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“Quarantine Short Film Competition” winners to premiere on Rue Morgue TV

The winning films from the QUARANTINE SHORT FILM COMPETITION have been announced, and will be available soon on RueMorgueTV. We also wanted to give some recognition to the films that were nominated for awards.

Sinister Nights will spotlight a nominated film at sinisternights.com. Every other Friday (beginning June 12), an award-nominated film will be presented along with a personal note from the filmmaker. Each film will have a two-week run.

Come and check out these amazing films that were entirely shot and edited this past April, the beginning of the global quarantine. 30 days of isolation – 30 days of inspiration!

Screening schedule is as follows:

6/12/2020 6/25/2020 SCREEN TIME by Roger Francis Cook
6/26/2020 7/9/2020 SELF-ISOLATION by Daniel Richardson
7/10/2020 7/23/2020 SPECTRUM John Genesis
7/24/2020 8/6/2020 I’LL BE RIGHT DOWN  Dan Dillard
8/7/2020 8/20/2020 WILL YOU BE MY QUARANTINE by Randy Gonzalez & Erika Rae
8/21/2020 9/3/2020 DELETE Ruben Rodriguez
9/4/2020 8/17/2020 FRONT LINE WORKER Carol Hatch
9/18/2020 10/1/2020 HOME SWEET HOME  Eric Yoder

Find Quarantine Award Nominee Spotlights at sinisternights.com and tune in on Saturday, June 20 at 3pm EST for a ZOOM Q&A with the 3 winning filmmakers!

 

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