Burek Writer/Director Premieres 4K Short at WVU Film Fest
"A Veil of Sadness" Premieres at WVMFF Film Festival April 10-13
“A Veil of Sadness” premieres at the West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival.
LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS — March 22, 2025 — Today Fluffy Cat Productions announced its second production “A Veil of Sadness” will premiere Sat. April 12 between 9-10pm at the West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival in Morgantown, West Virginia.
The event takes place at Bloch Hall Theater, Canady Arts Center and is hosted by the School of Art and Design Department of Digital Media at West Virginia University.
TITLE: "A Veil of Sadness" (Digital, 7 minutes)
SCREENING: Saturday, April 12 from 9-10pm
CATEGORY: "Surrealities, Almost Lynchian"
LOCATION: Bloch Hall Theater, Canady Creative Arts Center, 1 Fine Arts Dr., Morgantown, WV 26506
Cast: Saffron Rose Cooper, Trickster Bruises
Director: Anton Burek
Director of Photography: Karté Mays
Sound Engineer: Raúl Aguirre
Fluffy Cat Productions, Long Island City, Queens, NY
“First and foremost, it’s an honor to be selected a second time for this festival. In 2022 my first short “Blonde Game Show”, a dark satire, screened in the “Surreal, Off-Beat, Sci-Fi and Horror” category. My dad and brother attended and we had the best weekend. My dad and I drove from Queens and got to breathe fresh air and see experimental, narrative and documentary shorts from around the world in Morgantown,” said Burek.
“This year I’m looking forward to seeing how the jury programs “A Veil of Sadness” given the theme is ‘space.’ My story takes place entirely inside a room. It’s very much about the psychological headspace of trying to break through hesitation and inner voices.”
Burek, 30, is a brand ambassador/model and background actor in TV series like “Marvelous Ms. Maisel”, “Pretty Little Liars”, “A Journal for Jordan” and “Instinct" that are filmed in New York. He also owns and operates The Color Crew NYC @thecolorcrew_nyc, a private party outfit with magicians, balloon twisting and face painting in NYC and Greater NY and NJ.
Burek wrote/directed and shot the micro-budget high-definition narrative entirely in Brooklyn and Queens, where he has lived since graduating in 2017 from Manhattanville College with a BA in Theater.
“Creatively speaking, I wrote this with the main character struggling in her creative process. I’ve felt that struggle. As a millennial, I know myself and others are trying to get unstuck from what seems like a neverending decade of political turmoil and economic uncertainty. I tried to capture the inner voice that can grip someone when they try to break free from these demons.”
“The title reads serious but there’s a little humor in it too. I’ve submitted “Veil of Sadness” mostly mostly short film festivals in the horror and dark comedy categories,” said Burek. Off off-Broadway, his one-hour Expressionist Dream Play “Megan’s Nightmare” was recently well-received at a staged reading in Brooklyn.
Burek grew up in Eugene, Oregon. There, he was cast in local productions with the Oregon Ballet Academy, All That! Dance Company, Oregon Children’s Choir and Free Shakespeare in the Park, Eugene. He was a varsity high school swimmer and water polo player. Burek is fluent and literate in Japanese.
For more information:
Jane Lake, Publicity: 917-588-1022 cjlakecontact@gmail.com
Anton Burek, Director: 917-589-3739 naxton12@gmail.com @aburek12 @thecolorcrew_nyc
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"Blonde Game Show" (2022) Stills
Devon Funnye is "Hansom Man #4" in satirical short Blonde Game Show Co-Directed by Meghan Martin and Anton Burek. Left to to Right: Sophia Guchinov, Devin Funnye, Sabrina Somerlyn, Benjamin Nowak,
The cast and crew of satirical short Blonde Game Show co-directed by Meghan Martin and Anton Burek. Left to Right: Anton Burek, Benjamin Nowak, Sabrina Somerlyn, Karté Mays, Meghan Martin, Devin Funnye, Sophia Guchinov.
