A Stranger Concept Films

15/07/2025

Check out this super cool gift from our dear friends over at The Anxiety Possum webcomic! We will ALWAYS make strange films for strange folks - be they humans or marsupials!! =)

12/07/2025

Happy to Announce that Emotional Support Demon won the award for Best Horror-Comedy at the 2025 ConGregate Film Festival!

02/07/2025

Very happy to announce that our award-winning horror short film BOBBY CAME HOME is an Official Selection at the 2025 Real to Reel International Film Festival!

Many thanks to everyone with Real to Reel for allowing us to be a part of such an absolutely amazing lineup of great films! And to those attending, please do stick around after the screening for a special Q&A with writer/director Dave Harlequin!

27/06/2025

Here's a fun throwback for you all! DEPARTMENT 666 - the 2019 award-winning short film from Dave Harlequin and the late, great Adam York will be screening as part of the 2025 ConGregate Film Festival this July 11th-13th at ConGregate in Winston-Salem, NC

Hope to see many of our Winston-Salem/NC Triad friends and fans out there for this one! Never say never, but this might be your very last chance to ever catch this one on any screen larger than your own ever again! =)

19/06/2025

Very happy to announce that our award-winning short BOBBY CAME HOME is an Official Selection at the 2026 Flicks in the Sticks Short Film Festival in Quakertown, PA where it will see its Eastern Pennsylvania Premiere - April 18th, 2026!

Hope to see many of our East PA friends and fans out there for what's sure to be a great event!

14/06/2025

Hey, fellow filmmakers! Submissions for the 2026 ConCarolinas Film Festival open on July 1st and their Super Earlybird Discount is active from July 1st-31st! This is a truly fantastic festival ran by some of our favorite people and well worth the submission fee!

🎬 CALLING ALL FILMMAKERS! 🎬
Submissions for the 2026 ConCarolinas Film Festival open on July 1st and we’re kicking things off with a Super-Earlybird Discount on all submissions through July 31st!

23/05/2025

Hey, folks! Come check out the Charlotte Premiere of EMOTIONAL SUPPORT DEMON - the latest film from O Hai Mark Productions, in association with Mad Ones Films and us here at A Stranger Concept and directed by our very own Dave Harlequin - at ConCarolinas 2025 as part of the ConCarolinas Film Festival!

We will be screening Saturday Night - May 31st at 9:00pm, followed by a special Q&A from director Dave Harlequin, writer Bill Mulligan, producer Mark C. Lucas, and many others from our cast and crew! Admission is FREE with your ConCarolinas 2025 badge!

02/04/2025

Absolutely thrilled to announce that our film BOBBY CAME HOME was awarded BEST HORROR at the 2025 edition of Reedy Reels: The Greenville Film Festival this past weekend in its Upstate SC Premiere!

Thank you so much to everyone with Reedy Reels and everyone who came out to see our film!

13/03/2025

Coming Next Month! EMOTIONAL SUPPORT DEMON - the new horror-comedy directed by our very own Dave Harlequin that we are proud to have co-produced alongside O Hai Mark Productions and Mad Ones Films.

The World Premiere is April 12th at Spring Lane Cinemas. Tickets are on sale now but they are going fast. Get yours now and join us for what’s sure to be a fun time!

13/03/2025

It’s no secret that The MystiCon Independent Film Festival is one of our all time favorite film festivals (at one of our favorite conventions) and they are back!! Submissions open March 15th and we will definitely be submitting our latest works! You should too!

MYSTICON RETURNS!!!

It's with great pleasure & enthusiasm that I announce the return of Mysticon Independent Film Festival!!! The festival will run concurrently with the Mysticon convention on Friday, January 23rd, thru Sunday, January 25th, 2026 at the Holiday Inn Tanglewood in Roanoke, VA.
If you would like to submit your film, click the link below...

https://filmfreeway.com/MystiConIndependentFilmFestival