[INSERT SHORT FILM TITLE]

In the mind of every filmmaker, there are two wolves locked in an epic, eternal, and fierce battle for control and influence.

The combatants? The analytical left brain and the whimsical right. [INSERT SHORT FILM TITLE] personifies these cerebral hemispheres in the monumentally (or at least marginally) comedic performances of Chrissy Mozylisky and Matthew MacCaull, evoking the cinematic manifestation of that cerebrum arm wrestle in the form of a meta-troll of the short film genre.

Delicately straddling the line between homage and parody, ISFT stands on the shoulders of giants, taking filmic inspiration from sources as varied as classical German Expressionism, adrenaline fueled American action movies, the daring Danish Dogme95 independent movement, literal internet memes, and many, many more.

ISFT accomplishes all of this while constraining itself to a tight 12-ish minute run time and while taking on the herculean, virtually-impossible task of getting an audience to be genuinely excited to watch other people’s short films.

Box office smash? Maybe. Oscar-bait? Cha-duh. Good enough to be accepted into semi-reputable film festivals? Oh God, please, God.

  • Kory Orban
    Director
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7662791/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_2_nm_3_q_Kory%2520Orban
  • Kory Orban
    Writer
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7662791/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_2_nm_3_q_Kory%2520Orban
  • Vincent Stander
    Producer
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7150975/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_1_nm_7_q_Vincent%2520Stander
  • Alecia Maslechko
    Producer
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6772114/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_4_q_Alecia%2520Maslech
  • Kory Orban
    Producer
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7662791/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_2_nm_3_q_Kory%2520Orban
  • Jon Brinn
    Producer
  • Chrissy Mozylisky
    Key Cast
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5589384/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_1_q_Chrissy%2520Mozylisky
  • Matthew MacCaull
    Key Cast
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0531468/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_4_tt_0_nm_7_q_Matthew%2520Mac
  • Cherilynn Fulbright
    Supporting Cast
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2177049/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_8_q_Cherilynn
  • Bennett Taylor
    Supporting Cast
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7121620/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_8_q_Bennett%2520Taylor
  • Kayvon Saremi
    Supporting Cast
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7695595/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_1_nm_4_q_Kayvon%2520Saremi
  • Jesse Wicklund
    Other Key Creatives
    https://www.jessewicklund.com
  • Rio Savana Prystay
    Other Key Creatives
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4216241/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_5_nm_3_q_Rio%2520Pry
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    12 minutes 21 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 15, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    20,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Alternative Film Festival
    Toronto
    Canada
    December 27, 2023
    Winner - Best Director
  • The Art House Film Festival
    Online
    January 14, 2024
    Semi-Finalist
  • Atlanta Comedy Film Festival
    Atlanta, Georgia
    United States
    November 10, 2023
    Nominee - Best Comedy Film
  • Brussels World Film Festival
    Brussels
    Belgium
    November 13, 2023
    Semi-Finalist
  • Berlin Indie Film Festival
    Berlin
    Germany
    May 10, 2024
    Official Selection
  • Canada Shorts Film Festival
    Vancouver
    Canada
    December 16, 2023
    Award of Excellence
  • Chicago International REEL Shorts Film
    Chicago, Illinois
    United States
    October 16, 2023
    Winner - Best International Short
  • The Comedy Short Awards
    London
    United Kingdom
    February 9, 2024
    Nominee - Best International Short, Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography
  • Dublin International Comedy Film Festival
    Dublin
    Ireland
    November 29, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Fest Short Berlin
    Berlin
    Germany
    December 18, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Flight Deck Film Festival
    New York
    United States
    November 18, 2023
    Winner - Best Director
  • The Great Canadian Comedy Film Festival
    Toronto
    Canada
    November 24, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Genre Celebration Festival
    Tokyo
    Japan
    November 24, 2023
    Winner - Best Director, Best Comedy Short
  • Ha Ha Harvest Comedy and Film Festival
    Portland, Oregon
    United States
    November 24, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Hawaii International Film Awards
    Hawaii
    United States
    February 26, 2024
    Winner - Best Comedy
  • Hollywood BLVD Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    December 9, 2023
    Nominee - Best Comedy Short
