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Miami Web Fest 2022

A blind painter relieves her past by returning to her old workshop

Anna

After losing her job as a seamstress and having trouble to pay her bills at the end of the month, now, Frederique works as housekeeper in a gym where she became friends to a 10 year younger rapper, Ivy. The announcement of a rap battle tournament where the winner will win $3,000, will push her to make the feat to survive to this new exercise.

The Arena - season 2

Two serial killers on the run. A woman scorned, wanting revenge. An FBI agent on a lifelong hunt. A dwarf who knows far too much. Amidst car chases, love and torture, secrets and life-changing revelations, Arthur’s story continues: will he follow Zed’s example and resume his life as the amiable killer-next-door? Or will he finally break free from his “unsavoury hobby”?

Arthur - second season

Ex British Army Military Police Detective and private security veteran, Logan McDonnell retired to Bali after fifteen years protecting Russian oligarchs and minsters, and several Indonesian generals, followed by a very successful spell as a venture capitalist. Opening a small, discreet bar, he anticipated a henceforth relaxed life on the Island of the Gods. Unfortunately, his ‘wee bar’ attracts a collection of misfits, quirky individuals, troubled hearts and others trying to escape their past – or future – leading to a series of complex dramas which eventually spill outside The Bar...

The Bar

In the cyberpunk period the Police of Starica City have become even more professional. But the criminals in Russia are not standing still either - they have become very honest. In this video, you will see a tangled case that would have gone unsolved without help of the cyber dog.

Birchpunk // RUSSIAN CYBERPOLICE

Levi is your perfect boyfriend.

Boyfriend

It's a story about feelings, sex, and loneliness. About a common lack of social communication, tactility, and intimacy. About the pandemic and the global lockdown we all went through. After a pretty hard breakup Bai Lu (Yang Ge) escapes to Berlin for a couple of days - but now she is stuck there, apparently for months, since all the borders are closed due to the pandemic. Bored and lonely, she finally makes a desperate move – she decides to find a boyfriend without leaving home. Meanwhile in Moscow, the lockdown takes her friends by surprise. One girl becomes an abandoned bride, the second experiments with a webcam because she simply needs money, and the third, on the contrary, has it all - two kids and a lot of work to do.

Can't stay, can't go

Feeling anxious and insecure about her first solo show, professional artist Caroline teeters on the brink of canceling a performance and compromising her dream of being an individual artist in her own right. As Caroline's crisis of confidence deepens, she begins to lash out at M.K., her assistant, which leads to M.K. quitting right before the Private View, forcing Caroline to perform alone and ultimately triumph over her personal doubts to find success on her own terms.

Caroline

When their talent manager Stacey goes missing, Lex and Gabby can't leave their precious careers in just anyone's hands; they hold a series of auditions to find a new manager. With the paparazzi hot on her trail, will Lex's secret be revealed? Will Gabby ever find the love she so desperately desires? Most importantly, will they like Dick? Follow these two vivacious actresses, who wish they were as famous as they think they are.

Certifiable Series

After a horrific incident sends his brother into a downward spiral, an MMA fighter, Marc, battles to redeem himself while seeking revenge for his brother. Six months later, Marc still finds himself looking for answers, while his brother, Casey, just wants too numb his suffering and forget. Marc had planned to leave fighting behind him, but getting get back in the cage is the only thing that can save them both.

Combattre

The pursuit of perfection is futile… or is it? Dr. Daedalus, an ambitious neurologist, invents a personality and talent transplant procedure. He lures two young-adult candidates, Grace and Josh, from opposing socioeconomic classes with a promise of a better future. 2 years later, Daedalus faces rising tension as the highly controversial procedure will soon be available to the public. Grace and Josh begin experiencing unexpected life-altering effects of their irrevocable decision. As secrets start to slip, the truth about Daedalus's insidious plan to immortalize his legacy is revealed. Morality, pursuit of perfection, and the quest for acceptance will be explored in the series, while also examining ethical implications of innovation that might soon enable us to create the perfect human.

DAEDALUS

As Felicia gets older, she convinces herself that its time to find a "life partner." With the support of her best friends, she enters the dating app world for the first time. From hookups, to women, to married men. Felicia might be in over her head.

