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Sanitarium
TV Drama - Alumni: Best Director 2015
"Sanitarium" is an original series that consists of one-hour segments based on particular patients of a mental institution. Each episode begins with Dr. Stenson(Malcolm McDowell), the primary physician at the Sanitarium, commenting on the recent arrival of a new patient. As Dr. Stenson speaks, the individual's story begins.
The Weekend Detectives
TV Short Comedy
Meet Alex and Alice McNally: part-time cops, full-time twins. Anything they say or do can and will be used against them. After their father, the former Chief of Police, died in the line of duty, the McNally twins were thrown into the force to fulfill his last dying wish. Underqualified and overconfident, they are only permitted to work weekends. They are assigned “special police tasks” which often get them “in way over their heads.”
Served
TV Drama
Served is a half hour, ensemble comedy-drama that follows the vibrant staff of a stylish LA eatery in their effort to function as a makeshift family, framed – in part – through the journey of a young Hispanic man whose hopes of being a server are suddenly dashed when he’s relegated to the back of the house.
Three Shades of Brown
TV Short Comedy
Three Shades of Brown tells the story of three very different British Asians - a Rude Boy (trying to be black), a Coconut (trying to be white) and a Freshie (oblivious to how Asian he is) - who move into a flat together and immediately get off to the rockiest start.
Gayborhood
TV Comedy - Alumni: Best TV Comedy 2014
"REVRY's first original series is here! "Gayborhood" is a full-length mock-reality series set in Chicago's LGBTQ neighborhood. Using satire and over-the-top humor, "Gayborhood" provides an irreverent commentary on the current state of reality TV and queer culture – all seen through the lens of a wacky and outrageous band of friends living in this vibrant neighborhood.
Young & Reckless
TV Short Comedy
A comedy (web) series about a 28 year-old dude whose arch nemesis is a 13-year-old girl. When law-school dropout Devon Young moves back in with his mom, the last thing he expected was to fall for Claire, the Camaro-driving advertising exec who lives across the street.
King of URLs
TV Comedy - Alumni
The King of Urls follows the meteoric rise of Alexander GiMetti, internet pitchman extraordinaire, as he becomes the premier salesman of Web Domains. On surface, the show tracks GiMetti's adventures as The King, but at heart, it is a story about an aging huckster’s boundless love for his son and desperate attempts to disguise his true nature long enough to raise his boy.
Lazy Circles
TV Comedy
Lazy Circles is a single-camera comedy taking a look at the hilarity and excitement in a small Oklahoma town. Whether it’s the house-raiding librarian’s book burnings, the mayor’s citizen arrest machine that catches perverts, or deadly storms being tracked by a weatherman’s nose, there’s always something crazy happening in Goshè.
Whatever, Linda
TV Comedy - Alumni
It’s New York City, 1978. Linda Thoroughbred is broke, divorced and pushing 30. But when life hands her lemons, she makes… millions. Cheekily inspired by the Bernie Madoff scandal, watch as Linda and three low-level secretaries secretly start a Ponzi scheme and perpetrate the largest financial fraud in history.
Cleaner Daze
TV Short Drama
Welcome to The Cliffs, the one and only teen drug rehab in Santa Cruz, California. Nobody wants to be there, not even the staff. As the pent-up teens sneak around trying to do whatever they can to get high, Jasmine and her eccentric co-workers, addicts in recovery themselves, do their best to “treat” them. And once an addict, always an addict.
FARR
TV Short Drama - Alumni: Best Short Drama 2015
Set in Belfast, Farr centres on Michael Gallagher, an ambitious young detective who has been promoted to a task force aimed at taking down the city’s most dangerous crime family, the Farrs. As his investigation deepens, a murder of one of the Farrs pushes Michael towards a reckoning with his own dark past. As the bodies and betrayals mount, Michael must choose between destroying the Farrs or saving himself.
February
TV Short Drama - Alumni: Best Short Film 2015
Nearly two decades ago in a small town in eastern Washington, a boy walked into a local middle school with a hunting rifle and committed an unspeakable crime. Eighteen years after, on the eve of his parole, Samantha Hail, a young state trooper who lo st her brother and survived the event, struggles with serving the code of a trooper or the thickness of blood.
Doucheaholics
TV Short Comedy
Everybody's a douche whether they know it or not. Doucheaholics centers around the international fellowship of men and women who exhibit poor, deviant behavior and want to better themselves in a supportive, healing, and nurturing environment. Think AA, but for douchebags.
That's My DJ
TV Short Drama - Alumni
Each Season of That’s My DJ follows a different character within the electronic music scene in Toronto. From heartbeat to heartbreak, chasing dreams and chasing highs, it’s an unapologetic look at music, cliques and artists all trying to find their place within the new order of rave.
