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Sarah awakens to a dead world. As she struggles with an emotional trauma, she must survive the advance of nightmarish ghouls.

An award winning short film from British filmmakers David J Ellison and Mark Cripps, following vengeful cop Jon Vincent through a dark, creepy, horrific ... (More)

An award winning short film from British filmmakers David J Ellison and Mark Cripps, following vengeful cop Jon Vincent through a dark, creepy, horrific and bleak London city landscape of murderous psychotics affected by some mass disease or outbreak he struggles to fight. An absolute must watch for fans of zombies, Resident Evil, Texas Chainsaw Massacre or 28 Days Later, be warned contains violence and some on screen gore!. (Less)

Xcorps Action Sports Show #44.)"PADDLEBOARD"-seg.4- This special BIG X WAVE episode tidal waves the screen with host Jason Lazo in Hawaii hanging with tow ... (More)

Xcorps Action Sports Show #44.)"PADDLEBOARD"-seg.4- This special BIG X WAVE episode tidal waves the screen with host Jason Lazo in Hawaii hanging with tow in surf hombres Garrett McNamara and Kealii Mamala ripping big waves off Hawaii and Tahiti along with a look at the sport of open ocean paddle boarding in California featuring the 32 mile Catalina Classic.

Jason opens the show from scenic Cardiff Reef California where a group of local watermen are on the beach talking about their recent ocean race paddling from the island of Catalina to the So California coastal town of Manhattan Beach a distance of 32 miles! Jason talks to top seated arm paddlers Tim Fischer, Brian Szymanski and George Plsek about the endurance ocean journey which began back in 1928 with Tom Blake taking just under 6 hours to make the arm paddle trip.
Check out the cool scenes with heli shots over the exotic Mediterranean looking village of Avalon on Catalina Island where the paddle race began. Great POV Xcam shots here putting the viewer on board with the athletes. Eddy Grants song The Struggle fits the action in this tough arm-burning historic race. Check the pod of Pilot Whales rolling the coarse!

After the break Jason and the X crew head to the North Shore of Hawaii to meet with big wave tow-in surfers Garrett McNamara and Kealii Mamala for a look at a niche end of surfing bringing on the biggest adrenalized rush! The boys from team Hawthorne are rolling their jetski and go big phat and fast for the Xcorps cameras! See them tow in to ride monster walls off the North shore at a break called Log Cabins, off Maui with the freight trains at Jaws and in Tahiti jamming the infamous teal tubes of Teahoopu.

The next segment tows in with more massive surf shots and roaring waves cut with Japanese indie band legends BORIS winding up their strings with their new video Statement riding alongside the action. Only on Xcorps! Jason talks with board masters Garrett and Kealii about the sport and recent overhead conquests. Garrett raps about how it feels to be just in front of rolling tons of water and what viewers could do to get that feeling! Kealii talks about his recent trip to California to test ride Mavericks. See the details on the guys who ride and the state of the boards now used to roll these mega waves. Insane shots as usual including the wild tow rope cam and sweet sea turtle footage under the waves! SubNoiZe band Dirtball feeds the need here with their song Im Not. Not a band to back down and we appreciate it here on Xcorps where we let the music roll with the action!

Jason opens the last segment from the Cardiff Reef beach with paddlboarder and local PIPES surf cafe chain owner Tim Fischer talking about how he felt at the start and end of a 32 mile open ocean paddle. Always the comedy on Xcorps!
The show wraps back at North Show Hawaii with the big wave legends and a promise of more action and music next week on Xcorps.
Additional music from David Huber and Mower. Thanks to Hawaiimana Nutrition and Hawaii Action Sports for some of the big wave shots in this show. Aloha and mahalo!
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A boy discovers that he is a clone of one of the worst people in history: Adolf Hitler. As part of a Nature vs. Nurture experiment, it is up to him now to ... (More)

A boy discovers that he is a clone of one of the worst people in history: Adolf Hitler. As part of a Nature vs. Nurture experiment, it is up to him now to discover who he truly will become. (Less)

Written, directed, edited and scored by an active duty U.S. Marine, this story tells the tale of a future America that is torn by civil war. WIth the ... (More)

Written, directed, edited and scored by an active duty U.S. Marine, this story tells the tale of a future America that is torn by civil war. WIth the country divided East vs West, a small group of Marines, led by Lt Clay (Dennis Katolin) and Staff Sergeant Warren (Adam LeAndre) from the east must track down and eliminate a mysterious doomsday device that is about to be employed by their enemy. As Clay struggles with taking his men into danger again, his mission forces his Marines to take over the home of Earl (Coley Speaks) and Kathy (Jennifer Marshall) who's relationship has become frayed by Earl's reluctance to confront his past. The group eventually realizes that there is a mysterious entity in the woods that could threaten the success of the Marines' mission and the couple's safety. Forced to confront each other, the two groups begin an exchange that challenges their beliefs as they are forced to deal with personal philosophies, past struggles, and present dangers. . (Less)

Two homeless men and their struggle with money, friendship, and life. 1st Place Documentary Winner in the 2008 Greater Philadelphia Student Film Festival.