The Dating App Chronicles - FULL SERIES

The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor Faustus, is an Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe, based on German stories about the title character Faust. It was written sometime between 1589 and 1592. We filmed it in Canterbury where it was written by Marlowe. We were lucky to film it in Greyfriar's Chapel in the exact room where 420 years earlier Marlowe studied as a child. This webseries is Mari Lewis's directorial debut.

Doctor Faustus

an independent Series about an alternative support group for people who have been cyberbullied and went through shaming on social media. on the first episode a new member joins the group following a court order, as a person who was responsible for another teen suicide and needs to attend these meetings as part of her sentence for community service . the whole group dynamics is being interfered as a result. will the group survive the new presence? the first season of this series consist of 8 episodes. each episode opens with one of the characters monologue about their situation and what got them to the group in the first. place.

Don't care to share

Down Bad follows three childhood friends with their own trials and tribulations as they navigate life in small town America.

Down Bad

A comedic web series that explores the variety of individuals who seek therapy for their mental health, via the uncommon format of shorter sessions at a drive-thru window run by an energetic and aspirational Dr. Sylvia Morris. Season 1 has 6 episodes each featuring a different visitor to Sylvia's therapy window.

Is Sylvia in over her head? Or will she channel the strength and resilience needed to maintain her entrepreneurial pursuit while attempting to help the range of characters who visit her window?

The Drive-Thru Therapist

FOR THE RECORD follows a diverse cast of characters whose lives and relationships are interconnected by the music that has been the soundtrack of their lives. The music is the springboard for each story, inspiring and elevating those moments into indelible memories.

For the Record

Arkham, New England, 1934. A scientist, after a horrifying discovery, shows his findings to a former colleague.

From Beyond

Young single mom Sophia takes custody of her teenaged daughter Kyrah. The two try to re-establish their mother-daughter relationship as they face the threat of eviction. An intimate portrait of a family in transition where nothing is a given and where determination and fate collide.

Good Intentions

Welcome to Good Intentions Coffee, an independent coffee shop located in a city neighbourhood in the midst of change. It’s going from rundown and sketchy to an overpriced hipster haven. At the centre of it all are Karen and Ray, Good Intentions’ two baristas, who are known by all the shop’s regulars. Whether it’s hipsters, yuppies, or the occasional undesirable, all of their regulars have the same morning routine: they stumble out of their overpriced apartments to come by the shop for their usual order. From there, their lives can take any number of infinite turns. It could be a chance meeting with an ex, a fight with a bike thief, or a haunted apartment viewing, it always starts with their morning coffee. Karen and Ray have their own routine; brew the coffee, and watch the disasters that are the regular’s lives unfold.

The Grind

HANDSOME is a 6-episode, queer web series about a gay man in his early 30’s who has just ended a 10 year relationship. Now he has to navigate a modern dating scene he knows little about.

HANDSOME

Hogtown is a 7 episodes webseries. The story follows the journey of a single-parent family, coping with Toronto’s increasing housing precariousness. When Manuela,16, and her family are threatened to be evicted from their apartment by a real estate developer, she decides to fight back, in hopes of remaining in her neighbourhood.

Hogtown/ Ainsi va Manu - Episodes 2,3,4

After following her heart on a path that went awry, Leila returns to San Antonio fiery and determined to guide the reins of her honey-trapping business to a new level. With changes and growth come new challenges: a life-changing discovery of information withheld for years, an inquisitive new assistant, a suspiciously paranoid Charlie, a difficult client with arduous demands, and an unlikely work ally. This season Leila will be put to her own tests of trust and integrity. How will she choose? -Series created by: Felise Garcia

"THE HONEY TRAPPER" Season 2

Two creatives live quarantine together in a country house. Just the two of them and a phone. "How To" is an artistic response to the immobility in which the world is forced to live during the COVID -19 pandemic. Six short videos depict human and spiritual adaptation scenarios. Portraits of an apparently distorted humanity but, nevertheless, never immobile. This is the whole series. Each episode is self contained and shows a different theme. Entirely shot on an iPhone XR. A series by Francesco Di Giorgio and Valentina Ghetti.

How To

One man’s life is turned upside down when his son is left at his doorstep for him to take care of. Nicholas Stephenson now must balance his life as a single father while dealing with his career, his other family members, and some secrets from the past that was once thought to be have been locked away forever.

