SHORT FILMS WRITTEN & DIRECTED
BY MATTHEW C. VELLA
Bleeding Backs (2016)
Genre: Action, Thriller Runtime: 13:23
Status: Available online - watch now!
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Owen (Franco Flammia) is a morally ambiguous bodyguard with the weight of the world on his shoulders. He’s been hired to protect Bek (Kaitlyn Boyé) at all costs, but when a shaky deal with local mobster Marlon (Brendan Byrne) goes south, he must fight against both trained mercenaries, and his own inner demons.
FILM FESTIVAL SUCCESS
Bleeding Backs has over 15 official selections and has won a variety of awards internationally, including Best Student Film, Best Actor, Best Sound Design, Best Action Choreography and more. For a full list of awards, click the link below.
She’s Not Your Type (2018)
Genre: Comedy Runtime: 10:56
Status: Available online - watch now!
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Love is blind. Sweet, innocent, Barry (Shane Millward) is on a double date to introduce his mates to his new girlfriend, Alex (Adrianne Gullotta). But there's one problem - she's a mentally unstable, drug-dealing, violent, con-artist scumbag - and he's blind to all of it. Now it's up to his friends Sarah (Zoe Panaretos) & Anthony (Efkan Cetin) to save him on the craziest double date ever.
FILM FESTIVAL SUCCESS
She’s Not Your Type has over 10 official selections and has won a variety of awards internationally, including Best International Director x2, Best Comedy, Best Editor as well as an Audience Choice Award. For a full list of awards, click the link below.
Nobody Likes Camping (2021)
Genre: Comedy Runtime: 09:43
Status: Available online - watch now!
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An awkward camping date goes horribly wrong when James (Neel Kolhatkar) and Toni (Rachel Baker) become trapped in a tent and must fight to survive by any means necessary.
* Co-produced with Rachel Baker.
**This film skipped the festival circuit due to the COVID-19 pandemic.