The Puritans (film)
| The Puritans | |
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| Directed by | Sean Robinson |
| Written by | Sean Robinson |
| Produced by | Paul Warner, Martina Rojas Chaigneau |
| Starring | Tyler Elliot Burke Eileen Kearney Nikki Dillon Elyssa Jakim Greg Seel Louisa Ward Peter Trojgaard |
| Cinematography | Esteban Robles |
| Edited by | Sean Robinson |
| Music by | Bruno Axel |
| Distributed by | SnagFilms IndieFlix |
Release date |
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Running time | 24 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Puritans is a 2013 short science-fiction film written and directed by Sean Robinson and produced by Paul Warner.
Premise
The Puritans revolves around a soldier who returns from a war to discover that his family has returned to a nineteenth-century life-style in a desperate attempt to escape from the "perversions" of the modern world.
Cast
- Eileen Kearney as Joy Sutton
- Tyler Elliot Burke as Noble Sutton
- Nikki Dillon as Prudence Sutton
- Greg Seel as Ward Sutton
- Elyssa Jakim as Hope Dudley
- Louisa Ward as Julie
- Peter Trojgaard as Ernest Dudley
Awards
- International Short Film Festival "Kharkov Lilac": Grand Prix Award-won (2013)[1]
- Carmarthen Bay Film Festival: Best International Short-won (2013)[2]
- NW Short Film Festival: Best Original Concept-won (2013)[3]
- Vagrant Film Festival: Audience Choice Award-won (2013)[4]
- Melbourne Underground Film Festival: Best Short Film-nominated (2013)[5]
- The Northwest Ohio Film Festival: Outstanding Short Film-nominated, Audience Choice-nominated, Outstanding Direction: Sean Robinson-nominated, Outstanding Actress-Short: Eileen Kearney-nominated, Outstanding Screenplay: Paul Warner & Sean Robinson-nominated (2013)[6]
Festival showings
- Garden State Film Festival[7]
- Naperville Independent Film Festival[8]
- Marbella International Film Festival (Spain)[9]
- Melbourne Underground Film Festival[10]
- Long Island International Film Expo[11]
- Naoussa International Film Festival[12]
- The Rainier Independent Film Festival[13]
- Frederick Film Festival[14]
- San Francisco Frozen Film Festival[15]
- Columbia Gorge International Film Festival[16]
- Underexposed Film Festival YC[17]
- Minneapolis Underground Film Festival[18]
- Studio City Film Festival[19]
- Timecode:NOLA Indie Film Fest[20]
- Internacional de Cine Estudiantil[21]
- The Inigo Film Festival[22]
- The Justice Film Festival[23]
- The Levante International Film Festival[24]
Critical reception
Film Threat gave the film 5 stars.[25] SBCC Film Reviews[26]
References
- ^ "News". Siren Film Festival. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
- ^ "Nominees and Winners for 2013". wyl Ffilm Bae Caerfyrddin. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
- ^ "2013 WINNERS". NW Short Film Festival. Hollie Olson. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
- ^ "Vagrant film festival: how it was…". Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ^ "Best Short Film". Melbourne Underground Film Festival. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ^ "OHIO-BASED FILM". Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ^ "Garden State Film Fest preview w/ShowRoom listings". Asbury Park Press. Asbury Pulp. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
- ^ "2013 Festival Schedule". Naperville Independent Film Festival. Edmond Coisson. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
- ^ "The Puritans". Marbella Film Festival. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
- ^ "MINI MUFF". Melbourne Underground Film Festival. Hussein Khoder. Archived from the original on October 1, 2009. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
- ^ "Afterlife Films From The 2013 Long Island International Film Expo". Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ^ "Fiction films". September 18, 2013. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ^ "2013 List of Films". Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ^ "The Puritans". Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ^ "The 2013 San Francisco Frozen Film Festival July 11–14". Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ^ "6TH ANNUAL COLUMBIA GORGE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL". Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ^ "2013 Underexposed Film Festival YC". Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ^ "Minneapolis Underground Film Festival" (PDF). Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ^ "OFFICIAL SELECTIONS". Studio City Film Festival. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
- ^ "Puritans, The". Retrieved June 29, 2014.
- ^ "EL FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE ESTUDIANTIL". Retrieved June 29, 2014.
- ^ "Rio 2013". Retrieved June 29, 2014.
- ^ "First round of selections for The Justice Film Festival announced". Retrieved June 29, 2014.
- ^ "The Puritans". Retrieved June 29, 2014.
- ^ "The Puritans". Film Threat. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
- ^ "The Puritans (Sean Robinson, 2012): USA". Byron Potau. Retrieved June 28, 2014.