About Kody

Kody Zimmermann grew up on a steady diet of comic books, genre novels, and sci-fi/horror films. He has established himself as a writer and director of short films. His film The Familiar screened worldwide in over 50 festivals and has won numerous awards including Best Short Film at the Sitges Film Festival, the oldest and most prestigious genre festival in the world. The Familiar was also been nominated by the Director’s Guild of Canada for Best Short Film and airs regularly on the Sundance Channel and Movie Central.

Thrillers, Chillers, Terror & Spain

By |2015-01-07T01:54:49+00:00September 13th, 2010|Tales of Me|

Three more festivals have accepted THE FAMILIAR into their programs.  Philadelphia’s TERROR FILM FESTIVAL is from October 21st to 23rd, THRILLER! CHILLER! FILM FESTIVAL is from the 22nd to the 24th in Grand Rapids, Michigan [...]

Festivals, Festivals and More Festivals

By |2015-01-07T01:54:49+00:00September 6th, 2010|Tales of Me|

Three new festivals have opened their doors to our short film THE FAMILIAR.  We are pleased as punch to be part of Maelstrom International Fantasy Film Festival (MIFFF) in Seattle, Washington, The Vampire Film Festival [...]

Europe!

By |2015-01-07T01:54:49+00:00September 1st, 2010|Tales of Me|

I’m a bit late writing this (it came in fast, and I’ve been pretty busy) but I just wanted to take a moment to say that The Familiar made it into the Strasburg International Film [...]

The Familiar nominated for Best Make-Up

By |2015-01-07T01:54:49+00:00July 15th, 2010|Tales of Me|

Congratulations to The Familiar's make-up team -- John Healy, Carly De Moissac, Grace Schoorl, Sam Armstrong and Ashley Van De Vooren -- for being nominated for Best Make Up at the Action On Film Festival in [...]

The Familiar wins Best Fiction Film Award at Action/Cut

By |2015-01-07T02:28:59+00:00July 10th, 2010|Tales of Me|

THE FAMILIAR won the Action/Cut Short Film Competition's Best Film Award. The Action/Cut Short Film Competition industry Jury Committees are
composed of working professionals within the motion picture world in
Los Angeles including directors, producers, writers, agents, [...]

Georgia and Washington welcome us back!

By |2015-01-07T01:54:49+00:00July 9th, 2010|Tales of Me|

The Familiar will be playing the Atlanta Horror Film Festival, but Ted Turner's home has asked for us again.  The film will be playing the ATLANTA UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL on August 28th.  http://www.auff.org/home.html On top [...]

QUIET EARTH REVIEW

By |2015-01-07T02:21:41+00:00June 30th, 2010|Tales of Me|

I have to admit that I wasn’t quite sure what to make of the trailer for Kody Zimmermann’s short film The Familiar. Sure, it looked good and had a fair bit of comedy but with [...]

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