In The Nick Of The Time

INCOMPLETENESS is a sci-fi dramedy that revolves around the central character of ALEX, a miserable, workaholic TV news editor who receives a terminal cancer diagnosis that leads him on a self-indulgent quest to win back his pregnant-and-estranged wife and connect with his unborn son through a self-funded, semi-autobiographical movie about the meaning of life.

Overflowing with incredibly profound ideas but with no idea what to do with them, he hires a brilliant, nihilistic, possibly psychotic screenwriter, PAUL, who will mercilessly battle Alex over control of the storyline in order to turn the film into his own sci-fi inspired, hyper-metaphysical, inner-demon slaying catharsis.

Utilizing an innovative metanarrative structure, the series will explore the themes of identity, destiny, and mortality as part of a more fundamental meditation on the illusions of the self, free will, and time.

Incompleteness

A second wave of coronavirus has forced New Zealand back into lockdown, and reclusive tech expert Rose McWhitney is hacking into stranger’s video calls to get a hit of human interaction. But when she unexpectedly reconnects with an old school bully, Rose suddenly finds herself sharing iso with a haunting vision from her past. Now she’s got to work out what is real and what is just pandemic-induced paranoia?

INSiDE

1965. Rikers Island. An inmate serving multiple life sentences meets his new prison psychiatrist. Sharp memories of dark, severe childhood abuse and violence are brought to light over the course of four tense meetings together. What is revealed will change both people more than either of them could ever expect.

The Kids From Hunts

A rich suburban girl has to fight for her life when her brother sends a hitman after her to get her inheritence.

La Rose Noire

What happens when you put a group of troubled (and often arrested) teen girls in a "therapeutic" boarding school with laudatory goals and a dysfunctional staff with a director who never lets ethics keep her down? This series is the story of parental frustration, imprudent staff, an owner who never met a law she couldn't circumvent, and girls learning to navigate their new environment.

Last Resort

Little Black book tells the story of Tade, a brilliant business developer, who is trying to get her life back on track after a series of failures. Leo, a millionaire hotel entrepreneur who is defying the odds to keep his business in the green and a Little Black Book of gorgeous women, unfolding truths and hidden desires between them.

Little Black Book

A mother, a daughter, an island off the east coast. Conflict of oppression and dominance. Both want to win, both will end up losing.

Long Island South Shore (Season 1.5)

A young man named Michael Miller embarks on a journey to not only control his dreams but also his fears. With the help of a few friends he goes face to face with an evil group of entities whose mission is to invade the minds of humanity causing them horrible nightmares and psychological pain. But before Michael can defeat them he must first defeat his greatest enemy, himself.

Lucidity

After the sudden death of their father, the Lyons siblings must come together as they navigate through the pressures and realities of life discovering the importance of family, friendship, and core spiritual values.

The Lyons Den

Guidaí is a substitute teacher who arrives at a rural school that faces a great problem: the area is being fumigated with deadly pesticides. In a place filled with poison, where electricity, health and dreams are scarce, Guidaí will fight for the life of her students. Even though it will prove more dangerous than she ever imagined. Episodes: https://bit.ly/2Ucxgcg

Maestra Veneno

When Robert Craig undergoes a transaortic valve repair procedure, twenty-one messages are left on his voicemail. Each message reveals a flawed man on the verge of a major life event.

Minimally Invasive Procedure

(mis)placed is a web series about the intersecting lives of twenty-somethings, all searching for love, work, and meaning in the world today.
Alyssa has found what she is looking for but her relationship with her mother stands in the way.

(mis)placed

When friends try desperately to hold their group together, they may do more damage than they think.

One Door Over

Something sinister is taking place, causing the disappearance of children.
 Kostas is a single father who works on the Hellenic Rescue Team. His only child, Dingo, means the world to him, and when he finds out that children have been vanishing under mysterious circumstances, he is deeply concerned. He spends a great deal of time with his son and has a friendly relationship with his neighbor Persephone. Then he realizes that whatever is responsible for the disappearances might be after Dingo next while he starts to face paradoxical situations.

