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REMISSION

Short Film

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Paul Kaiser (Producer, Story, Co-Written, Production Design, Costumes, Music, Animation Art, Acting)

Remission - a Short Film

CASUAL VIGNETTES of GILDED VULGARITY

Short Film​

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Paul Kaiser (Producer, Director, Written by, Production Design)

Casual Vignette of Gilded Vulgarity - a Short Film

THE SHELL JACKET

Feature Screenplay

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Years after the Civil War, an Army deserter with a dark secret is being hunted by members of his old unit. After they kidnap his ten-year-old daughter, he must survive the unforgiving California desert and rescue her before she’s the one who pays for his past.

 

Inspired by classic Westerns, the script takes a fresh approach by blending in supernatural elements to explore themes of PTSD, grief and loss, guilt, generational family dynamics, and the failures in fatherhood.

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Authors Paul Kaiser (Story, Written by) and Logan Sparks (Written by)

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Rhode Island International Film Festival  *Screenplay Finalist*

(Academy Award Qualifying, BAFTA Qualifying, Canadian Screen Award Qualifying)

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Mallorca International Film Festival   *Screenplay Special Mention*

Photography by Paul Kaiser

SELECTED SCREENINGS AND AWARDS

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Slamdance Film Festival

(Academy Award Qualifying, BAFTA Qualifying, Canadian Screen Award Qualifying, Moviemaker Top 50)

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Rhode Island International Film Festival * Screenplay Finalist*

(Academy Award Qualifying, BAFTA Qualifying, Canadian Screen Award Qualifying)

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Brooklyn Film Festival *Audience Award Experimental Film Winner*

(Canadian Screen Award Qualifying, Moviemaker Top 50, FilmFreeway Top 100)

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Evolution! Mallorca Int. Film Festival *Best Experimental Film Winner*

(Moviemaker Top 50, FilmFreeway Top 100)

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Oxford Film Festival *Best Experimental Film Winner*

(Moviemaker Top 50)

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Sapporo International Short Film Festival *Best Production Design Winner*

(Canadian Screen Award Qualifying)

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LA Shorts Int. Film Festival

(Academy Award Qualifying, BAFTA Qualifying, Canadian Screen Award Qualifying, FilmFreeway Top 100)

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Interfilm Berlin - International Short Film Festival

(Academy Award Qualifying)

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HollyShorts Film Festival

(Academy Award Qualifying, Moviemaker Top 50, FilmFreeway Top 100)

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Mammoth Lakes Film Festival

(Moviemaker Top 50, FilmFreeway Top 100)

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Sidewalk Film Festival

(Moviemaker Top 50, FilmFreeway Top 100)

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Carmarthen Bay Film Festival

(BAFTA Cymru Qualifying, FilmFreeway Top 100)

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Rome International Film Festival

(Moviemaker Top 50)

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Court Métrange Festival

(Member of Méliès International Festivals Federation)

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Fil'm Hafızası 

(Leading arts and culture platform of Turkey)

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Athens Short Film Festival *Best Cinematography Winner*

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Fine Arts Film Festival *Best Experimental Film Winner*

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Santa Cruz Film Festival *Best Experimental Film Winner*

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NewFilmmakers Film Festival *Best New Media Winner*

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Montana Film Festival

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Filmquest

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Slamdance Cinema Club

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Humboldt Int. Film Festival

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Slamdance Cinema Club Encore!

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The Militello Independent Film Fest

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Prague Independent Film Festival

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NÒT Film Festival

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