The Striking New Vision in Scare Cinema Is Disturbing Audiences Everywhere
PREMIERING AT THE GASPARILLA FILM FESTIVAL
OFF SEASON, which was been nominated for the 2010 BAFTA Award for Best Short Film will be debuting on the east coast next week. OFF SEASON will be premiering at the Gasparilla Independent Film Festival, one of the fastest growing film festivals in the country.
While miniature in size, OFF SEASON is a major act of fear inducement. An alcoholic transient, with only his Jack Russell terrier for a companion, steals from summer cottages during the brutal and desolate off season at a lakeside resort. When he ventures from his usual path in search of a full bottle of booze, he makes a terrifying discovery that threatens his solitary existence.
OFF SEASON was shot over the course of seven days in February 2009 in the Georgian Bay region of Ontario. Its production proved as frightening as the events being filmed. Long snowmobile rides across vast stretches of frozen lake in the blackness of night and brutal, subzero temperatures were only some of the many hardships that director Jonathan Van Tulleken, producer Jacob Jaffke and their crew had to overcome.
Bill Sage, whose extensive acting credits include “Sex and the City,” “Third Watch,” “American Psycho” and “High Art,” stars in OFF SEASON as the loner.
Besides its BAFTA nomination for Best Short Film, OFF SEASON was an Official Selection at the 2010 Slamdance Film Festival and 2009’s Encounters Short Film Festival.