REMISSION
Short Film
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Paul Kaiser (Producer, Story, Co-Written, Production Design, Costumes, Music, Animation Art, Acting)
CASUAL VIGNETTES of GILDED VULGARITY
Short Film​
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Paul Kaiser (Producer, Director, Written by, Production Design)
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*
SELECTED SCREENINGS AND AWARDS
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(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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(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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(Academy Award Qualifying, Moviemaker Top 50, FilmFreeway Top 100)
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(Moviemaker Top 50, FilmFreeway Top 100)
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(Moviemaker Top 50, FilmFreeway Top 100)
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(BAFTA Cymru Qualifying, FilmFreeway Top 100)
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Rome International Film Festival
(Moviemaker Top 50)
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(Member of Méliès International Festivals Federation)
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(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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Filmquest
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The Militello Independent Film Fest
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Prague Independent Film Festival
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