Selections | SPYFLIX

The inaugural SPYFLIX Festival has concluded. We were honored to present the amazing shorts, features and documentaries listed below.

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official selections

In the Blink of an Eye: A James Bond Fan Film

(Narrative Short) Spotlight Series Selection

Written & Directed by Kevin Croxton

Special appearance by George Lazenby

James Bond and his spy team go on a daring mission to stop Blofeld and his evil organization SPECTRE from carrying out a plot to control the world.

expired September 25th

Available globally (runtime 00:11:20)

Data

(Narrative Short) Spotlight Series Selection

Written & Directed by Spencer Glover

Daniela prides herself on protecting her precious online data, until a random coffee shop conversation causes her to rethink her methods.

expired September 19th

Available globally (runtime 00:10:00)

Silver Age

(Narrative Short) Spotlight Series Selection

Written & Co-Directed by Harrison Lees
Co-Directed by Steve Makowski

A young underachiever struggles to navigate his grandfather Gus's senile paranoia while unraveling the mystery of Gus's past with the help of a sinister stranger.

expired September 12th

Available globally (runtime 00:22:19)

Trauma

(Narrative Short) Spotlight Series Selection

Written & Directed by Hesam Dehghani

A young girl takes revenge on the man who just brutally raped her in the street (inspired by true events). No one hears your cries for help.

expired September 5th

Available globally (runtime 00:14:41)

Still Working

(Narrative Short) Spotlight Series Selection

Written & Directed by Julietta Korbel

The guardian of a factory doomed to be demolished is faced with the end of his universe.

expired August 29th

Available globally (runtime 00:17:25)

Not Suitable for Children

(Narrative Short) Spotlight Series Selection

Written & Directed by Daniel Noblom

A sad kid whose favorite toy has been broken or a man who seeks revenge? It's all about perspective.

expired August 22nd

Available globally (runtime 00:06:23)

The Dry Cleaner

(Narrative Short) Spotlight Series Selection

Written & Directed by Chris Carr

A British intelligence officer attempts to convince a Middle Eastern student to spy on a revolutionary group operating in her university which may have ties to a terrorist group.

expired August 15th

Available globally (runtime 00:19:30)

Sisterhood of Spies: Operation Flashlight

(Series) Spotlight Series Selection

Directed by Gina Bennett

Written by Gina Bennett & Victoria Fromme

Episode 1 of a new animated series featuring four high school girls who find they do not need super powers to save the world, just each other.

expired August 8th

Available globally (runtime 00:13:52)

QuaranChase!

(Narrative short) Spotlight Series Selection

Directed by Candy Hope

Written by Candy Hope & Andrew "Ap" Aprahamian

A pandemic can't stop her, so what will? Jamie Simons is a CIA special agent with a mission that cannot be killed by quarantine or any close bonds.

expired August 1st

Available globally (runtime 00:02:33)

Running in the Shadows

(Narrative short) Spotlight Series Selection

Written & Directed by Bradley Riddle

A 'skeleton in the closet' cautionary tale.

expired July 25th

Available globally (runtime 00:03:25)

The Hoaxing

(Narrative short) Spotlight Series Selection

Directed by Bevin McNamara

Written by Justin Gallaher & Samuel Roseme

A young artist couple moves into a painter’s studio where the previous tenant hacked two people to death. The couple quickly discovers the studio harbors dark secrets.

expired July 18th

Available globally (runtime 00:11:55)

The Codebreaker

(Documentary feature) Spotlight Series Selection

Written & Directed by Chana Gazit

Discover the fascinating story of Elizebeth Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst who helped bring down infamous gangsters and break up a Nazi spy ring in South America.

expired July 11th

Available globally (runtime 00:52:51)

The Process

(Narrative Short) Spotlight Series Selection

Directed by Naman Gupta

Written by Steve Lucas

Esteban shares his step-by-step process, letting you feel every drop, every moment of his labor of love. Pure obsession, based on a true story.

expired July 4th

Available globally (runtime 00:07:11)

The Odd Perspective

(Narrative Feature) Spotlight Series Selection

Directed by Yolanda Torres

Written by Joan Álvarez Durán

Featuring Christopher Hunter, Arne Gottschling, Sanna Toivanen

Aleix, a synergist able to see patterns in reality, joins forces with his estranged Chief of Police brother in a murder investigation.

expired June 27

Available globally (runtime 01:35:34)

