Attila
WINTER FILM AWARDS 2018 NOMINEE - BEST SHORT FILM
2017
United States
33 mins
World Premiere
Short Film Competition
| Ben Samuels, Oliver Samuels | |
| Ben Samuels, Oliver Samuels | |
| Neil Samuels, Vladimir Versailles, |
Attila is a racially-charged short film about finding hope in a divided country — a story more topical than ever. America is at war in 1864 as Union Major General William T. Sherman plans his brutal March to the Sea through his beloved South and is confronted by the moral convictions of an escaped slave and contraband soldier. This film was adapted from the one-act play.
About the Director
Ben and Oliver Samuels just won the Regional and Grand Prizes of the Philadelphia Film Office’s screenwriting competition. Their scripts have previously been Austin Film Festival Second Rounders and Final Draft Big Break Quarterfinalists They are graduates of Tufts University and the University of Vermont.
Reviews
Finding hope in the face of violently opposing convictions – ‘Attila’ by Ben and Oliver Samuels – Elizabeth Scholnick, Winter Film Awards
