The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Foundation has selected the short film Candy, produced by Sarasota and Bradenton-based filmmakers, to be part of its Short Film Showcase, February 9th, 2011, in the SAG Boardroom in Manhattan. This honor is to showcase the talent of independent filmmakers and their ability to cast professional actors from the Screen Actor’s Guild.

The SAG Foundation’s mission is to help union members achieve jobs and stability from their talent.  It also gives actors the opportunity to meet and collaborate with each other.  SAG is proud to showcase top notch talent from the guild, while demonstrating to their members that creativity and success can be achieved as part of the union.

Director, editor, and co-executive producer Sage Hall is also the lead actress and title role in Candy. Hall’s StarFruit Productions is also known for creating award winning wedding films, winning the Bride’s Choice Award for 2010 & 2011 from WeddingWire.com, as well as best wedding video on The Knot.com’s second annual wedding awards.

Jesse Kozel serves as creator, co-executive producer and lead actor of Candy.  He recently received a best actor nomination from NerdRemix.com for his role of Marcus, Candy’s son.  Kozel is the owner of Bloody Unique Entertainment, creating the Neo-Noir Halloween flick Candy. with StarFruit Productions and bringing it to many events around the country since Fall 2010, while continuing to push the short film to film festivals around the globe.

The Candy. script was created by Los Angeles-based writer Jenny Beres, who is also no stranger to the Sarasota community.  Her plays Hay Day, If the Devil Could Fall in Love, Draft and Lost & Found have been featured performances at the Sarasota Players Theatre and Home Resource.  She is an accomplished journalist, playwright and now screenwriter.

Candy. was an official selection of Sarasota’s Hallowscreen Film Festival and the short film made it’s premiere in Sacramento, CA at the SAC Sci-Fi/Horror Convention‘s Film Festival.

The SAG Foundation’s Short Film Showcase will screen only 9 films on February 9, 2011 for selected guests and local union members. Director Sage Hall and producer Nikki Kostyun will be in attendance for a Q&A session following the screening.

To learn more about Candy. please visit http://Candy.StarFruitProductions.com

This past weekend “Candy.” screened for an packed house at the Hallowscreen Film Festival in Sarasota, FL which is part of the Chalk Festival.
The audience loved it and many of them stopped myself or Sage to talk about what they saw when the film was over.

I’m still so surprised by the wonderful response and I just love the fact that in a little over 8 minutes, we can make them gasp, laugh & want more!  I am so happy with everything that has occurred thus far with “Candy.” and I can not wait to develop the project further & take it to new levels.

Thank you all for coming out and supporting us and thank you to Lori Bowen, the director of the Hallowscreen Film Festival, for everything she has done to help promote our short film.  We appreciate you Lori!

If you haven’t seen “Candy.” yet, check it out HERE.

If you’ve been interested in seeing what ‘Candy.’ is and you’re living in the Sarasota, FL area, then here is your chance.
On Saturday, October 30th ‘Candy.’ will screen in the shorts program at the Hallowscreen Film Festival.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30:

INDOOR VENUE
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm ZOMBthology from Chris Kiros

2:10 pm – 4:10 pm TDB

4:20 pm – 5:50 pm LOCAL BLOOD shorts package
Without/Within from Lori Bowen
Candy from Sage Hall and Jesse Kozel
Ghosts from Dylan Jones

6:00 pm – 7:50 pm TBD preceeded by the short film
Inner Beauty from Douglas Pritchard

8:00 pm – 9:40 pm Queen of Hallowscreen: Brinke Stevens
Sorority Babes at the Slimeball Bowl-a-Rama preceeded by

Friday Night Fright from Ashley Maria
9:50 pm – 11:20 pm Deadlands 2: Trapped from Gary Ugarek preceeded by

aftershock from Lori Bowen
11:30 pm – 12:20 am The Call of Cthulhu

OUTDOOR VENUE:
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Nosferatu (1922) with a brand new, original score performed live by local band World Collision

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31:

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm BLOODSUCKERS shorts package
Cafe from Norman Magden
Consumption from Doug Osman

1:10 pm – 2:00 pm TBD preceeded by the short film
Shed from Douglas Pritchard

2:10 pm – 3:40 pm
Dawning from Gregg Holtgrewe

3:50 pm – 5:50 pm
She Wolf Rising from Marc Leland

6:00 pm – 10:00 pm VAMPIRE FEST SARASOTA
Thirst for Blood Shorts Package:
The Familiar
The Latest Vampire
Vicky

You Are So Undead
The Unwelcomed
Seeing
Forgettable
TDB feature

10:10 pm – 12:20 am The Defiled from Julian Grant preceeded by the short film
Alice Jacobs is Dead from Alex Horwitz
As always, times and titles are subject to change without notice.

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