Films
Disrupture (in preproduction)
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11 pages. Horror screenplay
Writer - Ross Morin A gay couple wakes up to find a knife-wielding homophobic maniac in their bedroom in this terrifying queer spin on the home invasion thriller. Screenplay currently under review by festivals. |
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Official Selections, nominations, and finalist awards
Raindance Film Festival. London, ENG – Semi-finalist. 2021 Dark Arts Film Festival. Amsterdam, Netherlands. 2021 Mile High Horror Film Festival. Denver, CO – Finalist – Best Short Screenplay. 2021 Freak Show Horror Film Festival. Orlando, CA – Finalist – Best Short Horror. 2021 Hollywood Horrorfest. Los Angeles, CA – Winner – 2nd Place Best Thriller. 2021 International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival. Phoenix, AZ – Winner - First Place. 2021 13Horror.com Screenplay Contest. Los Angeles, CA – Finalist. 2021 International Horror Hotel. Cleveland, OH – Winner - 3rd Place. 2021 Hollywood Blood Horror Festival. Hollywood, CA – Winner - Honorable Mention. 2021 Independent Horror Movie Awards. USA - Nominated – Best Short Script. 2021 Unrestricted View Film Festival. London, UK – Nominated - Best Short Script. 2021 Houston Horror Film Festival. Houston, TX. 2021 Die Laughing Film Festival. Los Angeles, CA. 2021 Oregon Scream Week Horror Film Festival. Portland, OR. 2021 The Thing in the Basement Horror Fest. Bremerton, WA. 2021 LA International Horror Film Festival. Los Angeles, CA. 2021 Underground Indie Film Festival. Apopka, FL. 2021 Austin After Dark Film Festival. Austin, TX. 2021 Indie Horror Film Festival. Dekalb, IL – Semi-finalist. 2021 San Francisco IndieFest Screenplay Competition. San Francisco, CA – Finalist. 2021 Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition. Hollywood, CA – Quarter-finalist. 2021 Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards. Los Angeles, CA - Semi-finalist. 2021 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition. Atlanta, GA – Semi-finalist. 2021 Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards. Los Angeles, CA - Quarter-finalist. 2020 |
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Hide or Seek (2021)
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19 mins. Horror.
1st Assistant Director/Producer/Editor - Ross Morin Director/Producer - Brian Newell Andrew introduces his boyfriend to his childhood friends by playing a nostalgic - and terrifying - game of Hide and Seek. The game turns deadly when he discovers someone from his past hiding in the shadows, out for violent revenge. Currently under review by festivals. |
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Official Selections: Unrestricted View Horror Film Festival. ENG. 2021 Terror in the Bay Film Festival. Ontario, CAN. 2021 Upstate New York Film Festival. Rochester, NY. 2021 Fargo Fantastic Film Festival. Fargo, ND. 2021 Horror Movie Freaks Film Festival. Walnut Cove, NC. 2021 Orlando Film Festival. Orlando, FL . 2021 Wreak Havoc Horror Film Festival. Greensboro, NC. 2021 QFLIX Film Festival. Philadelphia, PA. 2021 Coney Island Film Festival. Brooklyn, NY. 2021 Macabre Faire Film Festival. Madison, TN. 2021 Toronto Indie Horror Festival. Toronto, Canada. 2021 FlickFair Film Festival. Los Angeles, CA. 2021 Hallucinea Film Festival. Paris, France. 2021 Outsouth Queer Film Festival. Durham, NC. 2021 QFlix Philadelphia Film Festival. Philadelphia, PA. 2021 Long Island International Film Expo. Bellmore, NY. 2021 Pune Short Film Festival. Pune, India. 2021 |
¡Come! (Eat!) (2019)
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10 mins. Drama
1st Assistant Director/Producer - Ross Morin Director - Lizette Barrera A Puerto Rican girl’s perspective changes when she brings a popular dessert dish, Arroz con Leche, to a Thanksgiving event at her school and no one eats it. CURRENTLY STREAMING ON HBO MAX Official Selections: Indy Shorts International Film Festival. Indianapolis, IN. 2020 San Luis Obispo International Film Festival. San Luis Obispo, CA. 2020 Fort Myers Beach International Film Festival. Fort Myers Beach, FL. 2020 Southside Film Festival. Bethlehem, PA. 2020 Phoenix Film Festival. Phoenix, AZ. 2020 San Diego Latino Film Festival. San Diego, CA. 2020 Gasparilla International Film Festival. Tampa Bay, FL. 2020 Tallahassee Film Festival. Tallahassee, FL. 2020 Sunscreen Film Festival. St Petersburg, FL. 2020 Sarasota Film Festival. Sarasota, FL. 2020 Fire Film Festival. Lakeland, FL. 2020 Athens International Film and Video Festival. Athens, OH. 2020 Worldfest Houston International Film Festival. Houston, TX. 2020 New Hope Film Festival. New Hope, PA. 2020 Capital City Film Festival. Lansing, MI. 2020 Kansas City Filmfest International. Kansas City, KS. 2020 Maryland International Film Festival. Hagerstown, MD. 2020 Twister Alley Film Festival. Woodward, OK. 2020 Newport Beach Film Festival. Newport Beach, CA. 2020 Latino Feedback Film Festival. Los Angeles, CA. 2020 Philadelphia Latino Film Festival. Philadelphia, PA. 2020 |
