AWARD NOMINEE
INDEPENDENT HORROR MOVIE AWARDS
Kuo’s Eyes has been nominated for Best Original Concept and Best Atmosphere at the Independent Horror Movie Awards!
SEMI-FINALIST
JELLY FILM FESTIVAL
Kuo’s Eyes has been selected as a Semi-Finalist at the Jelly Film Festival in North Hollywood!
WINNER
INDEPENDENT SHORTS FILM AWARDS
Very happy to announce that Kuo’s Eyes has received four awards at the Independent Shorts Awards December 2018 Edition in Los Angeles! These are: Gold Award for Best Director (Female), Silver Award for Best Experimental Short, Bronze Award for Best Cinematography and Bronze Award for Best Fantasy Short.
GOLD AWARD WINNER
SPOTLIGHT HORROR FILM AWARDS
DECEMBER EDITION 2018
WINNER
BEST HORROR
ALTERNATIVE FILM FESTIVAL
Kuo’s Eyes wins Best Short Horror at the Alternative Film Festival in Ontario, Canada!
AWARD NOMINEE
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
INDIE SHORT FEST
Happy to announce that Kuo’s Eyes has been nominated for Best Experimental Short at the Indie Short Fest December 2018 Edition in Los Angeles!
SEMI-FINALIST
ALTERNATIVE FILM FESTIVAL
Happy to say that Kuo’s Eyes has been nominated for Best Horror (Short Film Category) and Best Poster at the Alternative Film Festival in Ontario, Canada!
OFFICIAL SELECTION
MONTEVIDEO FANTASTICO
Very happy to announce that Kuo’s Eyes is an Official Selection of the Montevideo Fántastico Film Festival. The film will be screened at Casa INJU in Montevideo, Uruguay, on December 20th at 5PM.
INDIE SHORT FEST
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Kuo’s Eyes is an Official Selection of Indie Short Fest December 2018 Edition in Los Angeles!
BLOODSTAINED INDIE FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Kuo’s Eyes is an Official Selection of the Bloodstained Indie Film Festival which will take place in Tokyo, Japan in December 2018!
CREEPY TREE EXEMPLAR AWARD RECIPIENT
Kuo’s Eyes is a Creepy Tree Exemplar Award Recipient in TWO Categories at the Creepy Tree Film Festival: CREEPY EDITING and CREEPY ACTOR/ACTRESS PERFORMANCE!
Festival’s WEBSITE
CREEPY TREE FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Kuo’s Eyes is an Official Selection of the Creepy Tree Film Festival!
SHORT TO THE POINT FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Kuo’s Eyes is an Official September Selection of SHORT to the Point Film Festival in Bucharest, Romania. Festival Website
SCUFF – SOUTH CAROLINA UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Kuo’s Eyes is an Official Selection of the South Carolina Underground Film Festival!
The festival will be held in Charleston, SC, November 9 to 11, 2018. Kuo’s Eyes will screen in the Foreign Shorts Block on November 10 at 5 pm.
More information on screening location coming up soon on the festival’s website:
QUEEN PALM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL CORONET SELECTION
Happy to announce that Kuo’s Eyes is a an Official Coronet Selection of the Queen Palm International Film Festival October 2018 Edition.
For more information on the festival and its selections, visit the website: queenpalmfilfest.org
ONIROS FILM AWARDS
WINNER
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FANTASY
Kuo’s Eyes wins Best Experimental Fantasy at the August Monthly Edition Contest of ONIROS FILM AWARDS and goes on to compete for the Annual Competition!
STUFF MX FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Kuo’s Eyes is returning to Mexico City in November for the STUFF MX FILM FESTIVAL! The festival will run from November 8 till November 18. More info on screening dates and times soon.
AUGUST MONTHLY FINALIST ONIROS FILM AWARDS
Kuo’s Eyes is a monthly finalist film two categories: Best Experimental Film and Best Fantasy at the ONIROS FILM AWARDS!
ONIROS FILM AWARDS OFFICIAL WEBSITE
MACABRO XVII FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Kuo’s Eyes is an Official Selection of Macabro XVII Horror Film Festival! The film is part of the Short Block “Mentes al Limite” and it will screen twice: on Wednesday, August 22 at 5 pm at the Sala QUETZALCÓATL and on Sunday, August 26 at 7pm at the CINEMATÓGRAFO DEL CHOPO.
More information and directions here!
LES FEMMES UNDERGROUND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2018
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Kuo’s Eyes is back to the US for Les Femmes Underground International Film Festival. The film was their First Official Selection and amongst 1 of 50 shorts chosen from over 3,000 submissions worldwide!
Les Femmes Undeground International Film Festival will take place at the Phoenix Centre For The Arts in Phoenix, Arizona, on September 1, 2018. Kuo’s Eyes will screen between 2:00 pm and 3:15 pm.
More information on LEFUFF’s website.
PORTLAND UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL 2018
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Happy to announce that Kuo’s Eyes will have its US Premiere at the Portland Underground Film Festival on Friday, May 18 at 9:30 pm! The screening will take place at The Clinton Street Theatre in Portland, Oregon.
More information on the festival’s website, HERE.
HORROCON UK 2018
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Kuo’s Eyes is an official selection of HORRORCONUK 2018, UK’S most original horror convention! It will be screened on May 20th at 11:50 pm at Magna, Sheffield. Find more information on Horrorcon UK’s website by clicking HERE
THE HORSE HOSPITAL
NOVA NIGHTS #10:
O.B. DE ALESSI PRESENTS KUO’S EYES & OTHER VISIONS OF DARKNESS
DOORS 7PM TICKETS £5 ADV (COMING SOON) £7 ON THE DOOR
Conceived and hosted by BILLY CHAINSAW
PROGRAMME STARTS: 7.30PM
O. B. De Alessi presents Kuo’s Eyes & other visions of darkness
ABOUT “Kuo’s Eyes”: Young Kuo is found unconscious in the woods with his eyes torn out. Using his stuffed bear companion Bainfu as a guide, he goes in search of the person responsible for this heinous act. It is equal parts traumatic, mysterious, magical, compelling – and overwhelmingly beautiful. The earlier part of the evening features a selection of O. B. De Alessi’s video works.
More information via the Horse Hospital
KUO’S EYES IS AN OFFICIAL SELECTION OF
SITGES – INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL OF CATALONIA 2017!
KUO’S EYES has been officially selected to participate at the 50th edition of the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia. It will be screened at the Prado Cinema on Sunday, 8th of October 2017 at 1 a.m. More information on the Festival’s website
KUO’S EYES AT THE LIVING ART MUSEUM, REYKJAVIK, ICELAND
An early version of Kuo’s Eyes was initially conceived to be exhibited between November and December 2016 at The Living Art Museum in Reykjavik, Iceland, as part of the exhibition “The Primal Shelter is The Site For Primal Fears” curated by Maija Rudovska and Patrik Aarnivaara. Read more on the exhibition on the Museum’s website.
