Charron / US)
BROTHER'S KEEPER (dir. Dan Sellers / US)