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Beast

 
 
 

BEAST

Chapter 1

In Chapter 1 of this award winning short series, a distraught but determined teenager recruits the help of a fisherman to figure out what happened to his father after a mysterious disappearance.

Set against the haunting yet beautiful fishing islands of the Chesapeake Bay, Beast is a coming-of-age mystery about a teenager’s desperate search for his missing father in the days following a strange disappearances at sea. Interweaving sci-fi components with grounded social commentary, the series explores a unique take on the age-old question — when is it time to give up and move on?

 
 
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TRAILER

BEHIND THE SCENES

 

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2020 DIRECTOR’S NOTES PREMIERE
2020 OMELETO PREMIERE
2019 TELLY AWARDS - Winner
2018 SXSW - Grand Jury Award
2018 BENTONVILLE FILM FESTIVAL - Grand Jury Award
2018 ATLANTA FILM FESTIVAL - Nominee

AWARDS

TEAM

written & directed by ben strang
starring elijah mayo, chantal nchako, jay potter, helen hedman
production blueprint motion pictures
executive produced by jason berman, tony frere, rosemary marie,
victory shapiro, raphael swann
produced by jonathan maurer, david hartcorn, lara pictet, ben strang

cinematographer by david bolen
editor by manuel crosby
sound design & mix by sean higgins
original music by nicholas jacobson-larson
color by arianna pane
titles by harshit desai
visual effects by david nieman, eseraele alemu