Safe House

(Narrative Short) Spotlight Series Selection

Written & Directed by Tom Rizzuto

Starring Tom Rizzuto

A criminal tries to make a safe house into a safe home.

expired June 20

Available globally (runtime 00:06:02)

Operation Overlord: OSS and the Battle for France

(Doc Short) Spotlight Series Selection

Written & Directed by Carl Colby

Produced by Carl Colby, Walker Lambert, Karolina Jasinska de Benvanides

The story of Allied special forces whose daring exploits changed the course of World War II.

expired June 13

Available globally (runtime 00:15:47)

The State of Texas vs. Melissa

(Doc Feature) Spotlight Series Selection

Written & Directed by Sabrina Van Tassel

Produced by Isaac Sharry, Sabrina Van Tassel, Philippe de Bourbon

Over ten years ago, Melissa Lucio became the first Hispanic woman sentenced to death in Texas. She is now on her last appeal.

expired June 6

Available globally (runtime 01:42:27)

The Letter Room

(Narrative Short) Spotlight Series Selection

Written & Directed by Elvira Lind

Featuring Oscar Isaac & Alia Shawkat

When a kind-hearted prison officer (Oscar Isaac) is transferred to the letter room, he soon gets involved in a death row inmate's personal affairs.

expired May 30

Available globally (runtime 00:32:31)

Blind Corners

(Narrative Short) Spotlight Series Selection

Written & Directed by Catherine Nickson

Featuring Roy Barker & Verity Higgins

A paranoid professor becomes increasingly convinced a subversive organization orchestrating the current world chaos has discovered him.

expired May 23

Available globally (runtime 00:12:57)

The Penny Black

(Documentary Feature) Spotlight Series Selection

Directed by William J. Saunders

Created by William Saunders & Alexander Greer

Featuring Will Cassayd-Smith

The estranged son of a con-man fights temptation, paranoia, and his own nefarious legacy after being left with a mysterious, million-dollar stamp collection.

expired May 16

Available globally (runtime 01:38:53)

This is Not a Movie

(Documentary Feature) Official Selection

Written & Directed by Yung Chang

For more than 40 years, journalist Robert Fisk has reported on some of the most violent and divisive conflicts in the world.

No longer available (runtime 01:48:54)

Anthony Crawford - The Man the South Forgot

(Documentary Short) Official Selection

Directed by Carol Devoe
Produced By Howard Bowler, Carol Devoe, Tiffany Jackman

A Young African American Woman journeys to her ancestors’ historically racist South Carolina hometown to memorialize her great-great grandfather. Since

No longer available (runtime 00:26:41)

The Psychics

(Narrative Feature) Official Selection

Written & Directed by Tomas Sem Løkke-Sørensen
Featuring: Kirsti Lovas, Frank Thomas Holen Andersen, Oddrun Valestrand

A woman making a documentary about psychics searches for answers surrounding the disappearance of her sister.

No longer available (runtime 01:13:13)

RING

(Narrative Short) Official Selection

Written & Directed by India Dupre
Featuring: Katrina Eroen, Jasper Newman, India Dupre

A video doorbell spies on a new couple across the hall as their relationship takes a dark turn.

No longer available (runtime 00:11:11)

Girl Boxer

(Series) Official Selection

Written & Directed by Lauren McCann
Featuring Lauren McCann, Jack Mulcahy, David Sitler

What is right or wrong when you fight for family? A hard-up-single-mother (and former boxer) is lured by the Irish mob into an ongoing underground boxing and gambling ring.

No longer available (runtime 00:21:11)

The System

(Series) Official Selection

Directed by Michael Cruz
Written By Howard Bowler
Featuring Lauren McCann, Jack Mulcahy, David Sitler

A group of teenagers clash with overzealous police as "The War on Drugs” expands into a middle-class suburban community.

No longer available (runtime 00:28:35)

Break In

(Series) Official Selection

Directed by Anthony Nardolillo
Written By Justin Gallaher
Featuring: Roland Buck III, Melanie Scrofano, David Zayas

The city's most successful burglar breaks into the wrong home - a serial killer's.

No longer available (runtime 00:15:03)

Safe Space

(Narrative Short) Official Selection

Written & Directed by Jake Robb
Featuring: Gregory Caine, Erick Mitsak, Mark Simmonds

You have the right to remain - silenced.

