BackSpace has just been released on Stash! Stash holds a very special place for us. Its where we get a ton of inspiration and is often our go to for amazing works of creativity! Our Stash DVD collection goes back to the early days (Stash 20 with those amazing black crows designed for MTV by Psyop) and we’ve been a fan ever since!
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BackSpace Returns is currently in production and we wanted to announce the cast of this awesome project bringing these characters to life!
First, it was great to work with Paul Haapaniemi again, who previously starred as Hunter. In the past we’ve worked with Paul on both of our feature films (The West and the Ruthless, Danger! Danger!), our series Tales from Black Manor and most recently - the award winning short film BackSpace!
Also returning is James Brinkley as Mono - our wonderfully upset robot. This will be our 6th collaboration with James (The Umbrella Factory, Jack the Ripper, Around the World in 80 Days, Tales from Black Manor, and BackSpace!)
And finally, Holly Standbrook will be returning as Jet! This will be our third collaboration with Holly after Tales from Black Manor and BackSpace!
We’re also really excited to announce that Benedict Mazurek will be playing Rival. This is our 4th collaboration with Benedict! Along with our two feature films (The West and the Ruthless and Danger! Danger!) we also just worked together on the pilot for Love’s Gate!
For BackSpace Returns, another new character we’re introducing is B-Team, played by the ridiculously talented Chris Harris-Beechey. This is our first time working with Chris and we’re super excited to have him be a part of the BackSpace world!
More on BackSpace Returns to come soon!
Love’s Gate is heading to the Sacramento International Film Festival this December! Not only that but it will also take part in the competition for the American Screenwriters Awards! Alexander Harris wrote an amazing screenplay that we were lucky enough to direct. Here’s to hoping he takes home the grand prize!
The Sacramento International Film Festival will take place December 14 - 17, 2022.
For information on the festival, make sure to check out the link below!
Tales from Black Manor just won Best Horror Film at the Universal Film Festival! The Universal Film Festival was held in Germany this year and travels to a different country each year showcasing some amazing films. This year, our series (Tales from Black Manor is a 3 Episode Series) took the award for Best Horror Film!
We had a blast making Tales from Black Manor (as well as the acceptance speech video for the film festival).
For more on Tales From Black Manor you can watch all 3 episodes online now right here and for more information on the Universal Film Festival make sure to check out the Official Site:
Love’s Gate, the pilot we directed last spring, made its big screen premiere this last weekend at the NYLA Film Festival! Not only did it take home the Award of Excellence but it also took home the Audience Choice Award!
Love’s Gate had such an amazing cast and crew and its absolutely great to see their talents recognized!
For more information you can check out the official site right here:
Thrilled to announce that Love’s Gate, the pilot we directed last spring, will be having a big screen premiere next month! Its always great to see the work up on the big screen - whether its a feature film, short film, or tv series! Its also a great way to share the hard work that the cast and crew poured into a project and celebrate everyone’s hard work!
Love’s Gate will premiere at the NYLA International Film Festival. The festival is being held this November in Hollywood. Love’s Gate will premiere on 11/6.
For more information, make sure to check out the official site for the festival below!
FilmQuest 2022 is just around the corner and we’re so excited! BackSpace, our sci-fi film made with Unreal Engine, has just been nominated for Best Animated Short!
BackSpace has been screening around the world and picking up awards this year, including the Platinum Jury Prize for Best Picture and the Europa Award at this summer’s LA Sci-Fi Film Festival.
BackSpace Returns, the sequel is now production!
For more information on FilmQuest, make sure to check out the official site!
Tales from Black Manor has been nominated for Best Horror Film at the Universal Film Festival! The festival will be held in Germany, November 10-12 where you’ll be able to watch Tales from Black Manor up on the big screen. We’re over the moon with the reception for the series! It has screened around the world, been featured in magazines, and some wonderful websites as well!
We worked with some wonderful talent on this including Donnla Hughes, James Brinkley, Paul Haapaniemi, Holly Standbrook and Briony Rawle.
For more information on the Universal Film Festival, make sure to check out the official site here:
This November 10-12, Tales from Black Manor will be playing at the Cinestar Metropolis in Frankfurt Germany as part of the Universal Film Fest!
Each year the Universal Film Festival moves to a different, exciting location around the world. This year’s festival is in Germany. Upcoming years will be held in Toronto Canada (2023), London UK (2024), Istanbul Turkey (2025) and Dubai UAE (2026).
Tales from Black Manor, our 3 episode horror series, has been screening all around the world and we’re thrilled to announce the latest festival!
