Atlantic City Getaway Short Film Festival (June)
Founder: Ephraim “Fetti” Benton
Crystyn Wright with actors filmmakers and friends!
The first stop was Ephraim “Fetti” Benton’s Atlantic City Short Film Festival Getaway. This first-time shorts festival from NYC to AC offered quite a twist on the average Atlantic City excursion. We all met on 42ndStreet thirsty for some bus-ride fun. For a more than reasonable price Ephraim promised beach play, gambling vouchers, good music, dancing and even libations. He kept his word. After watching the films and blasting a few mix-tapes, we arrived in Atlantic City and set off for the beach. Blankets, bikinis and barbecue were all in full effect. Food was distributed and quickly consumed, cameras were flashed and we were off to see how much money could be made at the slot machines. A “nightcap” offered even more food over candlelight at a hot nightspot on the beach with networking at its best.
Here are a couple of my picks for the shorts festival:
Kai (Fred Thomas) – At the beginning of this almost-dramedy, the audience is curious about a fiend’s (Tanya Alexander) drug of choice. Eventually, it is revealed along with her decision to face her addiction head on. This was a creative knee-slapping comedy that is sure to leave the audience on edge until the very end. Starring: Frank Brantley, Peppur Chambers
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Toilet Blunts (Marquis Smalls) –Toilet Blunts has all the makings of a cult classic. Everyone knows what it’s like to anxiously anticipate an event, everything else is planned around it. But what happens when something goes wrong, and no one is looking? We get to see Niko (Antwan Ward) and watch his day unfold. In the end, we have to ask ourselves, “What would we do if no one was watching?” Starring: Johnny Rivera.
*Other Festival Favorites: Distractions (Michalina Almindo), Missing (Sabrina Moella) Real T’ (Ohene Cornelius), Color of Love (Kelley Janel Diaz)
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Filmmakers and friends
Actor and Bobby Yan, director
Ephraim and the Bros