Zero Untitled has officially entered the Bristol 48h Puppet Film Challenge 2023. We will be entering our yet-to-be-written short film “Fetch: A Llama Story” by Michael Verderber. Like many festivals, there are stipulations that must occur to have the film accepted. This festival will require an undisclosed ITEM, ACTION, and THEME which will be made known to us when the 48 hour long challenge begins!

In the meantime, concepts, shooting locations, and even the score are all being developed long before anything gets filmed, which begins on Friday, September 15th (when the contest officially begins) 7:00 BST time, or 1:00 US Central time.

UPDATE: The 3 requisites were GLASS, OPEN, and POWER, which were utilized as glasses, glass bowl, glass cup, the opening of an eyeglass case, and a tug-of-war power play between the puppet and actress.

See the shorter, contest version of the film below. It begins at the 21:48 mark! The longer, Director’s Cut is viewable above. https://www.youtube.com/live/CwPsZebZ4nM?si=XzbGbUpSNc1UPsnI

UPDATE: The film has been ACCEPTED and will be screened in September 23 at Screening 2, at 14:00 BST (8:00 AM US Central time)!!

Written and Directed by Michael Verderber

Cast:

SARAH – Katherine Orozco-Verderber

CHUCKY (puppet) – Michael Verderber

MRS. DOOTLEBURGER – Daniel Hernandez

MR. GUMPTY – Julio Martinez

Art Design & Flyer – Raymond Martinez

Music – Down Chamber

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