For more information on the festival, make sure to check out the official site here:
With BackSpace Returns now in production, we’re excited to unveil the official poster and synopsis. BackSpace Returns is the sequel to our award winning short film, BackSpace. We cannot wait to share so much more of the world of BackSpace with everyone soon!
This universe is really exciting. New worlds! New villains! New adventures!
BackSpace Returns
Official Synopsis
Hunting for Black Holes is a dangerous business and it’s only getting deadlier!
In this brand new sequel to the award winning short film, BackSpace, we find Hunter stepping through the Black Hole he’s discovered. Adventure lurks around every corner, but he’s pursued by The BackSpace Corporation’s B-Team.
SO excited to announce that BackSpace is an Official Selection of FilmQuest this year! FilmQuest is one of our favorite film festivals in the world (they’ve also been voted as one of the top 50 festivals in the world!) and we’re thrilled to be a part of this year’s festival!
FilmQuest holds a special place for us as our feature films, Danger! Danger! and The West and the Ruthless were both Official Selections, as well as our short films, The Umbrella Factory, Jack the Ripper, Haunting of the White Sparrow, and Around the World in 80 Days! Our screenplay Patients of Hyde Park was an official selection and last year we screened the entire Tales from Black Manor series there!
Thrilled to see BackSpace up on the big screen this fall!
For more information, make sure to check out the official FilmQuest website:
We are thrilled to announce the sequel to our award winning short film, BackSpace! We’re now in production on BackSpace Returns, picking up directly after the events of the first short film. It was pretty great as filmmakers to see where Hunter ended up after stepping through the black hole.
BackSpace Returns is our first true sequel that we’ve ever directed. In the past we’ve directed multiple episodes of Tales from Black Manor, but the anthology nature of the series made each episode feel connected but not a true sequel - whereas BackSpace Returns is exactly that.
We cannot wait to share even more of this exciting story, and world, with everyone!
If you have’t seen BackSpace yet, or Tales from Black Manor, you can watch them both here:
After picking up 2 awards at the LA Sci-Fi Film Festival, BackSpace is off to its next festival screening! We’re so excited for our short film! The next screening of BackSpace will be at the International Comic & Animation Festival, Chaniartoon! This will be BackSpace’s 4th festival screening after its online release by Dust!
The Festival takes place September 8-15.
For more information on the upcoming festival, make sure to check out the Official Site here:
We’re so proud of our short film BackSpace! We woke up this morning to see that it had passed 500K plays! The short film was released by Gunpowder and Sky on their sci-fi brand Dust earlier this summer. If you haven’t already watched BackSpace, you should watch it and help us get to 1 Million views! If you’ve already watched it, why not watch it again!
You can watch the film on Dust or right here:
Here’s a few more stills from our Pilot for TV Series Love’s Gate. Director of Photography Brooke Mueller and the entire team helped us bring an amazing script by Alexander Harris to life. Check ‘em out below!
Here’s a first look at our brand new TV Pilot, Love’s Gate! The cast and crew were absolutely incredible to work with and the images that director of photography Brooke Mueller created are stunning. You can check out a first look right here:
Really excited to announce that BackSpace has just picked up 2 awards at the LA Sci-Fi Film Festival! Our short film won the Platinum Jury Prize for Best Picture! We also won the Europa Award!
Pretty proud of this short film! The film was released by Dust, the sci-fi brand over at Gunpowder and Sky this last spring. This is its third festival screening after playing internationally at FutuRetro and Plissken Festival!
If you haven’t seen BackSpace just yet - you can watch it now right here:
Check out the last batch of incredible behind the scenes photos of Love’s Gate by Paula and Jeff Bentley. We’re thrilled with how these came out and directing the Pilot Episode was an absolute blast.
Love’s Gate is a series produced by Mars Moon Productions in association with Adventure Company, created by Alexander Harris.
Here’s another batch of Behind the Scenes shots of our recent TV Pilot for Love’s Gate.
These shots were taken on set by Jeff and Paula Bentley with some incredible photos of the cast and crew.
We had a blast directing the Pilot Episode of brand new series, Love’s Gate! It was incredible to work with so many familiar faces and get the crew back together after such a strange 2 years! It was also great to work with some wonderfully talented actors, both familiar (Alexander Harris, Benedict Mazurek, Danny Brown, and Dan Fowlks returning from our feature films Danger! Danger! and The West and the Ruthless) as well as amazing new cast and crew members that we can’t wait to work with again!
Love’s Gate was created and written by Alexander Harris and produced by Cathy Irons at Mars Moon Productions in Association with Adventure Company.
Check out these awesome behind the scenes photos taken by Jeff and Paula Bentley of the cast and crew in action. More to come soon!