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My Florida Home (2019)
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10 mins. Drama Editor/Producer - Ross Morin Director - Matt Herbertz An estranged daughter returns home to confront her elderly mother's caregiver. (Complete film streaming) |
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Official Selections: Fort Myers Beach International Film Festival. Fort Myers, FL. 2020 University Film and Video Association Conference. Minneapolis, MN. 2019 Sunscreen Film Festival. Tampa, FL. 2019 CT 52 Film Festival. New Haven, CT. 2019 Vero Beach Wine and Film Festival. Vero Beach, FL. 2019 New Haven International Film Festival. New Haven, CT. 2019 SouthSide Film Festival. Bethlehem, PA. 2019 Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase. Fort Worth, TX. 2019 Short to the Point Film Festival. Romania. 2019 Sands Film Festival. Jacksonville, FL. 2019 Central Florida Film Festival. Mount Dora, FL. 2019 Central Florida CineFest. Orlando, FL. 2019 Golden Door Film Festival, Jersey City, NJ. 2019 Kansas International Film Festival. 2019 Hobnobben Film Festival. Fort Wayne, IN. 2019 |
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7 mins. Experimental
Writer/Director/Editor/Cinematographer/Producer - Ross Morin www.LandscapeDreaming.com Equal parts experimental, documentary, dance, the film is shot in five meticulous panning shots as it choreographs the mountain landscape in an exploration of Zen Buddhist concepts of peace and terror in the infinite. (Complete film streaming) |
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Awards and Nominations: Artists Forum Festival of the Moving Image. New York, NY. 2019. Winner - Best Music Video, Nominated – Best Cinematography Pune Short Film Festival. Pune, India. 2019. Winner - Best Foreign Film ABQ Indie Film Festival. Albuquerque, NM. 2019. Nominated – Best Experimental Film Northeast Mountain Film Festival. Dillard, GA. 2019. Nominated – Best Experimental Film Utah Film Festival and Awards. Vineyard, UT. 2019. Semi-finalist Official Selections: Tallahassee Film Festival. Tallahassee, FL. 2019 Kansas City Film Festival International. Kansas City, MO. 2019 Solaris Film Festival. Nice, France. 2019 Oaxaca FilmFest. Oaxaca, Mexico. 2019 University Film and Video Association Conference. Minneapolis, MN. 2019 St. Cloud Film Festival. St. Cloud, MN. 2019 Blow-up International Arthouse Film Festival. Chicago, IL. 2019 |
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A Peculiar Thud (2017)
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13 mins. Horror/Thriller
Writer/Director/Producer - Ross Morin www.APeculiarThud.com A horror/thriller film about a home invasion in the middle of the night that takes place in real time as Bill wakes up to an unusual sound downstairs. He makes his way through his home to find a man at his door asking to come in – and he won’t take no for an answer. (complete film streaming) |
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Awards and Nominations: Coney Island Film Festival. Coney Island, NY. 2017. Winner - Best Horror Liberty Massacre Horror Short Film Festival. Philadelphia, PA. 2017. Winner - Best Actor Southeast New England Film Music and Art Fest. Providence, RI. 2017 - Winner - Best Horror Short; Winner - Audience Award - Best Regional Horror Short International Horror Hotel Film Festival. Cleveland, OH. 2017 - Honorable Mention Macabre Faire Film Festival. Ronkomkoma, NY. 2018. Nominee - Best Editing Sanford International Film Festival. Sanford, ME. 2017. Nominee - Best Horror Great Lakes International Film Festival. Erie, PA. 2017 Nominee - Best Horror Sydney Indie Film Festival. Sydney, AUS. Semi-Finalist. Atlanta Shortsfest. Atlanta, GA. 2017. Nominee - Best Thriller Short Motor City Nightmares International Film Festival. Detroit, MI. 2017. Finalist Kickstarter - Project We Love |
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Official Selections:
