GUNPOWDER & SKY IS A FAST-GROWING INDEPENDENT ENTERTAINMENT STUDIO, a trusted tastemaker with leading content brands in horror (ALTER) and sci-fi (DUST) reaching 50M+ audience monthly across OTT and social channels.
ALTER & DUST rely on an incredible community of filmmakers and creators to provide visionary horror and sci-fi stories. We aim to seek out these creators, connecting them with audiences around the world.
Once your short film is accepted, a member of the team will be in touch with more information for your showcase. See the Rules and Terms for more information.
The DUST & ALTER family is an ever-expanding collective of the world’s freshest voices and most daring new creatives. If you’re a filmmaker or creator, we’d love to hear from you!
WHAT WE DO:
We give your voice a place to be heard. ALTER & DUST are available worldwide on social media (YouTube, Facebook and Instagram, etc), internet connected televisions (Roku, Samsung TV, etc), critically acclaimed podcasts, and even our very own DUST app (available wherever you download your apps).
We have deep relationships within the industry, with great connections to festivals, programmers, and press. With our 75M+ audience, your film will launch on the internet’s number one destination for genre films, where our dedicated community will become your new fans!
As a major studio with digital brands, we’re best equipped to support fresh talent. We work with management powerhouse Circle of Confusion and the world-famous Creative Artists Agency (CAA) to provide filmmakers management and agency options by championing those who have signed with ALTER and DUST. Filmmakers signed to Circle of Confusion via ALTER & DUST include:
● Bryian Keith Montgomery Jr. (Good Guy With A Gun)
● Erica Scoggins (The Boogeywoman)
● Hana Kazim (MAKR)
● Jody Wilson (Indigo)
● Matt Harlock (Deep Clean)
Our filmmakers have gone on to make incredible features, series and podcasts with major studios like Paramount, Sony, Amazon, Netflix, Marvel, Disney, Amblin, A24, IFC, Peacock (NBC), Blumhouse, Atomic Monster, and Shudder.
Here are just a few of the projects that were originally released on ALTER and DUST that are now in active development with the Gunpowder & Sky development team:
● The Time Agent by Jude Chun (Black Label Media)
● The Masseuse by Tan Ce Ding (Miramax)
● Bad Peter by Zach Strauss (Escape Artists)
● The Color of Your Lips by Annick Blanc (Atomic Monster)
WHAT FILMMAKERS SAY:
The results speak for themselves - releasing a film on DUST and ALTER can change a filmmaker’s career. Opportunities, both creative and financial, are one of the things we’re most proud of.
Here are what creators have to say about their partnership with DUST, ALTER, and GUNPOWDER & SKY:
● “It gave it credibility, and also a legitimate place to call home.”
● “The exposure of my short film has opened so many doors, it's unbelievable how many people got to see it.”
● “I've been able to develop 2 short television series with different high level companies just because they came across the short on [this] platform.”
● “A legitimate brand you can tout in industry conversations.”
● “I got representation after a manager saw my short on ALTER. That was huge for my career.”
● “The producer for my current project came to me after watching my short on DUST.”
● “Having all of the fans commenting ‘we need a feature version of this’ gives me ammo to take to producers.”
● “Being on the platform has given me way more visibility than any film festival.”
● “Best place on the internet for short horror and sci-fi, representing the highest quality of storytelling & technical filmmaking skills.”
● “There’s simply no other way to find as large and targeted an audience for sci-fi or horror film than these two channels.”
● “The film looks great in the YouTube upload, I watched it in 4k. I love the speed credits with the extra Dust-y kind of stuff at the end, feels like Netflix. You and your team did a fantastic job.”
● “ALTER’s YouTube audience is so much more delightful and positive than I expected... before releasing on YouTube, other filmmakers advised me NOT to read the comments for the sake of my self esteem... but I’m glad I ignored the advice because the reaction from ALTER’s fanbase is exuberantly supportive.”
● “I love that my short film has found an audience and continues to all this time later. Then comment make me so happy, as I truly didn’t realize the film with resonate with so many.”
