DISMISSAL TIME & INSPIRE US Screening at WMIFF in Washington, D.C. March 31

If you live in the Washington, D.C. area, here’s your opportunity to see our award-winning short film Dismissal Time alongside Milan Lazistan’s sci-fi music video Inspire Us at part of this year’s World Music & Independent Film Festival! Both projects are up for multiple festival awards at the event! Screening info is as follows:

DISMISSAL TIME @ 3:30pm
INSPIRE US @ 5:00pm

Date & Venue: Friday, March 31, 2023 (Washington Dulles Marriott Hotel)

Tickets $17 each. Purchase today at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wmiff-officially-selected-films-screening-tickets-544999898367

Hope to see you there!

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DISMISSAL TIME, INSPIRE US, & ANGELINA Nominated for Multiple Awards at the 14th Annual WMIFF

Huge news to break today as we found out that our award-winning short film Dismissal Time along with the Milan Lazistan music videos “Inspire Us” and “Angelina” will be a part of the 14th Annual World Music and Independent Film Festival in Washington, D.C.! All 3 of our projects are nominated for multiple awards and the winners will be announced at the gala in April 2023. Nominations are as follows:

Best Actress in Short Film – Lisa Regina

Best Actor in Short Film – Oliver Feaster

Best Supporting Actor in Short Film – Jay Pastelak

Best Director in Short Film – Andre’ Joseph

Best Screenplay in Short Film – Andre’ Joseph

Best Original Song – “Night Skies” by Matt Hackett and the Puge

Additionally, “Inspire Us” has been nominated for “Best Experimental Film” while “Angelina” received nominations for “Best Music Video” and “Best Director”. The partial list can be found at https://www.wmiff.net/nominees. Congrats to our whole team on all 3 projects!

“Get Involved” & “Uninvited” Music Videos Win Big at WMIFF

Congrats to Milan Lazistan for winning “Most Creative Music Video Award” for his song “Uninvited” this past weekend at the World Music and Independent Film Festival in Washington, DC! Not only did AJ Epyx Productions win with that song, but we also won for “Best Gospel Music Video” for the song “Get Involved” by Kym Swain! Thank you to Milan and Kym for allowing me the opportunity to direct for both of you and thanks to June Daguiso and WMIFF for recognizing us! See the full list of award winners here.

GET INVOLVED and UNINVITED Music Videos Nominated at 13th Annual WMIFF

We received great news yesterday that the music videos we produced for Kym Swain’s GET INVOLVED and Milan Lazistan’s UNINVITED have been selected and nominated for 2 awards each at the next annual World Music and Independent Film Festival in Washington, DC. Each video has been nominated for the following:

Get Involved
Best Music Video
Best Director

Uninvited
Best Music Video
Most Creative Music Video

We will have more info about the festival date and events in early 2022. Congrats to all INVOLVED!

VENDETTA GAMES Cast Interview on Inside Acting TV

Check out the first of three interviews that the cast of Vendetta Games did last weekend with William Powell of Inside Acting TV at the World Music and Independent Film Festival awards gala! We also briefly mention American Gunslingers towards the end. Our interview begins at the 19:35 mark.

UPDATE:

Here’s the 2nd interview we did exclusively for WMIFF. It starts at 22:07:

VENDETTA GAMES Wins 3 WMIFF Awards & AMERICAN GUNSLINGERS Wins for Best Screenplay

I’m happy to announce as of yesterday that Vendetta Games is now the WINNER of 3 WMIFF awards for Best Actor Andre Joseph, Best Supporting Actor Chris Corulla, and Best Supporting Actress Alyssa Schroeter! Also huge congrats to Reginald Barnes for his supporting actor win in the short film MAKE AMERICA BLACK AGAIN and Drew Henriksen who won in the feature category for Best Screenplay for our next project AMERICAN GUNSLINGERS! Congrats to everyone in the cast and crew as well as all nominees. Table #2 ran the table!

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Thank You for a Memorable 2018

Happy Holidays to everyone who has supported our work throughout this year and the last 10+ years of AJ Epyx. Between our premiere of THE SAXOPHONIST and the continued accolades of VENDETTA GAMES, thank you for this blessing of a successful year we had. It means the world to myself and my team.

