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"She realized what she really wanted, ever since she was a faceless little girl, was to belong." Are you ready to finally get your face? Check out this fun horror short film titled We Want Faces So Bad, made by actor / filmmaker Matthew Van Gessel. This one recently played at the Fantasia Film Festival and is now online to watch thanks to Short of the Week. Alexx must 'face' the reality of her overnight transformation when she joins her faceless friends in their nightly manifesting faces ritual. It's set entirely in one room and is a quick and easy watch. This stars Jasmine Kimiko, Cricket Brown, Meagan Kimberly Smith, and Rebecca Brinkley. This is a clever short about obsession with identity and vanity, and how we try to hide our faces. I wish there was a bit more to it, following these faceless girls outside of this evening. But still worth a watch.

Banana Split

Stars: Hannah Marks, Dylan Sprouse, Liana Liberato, Luke Spencer Roberts, Meagan Kimberly Smith, Haley Ramm, Jessica Hecht, Addison Reike, Jacob Batalon | Written by Hannah Marks, Joey Power | Directed by Benjamin Kasulke

April (Hannah Marks) has spent the last two years of high school in a relationship with Nick (Dylan Sprouse), from first frantic make-out session to final tear-stained breakup. In the aimless summer between graduation and college, the newly single April mends her heartbreak by striking up an unexpected friendship with an unlikely candidate: Nick’s new girlfriend, Clara (Liana Liberato).

With an oddball title like Banana Split I was expecting a quirky, just as oddball rom-com. However what you actually get is a touchy tale of two women who should be enemies, after all they’ve both dated and slept with the same guy, but instead find a common bond that leads to a sweet, tender platonic...

"You guys are perfect for each other, you know that?" Vertical Entertainment has unveiled the first official trailer for an indie teen relationship comedy titled Banana Split, marking the feature directorial debut of experienced cinematographer Benjamin Kasulke. This originally premiered in 2018 at the Los Angeles Film Festival, but still hasn't been released just yet. It will finally be available to watch at the end of this month. Hannah Marks and Meagan Kimberly Smith co-star as two teenage girls who establish the perfect kindred spirit friendship one summer, but with one big problem: one of them is dating the other's ex. Oh no. Also starring Dylan Sprouse, Luke Spencer Roberts, and Jacob Batalon. Looks obviously cute and fun, and supposedly flips the rom-com concept on its head, though that seems to be happening all the time. Here's the first official trailer for Benjamin Kasulke's Banana Split, direct from Vertical's YouTube...