DTLA LIFE MAG #16 | APRIL 2015 | Page 75

is his first directing and producing project. It was screened in Virtual Reality via RiftMax Theater, where audience members would wear a special pair of 3D glasses allowing them to feel as if physically in the movie scene. This short film stars Natalia Ryumina (X-Men: First Class, Fast & Furious 6, Wrath of the Titans), who can be seen alongside Mickey Rourke, Daryl Hannah, Eric Roberts, and Michael Madsen in the feature film Skin Traffik, which is scheduled for release in November of this year. Roadside has been recognized at many film festivals including NOLA Horror Film Fest, Raindance Festival, and Dragon Con Independent Film Festival. STALEMATE directed by Ben Kay-Coles (UK) On Christmas Day during The Great War in 1914, soldiers across northern France leave their cold, wet trenches and meet with their enemies as equals. While the men engage in a game of football, two soldiers--one German and one British--sit on the sidelines and play a game of chess. Stalemate producer, David Sermon, and Kay-Coles compose the team for Positively Shocking Productions, the company that produced the short. Stalemate is the result of Kay-Coles’ second attempt at making the film. Kay-Coles and his cast and crew went through the pre-production once before in 2012/13 only to have funding fall through at the last minute. However, the challenge was not an obstacle that would prevent these artists from producing Stalemate. While Kay-Coles directed the short film, his long-time friend and former classmate Nick Pritchard penned the story that they would later find to be starring German actor Michael Malak (Sherlock Holmes) and Nathan Moore (Most Shocking Celebrity Moments of the 80s, 100 Greatest Funny Moments, I Love 1980’s, Big Brother), a former member of “Brother Beyond” and later “Worlds