Personal Use
TV Comedy
Eytan gets arrested with a truck full of marijuana. When he claims in court for personal use, the judge rules that Eytan has 30 days to smoke all the marijuana which he got caught with. Eytan has to deal with the police, the media, the local mafia and the fact that Mor, the love of his life, wants to leave him while he is high as a kite.
Doghouse
Short Film
Two estranged siblings, played by veteran actors Erin Daniels (THE L WORD) and Michael Maize (MR. ROBOT), suffer lifelong oppression at the hands of their now dying mother. Mark has been forced into years of servitude as the doting son. Beth has dealt with crippling guilt from afar.
Stockholm
TV Comedy - Alumni
Love can be found anywhere, even when you're trapped in a basement with a serial killer. STOCKHOLM is a 7-episode dark comedy about a young woman who can never seem to find "Mr. Right" until one day she finds herself face to face with a strange, yet captivating psychopath.
Living Thru the Lens
TV Short Comedy - Alumni
Are you closer to your iphone than you are to your best friend? Are you unable to locate your own house without google maps? Are you more aroused by Facebook likes than by your relationship? Then you may be living thru the lens. Rebecca Blaine Carton and Kira McCarthy explore our cultural fixation with technology through this playful new sketch series.
Modern Romance
Short Film
Set in the near future, an average guy attempts to find love using a holographic dating app. After navigating a slew of ads, scams and uninterested women, it appears he may have found a match!
Binge
TV Drama
Angela Mills, an unravelling whirlwind of bulimia, alcohol abuse, and one night stands with guys who have cool mugs, has drunkenly enrolled herself in a partial-hospitalization eating disorder clinic. Now, she must juggle her failing pastry shop, an affair with her therapist, and a cast of bizarre food-abusers, all while trying not to tear herself and everyone around her into a million, damaged little pieces.
Recess
Short Film
Recess is a comedic short film about a boy and his tough choices at recess. With only 15 minutes of free time, deciding what to do is often the hardest part of the day. Recess was written and produced by a 7-year-old midwestern kid named Aidan... whom also believes recess is too short to make these tough choices!
Defender
Documentary
"Defender" is a feature length film about the critical role that public defenders play in fighting for racial and social justice in America. The film takes viewers on a personal and intense tour through the underbelly of the criminal injustice system, seen through the eyes of SF Public Defender Jeff Adachi, who is one of the nation’s few elected public defenders.
Doomsday
TV Drama - Alumni: Best of ITVFest, Best Actress 2016
DOOMSDAY is an original dramatic series that follows the daily lives of the dozen residents of a millennial commune in The Catskills. Half present action, inching toward Doomsday/half flashback to reveal who this person is and why/how they joined this cult.
Parked
TV Short Comedy
PARKED is a workplace comedy centered around a handful of valet’s, parking the cars of entitled customers in the San Fernando Valley. At the center of it all is Kyle, the thirty year old Co-Assistant manager of the lot. He’s offered a promotion to General Manager, but soon realizes, with great horror, his future as a career valet is solidifying.
HeyDays Vintage TV
TV Documentary - Alumni
Heydays Vintage TV is a unique magazine style show that takes the audience back in time to explore the nostalgia of all things past. In a half-hour, fast paced show (HD format), viewers are provided with fascinating featurettes about days gone by. Heydays Vintage TV showcases a wealth of information on vintage culture.
Giants
TV Short Drama
Giants is a scripted digital drama series that follows three black millennials reach battling their own inner giants as they approach age 30. The show tackles very real issues such as mental health, sexual identity, religious skepticism and unorthodox methods of economic survival.
Save Me
TV Short Comedy
SAVE ME drops us into random lives, mid-sentence. We get to know people through storylines that unravel with humour and pathos and a built-in ticking time bomb - that one of them at some point will be blindsided by a medical emergency. And all of it is rooted in the on-going stories of our regular cast of EMTs who come to the rescue.
No Place to Fall
TV Drama - Alumni
A soon-to-be father, struggling to maintain the life of a talented yet unsuccessful musician, is offered a recording gig with a beautiful young up-and-comer, but soon finds that the demands of the music and needs of his growing family are impossible to balance without sacrificing part of himself.
The Art of Television
Documentary
The Art of Television : TV Directors explores modern television directing and those who stand behind the camera through intimate and never-before-seen portraits. Six directors from the most iconic TV shows, such as The Sopranos, Game of Thrones, The Good Wife, Law & Order, Six Feet Under and Mad Men welcome us into their home and walk us through their carrier and work methods.
Public Housing Unit
TV Drama
Set in the late 1980's, three police officers take on both lawmakers and lawbreakers as they work to protect the people of Chicago's infamous public housing projects. These cops, the finest the city has to offer, have their morals pushed to the brink as they fight to serve a fragmented community, broken by an unjust system.