Soul Catcher, Catch & Release, The Ghost That Walks, Cold Feet - Official Selections & Awards

 

SOUL CATCHER: 45 Official Selections, 11 Awards

CATCH & RELEASE: 39 Official Selections, 10 Awards

THE GHOST THAT WALKS: 11 Official Selections, 4 Awards

COLD FEET: 5 Official Selections, 1 Award 

 

POP QUIZ: 2 Official Selections 

THE EMERALD WASP: 9 Official Selection, 3 Awards

THE TWINKLE: 6 Official Selections

Soul Catcher & Catch & Release would not have been possible without Simon Higgins, out of whose amazing mind, the wondrous character, Brock Aloysius Chopra emerged. The rage that is within Tanaka's soul came from the pen of Aaron Smith for The Ghost that Walks. All 3 are 1 shot / 1 take films.

 

SOUL CATCHER: (Awards & Official Selections)

1) NAFCo Film Series, Dubois, Pennsylvania, USA, 26-28 Feb 2021 (BEST ACTOR)

2) First-Time Filmmaker Sessions, England, UK, 26-30 Apr 2021

3) Horror Lust Film Festival, 17 July 2021

4) Lulea International Film Festival, Lulea, Sweden, Jan 2021 (FINALIST)

5) Sweden Film Awards, Stockholm, Sweden Jan 2021 (BEST ACTOR)

6) Perfect Light Film Festival, Broken Hill, NSW, Australia, 19-21 Mar 2021

7) Standalone Film Festival & Awards, Rancho Cucamonga, California, USA, 1 Feb - 30 Mar 2021 (BEST ACTOR - EXPERIMENTAL FILM)

8) Across the Globe Film Festival, New York, USA, 31 Mar 2021 (BEST ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE)

9) Onyko Film Awards. Talinn, Estonia, 31 Mar 2021 (HONOURABLE MENTION)

10) Dorset Indie Film Festival, Weymouth, UK, 21 May 2021

11) Kosice International Monthly Film Festival, Kosice, Slovakia, 10 Apr 2021 (IMDB Qualifying, Finalist)

12) Huntington Beach Cultural Cinema Showcase, Huntington Beach, California, USA, 21-23 May 2021

13) Virtual Cinema Festival, Seattle, USA, 29 May - 13 June 2021

14) Online Forwardian Film Festival, Stroudsburg, PA, USA, 15-31 July 2021

15) Serbia International Film Festival, Beograd, Serbia, 2-5 June 2021

16) Top Indie Film Awards, Tokyo, Japan, 31 May 2021 (WINNER BEST ACTOR, NOMINEE BEST SHORT, NOMINEE MOST TERRIFYING)

17)  Redmoon International Film Festival, Argentina, 1-7 July 2021

18) Open Vision Film Fest, Moscow, Russia,  5-11 July 2011

19) Falvaterra Film Festival,  Falvaretta, Italy, 19-21 Aug 2021 (BEST THRILLER SHORT FILM)

20) SonderBlu Film Festival, New York, USA, 25 Sept 2021

21) Indigo Moon Film Festival, Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA, 8-15 Oct 2021

22) One Take Film Festival, Zagreb, Croatia, 22-24 Oct 2021

23) Great Lakes State Film Festival, Bay City, Michigan, USA, 17-19 Dec 2021

24) AltFF Alternative Film Festival, Fall Edition, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 22-27 Sept 2021 (SEMI-FINALIST, Nominee Best Quarantine Film - Horror)

25) National Benalla Short Film Festival, Benalla, Victoria, Australia, 4 Dec 2021

26) Will Rogers Motion Picture Festival,  Claremore Oklahoma, 3-6 Nov 2021 (BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM)

27) Skiptown Playhouse International Film Festival, Los Angeles, California, 7-13 Nov 2021

28) Sydney Multicultural Film Awards, Australia, 31 Oct 2021 (Finalist)

