Category Archives: Short Films

Shine On Wins Best Film 2019 Machete Chronicles 80s Horror Film Festival

On November 2, at the 2019 Machete Chronicles 80s Horror Film Festival, our horror short, Shine On, was nominated and won for: Best Film, Best Villain (Rose Sanchez), and Best Lead (Grace H. Bryan). Here’s what the story is about: Set … Continue reading

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Filmapalooza 2019 Feature Film Focus Panel

At the 48 Hour Film Project’s Film Festival, FILMAPALOOZA, held in Orlando, FL, March 6-9, 2019, I served on a panel called Feature Film Focus. Also, on the panel were: Derk van den Berg (a prominent Dutch filmmaker) and Conrad … Continue reading

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Zombie Rock Wins Five Awards!

Our short film, Zombie Rock, garnered five out of seven awards at the LOL JAX Zombie Film Festival presented at the Anheuser-Busch Haunted Brewery, October 19, 2018. Awards included: BEST FILM (Zombie Rock) BEST DIRECTOR (Justen Mann) BEST WRITING (Sharon … Continue reading

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Zombie Rock at LOL JAX Zombie Film Festival

We were shooting zombies on Sunday, September 23, 2018. Well, actually shooting a short film I wrote called Zombie Rock. It is featured in the LOL JAX Zombie Film Festival, Friday, October 19, 2018 at the Anheuser-Busch Brewery’s Haunted Brewery … Continue reading

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Judging The 48

I love writing for the 48 Hour Film Project. But this year, 2018, I had the great pleasure and challenge of judging two 48 Hour Film Project competitions simultaneously. The Jacksonville, Florida and Savannah, Georgia contests occurred on the same … Continue reading

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Ortega River Rats Wraps Principal Photography

Another short I wrote, Ortega River Rats, was shot in Jacksonville, Florida, June 22-26, 2017. It’s a Family Time Travel Adventure about four kids who search for the lost treasure of mobster Machine Gun Kelly to save the life of … Continue reading

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Our “Finding Claire” wins Silver Award!

Congrats to our Washington, D.C. 48 Hour Film Project team “We Have This!” for winning the 2016 Television, Internet, and Video Association, D.C. Independent Short film SILVER award with our horror film Finding Claire. This is a short I wrote … Continue reading

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The Prisoner at International Film Fests

A short film written by Sharon Y. Cobb, directed by award-winner director Mahmoud Shoolizadeh and starring Paul Bathen and Ryan Michael Murray will be featured at many international film festivals in 2013 and 2014. The Prisoner is short film about … Continue reading

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The Other Half Wins 48 Go Green Runner Up and Screens at Academy Theatre

48 Go Green International Film Competition announced that Best Friends Films’ film The Other Half written by Sharon Y. Cobb, won Runner Up for Best Film in their 2012 short film competition. The contest happens simultanteously worldwide during three events … Continue reading

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Manifesto Shows at Florida Theatre June 20!

Team Best Friends, led by Marc Boese, produced a 7-minute 48 Hour Film Project short that will be showing at the Florida Theatre, downtown Jacksonville, FL, Wednesday, June 20, 7:00 p.m. The film is MANIFESTO, a cop comedy about the … Continue reading

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