THE DEVIL'S TAIL
After lying to the cops to protect a loved one, Black-bi playwright Zete is still paying for it thirty years later. Now running a boat crossing and off-grid island campground, he carries his burdens deep inside. Up the hill at her manor house, his ex: failed artist Alice Briggs life learning curve is taking a long time to reach. Since age ten, a curse of deadly accidents, bad luck and failed relationships have kept her living in the past. The next curse is due in a week. Dance, drink, and dangerous letter writing are the artist's escape from caregiver duties, and today's high-tech reality she knows nothing of. Soon, a lonely matron and her young gay gigolo are about to arrive for a weeklong camping trip they'll never forget - and Alice's world will be turned upside down with the sudden arrival of her last living relative: hunky gay banker Ace. This time, Alice empowers herself to break her curse, get Zete back in her arms, and step into today - but how?
A Dramedy/Rom-Com introduction to the characters of The Devil's Tail: Failed artist and hoarder Alice's lifetime curse at her father's former evangelical scandal-ridden retreat; broken lives; LGBT loves; isolation; struggles to survive; ageing; disability; townsfolk confrontations; and adventures at the off-grid island campground of odd balls escaping the city. Life is always more beautiful on the surface of "The Devil's Tail".
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Gregory TerleckiDirector
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Gregory TerleckiWriterScreenplays: 1:"THE DEVIL'S TAIL" 2015 Queer Ideas Screenplay Development Series/Toronto; 1 of 8./#2:'THE RIVER de CHUTE KIDNAPPING CASE" AKA "GOING BEYOND VIOLET" 2014 Female Eye Film Festival; Official Laurel/#3: 2012 Moondance I.F.F."GOING BEYOND VIOLET" Semi Finalist/ #4:"TAKEOVER" 15th People's Pilot; Semi Finalist of TVWriter.com (Larry Brody)/#5: "HUNTER HOUSE" People's Pilot Finalist; TV Writer.com (Larry Brody) 2003
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Gregory TerleckiProducerExecutive Producer: The Nest (2019), Associate Producer: The Maids Will Come on Monday (2019), Special Thanks: The Orchard Girl (2019), Special Thanks: An Affair Remains (2018),Thanks: Morning After (2017), Thanks: I Am Divine (2013)
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Claudelle TremblayKey Cast"Alice Briggs"Noah's Truck (Cannes premiere), Crappy Situations, Titans of Tomorrow
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Scott McCullochKey Cast"The Boy"Macrame, Blood Empires, Mayday
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Asante TraceyKey Cast"Zete"So That Happened (TV series) Some Kind of Life (TV)
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Rohain AroraKey Cast"Ace"The Legend Himself, Dare Me, The 3
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Deborah LobbanKey Cast"The Matron"The Raven, Degrassi Junior High, Goosebumps, Eerie Indiana
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Cory BertrandKey Cast"The Gigolo"Murdoch Mysteries (TV series), The Last Sign, The Border (TV series), F* My Way Back Home
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Cameron StannardKey Cast"Mr. Every Wednesday"Streets of the 6ix, 1000: The Sword in the Stone, Nature Boy, Make Rosie Proud
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Joelle NemrCo-Director
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Miguel MonastCo-Producer
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Claudelle Tremblay2nd Unit Director
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Dave WoodsideCinematographerGreatest Race Canada, Top Chef Canada
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James M. FindlaySound DesignFormer Sony Music Canada head librarian
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Project Type:Feature, Short
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Genres:Female survivor, curse, dramedy, LGBTQ, fantasy, Rom-Com
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Runtime:35 minutes 34 seconds
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Completion Date:June 21, 2020
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Country of Origin:Canada