Macabre Faire Film Festival. Ronkomkoma, NY. 2018 Blow-Up International Film Festival. Chicago, IL. 2017 Terror in the Bay Film Festival. Ontario, CAN. 2017 Atlanta Horror Film Festival. Atlanta, GA. 2017 East Lansing Film Festival. East Lansing, MI. 2017 Kansas International Film Festival. Overland Park, KS. 2017 Cornwall Film Festival. Cornwall, UK. 2017 Orlando Film Festival. Orlando, FL. 2017 Fargo Fantastic Film Festival. Fargo, ND. 2017 Grimmfest. Manchester, UK. 2017. Halloween Horror Picture Show. Tampa, FL. 2017 Great Lakes International Film Festival. Erie, PA. 2017 Wreak Havoc Horror Film Festival. Greensboro, NC. 2017 Coney Island Film Festival. Coney Island, NY. 2017 Sanford International Film Festival. Sanford, ME. 2017 Liberty Massacre Horror Short Film Festival. Philadelphia, PA. 2017 San Antonio Film Festival. San Antonio, TX. 2017 NewFilmmakers New York. New York, NY. 2017 Atlanta Shortsfest. Atlanta, GA. 2017 Pennine Film Festival. Accrington, UK. 2017 |
Long Island International Film Expo. Bellmore, NY. 2017
Cape Fear Independent Film Festival. Wilmington, NC. 2017 International Horror Hotel Film Festival. Cleveland, OH. 2017 Film Festival of Columbus. Columbus, OH. 2017 Motor City Nightmares International Film Festival. Detroit, MI. 2017 New Haven International Film Festival. New Haven, CT. 2017 Unrestricted View Film Festival. London, UK. 2017 Emerge Film Festival. Lewiston, ME. 2017 Southeast New England Film, Music & Arts Festival. Providence, RI. 2017 Riverside International Film Festival. Riverside, CA. 2017 Short to the Point International Short Film Festival. Romania. 2017 D.C. Independent Film Festival. Washington DC. 2017 Screenings with DAMNATIONLAND 2016 October 29, 2016. The Gem. Bethel, ME. October 28, 2016. The Levitt Theater. Ogunquit, ME. October 28, 2016. Magic Lantern. Bridgton, ME. October 28, 2016. Apple Cinemas. Cambridge, MA. October 27-30, 2016. Frontier Cafe. Brunswick, ME. October 17, 2016. Nickelodeon Cinemas. Portland, ME. October 14, 2016. PREMIERE. State Theater. Portland, ME. |
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12 mins. Horror.
Writer/Editor/Producer - Ross Morin Director - Matthew Herbertz Emily heads for a weekend in the mountains to clear her mind, but when she stumbles upon a dead body, she sees that life is only going to get more complicated... And that she's being watched. It's Deliverance meets Halloween with a heroine who refuses to put down the knife. (complete film streaming) Official Selections: Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase. Fort Worth, TX. 2017 Southwest Indiana Film Festival. Jasper, IN. 2016 Princeton Independent Film Festival. Princeton, NJ. 2016 River Bend Film Festival. Goshen, IN. 2017 |
A Wheel out of Kilter (2015)
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86 mins. Horror/Drama
Writer/Director/Producer/Actor/Editor/Cinematographer - Ross Morin A Zen Buddhist mountain biker on the verge of a nervous breakdown goes into the woods and never returns in this genre mashup of character drama, philosophical documentary, bromance and psychological thriller. (Official trailer streaming) |
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Awards and Nominations: Macabre Faire Film Festival. Ronkonkoma, NY. 2017. Winner - Best Feature Film. Nominated - Best Cinematography in a Feature, Best Editing in a Feature, Best Sound in a Feature, Best Screenplay in a Feature, Best Actor in a Feature, Best Director in a Feature Broken Knuckle Film Festival. New York, NY. 2016. Nominated - Freaky Feature Award Spotlight Horror Film Awards 2016. Winner - Bronze Award Emerge Film Festival. Lewiston, ME. 2016. Nominated - Best Maine Film Horror Hotel International Film Festival. Hudson, OH. 2016. Winner - 3rd place - Feature Suspense/Thriller Mountain Film Festival. Mammoth Lakes, CA. 2016. Winner - Sir Edmund Hillary award Santa Monica Independent Film Festival. Santa Monica, CA. 2015. Winner - Honorable Mention Princeton Independent Film Festival. Princeton, NJ. 2015. Winner - Indie Spirit Award. Other Official Selections: Broken Knuckle Film Festival. New York, NY. 2016 University Film and Video Association Conference. Las Vegas, NV. 2016 Little Rock Picture Show. Little Rock, AR. 2016 Unrestricted View Film Festival. London, UK. 2016 Blow-Up Chicago International Art House Film Festival. Chicago, IL. 2015 St. Cloud Film Festival. St. Cloud, MN. 2015 |
A Man of God (2015)
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16 mins. Drama
Editor/Producer - Ross Morin Directed by Matthew Herbertz On his journey to escape a country where organized religion is punishable by death, a man of faith seeks refuge with a small family in an old farmhouse. As he befriends the daughter, his true intentions become clear to everyone and he must choose between his faith and his life. (Complete film streaming) |
