Kismet Media
Short Film

Eugene Vs. Humanity

Directed by Michael David Charles Hicks
Awards
27
Nominations
43
about the film

When a misanthrope finds his ever-growing frustration with society too much to bear, his temper boils over, leading him to commit an act of violence.

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PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS

The film was accepted into numerous film festivals around the world and we created exclusive artwork for each one as well as a standard poster and materials after it was accepted to stream on Amazon Prime Video, which rarely accepts short films into it’s catalog.

FULL TRAILER

TEASER TRAILER

CO-BRAND TRAILER

This trailer was put together by Kismet with the sole purpose to co-promote the short film as well as the placement of the single “Wild Beast” from Ralph Pelleymounter.

BEHIND THE SCENES

CAST

EUGENE

Eugene is portrayed by Colin James O’Gorman

CLINT

Clint is portrayed by Christoph Bell.

LUCAS

Lucas is portrayed by Khalil Lewis.

CAROL

Carol is portrayed by Jessica Tanksley.

RUDE CUSTOMER

“Rude Customer” is portrayed by Taylor Rae Cole.

MARK

Mark is portrayed by Jason Brown.

GOOD SAMARITAN

“Good Samaritan” is portrayed by Glen Lloyd.

WAITER

“Waiter” is portrayed by John Clark.

CREW

DIRECTOR/WRITER

Mike wrote, produced, directed, edited, & shot the film, based on a story he co-wrote.

STORY/PRODUCER

“Eugene Vs Humanity” is produced by Colin, based on a story he co-wrote.  Colin also served as second assistant director.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Peter worked as executive producer of the film.

ORIGINAL SCORE

Ralph composed the entire original score as well as wrote and recorded the original song “Wild Beast” used throughout the marketing, trailers and end credits of the film.

EDITOR

Kristin co-edited the film as well a visual effects.

SET DECORATOR

Kaitlyn Hicks served as set decorator.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Jenn worked as first assistant director and second unit director on the film as well as sound recordist and camera operator.

SOUND MIXER

Douglas served as sound mixer for the film.

VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR

Michael served as visual effects supervisor.

COSTUMES

Aside from having a role in the film, Taylor also took on costuming duties for the film.

COLORIST

Damen worked as the colorist in post-production.

MERCHANDISE