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DERELICT Films October 2015

 

A year and a day after the release of DERELICT's first film, Rob Hauschild,

of Wild Eye Releasing, is pleased to announce the official release of C A T A T O N I A

on St. Valentine's Day, February 14, 2017.

 

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DERELICT Films September 2015

 

In beautiful Hot Springs, Arkansas, C A T A T O N I A was screened on September 19th, 2015 at the Central Theater as part of the Hot Springs Horror Film Festival. C A T A T O N I A was picked as an Official Selection of the Thriller genre. In attendance, and representing DERELICT Films was actress Katie Hodges, who played "Doctor Meadows" in the film. High praises were given by Festival Director Bill Volland, who stated that C A T A T O N I A, at least in his humble opinion, was in the top ten films of the festival -- but the jury would speak for itself. 

 

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DERELICT Films December 2014

 

In the midst of New York City's SantaCon, holiday shoppers and on the last consecutive date in our lifetime, Amy Hesketh of Pachamana Films and DERELICT FIlms' Frank S. Petrilli, Vincent Kulish & Jason Chester hosted a private screening on Saturday night, December 13th, 2014. Thirty plus cast, crew, friends and associates gathered at Studio One at mid-town Manhattan’s famous Weist Barron Studios.

 

Topping the list was PLAY HOOKY, the award winning 2012 original found film by Petrilli, Kulish & Chester, distributed by Wild Eye Releasing in October this year under the “PollyGrind Presents” sub-label. It was followed by its recently completed sequel: the psychological drama, C A T A T O N I A.

 

The screening was capped by Amy Hesketh’s recently completed film, OLALLA, based on the same title of the Robert Louis Stevenson short story, first published in 1885. Born and raised in Maine and educated at Bard and Goddard, Hesketh resides and makes films in Bolivia. Her prior film, BARBAZUL, based on the Charles Perrault story, BLUEBEARD from 1697, was screened at PollyGrind 2013.

 

It was at PollyGrind 2013 where Hesketh met Petrilli, who took advantage of Hesketh’s arrival in New York City from Bolivia, to coordinate the event at Weist Barron, which was quipped “The Unofficial PollyGrinders Mid-Town Manhattan Holly Jolly SantaCon 2014 Screening." Typically, the screenings were followed by Q & A’s, cinematic discussions, plus food and libation at a local pub on 45th & 5th.

 

According to C A T A T O N I A actor Vincent Bernardo, “It was a very nice event for those of us who couldn’t make it to Las Vegas in October. It gave us a little taste of what the real PollyGrind Film Festival is all about. I was blown away.” Petrilli, Kulish & Chester and Hesketh hope this could become an annual Holly Jolly event.

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DERELICT Films October 2013
 

Despite the fact that they didn't have a film in the festival, the cast members of PLAY HOOKY and C A T A T O N I A attended PollyGrind 2013. DERELICT Films was present to support Rob Hauschild and the Wild Eye Releasing Panel Discussion and Q&A held on Sunday October 17th at 4:00pm.

 

Actors Kim Kleemichen and Vincent Kulish of PLAY HOOKY joined director Frank Petrilli and DP Jason Chester with actors Pamela Rose Cichy and Chrstopher DeJoy of C A T A T O N I A at Theatre7 for the Q&A, hosted by PollyGrind founder and director Chad Clinton Freeman. Also present was of Glen Coburn of Whacked Movies, a Texas distributor of independent horror films.

 

"We're here to support PollyGrind and Wild Eye Releasing," said Vincent kulish, "and to pass the Most Innovative Film baton of over to the new filmmakers." "We are grateful to PollyGrind for this opportunity, and want to say thank you," said Kleemichen.