29) One Shot Terassa City of Film, Barcelona, Spain, 25-31 Oct 2021

30) Sanctuary International Film Festival, Sanctuary Cove, Queensland, Australia, 12-14 Nov 2021

31) SydFest Independent Film Festival,  Olympic Park, NSW, Australia, 17-18 Dec 2021

32) LIFFT INDIA FILMOTSAV-World Cine Fest, Lonavla, Pune, Maharashtra, India, 25 Dec 2021

33) Capricorn Film Festival, Yeppoon, Queensland, 12-16 Jan 2022

34) Nartugan Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, 19-21 Dec 2021

35) Fleurieu Film Festival, McLaren Vale, South Australia, 5 Feb 2022 (BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN)

36) Mainstreet Short Film Festival at the Esquire, Carthage, Texas, USA Feb 19 2022 (Semi-Finalist)

37) Film Lebed Festival, Thuringia, Germany, 7-10 July 2022 

38) Upstate New York Film Festival 2022/2023, Williamsville, NY, USA, Summer 2023

39) Purgatory Film Festival, Southampton, UK, 22 Oct 2022

40) Flint Short Film Freakout, Flint, MI, USA, 12 Nov 2022

41) Ekurhuleni International Film Festival, Gauteng, South Africa, 24-26 Nov 2022

42) SFS Film Fest, Santa Fe, California, USA, 27-28 Apr 2023 (HONOURABLE MENTION)

43) Bloody Hats Film Festival,  Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 9 June 2023 

44) 25Scope, Vincennes, France, 1 Oct 2023

45) Kalaburagi International Film Festival, Karnataka, India, 11-14 Apr 2024

 

CATCH & RELEASE: (Awards & Official Selections)

1) WA Made Film Fest, Perth, Australia, 12-14 Mar 2021

2) Best Istanbul Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, 2021 (BEST ACTOR)

3) Newcastle Fringe Emerging Film-Makers Festival, Kotara, NSW, 18 Mar 2021 (RUNNERS-UP, LIVE ACTION)

4) The Lift Off Sessions, England, UK, 15-22 Mar 2021

5) Hallucinea Film Festival, Paris, France,  21 June 2021 (BEST ACTOR)

6) Standalone Film Festival & Awards, Rancho Cucamonga, California, USA, 1 Feb - 30 Mar 2021

7) Josiah Media Festival, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 13 Dec - 31 Dec 2021 

8) International Symbolic Art Film Festival, St Petersburg, Russia, 27 Mar 2021 (Nominee: Best Actor, Best First Time Director)

9) Shine Online International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, 1-30 Apr 2021

10) 21 Islands International Short Film Fest, New York, USA,  15-18 Apr 2021

11) Catskill International Film Festival, Calicoon, New York, USA, 23-25 May 2021 (BEST ACTOR)

12) Over 40 Film Festival, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA,  5 June 2021

13) Volterra Fantasy Film Festival, Pisa, Italy,  4-19 June 2021

14) Virtual Cinema Festival, Seattle, USA, 29 May - 13 June 2021 (HONOURABLE MENTION)

15) Unknown Film Festival, Ekatrinburg, Russia, 24-25 June 2021 (Finalist, 3rd Mobile Phone)

16) Festival del Cinema de Cefalu, Palermo, Italy, 31 Aug 2021 (Semi-Finalist)

17) NIFF London - New Indie Film Festival of London, London,England, UK, 26 June 2021

18) Spring Grove Caledonia Film Festival, Minnesota, USA, 23-25 July 2021

19) Frostbite International Indie Fest, Colorado, USA, 2 Aug 2021

20) Open Vision Film Fest, Moscow, Russia,  5-11 July 2021 

21) Paradise Film Festival, Hungary, 1 Aug 2021 (BEST ACTOR) 