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Awards and Nominations:
Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase, Fort Worth, TX. 2016. Award Nominee Moving Media Film Festival, Detroit, MI. 2016. Winner - 2nd place Best Narrative Short The Wild Rose Independent Film Festival, Des Moines, IA. 2016. Winner - Distinguished Filmmaker Award. Distinguished Cinematography Award Official Selections: Blow-up Chicago International Arthouse Film Festival. New York, NY. 2016. Southway Film Festival, Mykolaiyv, Ukraine. 2016 Sydney Independent Film Festival, Sydney, Australia. 2016 Athens International Film and Video Festival, Athens, OH. 2016 Film Fest 52, Bethel, CT. 2016 University Film and Video Association Conference, Las Vegas, NV. 2016 The Blackbird Film Festival, Cortland, NY. 2016 Los Angeles CineFest, Los Angeles, CA. 2016 Middle Coast Film Festival, Bloomington, IN. 2016 The Ukrainian International Short Film Festival, Kiev, Ukraine. 2016 River Bend Film Festival, Goshen, IN. 2016 Green Mountain Film Festival, Montpelier, VT. 2016 Silk Road Film Festival, Dublin, Ireland. 2016 Artfools Video Festival, Larissa, Greece. 2016 Union City International Film Festival, Union City, NJ/Bogota, Columbia. 2016 Miami Independent Film Festival, Miami, FL. 2016 Pune Short Film Festival, Pune, India. 2015 Cincinnati Film Festival, Cincinnati, OH. 2015 |
Cigar Man (2013)
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14 mins. Drama
Editor/Producer/Sound designer - Ross Morin Director - Evan Clar Starring M. Emmet Walsh and Steven Culp A man is forced to come to terms with the inevitable. (Complete film streaming) Official Selection: University Film and Video Association. Washington, D.C. 2015 Emerge Film Festival. Lewiston, ME. 2015. Nominated - Best Short Film, Best Actor. Raindance Film Festival. London, UK. 2014 Dam Short Film Festival. Boulder City, NV. 2014. |
Ad Noctum (2011)
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10mins. Horror
Writer/Director - Ross Morin and R.J. Wilson Editor - Brian Newell Director of Photography - Ross Morin A man is haunted by dismembered limbs on the darkest night of the year. (Complete film streaming) |
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Awards and Nominations: Illinois International Film Festival. Chicago, IL. 2011. Winner - Best Short Horror. Creative Arts Film Festival. 2011. Nominated - Best Short Horror Film Official selections: University Film and Video Association Conference. Orange, CA. 2013 Love Your Shorts Film Festival. Sanford, FL. 2012 Boston Underground Film Festival. Boston, MA. 2012 NewFilmmakers New York, Anthology Film Archives. New York, NY. 2012 Glen Rose Neo Relix Film Festival. Glen Rose, TX. 2011 Coney Island Film Festival. Brooklyn, NY. 2011 Rumschpringe Short Film Festival. Lancaster, PA. 2011 Shockerfest International Film Festival. Modesto, CA. 2011 Silk City Flick Festival. Hartford, CT. 2011 Thriller! Chillier! Film Festival. Grand Rapids, MI. 2011 Wanderings Film Festival. Huntsville AL. 2011 Illinois International Film Festival. Chicago, IL. 2011 Creative Arts Film Festival. 2011 |
Les Moulins (2009)
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10mins. Documentary
Writer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor - Ross Morin A young woman contemplates the loss of the cultural identity of the French Canadians in a mill town in Maine. (Complete film streaming) |
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Awards: Los Angeles Reel Film Festival. Los Angeles, CA. 2009. Winner - Honorable Mention. Portland Phoenix Maine Short Film Festival. Portland, ME. 2007. Winner - Best Production. Official Selection: Lewiston Auburn Film Festival. Lewiston, ME. 2011 Washington DC Independent Film Festival. Washington DC. 2010 Los Angeles Reel Film Festival. Los Angeles, CA. 2009 Museum L-A. Lewiston, ME. 2008 Athens International Film and Video Festival. Athens, OH. 2008 Portland Phoenix Maine Short Film Festival. Portland, ME. 2007 |
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The Shut-in's Window (2010)
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10mins. Experimental
Standard Definition 4:3 Writer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor - Ross Morin A man explores his guilt after he witnesses the death of a young girl. (Complete film streaming) Official Selections: University Film and Video Association Conference, Chicago, IL 2012 Creative Arts Film Festival, 2011 |