Next up, we have our latest Saxophonist screening at the Kwanzaa Film Festival in Harlem. Though the event begins at 10am, screenings start at 12 noon. Tickets can be purchased at the door. See below for the full info:

Kwanzaa Invite

The film will also screen in Capitol City, Kingston in February 2019 at the Jamaica International Faith Films Festival and will continue to be available on The BeBop Channel as well as Amazon Prime. We are planning a DVD and Blu-ray release with new content and special features to be available for purchase.

Vendetta Games will be a part of the 2019 World Music & Independent Film Festival Awards Gala taking place in Washington, D.C. at the Hilton Crystal City Hotel in Virginia on Saturday, January 12. No film screenings happening this day, though the film is up for 8 award nominations. The event will starts at 10:00 am for pre-gala interview, then lunch at noon, gala will starts at 1:00 pm till 5:00 pm. Tickets are $99 and can be purchased at this link. We are awaiting other film festival responses between now through next summer and actively seeking distribution for VOD, DVD, and Blu-ray.

In terms of new projects, we will begin work on our next feature film AMERICAN GUNSLINGERS, a soon to be announced documentary about the health and fitness world, a new music video with Milan from the MUSIC AT MIDNIGHT album, and another top secret film project to be announced at a later date.

Here’s to more exciting projects and breakthroughs in 2019!

THE DINNER on Vimeo

A group of friends in the upscale suburbs of Washington D.C. encounter backstabbing, betrayal, and cowardly lies over the course of a friendly dinner party.

*2015 World Music & Independent Film Festival Award Winner for “Best Actress in a Short Film/DMV” – Catie Carlton.

Starring Catie Carlton, Andrew Agner-Nichols, Danny Dobyns, Adrian Fernandez, Honey St. Dennis, and Rebecca Schall.

Executive Produced, Written, and Directed by Anna Snead & Andre´ Joseph
Produced by Lauren Horvath
Cinematography & Editing by Andre´ Joseph
Music by Matthew Hackett

2015 AJ Epyx Productions, LLC and Crazy Daisy Films

THE DINNER (2015) from AJ Epyx Productions on Vimeo.

 

Major VENDETTA GAMES Updates

I have two MAJOR updates to bring to your attention regarding Vendetta Games:

1) In regards to the World Music & Independent Film Festival: Due to low sales with the planned festival on the cruise, the Awards Gala has moved. It will be taking place in Washington, D.C. at the Hilton Crystal City Hotel in Virginia on Saturday, January 12, 2019. The event will starts at 10:00 am for pre-gala interview, then lunch at noon, gala will starts at 1:00 pm till 5:00 pm. Tickets are $99 and can be purchased at this link.

2) The Atlantic City Cinefest was this past weekend where we screened. I was not able to attend because I was flying back from London at the time and the awards ceremony was the following day which I was too jet lagged to go to. Then I got some unbelievable news this past Tuesday afternoon: The film won 2 awards for “Best Director, Feature Crime – Andre´ Joseph” and “Best Actor, Feature Crime – Chris Corulla, Jr.”! There’s no doubt in my mind that each of you contributed to the success of VG. And for Chris who has been like a brother to me for 11 years now, this film is as much his as it is mine and JR’s. That’s why I’m proud to call him a brother for life.

We will continue to keep you all posted on future screenings. We’re still actively seeking distribution and had some leads that were not all that promising with their licensing deals. We’re not giving up that effort and though it’s early, we’re beginning to put together story ideas for the 3rd and final Vendetta film. Thanks again, everyone!

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Andre´ Joseph to Return on THE SHOW WITH KYM SWAIN

This Thursday, August 27th at 2pm, Writer/Director/Actor Andre´ Joseph will be making his 2nd appearance on The Show with Kym Swain! The discussion will be focused on our thoughts on last week’s World Music & Independent Film Festival where Tempted and The Dinner had screened, Catie Carlton’s WMIFF award win for the latter film, and new updates on the upcoming production of Vendetta Games.

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Everyone can listen to The Show live on IBNX Radio at the following link: http://atlantanx.ibnxradio.com/atlantanx