“Off Season” has a very busy Labor Day Weekend ahead of it. As it is playing in 3 Film Festivals across North America. One of these festivals is the Saint Andrews Film Festival in Saint Andrew’s, New Brunswick, Canada.  Saint Andrews Film Festival is in its inaugural year and we are thrilled to be a part of it. We love Canadian festivals as they seem to appreciate the harsh realities of the Canadian winter and what the crew endured to make this film. Below is a little bit more info about the festival:

The Saint Andrews Film Festival is in it’s first year of operation as an annual festival showcasing Feature length films, Short Films, and Documentaries from all around the world. The festival takes place in the picturesque seaside town of Saint Andrew’s, New Brunswick Canada at the Arena Complex Theatre(24 Reed Ave.)

The Film Festival’s goal is to bring filmmakers from New Brunswick and around the world together to showcase their films all while being able to enjoy the beautiful seaside town of Saint Andrew’s New Brunswick.

“Off Season” will be playing September 4, 2010 @ 7PM as part of the Short Film Showcase at the Arena Complex Theater located at 24 Reed St.

“Off Season” wins the GOLD at Toronto After Dark Film Festival for Best International Short Film.  Thank you everyone for their support of the film and for everyone that emailed us to let us know they both saw and enjoyed the film.  Stay tuned as we have some very exciting dates coming up including but not limited to Oklahoma Horror Film Festival and Woodstock Film Festival.

Award Winners 2010 – Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2010.

Looking for something to do Labor Day Weekend in Oklahoma? Well here it is!  ”Off Season” will play the Spiritbank Event Center, Saturday September 4, 2010 @ 11:00PM. Please visit the Oklahoma Horror Film Festival site to order your tickets and day passes.

“Off Season” is nominated for quite a few awards including:

• Grand Jury: Best Short Film
• Best Director of a Short – Jonathan van Tulleken
• Best Actor in a Short – Bill Sage
• Best Cinematography – Ming Kai Leung

Please visit the NOMINATIONS page for a complete list of all of the nominated films.

Lastly, if you do attend please let us know as we would love to hear your reactions!

Check out the new Italobot Podcast, 11 amazing “get-off-your-culo-and dance tracks” you’ve never heard, but will not be able to stop listening to.

• 01. International Music System – Dancing Therapy
• 02. Yellow Magic Orchestra – Behind the Mask
• 03. O’Gar – Playback Fantasy
• 04. Joe Kris – You’ll Dance
• 05. Xalan – I Only Move for Money
• 06. Barry Mason – Together
• 07. Nexus – Stand Up
• 08. Capricorn – Maybe No
• 09. Diana Est – Le Louvre
• 10. Vinise – Play Boy
• 11. Marzio Dance – The Adventure

Italobot is managed by Off Season Film friend, international pop star Giani Velcreaux of the international pop super trio The Happy Boys.

ItaloBot: Italobot Podcast 10 – Foggy Summer.

Some more good reviews from Toronto After Dark, this one courtesy of Rosemarie @ Fresh Cuts:

To be able to build an incredibly tense atmosphere and establish a dark, unsettling mood is something that is remarkably difficult to achieve in a film,  yet director Jonathan Van Tulleken manages to accomplish all this within the span of only 13 minutes.  With hauntingly beautiful cinematography and a bleak, somber tone, “Off Season” captures the merciless, brutal cold of the Canadian north and develops a generally unsettling tale that builds to a gruesome discovery and a horrifying twist.  Though it is minimalistic to the extreme, “Off Season” is a short film that sticks true to the film-making mantra that concedes less is more.  With only one actor (Bill Sage) and an adorable Jack Russell Terrier at his disposal, Van Tulleken manages to build an engaging story, develop a bleak mood, and keep a steady, never rushed, pace in a 13 minute time frame.  “Off Season” is a short that manages to capture the audience’s attention and develops a growing feeling of dread in the viewer right up until it delivers the twist.  There is really nothing that can prepare you for the sheer horror of this dark little masterpiece’s disturbing climax, but I’ll tell you one thing is for sure… it will chill you to the bone. “

Toronto After Dark Film Fest – Shorts After Dark « Fresh Cuts.

Some more reactions to “Off Season” from the Toronto After Dark Film Festival screening:

Due to the hectic schedule of TAD over the weekend, and the sheer amount of news to report, I can’t give you my full thoughts here on all of these films. However, I will say that my favorites were easily Deus Irae, United Monster Talent Agency, and Off Season. The others were all good in their own right, but these films really left an impression on me by how well made and entertaining they were.

Deus Irae was creepy, splatterific fun. United Monster Agency was hilarious and featured some of the best classic monster effects ever with a host of cameos from the likes of Jeffrey Combs, Dick Miller, Frank Darabont, Eli Roth, and a whole lot more… Pure genuis! The third mentioned here, Off Season (no relation to the Jack Ketchum novel), was very atmospheric and filled with tense moments from the less is more school of filmmaking.”

via Toronto After Dark 2010: Day 2 Recap – Zombies, Zombies, Everywhere! | The Blood Sprayer.

“Off Season ” receives some good buzz after its Toronto After Dark screening:

Off Season is a very successful short thriller that manages to tell a simple yet fascinating tale in just 13 minutes, one that could could easily rival feature films of the same vein. Working with vast yet limited locations, the vastness of isolation and what happens during… the Off Season. It is one the the creepiest films I’ve seen at the festival so far and certainly was the big buzz around town after the shorts program.”

Movie Moxie: Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2010 Day 2 – Saturday August 14, 2010.

“Off Season” is proud to be playing the Toronto After Dark Film Festival as part of the Shorts After Dark program August 14th, 2010 @ 4:15PM at the Bloor Cinema. For more information about the Fest and the great lineup accompanying the film and up to the minute updates check out their Toronto After Dark Facebook Page.

For the love of God go check out two amazing flicks tonight, both by one amazing flick-maker, Graham “Eugene” Reznick, the IIID.

If you are in Los Angeles and want something to do tonight you really should go check it out. You should bring your own hot dogs though cause I hear the ones at the Independent ain’t spectacular in 3D, but thank GAWD the movie is!

Good luck tonight G. “Eugene” Reznick the IIID!

DISCLAIMER: I know this is a strange news post and that is not really your name and that my assessment of the hot dog situation is completely unfounded and based on sheer conjecture and hearsay that I myself conjectured and hearsaid. Cheers!

“Three Dimensions of Independence” from guest blogger Graham Reznick |.

Continuing its successful film festival run, “Off Season” will be playing the Rhode Island International Film Festival on August 13, 2010 @ 4:00PM at the VMA Arts & Cultural Center in Providence, RI. For tickets please click here and for a copy of the program please click here.

Hope you like the film Providence and we look forward to hearing from you almost as much as we look forward to scaring the hell out of you!