The Puritans
Directed bySean Robinson
Written bySean Robinson
Produced byPaul Warner, Martina Rojas Chaigneau
StarringTyler Elliot Burke
Eileen Kearney
Nikki Dillon
Elyssa Jakim
Greg Seel
Louisa Ward
Peter Trojgaard
CinematographyEsteban Robles
Edited bySean Robinson
Music byBruno Axel
Distributed bySnagFilms
IndieFlix
Release date
  • May 5, 2013 (2013-05-05)
Running time
24 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Puritans is a 2013 short science-fiction film written and directed by Sean Robinson and produced by Paul Warner.

Premise

The Puritans revolves around a soldier who returns from a war to discover that his family has returned to a nineteenth-century life-style in a desperate attempt to escape from the "perversions" of the modern world.

Cast

  • Eileen Kearney as Joy Sutton
  • Tyler Elliot Burke as Noble Sutton
  • Nikki Dillon as Prudence Sutton
  • Greg Seel as Ward Sutton
  • Elyssa Jakim as Hope Dudley
  • Louisa Ward as Julie
  • Peter Trojgaard as Ernest Dudley

Awards

  • International Short Film Festival "Kharkov Lilac": Grand Prix Award-won (2013)[1]
  • Carmarthen Bay Film Festival: Best International Short-won (2013)[2]
  • NW Short Film Festival: Best Original Concept-won (2013)[3]
  • Vagrant Film Festival: Audience Choice Award-won (2013)[4]
  • Melbourne Underground Film Festival: Best Short Film-nominated (2013)[5]
  • The Northwest Ohio Film Festival: Outstanding Short Film-nominated, Audience Choice-nominated, Outstanding Direction: Sean Robinson-nominated, Outstanding Actress-Short: Eileen Kearney-nominated, Outstanding Screenplay: Paul Warner & Sean Robinson-nominated (2013)[6]

Festival showings

Critical reception

Film Threat gave the film 5 stars.[25] SBCC Film Reviews[26]

References

  1. ↑ "News". Siren Film Festival. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Nominees and Winners for 2013". wyl Ffilm Bae Caerfyrddin. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "2013 WINNERS". NW Short Film Festival. Hollie Olson. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Vagrant film festival: how it was…". Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Best Short Film". Melbourne Underground Film Festival. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "OHIO-BASED FILM". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "Garden State Film Fest preview w/ShowRoom listings". Asbury Park Press. Asbury Pulp. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  8. ↑ "2013 Festival Schedule". Naperville Independent Film Festival. Edmond Coisson. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  9. ↑ "The Puritans". Marbella Film Festival. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  10. ↑ "MINI MUFF". Melbourne Underground Film Festival. Hussein Khoder. Archived from the original on 1 October 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  11. ↑ "Afterlife Films From The 2013 Long Island International Film Expo". Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  12. ↑ "Fiction films". Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  13. ↑ "2013 List of Films". Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  14. ↑ "The Puritans". Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  15. ↑ "The 2013 San Francisco Frozen Film Festival July 11-14". Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  16. ↑ "6TH ANNUAL COLUMBIA GORGE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL". Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  17. ↑ "2013 Underexposed Film Festival YC". Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  18. ↑ "Minneapolis Underground Film Festival" (PDF). Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  19. ↑ "OFFICIAL SELECTIONS". Studio City Film Festival. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  20. ↑ "Puritans, The". Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  21. ↑ "EL FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE ESTUDIANTIL". Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  22. ↑ "Rio 2013". Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  23. ↑ "First round of selections for The Justice Film Festival announced". Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  24. ↑ "The Puritans". Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  25. ↑ "The Puritans". Film Threat. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  26. ↑ "The Puritans (Sean Robinson, 2012): USA". Byron Potau. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
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