22) Four Corners Film Festival, Farmington, New Mexico, USA, 15-17 Sept 2021 

23) F3: Frankly Film Fest, Germantown, Ohio, USA, 8-10 Oct 2021 (BEST WRITING, BEST PERFORMANCE IN A LEAD ROLE)

24) Etowah  Film Festival, Canton, Georgia, USA, 7-10 Oct 2021 

25) Bizarrya Film Festival, Porto, Portugal, 15-30 Nov 2021 

26) Make Art Not Fear, Porto, Portugal, 1-31 Oct 2021 

27) Four Corners Film Festival, Farmington, New Mexico, USA, 15-17 Sept 2021 

28) The Paus Premieres Festival, 29 Nov - 29 Dec 2021 

29) Will Rogers Motion Picture Festival,  Claremore Oklahoma, 3-6 Nov 2021 (Nominee: Best Narrative Short)

30) Skiptown Playhouse International Film Festival, Los Angeles, California, 7-13 Nov 2021

31) One Shot Terassa City of Film, Barcelona, Spain, 25-31 Oct 2021

32) Fentress Film Fest, New York, USA, 3-8 Jan 2022 (WINNER: BEST ACTOR, Nominee: Most Innovative Film)

33) Ojo Movil Fest 2021, Lima, Peru, 15-19 Nov 2021

34) Canted Angle Film Festival, USA, 3-4 Dec 2021

35) 1st Annual BIPOC International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, 18-19 Dec 2021 

36) Golden Femi Film Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria, 4-9 June 2022

37) Festival Internacional de Cinema Escolar de Alvorada - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 28 Nov - 3 Dec 2022

38) Cineaste International Film Festival of India - CIFFI 2022, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, 15-21 Dec 2022

39) Festival Filmaê - Festival for Films Produced with Smartphones and Mobile Devices, Brasillia, Brazil, 25-28 May 2023

Brock Aloysius Chopra: Jay Jay Jegathesan
Dr Richards: Sophie Civitico
Director: Jay Jay Jegathesan
Producers: Radheya Jegatheva & Simon Higgins (Catch & Release) & Jen David (Soul Catcher)
Executive Producer: Yuxiao (Jenny) Wang
Director of Photography: Jen David
Editor: Radheya Jegatheva
Sound Design: Jen David & Radheya Jegatheva
Set Design: Jen David
Sound Recordist: Radheya Jegatheva
Assistant Producer: Sophie Civitico
2nd Assistant Camera: Mirae Jang
Based on a story by: Simon Higgins & Yuxiao (Jenny) Wang
Screenplay: Simon Higgins, Yuxiao (Jenny) Wang & Jay Jay Jegathesan
Concept Art Director: Liza Sparke

THE GHOST THAT WALKS: (Awards & Official Selections)

1) WA Made Film Fest, Perth, Australia, 12-14 Mar 2021

2) World Monologue Film Festival, Sydney, Australia, 3 May 2023  (WINNER: BEST DIRECTOR, RUNNERS-UP: BEST PERFORMER; Nominee Best Film, Nominee Best Script, Nominee Best Production Design)  

3) 100 Films Retreat, Rancho Cucamonga, California, USA, 20 May 2023

4) Festival del Cinema di Cefalù, Palermo, Italy, 1 Sept 2023

5) Canada's YES! Let's Make a Movie Film Festival, Quebec, Canada, 26 Aug 2023 (Nominee - best Film Under $100)

6) Perth Horror Film Festival, WA, Australia, 18-20 Aug 2023

7) Fort Smith International Film Festival, Arkansas, USA, 25-26 Aug 2023

8) Catskill International Film Festival, Middletown, New York, USA, 20 Oct 2023

9) Rayany Creators Film Festival, Aberdeen, UK, 17-18 Feb 2024 

10) Lithgow Halloween Smartphone Film Competition, Lithgow NSW,  Australia, 27 Oct 2023 (WINNER: BEST PERFORMANCE)