PARADOX

This story follows the Steel family and their multi-million dollar conglomerate Steel Publications which houses their top selling magazine Steel Magazine. Canaan “Cane” Steel is the company’s CEO, which was handed down to him from their father, the founder of Steel Publications. However, Cane must run the company with his now ex-wife, Naomi, who always does what she can to oppose him causing friction in the company. Cane also must deal with his siblings – Abigail “Abby” Steel, the COO, Asher Steel, the Marketing Vice President, Jeremiah, the photographer, and Pastor Abelson “Abel”, the “black sheep” of the family, each pose as possible threats towards the throne. Meanwhile, Chloe Sinclair and Demetria Harris, employees at the company, each have ambitions to move up, but they soon find out how hard it is to prosper in this business especially if your last name isn’t Steel.

Peace Be Steel

Predestined is a Urban Musical series about a Preacher's kid turned R&B Star who faces her dark truth's after her mother's death.

Predestined

'Psyched!' is a medical drama based on psychiatry. It follows the day to day lives of the staff and patients from a London Community Mental Health Team.

Psyched! - Pilot

With two weeks left to live, Anthony "Ratt" Bastid hires a camera crew to document his life story. Diagnosed with a terminal illness, he teams up with a sleazy lawyer to sue his doctor, all while trying to start a family. What results is a tragicomic portrait of a lovable loser.

Ratt's Life (Series)

A tight-knit coven of millennial witches invites a seemingly innocent outsider into their midst, threatening the intricate balance of their clique and unwittingly exposing them to powerful witchcraft. Caught up in the drama within their circle, they are left vulnerable to the malefic threats closing in and will discover that awakening real magick comes with dark consequences.

Retrograde

Jade, Michael and Stacey - a trio of young, queer, and amorous housemates - pursue love and happiness, but instead blunder their way through life in Sydney's heterosexual-flexible dating scene.

Romp

Using Shakespeare's original text and characters, we shine a light on the human experience in a COVID-19 world.

Building on the success of the previous two seasons of the multi award-winning web series, Shakespeare Republic (2015-2017), this new season of the work turns the lens on Shakespeare's characters in lockdown, featuring actors from Australia and around the world.

Created, adapted and directed by Australian actor/director, Sally McLean (who directed all the actors in real time via video conferencing from Melbourne, as they simultaneously filmed themselves on their smartphones in their respective homes across 3 continents), we look through a myriad of windows from Australia, Scotland, England and the USA into the current shared experience of human beings in isolation. Reflecting a plethora of experiences in lockdown, including home schooling, YouTube bingeing, mental health, death of a loved one, Zoom dating and more, we train a lens on the shared human experience that connects us, despite our physical separation.

Featuring actors with credits from Broadway, the West End, Shakespeare’s Globe and mainstream Film & TV, both established and emerging ... this is deliberately Shakespeare with a difference..

Starring: Leo Atkin, Dominic Brewer, Don Bridges, Maya Cohen, Frank Collison, Tim Constantine, Mark Dickinson, Danielle Farrow, Laura Gardner, Jodi Haigh, Philip Hayden, Justin Hosking, Christopher Kirby, Emma Kniebe, Jessica Martin, Sally McLean, Mark McMinn, Robert Myles, Yolanda Ovide, Sarah Peachey, Miguel Perez, Sass Pinci, Phoebe Anne Taylor, Caris Vujcec

This season is ranked as the No. 1 Anthology Series for 2021 & in the Top 10 web series in the world (WSWC 2021)

TO SEE HOW THE SEASON WAS FILMED WITH NONE OF US IN THE SAME ROOM AT THE SAME TIME, with Sally directing all actors in real time from Melbourne, Australia via video calls as they shot their episodes on their smart phones, watch our short behind the scenes video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0N_tByrJBg

TO VIEW ALL EPISODES WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES - PLEASE GO TO: http://www.allthewebsastage.com

To see all our awards & screenings for this season to date, please go here: http://allthewebsastage.com/awards-screenings/

Shakespeare Republic: #AllTheWebsAStage (The Lockdown Chronicles)

Laurianne has no ambition and lives with her religious mother. One day, an unexpected encounter inspires her to see herself in a new light.

Sigh

A family discovers their new home is inhabited by a mischievous entity.

The Siren of the Apparition

In this special episode, we spend a day in the life of Gerard Medrano as he travels through the Skeleton Crewniverse--one which will end with him forever changed.