A young couple's struggle through depression, and life leads to an unexpected surprise.

Meet the crazy, eco-friendly couple, Abner and Mindy Greensteen; and watch them struggle to save the world, and not kill their neighbor - non-recycler, and... (More)

Meet the crazy, eco-friendly couple, Abner and Mindy Greensteen; and watch them struggle to save the world, and not kill their neighbor - non-recycler, and spoiler of the earth, Drake Minsk. (Less)

Based on the James Thurber story, this short examines the domestic power struggles between a desperate suburbanite and his wife.

The John Paul II International Film Festival will be taking place on October 30th-November 1st 2009 in Miami, Florida. Please join us in celebrating films ... (More)

The John Paul II International Film Festival will be taking place on October 30th-November 1st 2009 in Miami, Florida. Please join us in celebrating films about the human struggles of love, respect, dignity, truth, and freedom. Check out our site at www.jp2filmfestival.com. (Less)

An aging photographer and grandfather struggles to relate with his changing family while coming to terms with his own life. Honorable Mention in Drama in ... (More)

An aging photographer and grandfather struggles to relate with his changing family while coming to terms with his own life. Honorable Mention in Drama in the 2008 Greater Philadelphia Student Film Festival. (Less)

In a post-apocalyptic world 200 years in the future, a young man living in a decaying wreck of a dwelling struggles to come to terms with his bleak ... (More)

In a post-apocalyptic world 200 years in the future, a young man living in a decaying wreck of a dwelling struggles to come to terms with his bleak existence while trying to save his mother from the grip of a strange black fluid which seems to prolong life but at the same time leaves it's users in a drug-like haze and causes scar-like tissue to cover their bodies.

Scars of Youth is the newest feature-length work from writer/producer/director John R. Hand, make of the bold experimental horror film Frankensteins Bloody Nightmare. (Less)

Jeneane Menthol struggles to get her kids off to school, and not to be late for Monday morning yogilates.

From a tender moment, to a vicious memory, Reece’s past has come back to haunt him as he struggles to unravel what happened to his wife. .

A short drama that explores sibling dynamics through the eyes of the over-achieving older sister and addresses the expectations (good and bad) we have for ... (More)

A short drama that explores sibling dynamics through the eyes of the over-achieving older sister and addresses the expectations (good and bad) we have for another. An official selection from the 2008 Greater Philadelphia Student Film Festival. (Less)

Night on a taxidermist’s workbench sees a creature struggle to find it’s identity in a confusing world of “Natural” History and conflicting animal ... (More)

Night on a taxidermist’s workbench sees a creature struggle to find it’s identity in a confusing world of “Natural” History and conflicting animal and human guises. The subsequent “human” choices of the character result in its eventual susceptibility to the influences and trappings of human life ultimately bringing about its demise. Made using stop-motion animation “Natural History” transports the viewer into an alternative world where objects have a life, and a destiny, of their own. (Less)

A family struggles through the burdens of the universe.

Check out this award winning documentary at FirstGlance Film Fest 9 Hollywood May 1-3, 2009. CONNECT USA follows one man's search for human connections ... (More)

Check out this award winning documentary at FirstGlance Film Fest 9 Hollywood May 1-3, 2009. CONNECT USA follows one man's search for human connections across a divided nation. Using the board game Connect Four as device to both engage and disarm, Gregory Rossi travels the country and constructs a unique narrative of shared human struggle and triumph?. (Less)

Making Of: "The Chosen One" Watch the making of a no budget independent film "The Chosen One" that was developed from the award winning short "Vampires ... (More)

Making Of: "The Chosen One"
Watch the making of a no budget independent film "The Chosen One" that was developed from the award winning short "Vampires Die!". In this 'Direct Cinema' treatment we watch the struggles and rewards of filmmaking from production with Jack Silverman talking about his times with John Cassavetes to the horror of editing with an out of control editor. The end is really a powerful statement about filmmaking today!

The Northampton Independent Film Festival, Premiere.
The Berkshire International Film Festival, SOLD OUT, Rough Cut.
The Berkshire Fringe Festival, Rough Cut.
The Cove Bowling Lanes, Controversial Rough Cut.

Press:

”It is alternately a dark gothic tale and a wicked satire that mixes European art film with a Grade B American horror aesthetic – part Ingmar Bergman, part Val Lewton, and all Theodore Collatos.”
- John Mitchell (North Adams Transcript).

“I think your filmmaking does have a really nice creative piece to it and an edge to it… I said here is a filmmaker!”
- Michael Haley ("Honeymoon Killers").

"The Chosen One challenges traditional notions of horror movies.”
- Catherine Fahy (The Advocate).

"A little film is creating a big stir.”
- News 10 Albany.

"Psychedelic slasher.”
- Christine Triantos (Richmond Record). (Less)