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This summer, NO LIGHT / NO DARKNESS will screen in competition at the 21st annual Golden Apricot Film Festival in Yerevan, Armenia. The festival runs from Jul 7-14, screening and ticket information will be available on the festival’s official website.
No Light / No Darkness competed in the 2024 Film Series at Cine Gear Expo as one of six finalists in the Independent Shorts category. The screening was held on Friday, June 7th at Warner Bros. Studios. For more information, visit the official Cine Gear site.
Margos Margossian’s short film NO LIGHT / NO DARKNESS will have its world premiere at the ECU Film Festival in Paris, France on April 21st, 2024! If you’re in the neighborhood, tickets can be purchased HERE.
/Film highlights Nano as the most popular and one of the best short films on the OTT platform DUST. Check out their writeup where they describe the film as “a smart, compelling, cyberpunk noir that a studio would be wise to snatch up for a feature film adaptation.”
Toxic has been reviewed and featured on IndieShortsMag.com! In addition to praising Mike Manning’s direction, their review goes on to specifically highlight the fantastic work by actors John Bain and Keisha Castle-Hughes, Kevin Zanit’s cinematography, Dane Naimy’s editing and Daniel Walter’s score. Read the full review HERE!
Via Dust: Drum roll please! 2020 marks the inaugural year of the ALTER & DUST Awards 🤩
All data has been gathered between Dec 1st 2019 and November 30th 2020. Congratulations to all our winners & thank you to everybody who made this year an otherworldly, terrifying and entertaining place to be (on ALTER & DUST, at least!).
Toxic has been reviewed and featured on FirstShowing.net! In Alex Billington’s review, he discusses how “The film plays on insecurities and the confusion of expectations vs reality, but also shows us how one fragile male ego cracks after being rejected by a woman at a party.” Read the entire piece HERE!
Toxic has been featured as the “Short of the Day” on Shorted! They note in their review that “it's very important to pay attention to the images which inhabit the screen, whether in a corner or predominating the space entirely, for it is them that carry the intended, distinctive, well-defined message of the plot.”
Toxic is now available on Omeleto! Be sure to check out their amazing review where they describe the film as “undeniably topical, but it escapes the traps of being an “issue” film with a deft, complex portrayal of how insecurity and entitlement intertwine with one another to form a toxic combination.”
Film Shortage has premiered Toxic on their website as a “Featured Short!” Their review: “While the setting is one that happens on the daily, it’s rare that we get this point of view captured. Where we get a intriguing glimpse at how insecurities can create radicalizations. Even though the film doesn’t contain a horrific ending, we applaud the raw setup and insinuations of what’s to come.”
Toxic will screen in competition at the 20th annual Valley Film Fest on Saturday, 11/14 at The Plant Drive-in in Van Nuys!
Show time is at 6:30pm, get your tickets HERE.
Toxic will be screening (virtually) in competition at the inaugural Loudoun Arts Film Festival! The film will be available to stream from 8/29 to 9/5 as part of Shorts Block 1.
Tickets available HERE.
Toxic was awarded “Best Short” in July as part of the monthly online competition IndieX Film Festival.
Wanting is a semi-finalist in Dances With Films quarantine-contest “120 Second Film Rumble.” You can vote once a day every day from now through July 12th.
Two rules: Filming must take place where you are sheltering and cast and crew are limited to those you are sheltering with.
A celebration of our work over the last 12 years featuring footage and outtakes from all of our projects--including those that were never released or abandoned!
You can now watch Nano on DUST! Available on all of their platforms (Youtube, Facebook and IGTV). Check it out!
TO LIVE AND DINE IN L.A. is now available on Omeleto! Be sure to check out their amazing review where they describe the film as a “self-assured comic gem that’s smart and impeccably calibrated to highlight its biggest asset, thanks to sharp writing and supremely stylish visuals”
After 10 years in cold storage, we scanned the 35mm negative and remastered TO LIVE AND DINE IN L.A.! Check it out in glorious HD at FilmShortage.com, where they’ve premiered it as a Daily Shorts Pick!
We’re proud to partner with Futurism to bring Nano to all of their media outlets, including Roku, Xumo, YouTube, and Facebook. Be sure to check out their writeup on Futurism.com as well!
THE CHIVE lists Nano as one of the best short films from 2017! Be sure to check out the other films on their list!
THE HORROR CLUB says Nano "would easily be at home as a segment on Black Mirror." Follow the link to check out their full review!
Check out director Mike Manning's interview with THE SILVER LAKE PICTURE SHOW, following their outdoor screening pairing of Nano and District 9!
io9.com has exclusively premiered Nano online! Check it out!