Skeleton Crew

Laurence is struggling to recover from the accidental death of Camille, her 6-year-old daughter. Her husband Daniel tries to help her, but he also has to grieve. As the first anniversary of her child's death approaches, Laurence begins to experience strange phenomena in the family home. She is convinced that her dead little girl is trying to communicate with her.

Sleep With Me

Social Murderer is an 8 part web series based on the power and influence of social media presence, societal pressures, youth culture and true to life scenarios - told through the lives of 8 different characters. A famous YouTuber and his non-famous girlfriend, an old school dater, two regular millennials, a known Instagram Influencer, a wannabe Influencer who shares too much, and a grandmother.

Social Murderer

A painter, who has a hundred-thousand dollar debt owed to a crime boss, has one week to paint a masterpiece to pay off his debt or face the consequences. Comedy-Drama

Spilled Paint

The events of the web series The SuperDagger (Original Title - Sverkhkinzhal) takes place in modern times. Two young men find an ancient dagger that has enormous supernatural power. Guys are gonna find out about a new world, supernatural creates of the planet and about 2 brothers, whose story of interaction with the mysterious dagger goes into deep in the history.

The SuperDagger

On his 50th birthday, a once promising comedian with a flat lined career decides to quit comedy and go back to his roots as a serious actor. In season two, Adam's struggles to remain creatively relevant while dealing with issues at home. Meanwhile, his acting coach/former lover deals with her own issues of sobriety and the relationship with her daughter.

Thespian

When two dudes decide to look for a third roommate, not in their wildest imagination do they think that one of the guy's Ex will trick them into accepting her as a housemate. The series delves into the intricacies of urban housing and relationships among the youth.

Tom, Dick & Harrie

Fresh out of rehab and completely broke, Mark is fighting to stay clean in a world where privacy only exists as a luxury for those rich enough not to sell it.

Trace Me

Cousins Alex and Theo have talent, big dreams, and a ton of pressure on their backs. Having just graduated college, Theo dreams of being an actor but realizes that it’s not as easy as the movies make it seem. Whereas, Alex tries relentlessly to appease her mom’s hopes of her becoming a lawyer, while also dreaming of becoming a songwriter. In this pilot episode, the cousins cope with their own external and internal pressures, understand the meaning of togetherness, and try to manage their insane Abuelo. Wasted Talent, looks to bring light to what it means to grow-up in your 20’s, and Latin/Immigrant narratives through humor and honestly. Through the course of the season, the cousins will each embark on their own paths of finding themselves, by trying to make the most of their talents, while also trying to fit into the harsh realities of how life really works. After all, no one really wants to be a grown up.

Wasted Talent

Weirdos is a female-driven teen drama series exploring the struggles faced by Charlotte, a plus-size teen girl who is relentlessly tormented and bullied by a group of teenagers in high school. With the help of a new student, Sam, she finds her inner strength and finally stands up for herself. Thanks to kindness, Charlotte not only changes the direction of her life but also that of her bullies. Weirdos weaves an intricate and heart wrenching story of teenage life that deeply resonates with young teens across the globe. To date, it has garnered 4.5 millions views on YouTube and tens of millions on other social media platforms.

Weirdos

Dark comedy with a psychological thriller undertone. Marie-Chantal is a content moderator for social media giants at Soulshine Corp. Unable to continue to passively sort through the horrors that pop up on her screen, she develops an obsession for a mysterious kitten killer...

Welcome to Soulshine

Montreal, Quebec. An apartment building. Three rough childhoods collide. Mélissa, Eddy and Karine live in the same building and from a young age, they have to deal with an environment that crushes grown-ups. The hooker's corner, the violent neighbourhood, parents' debauchery parties, bad company, stealing to survive : for them, all this is quite normal, it's their life. Are their parents to blame? Or do they love the best they can? Are we all condemned to reproduce what we have known?

Wipe me away

Youtube star gets to the police station to the police captain Semyon Malyuga. Trying to figure out the details of the incident, Malyuga is faced with a new reality for him of Internet stars and idiotic challenges. The next day, a video leaked to the network with the interrogation of the YouTube star instantly resonates with his army of fans. Now the life of Captain Malyuga will never be the same again.

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