11) SATX Cinema Showdown, San Antonio, Texas, USA, Nov 2023

Lead - Tanaka: Jay Jay Jegathesan

Director: Jay Jay Jegathesan
Script: Aaron Smith                                                                                            

Producer: Radheya Jegatheva

Director of Photography: Radheya Jegatheva

Editor: Radheya Jegatheva

Sound Design: Radheya Jegatheva

Sound Recordist: Radheya Jegatheva

Assistant Producer: Mirae Jang

COLD FEET: (Official Selections)

1) Perth Horror Film Festival, WA, Australia, 18-20 Aug 2023

2) Ipswich Film Festival for Youth, Australia 7-15 Oct 2022

3) FECEA - Festival Internacional de Cinema Escolar de Alvorada, Brazil, 1-28 Nov 2022

4) Festival del Cinema de Cefalu, Palermo, Italy, 1 Sept 2023

5) IFEFA-International film & Entertainment festival Australia, Sydney, NSW, 17-22 Nov 2022 (AWARD WINNER: BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY)

Leads - Chad Hewett & Jay Jay Jegathesan

Director: Al Bruce

Writer: Al Bruce

DOP: Lachlan Taylor                                                                                           

Producer: Alexander Tatsiy & Jay Jay Jegathesan

POP QUIZ: (Official Selections)

1)  Zlatý Voči Film Festival (Golden Eyes Film Festival), Prague, Czech Republic, 15-16 Sept 2023
2) Ipswich Film Festival for Youth, Australia 14 Oct 2023

Lead - Jay Jay Jegathesan
Director: Alistair Roos  
Writer: Alistair Roos  
DOP: Alistair Roos                                                                                          
Producer: Jay Jay Jegathesan

 

THE EMERALD WASP: (Official Selections)

1) WA Made Film Fest, Perth, Australia, 24 Feb 2024 (Get Smart Film Competition)

2) Rewind International Film Festival, Manchester, UK, 3 Apr 2024 (Semi-Finalist, Top 15)

3) Incheon International Short Film Festival, Incheon, Korea, 3 Apr 2024 (Nominee - Best Experimental)

4) SFS Film Fest, Santa Fe Springs, California, USA, 25-26 Apr 2024

5) Tigertail Asian Film Festival, Tampa, Florida, USA, 13 July 2024

6) Fort Smith International Film Festival, Fort Smith, Arkansas, 22-24 Aug 2024

7) The White Rose International Film Festival, Harrogate, UK, July 2024 (Block C) (WINNER - BEST SHORT HORROR; RUNNERS-UP BEST ACTIOR)

8) Perth Horror Film Festival, Australia, 15-18 Aug 2024

9) RTF Realtime International Film festival, Bristol, UK, Aug 2024 (HON MENTION)

Leads: Jay Jay Jegathesan, Mirae Jang

Director: Peter Renzullo
Script: Peter Renzullo                                                                                         

Producer: Jay Jay Jegathesan

Director of Photography: Radheya Jegatheva

Editor: Peter Renzullo

Sound Design: Peter Renzullo

 

THE TWINKLE: (Official Selections)

1)  Inclucine Festival, Bolivar, Colombia, 1-3 Dec 2023

2) 100 Films Retreat, California USA, 5 Feb 2024

3) "One Shot" 22nd International Short Film Festival, Yerevan, Armenia, 7-14 June 2024

4) Kinosuite International, Jakarta, Indonesta 31 May - 1 June 2024

5) Mister Vorky, International Festival of Cinema Art, Ruma, Serbia, 20-23 June 2024

6) Perth Horror Film Festival, Australia, 15-18 Aug 2024

Lead: Jay Jay Jegathesan

Director: Jay Jay Jegathesan
Script: Jay Jay Jegathesan                                                                                           

Producer: Jay Jay Jegathesan

Director of Photography: Radheya Jegatheva

Editor: Radheya Jegatheva