The Puritans (film)

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)
• Carmarthen Bay Film Festival: Best International Short-won (2013)
• NW Short Film Festival: Best Original Concept-won (2013)
• Vagrant Film Festival: Audience Choice Award-won (2013)
• Melbourne Underground Film Festival: Best Short Film-nominated (2013)
• 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)

Festival showings

• Garden State Film Festival
• Naperville Independent Film Festival
• Marbella International Film Festival (Spain)
• Melbourne Underground Film Festival
• Long Island International Film Expo
• Naoussa International Film Festival
• The Rainier Independent Film Festival
• Frederick Film Festival
• San Francisco Frozen Film Festival
• Columbia Gorge International Film Festival
• Underexposed Film Festival YC
• Minneapolis Underground Film Festival
• Studio City Film Festival
• Internacional de Cine Estudiantil
• The Inigo Film Festival
• The Justice Film Festival
• The Levante International Film Festival

Critical reception

Film Threat gave the film 5 stars. SBCC Film Reviews

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