A PURGATORY STORY

2019 // Comedy, Fantasy, Romance // 17 min

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A demon stuck with spirit board duty falls for a girl on the other side.

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

Winner: Audience Award, "Best After Hours Short Film" at the 43rd Cleveland International Film Festival
Winner: "Best Short Film" at the 33rd Fantasy Filmfest
Winner: Grand Prize, "Best Fantasy Short Film" at the 20th Vortex Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Film Festival by Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival
Winner: "Best Screenplay" at the 6th FilmQuest
Nominated: "Best Fantasy Short" at the 6th FilmQuest

Nominated: "Best Young Actor in a Short Film" for Lucas Royalty at the 41st Young Artist Awards

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

43rd Cleveland International Film Festival (Academy-Award® Qualifying)

33rd Fantasy Filmfest (Méliès d'Or Qualifying)
37th Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (Méliès d'Or Qualifying)
32rd Virginia Film Festival
23rd LA Shorts International Film Festival (Academy-Award® Qualifying)
34th Imagine Film Festival (Méliès d'Or Qualifying)

20th Vortex Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Film Festival by Flickers' Rhode Island Int. FF
33rd Dragon Con International Short Film Festival

6th FilmQuest
11th CRASH – Mostra Internacional de Cinema Fantástico
Pittsburgh Shorts

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Directed by Tom Albanese
Written by Tom Albanese & Joey Long

Story by Tom Albanese
Starring Joey Long & Joana Metrass
Produced by Tom Albanese & Joey Long
Executive Produced by Stephen McCarthy & Juan-Carlos Castano
Co-Produced by Mary Rachel Gardner & David Cohen
Cinematography by Tavner Murphy

Edited by Tom Albanese