Director Biography – Nicola Fan (DAFFODIL) — Festival for Drama in Film, Screenplays, Novels

Nicola Fan is a Hong Kong based graphic designer and award-winning filmmaker. Her drama short film LIL’ TIGER, was awarded Best Director of Short Foreign Film at 2019 North Europe International Film Festival. Her first feature length documentary SHE OBJECTS, was official selection at 2016 Sundance Film Festival Hong Kong. It was also awarded Best […]… Continue reading Director Biography – Nicola Fan (DAFFODIL) — Festival for Drama in Film, Screenplays, Novels

Short Film: FROM THE THUNDER, 10min., Canada, Drama/War — Festival for Drama in Film, Screenplays, Novels

From The Thunder is a visually striking yet poignant depiction of the horrors of war on soldiers of all countries. Shown on a more personal scale than that of a large war piece, we follow three Canadian scouts as they come across a lone German deserter when looking for shelter from the impending storm. We […]… Continue reading Short Film: FROM THE THUNDER, 10min., Canada, Drama/War — Festival for Drama in Film, Screenplays, Novels

Director Biography – Daniel Everitt-Lock — Festival for Drama in Film, Screenplays, Novels

Director and Cinematographer, Daniel has worked across 5 continents in over 15 countries over the past 8 years. Now based in Toronto, Daniel works primarily as a Cinematographer, and co-owns True Perspective in which he is Creative Director. Proudest moments currently include; winning Best VR film for Humanity at the Toronto New Wave Film Festival, […]… Continue reading Director Biography – Daniel Everitt-Lock — Festival for Drama in Film, Screenplays, Novels

Short Film: INNOCENT BOY, 15min., USA, Drama/Thriller — Festival for Drama in Film, Screenplays, Novels

On an unforgiving highway, a group of hustlers, led by a loathsome Madam, prey on the lonely desperados who have come for sex, drugs and Mommas special milk. Penny, a young trans boy in the throws of withdraw, is relentlessly bullied by his brother in trade, but things change when a ruthless cowboy rides into […]… Continue reading Short Film: INNOCENT BOY, 15min., USA, Drama/Thriller — Festival for Drama in Film, Screenplays, Novels

Director Biography – Brock Cravy (INNOCENT BOY) — Festival for Drama in Film, Screenplays, Novels

At the age of 17, I got my first big break as a PA on a straight-to-video action flick starring Mickey Rourke. From there, I cut my teeth assisting on popular Emmy award winning shows like American Idol, The Amazing Race and with the original fab five on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. Development […]… Continue reading Director Biography – Brock Cravy (INNOCENT BOY) — Festival for Drama in Film, Screenplays, Novels

Short Film: REECE, 10min, USA, Drama — Festival for Drama in Film, Screenplays, Novels

With increasing violence in his neighborhood, a young man, Reece, fights for his community regardless of the consequences. Film Type: Short, Student Runtime: 10 minutes 9 seconds Completion Date: April 10, 2019 Country of Origin: United States Country of Filming: United States Film Language: English Shooting Format: Digital Aspect Ratio: 2:39 Film Color: Color Short Film:… Continue reading Short Film: REECE, 10min, USA, Drama — Festival for Drama in Film, Screenplays, Novels

Director Biography – Dusan Brown (REECE) — Festival for Drama in Film, Screenplays, Novels

Teen Actor-Director-Writer Dusan Brown can next be seen in a lead role in the Netflix feature film, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. He joins Oscar winner Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther) and Emmy winner Glynn Turman. Two-time Tony winner, George C. Wolfe (“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”) will direct while Todd Black, Dany Wolf […]… Continue reading Director Biography – Dusan Brown (REECE) — Festival for Drama in Film, Screenplays, Novels

Valley Girl (1983) — Every Nicolas Cage Movie

The movie itself Valley Girl doesn’t quite add up. Or rather, there’s a missing variable, an ‘x’ that’s impossible to find, a variable that, if found, would help make sense of why this 80s teen movie (originally meant to be a trashy exploitation money grab), starring then non-stars (and pretty much unknown) Nicolas Cage and […]… Continue reading Valley Girl (1983) — Every Nicolas Cage Movie

Rumble Fish (1983) and The Cotton Club (1984) — Every Nicolas Cage Movie

The context I’d like to start these reviews out by apologizing for already messing with the format in my second essay. Though I initially started out with the idea of writing an individual essay for each Nicolas Cage movie, I realized upon doing research of Rumble Fish that he only had a small (but important) […]… Continue reading Rumble Fish (1983) and The Cotton Club (1984) — Every Nicolas Cage Movie

The Boy in Blue (1986) — Every Nicolas Cage Movie

The movie It’s hard to make a boring sports movie – so long as you have some action shots of the sport being played, a montage, and a rise-fall-rise underdog plot, it’s easy to make a decently exciting (not original but whatever) movie. There’s a tension inherent in the sports movie formula, one that exists […]… Continue reading The Boy in Blue (1986) — Every Nicolas Cage Movie