March’s Featured Short: Deerwoods Deathtrap
Fifty years ago Jack and Betty were hit by a train and survived. This is their story.
Director - James P. Gannon
Cinematographer - James P. Gannon
Starring - John W. Gannon, Elizabeth Gannon
Editor -Jason Tippet
Producer - Matt Ferrin, Joseph K. Gannon, James D. Cochran, April Gannon, Chris Cipriano
Original Music - Domotic (Stéphane Laporte) domotic.bandcamp.com/
Sound mix/editor - Patrick Janssen
Title Animation - Matt Ferrin
Graphics - Horatio Baltz
A Pocket Storms Production
Shot on Kodak Super 8mm 50D
Telecine - Metropolis Post
Official Selection:
Sundance Film Festival
Aspen Shortsfest - Winner Special Jury Award
Oak Cliff film festival - Winner Special Jury Award
NHDOCS - Winner Best Short Film
Philadelphia Film Festival - Winner Best Local Short
HollyShorts Film Festival - Winner Kodak Shot on Film Super 8MM award
Super 8 Short Digital 8 & Super 8 Film Festival - Winner Best short
Fantastic Fest
Palm Springs Shortfest
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Thin Line Film Festival
Florida Film Festival
Athens Int Film Festival
Wisconsin Film Festival
Atlanta Film Festival
Arizona Internation Film Festival
Milwaukee Film Festival
Seattle INT Film Festival
Calgary Underground Film Festival
Rooftop Film Festival
Brooklyn Film Festival
The Norwegian Short Film Festival
Georgetown Film Festival
Lago Film Festival
Southside Film festival
Desertscape Film festival
Hot Springs Film festival
SideWalk Film Festival
Drunken Film Festival
Indie Street Film Festival
Sydney Underground Film Festival
Jacksonville Film Festival
About James P Gannon
James is a self-taught filmmaker. He has directed 11 short films that have won awards at multiple film festivals including SXSW, Slamdance, Fantastic Fest, Palm Springs and Seattle. His latest short, Wrecked a Bunch of Cars, Had a Good Time had it’s world premiere at TIFF in 2024. His previous film, Deerwoods Deathtrap premiered at Sundance 2022 and went on to screen at over 30 festivals, winning a Special Jury Mention at the Aspen film festival and Oak Cliff. In April of 2023 it had a theatrical run in 7 cities across the USA. Online, his films collectively have over 500k views and have been selected as Vimeo Staff Picks and featured on sites like Roger Ebert, Wired, Upworthy, Short Of The Week and NoBudge. As a freelance director, James has created engaging work for The New York Times, Nordstrom, HGTV and GQ.
