Contents Under Pressure
C.U.P. is a feature-length “movie,” originally a 1-minute silent short, and official selection for the inaugural Gotta Minute Film Festival (2014).
The completed film is having its premiere at the 2021 Silver Wave Film Festival, and will be free to view online (ge0-locked to Atlantic Canada) for 1 week beginning November 4th 2021.
Contents Under Pressure is distributed by the Canadian Film and Media Distribution Center.
Select Shorts
Shot for the Fredericton 48 Hour Film Competition.
Provided with ‘inspiration package,’ written, shot, developed, digitized, cut and scored all in under 48 hours.
*Title is an oblique political reference to contemporaneous Dennis Oland murder trial in New Brunswick at the time.
Official Selection VideoDrunk Challenge, 2015.
ESPRESSOKINO: Local Experimental Filmmakers Showcase, 2016.
Official Selection Silver Wave Film Festival, 2016 (Nominated for Best Experimental Film).
Official Selection Depth of Field Film Festival, 2016.
Official Selection Bideodromo International Experimental Film Festival, 2017.
Official Selection London Experimental, 2018.
Official Selection Sick’N’Wrong Film Festival, 2019.
Winner of the 2013 “Picaroons On Tap” Contest.
Shot for the Fredericton 48 Hour Film Competition.
Provided with ‘inspiration package,’ written, shot, developed, digitized, cut and scored all in under 48 hours.
Winner of Best Score, and special award for Technical Achievement.
Official Selection Silver Wave Film Festival, 2015 (Nominated for Best Short).
Official Selection Video Drunk Festival, 2016.
Official Selection FIN Atlantic International Film Festival, 2016.
Official Selection The Globe International Silent Film Festival, 2017.
Shot for the Fredericton 48 Hour Film Competition (Nominated for Best Horror, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, & Best Actress. Winner of Best Music & Lyrics, and Placed Third in competition overall).
Official Selection Silver Wave Film Festival 2013 (Winner for Best Student Short).
Benjamin C.utie Dugdale 