Festival & Screening Highlights
RESURRECTION TRILOGY
Vivienne Again | Deal Travis In | The End of Mara
Short films set in an underground world in NYC where people resurrect from the dead. Each film is stand-alone and follows a single character who’s been drawn into this world.
VIVIENNE AGAIN short film
Short film • 11 minutes • USA • 2012
ABOUT: Supernatural thriller about a funeral home employee who saves a dead woman from the killer who's closing in to complete the job.
http://www.VivienneAgain.com
STARRING: Erin Fritch, Christina Brucato, Scott William Winters, Tom Kemp
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Kim Garland
PART 1 OF THE RESURRECTION TRILOGY:
VIVIENNE AGAIN is the first of three short films set in a world where people resurrect from the dead. The second film, DEAL TRAVIS IN (2013), is available for a free download when you subscribe to our email list (subscribe: http://bit.ly/1g4crFQ trailer: https://vimeo.com/70962878). The third film, THE END OF MARA, is slated for release in 2015. All three films are stand-alone, with their own stories and characters, offering a glimpse into this world through the people struggling to survive in it.
http://www.kgarland.com/resurrection-trilogy/
WINNER: Audience Award, Mascara & Popcorn Film Festival 2014
WINNER: Kickstarter Jury Award, Flyway Film Festival 2012
Film Festivals & Screenings:
- HollyShorts Film Festival 2012
- Dragon*Con Film Festival 2012
- New York International Short Film Festival 2012
- Flyway Film Festival 2012
- Big Apple Film Festival 2012
- FilmColumbia Festival 2012
- NewFilmmakers New York 2013
- Shawna Shea Independent Short Film Festival 2013
- Mascara & Popcorn 2014
- IndieWorks 2014
- Shock Pop Comiccon 2015
- Slaughter Movie House 2015
VIVIENNE AGAIN
Supernatural Thriller | 11 mins | Part 1 of the ‘Resurrection Trilogy’
A funeral home employee saves a dead woman from the killer who's closing in to complete the job.
Written & directed by Kim Garland; Starring Erin Fritch, Christina Brucato, Scott William Winters
Learn more about 'Vivienne Again' >>
DEAL TRAVIS IN short film
ABOUT: 13-minute supernatural drama. A man trying to make his peace with the mysterious death of his daughter is offered the answers he’s seeking, but at the cost of his freedom and another woman’s life.
Written & directed by Kim Garland
Starring Nick Sandow (Orange is the New Black, Boardwalk Empire)
www.DealTravisIn.com
PART 2 OF THE RESURRECTION TRILOGY:
DEAL TRAVIS IN is the second of three short films set in a world where people can resurrect from the dead. The first film, VIVIENNE AGAIN, is available at http://vimeo.com/70642819. The third film, THE END OF MARA, is due for release in 2016. All three films are stand-alone, with their own stories and characters, offering a glimpse into this world through the people struggling to survive in it.
http://www.kgarland.com/resurrection-trilogy/
Film Festivals & Screenings:
- Fantasia International Film Festival 2013
- HollyShorts Film Festival 2013
- New York International Short Film Festival 2013
- Flyway Film Festival 2013
- NewFilmmakers New York 2013
- Twisted Celluloid Film Festival 2014
- IndieWorks 2014
- Shock Pop Comiccon 2015
Supernatural Thriller | 13 mins | Part 2 of the ‘Resurrection Trilogy’
A man trying to make his peace with the mysterious death of his daughter is offered the answers he's seeking, but at the cost of his freedom and another woman's life.
Written & directed by Kim Garland; Starring Nick Sandow, Chris Kipiniak, Ismenia Mendes
Learn more about 'Deal Travis In' >>
THE END OF MARA short film
THE END OF MARA
Short film • Supernatural Thriller • 15 minutes • USA • 2016
* WINNER: Best Narrative Short Film, Flyway Film Festival 2016
ABOUT: A woman helps her husband break free of a curse that's brought him back from the dead and trapped him on Manhattan Island. http://www.TheEndOfMara.com
STARRING: Elena Hurst, Samrat Chakrabarti, Kate Rogal
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Kim Garland
PART 3 OF THE RESURRECTION TRILOGY:
THE END OF MARA is the third of three short films that make up Kim Garland's Resurrection Trilogy - a trilogy of shorts set in an underground world in NYC where people can resurrect from the dead. Each film follows a single character who has been drawn into this world of resurrection.
You can also watch the first and second films:
VIVIENNE AGAIN (2012) https://vimeo.com/70642819
DEAL TRAVIS IN (2013) https://vimeo.com/64392846
The Resurrection Trilogy is currently being developed into a series. http://www.ResurrectionTrilogy.com
Supernatural Thriller | 15 mins | Part 3 of the ‘Resurrection Trilogy’
A woman helps her husband break free of a curse that's brought him back from the dead and trapped him on Manhattan Island.
Written & directed by Kim Garland; Starring Elena Hurst, Samrat Chakrabarti, Kate Rogal
Learn more about 'The End of Mara' >>
BODY IMAGE short film | NSFW
Horror (NSFW) | 3 mins | USA | 2017 | BODY IMAGE is a graphic horror short film about a woman who is tormented by her compulsion to stay thin. | Written & directed by Kim Garland; Starring Jocelyn Vammer
Complete film festival & screening history >>
Horror [NSFW - Graphic Content] | 3 mins | 2017
A woman is tormented by her compulsion to stay thin.
Written & directed by Kim Garland; Starring Jocelyn Vammer
Learn more about 'Body Image' >>
WRITER-DIRECTOR SHOWREEL
Kim Garland is an award-winning screenwriter and director who specializes in character-driven stories set in fantastical worlds.
www.kgarland.com
Featuring clips from films: BODY IMAGE, THE END OF MARA, DEAL TRAVIS IN, and VIVIENNE AGAIN
Starring: Christina Brucato, Samrat Chakrabarti, Erin Fritch, Elena Hurst, Tom Kemp, Chris Kipiniak, Ismenia Mendes, Kate Rogal, Nick Sandow, Jocelyn Vammer, Scott William Winters, and more.
Cinematography by Ian Choplick
Editing by Justin Lachance and Lee Rothenflue
BEHIND-THE-SCENES
Behind-the-scenes video about the casting & characters of THE END OF MARA. Featuring actors Elena Hurst, Samrat Chakrabarti & Kate Rogal, and writer-director Kim Garland. Produced, shot & edited by Nicholas J Coleman.
Behind-the-scenes video about the cinematic look of THE END OF MARA and the Resurrection Trilogy. Featuring writer-director Kim Garland. Produced, shot & edited by Nicholas J Coleman.