Past Featured Films

Kilroy Was Here
(WAR - 14 minutes, 47 seconds)
Charlie Boyles

In France during World War II, an American pilot hangs helplessly from his parachute, tangled in a massive tree. He is soon discovered by a group of orphaned children who have been forced into primitive and feral means in order to survive the war. Separately, the pilot and the children fought for different causes in the same war. Now together, they forge a connection that transcends language – and their cause becomes one.

Kilroy Was Here won the FujiFilm Audience Impact Award at the 2006 Angelus Film Festival. This award is presented to the live-action film whose compelling story, imagery, content and technical excellence delivers strong emotional audience impact. This film was also awarded the Act One Award for Outstanding Screenplay, another 2006 Angelus Film Festival Award.

Filmmaker Profile:

Charlie Boyles is a graduated film student from the North Carolina School of the Arts.  His first viewing of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws when he was nine years old imprinted an indelible passion for filmmaking.  This ardor evolved through multiple forms of visual arts (mainly animation) until he was gifted his first video camera while in Middle School, which he never set down.  With a number of directorial credits to his name, Kilroy Was Here is the first short film that he both wrote and directed.