Happy Hunting (2016 film)

Happy Hunting
Directed by
  • Joe Dietsch
  • Louie Gibson
Produced by
  • Bryson Pintard
Written by
  • Joe Dietsch
  • Louie Gibson
Starring
Music by
  • Rhyan D'Errico
  • Simon Jay
Cinematography Joe Dietsch
Edited by
  • Joe Dietsch
  • Louie Gibson
Production
companies
Waterstone Ent. Selective Collective
Release date
Running time
 90 minutes
Language English

Happy Hunting is a 2016 American horror film written, directed, and edited by Joe Dietsch and Louie Gibson. Produced by Bryson Pintard and Jeff Kalligheri. Co-Produced by Joe Toronto.[1]

Plot

Happy Hunting follows Warren, a degenerate drifter, suffering from debilitating alcohol withdrawals on a daily basis. On his way down to Mexico, he becomes stranded in Bedford Flats, a one-horse town nestled deep in the American desert. It was a once-prosperous hunting community that has been reduced to an impoverished dust bowl. Unfortunately for Warren, it turns out that the town’s pastime is rounding up drifters and hunting them as part of an elaborate sporting event. To make matters worse, he’ll go into alcoholic withdrawal unless he finds a way to stay loaded. It all builds to a blood-soaked, live-or-die showdown deep in the desert.

Cast

  • Martin Dingle Wall as Warren
  • Ken Lally as Steve
  • Kenny Wormald as Junior
  • Connor Williams as Robbie
  • Gary Sturm as Sheriff Burnside
  • Kenneth Billings as Mickey Wakowski

Filming

Filming of Happy Hunting took place over 23 days throughout various locations in the California desert, most notably Bombay Beach, CA. The production crew was limited to writer/director Joe Dietsch and Louie Gibson, producer Bryson Pintard, co-producer Joe Toronto, makeup artist Michelle Sfarzo, and production coordinator Ben Guppy. Extras for the film were local residents of Bombay Beach.

The film was shot digitally using the Canon C100 mk2 camera with 10-bit external recording.

Release

Initial screening

On October 21, 2016, Happy Hunting had its world premiere at Screamfest in Hollywood, CA.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Dietsch, Joe; Gibson, Lucian (2000-01-01), Happy Hunting, retrieved 2016-10-23
  2. ↑ "2016 FILM GUIDE". SCREAMFEST. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
Festival Status Screening Dates Awards/Accolades Filmmakers In Attendance
Screamfest[1] World Premiere October 21, 2016 Winner Best Cinematography Joe Dietsch, Louie Gibson, Bryson Pintard, Joe Toronto, Martin Dingle Wall
Glasgow Film Festival [2] European Premiere February 24, 2017 Official Selection Joe Dietsch, Louie Gibson
Midwest Weirdfest[3] Wisconsin Premiere March 3, 2017 Winner Best Film Joe Dietsch, Louie Gibson, Joe Toronto
NOFI International Film Festival[4] Glendale Premiere March 15-17, 2017 Winner Grand Prix
Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival[5] Belgian Premiere April 10, 2017 Official Selection
Chattanooga Film Festival[6] Tennessee Premiere April 9, 2017 Official Selection
Phoenix Film Festival[7] Arizona Premiere April 6-13 2017 Official Selection Louie Gibson, Joe Dietsch, Martin Dingle Wall, Joe Toronto
Parma Drive-In Film Festival[8] Idaho Premiere April 21-22, 2017 Winner Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Ken Lally)
Milledgeville Film Festival[9] Georgia Premiere April 26-30, 2017 Winner Best Editing
Cinema at the Edge[10] Santa Monica Premiere April 27-30, 2017 Official Selection Entire Creative Team in Attendance
Fantastic Cinema[11] Arkansas Premiere May 3-7, 2017 Winner Audience Award[12]
Crypticon Seattle Horror Film Festival[13] Washington Premiere May 5-7, 2017 Winner Best Feature Film
Hoboken International Film Festival[14] New Jersey Premiere May 19-25, 2017 Official Selection Martin Dingle Wall
Portland Horror Film Festival[15] Oregon Premiere June 8-10, 2017 Winner Audience Award[16]
Southside Film Festival[17] Pennsylvania Premiere June 13-17, 2017 Official Selection
Quay Film Festival June 24-25, 2017 Winner Best Picture[18]
Grossmann Fantastic Film Festival[19] Slovenian Premiere July 11-17, 2017 Official Selection
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival[20] Asian Premiere July 13-23, 2017 Official Selection Louie Gibson, Joe Dietsch, Bryson Pintard
Full Moon - Horror & Fantasy Film Festival Romanian Premiere August 10-13, 2017 Official Selection
Popcorn Frights Film Festival[21] Florida Premiere August 11-17, 2017 Official Selection
Caribbean Film Festival Caribbean Premiere August 24-27, 2017 Official Selection
MotelX Portugese Premiere September 5-10, 2017 Official Selection
GenreBlast[22] Virginia Premiere September 8-10, 2017 Official Selection
Horrible Imaginings Film Festival September 8-10, 2017 Official Selection
Splat! Film Fest Polish Premiere September 15-23, 2017 Official Selection
Harrisburg-Hershey Film Festival Pennsylvania Premiere September 15-20, 2017 Official Selection
HARD:LINE International Film Festival German Premiere September 28-October 1, 2017 Official Selection
Filmchilla September 29-October 1, 2017 Official Selection
  1. ↑ "Happy Hunting - Screamfest". Tribeca. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  2. ↑ Brown, Todd (2017-01-13). "A CURE FOR WELLNESS Kicks Off The Horror Channel Frightfest Glasgow!". ScreenAnarchy. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  3. ↑ "Nerdly » ‘MidWest WeirdFest’ announces its full 2017 line-up". Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  4. ↑ http://www.nofifestival.com/copy-of-nofi-2015
  5. ↑ http://www.bifff.net/product/happy-hunting/
  6. ↑ https://chattfilmfest.org/products/happy-hunting
  7. ↑ https://2017phoenixfilmfestival.sched.com/event/9uSp/happy-hunting
  8. ↑ http://www.parmafilmfestival.com/#movies
  9. ↑ https://www.milledgevillefilmfest.com/happy-hunting-feature-film
  10. ↑ http://www.laweekly.com/event/cate-cinema-at-the-edge-film-festival-2017-8096303
  11. ↑ http://www.fantasticcinema.com/calendar/2017/5/4/happy-hunting
  12. ↑ http://www.fantasticcinema.com/news/2017/5/10/fantastic-cinema-2017-award-winners
  13. ↑ http://www.crypticonseattle.com/film-festival/entries/happy-hunting/
  14. ↑ http://www.hobokeninternationalfilmfestival.com/2017-buy-tickets/
  15. ↑ https://portlandhorrorfilmfestival.com/film/happy-hunting/
  16. ↑ https://portlandhorrorfilmfestival.com/2017/06/15/and-the-award-goes-to/
  17. ↑ http://southsidefilmfestival.com/?page_id=438
  18. ↑ http://quaysudbury.com/quays-first-film-festival-results
  19. ↑ http://www.grossmann.si/film-program/out-of-competition/happy-hunting/
  20. ↑ https://www.bifan.kr/eng/program/program_view.asp?pk_seq=2403&sc_category_seq=805&sc_num=1&actEvent=view&
  21. ↑ http://www.popcornfrights.com/film-lineup/happy-hunting/
  22. ↑ http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2017/07/07/genreblast-2017-unleashes-line-up
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