No longer available (runtime 00:05:34)

Coded Bias

(Documentary Feature) Official Selection

Directed by Shalini Kantayya
Featuring: Joy Buolamwini, Meredith Broussard, Cathy O'Neil

What does it mean when artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly governs our liberties? And what are the consequences for the people AI is biased against?

No longer available (runtime 01:25:39)

How to Steal a Country

(Documentary Feature) Official Selection

Directed by Rehad Desai, Mark Kaplan
Written By Rehad Desai

A journey into how investigative journalists uncovered the alleged corruption scandal surrounding former President Jacob Zuma and the Gupta family.

No longer available (runtime 01:33:29)

The reel 11004

(Documentary Short) Official Selection

Directed by Mirabelle Fréville
Produced By Adeline Le Dantec

In 1946, shortly after the atomic bombings, an American army team shot a documentary about ‘defeated Japan’. Reel 11004 concerning Hiroshima and Nagasaki would be classified top secret for 36 years.

No longer available (runtime 00:19:00)

CHRONOLOGY

(Narrative Feature) Official Selection

Written & Directed by Ali Aydin
Featuring: Birkan Sokullu, Cemre Ebuzziya, Tansu Biçer

After Nihal disappears, her husband stops at nothing to find out what happened.

No longer available (runtime 01:58:23)

The Bird

(Narrative Short) Official Selection

Written & Directed by Take Yasui

Stylish Hardboiled stop-motion & CGI mixed animation in film noir ambiance.

No longer available (runtime 00:04:50)

Green Blood

(Series) Official Selection

Directed by Arthur Bouvart, Jules Giraudat
Written By Laurent Richard

An investigation following the sand, the nickel and the gold emerging from mines.

No longer available (runtime 1:30:51)

I'll End Up In Jail

(Narrative Short) Official Selection

Written & Directed by Alexandre Dostie
Featuring: Joseph Delorey, Martine Francke, Stéphane F. Jacques

A stay-at-home mom gets into a murderous car crash where nobody wants to take the blame.

No longer available (runtime 00:23:03)

NOC - Non Official Cover

(Series) Official Selection

Directed by Ian Voglesong
Written By Alex Swift
Featuring Joel Brady, Natalie Knepp, Alexander Hodge

A struggling actor in Brooklyn gets offered a Faustian deal by the CIA to work with them in exchange for acting jobs, only the roles they feed him are no good, and the danger he finds in is real.

No longer available (runtime 00:25:36)

Blackmark - A Cold War Spy Thriller

(Narrative Feature) Official Selection

Written & Directed by AJ Martinson III
Featuring Kaiwi Lyman, Jeff Hatch, Corey MacIntosh

Arthur Blackmark and a Soviet nuclear commander must fight against a shadowy organization to prevent a nuclear holocaust.

No longer available (runtime 01:34:20)

Influence

(Documentary Feature) WINNER

Directed by Richard Poplak, Diana Neille
Produced By Bob Moore, Neil Brandt

Influence is a profile of the morally slippery British reputation manager, Lord Timothy Bell.

No longer available (runtime 01:30:25)

A Head Shorter

(Documentary Short) WINNER

Written & Directed by Sasha Sivan Bortnik
Featuring: Naftali Deutsch, Greg Berman

A story about a 12 year-old boy during the Holocaust and how he found himself faced with the decision to kill a Nazi guard.

No longer available (runtime 00:23:12)

Should the Wind Drop

(Narrative Feature) WINNER

Directed by Nora Martirosyan
Written By Nora Martirosyan, Emmanuelle Pagano
Featuring: Grégoire Colin

An auditor charged with appraising whether the airport in a small, breakaway republic in the Caucasus meets international aviation standards finds himself uniting with a young local boy.

No longer available (runtime 01:40:15)

Da Yie

(Narrative Short) WINNER

Directed by Anthony Nti
Written By Chingiz Karibekov, Anthony Nti
Featuring: Prince Agortey, Matilda Enchil, Goua Robert Grovogui

Young Matilda and Prince are taken on a life-changing trip by a stranger.

No longer available (runtime 00:20:33)

#martyisdead

(Series) WINNER

Directed by Pavel Soukup
Written By Jaroslav T. Miška
Featuring: Jakub Nemcok, Jan Grundman, Petra Buckova

When 15-year old Marty dies, his father follows the footprints of his digital life.

No longer available (runtime 01:47:13)

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