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A recovering theater kid, Caleb Slain has directed almost a dozen one-shot sequences. Since debuting at SXSW at age 20, his collective works have received millions of internet views, six Vimeo Staff Picks and have been used as teaching materials at USC, NYFA, and USF. In 2016, Slain released his experimental writing app Flowstate, which garnered praise in Wired, The Verge, GQ and dozens more. His latest film, Demon, was awarded Best Narrative Short at the Austin Film Festival and his VR collaboration with Eminem premiered at Sundance 2019.

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