[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 2, 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
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