An entry for the Your Film Festival competition. This short film focuses on the effects of abuse in relationships from cult director Matthew Roe. Critically acclaimed performances from David Short (The Children of Dead Roses & The Other Side), Vollie Award-Nominee Chris Barnhart (Stallions and Mules & Follies of Youth), Laura Duncan (Macabre), Kat Parker (Follies of Youth) and Zachary Scruggs in his on-screen debut. Nominated for the Vollie Award for Best Narrative Short.
About Heaven's Fire Films
Heaven's Fire Films is a Maryland micro budget independent film company that is produces films of a low to non-existent cost.
Created in 2007 as MDR Productions when producing the short film Remedy it consisted only of Matthew Roe. One person with a camera and a boom microphone. After acheiving a contract to direct a film, Matthew changed the name to Atlantis Films, to make it more appealing to audiences. The name was also graciously accepted by Matthew's new partner Zachariah Geschwilm, who had an inert fascination with the subject of the Atlantis myth. This name was used in Fighting for Life, Mafia: The True Story, Soldalto E Pedina and Macabre.
However, it's use was discontinued after the discovery of several film and video production companies with the same title. His production company then adopted the current status Heaven's Fire Films. Under this heading, Matthew created his two latest films: Stallions and Mules, Suburban Children and many more to come.
Words of Thought
From two Fathers of modern film making:
"You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess teaches you is that you must sit there calmly and think about whether it's really a good idea and whether there are other, better ideas."
-Stanley Kubrick
"I'm convinced we all are voyeurs. It's part of the detective thing. We want to know secrets and we want to know what goes on behind those windows. And not in a way that we would use to hurt anyone. There's an entertainment value to it, but at the same time we want to know: What do humans do? Do they do the same things as I do? It's a gaining of some sort of knowledge, I think."