​he 4th Annual Cinema at the Edge Film Festival, presented by the Edgemar Center for the Arts, concluded its 4­day run with its official closing night film, T​abloid Vivant. W​riter/Director​K​yle Broom​w​as in attendance to help introduce the film and participated in a Q&A following the sold­out screening. The film then took home the Audience Award for Best Feature Film.

M​ax is an artist seduced by the allure of fame. Sara is an art critic whose obsessions exceed even his. When she lands a writing gig at a major art magazine, the pair retreats to a cabin in the woods, where Max reveals his strange new painting method. Convinced of its potential, she agrees to collaborate on a piece sure to revolutionize the art world. While both original and mesmerizing, the project reveals something dark and disturbing about their relationship. Like two digital­age Frankensteins, they manage to make a painting come to life – though the unsettling consequences of their success may be more fit for the pages of a blood­soaked tabloid than the chronicles of art history.

Tabloid Vivant ​is the first feature film by Kyle Broom, whose previous work Werner Herzog has commended as “subversive and highly accomplished.” It was produced by Alexandra Spector of Poly­ Blue, the production company that also made Broom’s short film “Prevention of Injury (POI)”. T​abloid Vivant​stars Jesse Woodrow (C​harmed,​ Beyond the Lights)​and Tamzin Brown (T​he Adderall Diaries,​R​ebel)​.