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Remission

Short Film

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

CASUAL VIGNETTES of GILDED VULGARITY

Short Film

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

THE SHELL JACKET

Feature Screenplay

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.

Authors Paul Kaiser (story, written by) and Logan Sparks (written by)

Rhode Island International Film Festival  *Screenplay Finalist*

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

Mallorca International Film Festival   *Screenplay Special Mention*

Selected Screenings and Awards:

Slamdance Film Festival

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

Rhode Island International Film Festival * Screenplay Finalist*

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

Brooklyn Film Festival *Audience Award Experimental Film Winner*

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

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

(Moviemaker Top 50, FilmFreeway Top 100)

Oxford Film Festival *Best Experimental Film Winner*

(Moviemaker Top 50)

Sapporo International Short Film Festival *Best Production Design Winner*

(Canadian Screen Award Qualifying)

LA Shorts Int. Film Festival

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

Interfilm Berlin - International Short Film Festival

(Academy Award Qualifying)

HollyShorts Film Festival

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

Mammoth Lakes Film Festival

(Moviemaker Top 50, FilmFreeway Top 100)

Sidewalk Film Festival

(Moviemaker Top 50, FilmFreeway Top 100)

Carmarthen Bay Film Festival

(BAFTA Cymru Qualifying, FilmFreeway Top 100)

Rome International Film Festival

(Moviemaker Top 50)

Court Métrange Festival

(Member of Méliès International Festivals Federation)

Fil'm Hafızası 

(Leading arts and culture platform of Turkey)

Athens Short Film Festival *Best Cinematography Winner*

Fine Arts Film Festival *Best Experimental Film Winner*

Santa Cruz Film Festival *Best Experimental Film Winner*

NewFilmmakers Film Festival *Best New Media Winner*

Montana Film Festival

Filmquest

Slamdance Cinema Club

Humboldt Int. Film Festival

Slamdance Cinema Club Encore!

The Militello Independent Film Fest

Prague Independent Film Festival

NÒT Film Festival

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