FIVE AM FX

08/30/2024

Sundance Film Festival Asia 2024 held in Taipei last week. What a blast!

08/13/2024

A nice mention for FRACTAL in Vanity Fair.

“We always want to be at the vanguard,” says founder Maori Karmael Holmes. “We don’t want to replace the bigger festivals. We want to be nipping at the heels.”

08/13/2024

Just returned from a whirlwind trip. From Yokohama, Japan to NYC and Asheville, North Carolina.

08/02/2024

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News direct from FractalandTamir and Anslem Richardson...

We made a list! 11 Films You Should Not Miss at 🤯

Screening tonight at 6pm EST @ Suzanne Roberts Theater, Philadelphia, PA

08/01/2024

If you're in Philly check out BlackStar Film Festival. Anslem Richardson will be there to share FRACTAL.

FIVE AM FX was the main overall VFX vendor!! We are happy to have contributed to this beautiful film.

Stealing the below from Anslem Richardson 😛

From our “Extrasensory” shorts block, FRACTAL directed by Anslem Richardson.✨ ⁠
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This short fantasy-sci-fi film centers on the tight-knit relationship of a Deaf 8-year-old African-American boy named Tamir and his 14-year-old brother, Cameron. Orphaned, they live with their grandmother, who struggles to understand and communicate in the boys’ unique Black American Sign Language (BASL). When police violence takes someone he loves, Tamir finds solace through an unlikely friendship with a mysterious alien creature, who helps him cope with his trauma and forge a way forward.⁠
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FRACTAL and the full “Extrasensory” block featuring films that blur the distinction between reality and imagination will screen in-person at Suzanne Roberts Theatre on August 2nd at 6PM and online at 7:30PM. Tickets are available at the link in our bio or visit blackstarfest.org/festival!

07/20/2024

Showing Support from Kaohsiung, Taiwan for all those vendors and artists that worked on these two films :)

07/20/2024

FIVE AM FX has been working hard collaborating with New Moon Studios (鈊月) of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

New Moon Studios is the only local Taiwanese studio with a majority pivot towards the West's Visual Effects.

07/20/2024

Excited to announce that FRACTAL has been selected to screen at the 13th Academy Award Short Film Qualifying Blackstar Film Festival in Philadelphia.

Screening at Blackstar Film Festival, August 1-4. Check out https://www.blackstarfest.org/ for more information and exact screening times.

07/20/2024

Fractal has been selected to screen at HollyShorts Film Festival.

Screening in LA at the HollyShorts Film Festival, August 8-18.

Check out https://www.tclchinesetheatres.com/ for more information and exact screening times.

07/20/2024

Fractal has been selected to screen at the Burbank International Film Festival.

Half of Fractal was shot in Burbank and it’s the home of Jim Henson Creature Shop where the Fractal puppet was created and developed.

Screening in LA at Burbank International Film Festival, September 25-29. Check out https://www.burbankfilmfest.org/ for more information and exact screening times.

07/20/2024

Fractal won Best Short Film at SignLight International Film Festival 2024! :)

Keivonn Woodard won the "Rising Star" award!!

Screened April 16-20, 2024. Check out https://www.signlightff.org for more information.

07/20/2024

Excited to have had Fractal premiere at the Cleveland International Film Festival.

FIVE AM FX's founder Brian Houlihan called Cleveland, Ohio home in the early 2000's. Excited to share Fractal with everyone in Cleveland.