  • Hollywood North International Film Festival
    North Vancouver
    Canada
    December 16, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Houston Comedy Film Festival
    Houston
    United States
    February 10, 2024
    Official Selection
  • The Iron Mule Short Film Festival
    New York
    United States
    January 16, 2024
    Official Selection
  • Kurz Klub
    Radovljica
    United States
    October 27, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Las Cruces International Film Festival
    Las Cruces
    United States
    April 3, 2024
    Official Selection
  • Los Angeles Comedy Festival
    Los Angeles, California
    Australia
    November 10, 2023
    Official Selection
  • London International Filmmakers Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    December 20, 2023
    Semi-Finalist - Best Comedy
  • Love Your Shorts Film Festival
    Sanford
    United States
    February 15, 2024
    Official Selection
  • London-Worldwide International Comedy Short Film Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    February 3, 2024
    Official Selection
  • Milton Film Festival
    Milton
    Canada
    January 26, 2024
    Official Selection
  • Mindfield Film Festival
    Albuquerque, New Mexico
    Slovenia
    August 23, 2024
    Semi-Finalist
  • Near Far Film Festival
    Dayboro, Queensland
    United States
    December 8, 2023
    Nominee - Best Narrative Film
  • Oakland Film Festival
    Oakland
    United States
    December 14, 2023
    Semi-Finalist
  • The Rio Grand Film Festival
    Vancouver
    United States
    December 4, 2023
  • Santa Clarita International Film Festival
    Santa Clarita
    Canada
    December 7, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Santa Monica International Film Awards
    Santa Monica
    United States
    Semi-Finalist - Best Comedy Film
  • San Jose Independent Film Festival
    San Jose
    United States
    December 13, 2023
    Semi-Finalist
  • Screaming Ostrich International Film Festival
    Newton, Massachusetts
    United States
    October 14, 2023
    Finalist
  • Short Film Slam
    Philadelphia
    United States
    December 16, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Spokane International Film Festival
    Spokane
    United States
    February 9, 2024
    Official Selection
  • Tampa Bay Underground Film Festival
    Tampa Bay
    United States
    December 7, 2023
    Winner - Best Short Film, Best Cinematography; Nominee - , Best Director, Best Effects, Best Editing, Best Production Design
  • Top Shorts
    Online Competition
    United States
    Winner - October 2023 (Short of the Month, Best Narrative Film, Best Comedy, Best First Time Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Score)
  • Toronto Indie Shorts
    Toronto, Ontario
    Canada
    January 5, 2024
    Best Comedy
  • Edinburgh Film Awards
    Edinburgh
    United Kingdom
    January 22, 2024
    Semi-Finalist
  • Crossing The Screen
    Eastbourne
    United Kingdom
    March 21, 2024
  • Centeral Coast International Film Festival
    Oxnard
    United States
    Nominee - Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Editor
  • Lytham Film Festival
    Lytham St Annes, UK
    August 23, 2024
    Best Editing
  • BEST SHORT FEST
    Online
    September 20, 2024
    Semi-Finalist
  • Short Way Festival
    São Paulo
    Brazil
    September 17, 2024
    Finalist
  • ConCarolinas Short Film Festival
    Charlotte, North Carolina
    United States
    June 1, 2024
    Best North American Short Film
  • San Francisco Frozen Film Festival
    San Francisco
    United States
    July 21, 2024
    Best Comedic Film
  • Hamilton New York International Film Festival
    Hamilton
    July 23, 2024
    Finalist - Neighbours to The North
Director Biography - Kory Orban

Kory is an almost-pretty-much-reasonably professional participant in Vancouver, British Columbia’s (the place where they hosted the 2010 winter olympics and shot the first several seasons of The X-Files before the cast got all uppity and moved the show to LA) Film and Television production industry. Trudging his way through the ranks of the biz, Kory has ascended from a lowly production assistant (garbage man to the stars) all the way to transcendent heights of (hopefully not panned) short film directing with a few actually kind of neat stops in between in the form of credits on summer blockbusters and Emmy nominated television series.

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Director Statement

Along with my collaborators, we sought out to achieve the impossible with ISFT. How? By making a short film that genuinely inspired excitement in an audience to watch more short films!

Hardy, har, har with a little chortle on top.

Joking aside, the intent behind the project was to provide festival programmers with a pallet cleansing option for their line ups that maintains the momentum and thrill generated by more emotionally heavy fare without completely taking the audiences mind off the power and allure of the cinematic medium.

We did this by digging deep into the depths of our professional experience as crew members and unceasing love for the medium that initially drew us to the industry.

To us, ISFT is a snarky love letter to both the biz and the art form that is Film and Television production