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Country of Filming:Canada
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:RED
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival: Official SelectionTokyo
Japan
Official Selection -
Eastern Europe International Movie Awards: Best Romantic Short FilmIzmir
Turkey
Silver Award: Best Romantic Short Film -
Focus International Film Festival: Official SelectionLos Angeles
United States
Official Selection as of Sept. 2020 -
Oniros Film AwardsSt Vincent
Italy
Finalist Best Romance Short & Finalist Best Screenplay & Grand Jury Award -
Charlottetown Film FestivalCharlottetown
Canada
September 2, 2020
Official Selection -
Eastern Europe International Movie AwardsIzmir
Turkey
September 15, 2020
Silver Awards: Best Actress: Claudelle Tremblay for: "The Devil's Tail" - Canada -
Kosice International Monthly Film FestivalKosice
Slovakia
Official Selection -
New York Istanbul Short Film FestivalNew York City
United States
Official Selection -
Montreal Independent Film FestivalMontreal
Canada
Official Selection -
Tagore International Film FestivalTagore, West Bengal
India
Best Director: Outstanding Achievement Award -
Feel The Reel International Film Festival: Winner - Best ScreenplayGlasgow
United Kingdom
Best Screenplay, September Edition -
Tagore International Film FestivalTagore, West Bengal
India
LGBT Film: Outstanding Achievement Award -
Tagore International Film FestivalTagore, West Bengal
India
Romantic Short Film: Outstanding Achievement Award -
Tagore International Film FestivalTagore, West Bengal
India
Short Film: Outstanding Achievement Award -
Golden Bridge Istanbul Short Film FestivalIstanbul
Turkey
Official Selection -
Anatolia International Film FestivalIstanbul
Turkey
Official Selection -
Feel The Reel International Film FestivalGlasgow
United Kingdom
Best Screenplay -
Feel The Reel International Film FestivalGlasgow
United Kingdom
Best Actress Nominee: Claudelle Tremblay -
Druk International Film FestivalParo
Bhutan
Best Romantic Film -
Silicon Beach Film FestivalLos Angeles
United States
November 13, 2020
Official Selection -
Jaipur International Film FestivalJaipur
India
December 12, 2020
Official Selection -
Lit Laughs International Comedy FestivalHarrowgate, Yorkshire
United Kingdom
Finalist -
Best Indie Film AwardLondon
United Kingdom
Finalist -
Golden Harvest Film FestivalTokyo
Japan
Best Experimental Film: May 29, 2021 -
Great Message International Film FestivalMumbai
India
March 26, 2021
Best Writer Award: Certificate of Excellence -
World Film Carnival - SingaporeSingapore
Singapore
Winner: Women's Films - March, 2021 -
World Film Carnival - SingaporeSingapore
Singapore
Best Director: Outstanding Achievement Award -
World Film Carnival - SingaporeSingapore
Singapore
Best Film Score: James M. Findlay - Outstanding Achievement Award -
Alternative Film Festival - TorontoToronto
Canada
Semi Finalist/Nominee in Long Short: Best cast & Best Drama North America -
Poor Life Choices Comedy Film FestivalLos Angeles
United States
April 16, 2021
Official Selection -
Calcutta International Cult Film Festival
India
Official Selection -
Cult Critic Movie AwardsKolata
India
Monthly Winner: TCCC:Cult Film/Underground Film/Exploitation Movie/Midnight Film/Para Cinema - The Devil's Tail -
Cult Critic Movie AwardsKolata
India
Best Director: Monthly Winner - The Devil's Tail -
Cult Critic Movie AwardsKolata
India
Best LGBT Film:Monthly Winner -The Devil's Tail -
Calcutta International Cult Film FestivalKolata
India
April 16, 2021
Best Director - The Devil's Tail -
Calcutta International Cult Film FestivalKolata
India
April 16, 2021
Winner: Best LGBT Film - The Devil's Tail -
Toronto International Nollywood Film FestivalToronto
Canada
Official Selection (Feature) as of May 11, 2021 for September festival. -
Golden Harvest Film Festival - TokyoTokyo
Japan
Finalist -
Kyiv Film FestivalKyiv
Ukraine
June 27, 2021
Best Fantasy Film -
2021 Toronto International Nollywood Film FestivalToronto
Canada
Winner: Best Musical Theme Film - Canada
I've often written characters or history book information from a female POV due to the positive women's influences in my life. Imagine where we'd be today if women had been allowed an education, to write books, and form governing laws as freely as men had, through the ages.