Month: October 2022

2022 Official Selection: Feature Film – Documentary

‘Motherland’ is a journalistic investigative documentary feature film about Azerbaijan’s, Turkey’s unprovoked genocidal attack on Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) in 2020 and the massacre of 5,000+ people, and the two nations’ ongoing campaign of hate, violence, and disinformation against the indigenous Armenians.

Director(s): Vic Gerami
Writer(s): Vic Gerami
Producer(s): Vic Gerami, Henrick Vartanian
Appearances by: Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA), Congressman Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Vic Gerami, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-CA), Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA), Alexander Lapshin, Dr. Irina Ghaplanyan, Zareh Sinanyan, High Commissioner of Diaspora Affairs, Republic of Armenia, Edmon Marukyan, Head of ‘Bright Armenia’ Party, Baroness Caroline Anne Cox, Crossbench Life Peer, British House of Lords, Councilmember Paul Koretz, Mahammad Mirzali, Nicholas Aznavour, Kristina Aznavour, Professor Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Dr. Khatchig Mouradian, Professor Columbia University

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This film is screening as a Virtual Exclusive at SOFF 2022.

Virtual Screenings: The SOFF 2022 Virtual Screenings will begin Friday, November 18. There will be 25 films to watch that are Virtual Exclusives as well as many of the films that screened at the theater.
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Theatrical Screenings: Held at The Whitefire Theater in Sherman Oaks, (13500 Ventura Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423)
Screenings for the 2022 festival take place from November 15 to November 20.
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2022 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

Two knuckleheads cons attempt to con a wealthy girl at a dog park.

Director(s): Matthew Burke
Writer(s): Lionel Leede, Matthew Burke
Key Cast: Lionel Leede, Will Nicol, Imani Nathaniel

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Theatrical Screenings: Held at The Whitefire Theater in Sherman Oaks, (13500 Ventura Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423)
Screenings for the 2022 festival take place from November 15 to November 20.
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Virtual Screenings: The SOFF 2022 Virtual Screenings will begin Friday, November 18. There will be 25 films to watch that are Virtual Exclusives as well as many of the films that screened at the theater.
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2022 Official Selection: Featurette – SciFi

A man in a robotic spacesuit crashes into his own minefield and has to navigate through it to survive.

Director(s): Soren Bendt, Paul Arion
Writer(s): Soren Bendt, Paul Arion
Producer(s): Soren Bendt, Paul Arion
Key Cast: Laurentiu Ciucur, Andrej Bicanski, Jakob Foged, Jamie Holmes, Fabian Nowak

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Theatrical Screenings: Held at The Whitefire Theater in Sherman Oaks, (13500 Ventura Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423)
Screenings for the 2022 festival take place from November 15 to November 20.
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Virtual Screenings: The SOFF 2022 Virtual Screenings will begin Friday, November 18. There will be 25 films to watch that are Virtual Exclusives as well as many of the films that screened at the theater.
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2022 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

A Ukrainian girl fights for her life after being brutally raped, exposing the appropriation of violence towards women and victim shaming.

Director(s): Wil Crown
Writer(s): Wil Crown
Producer(s): Wil Crown, Jamie Ohlsen, Daria Diache
Key Cast: Daria Diache, Anna Oris

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Theatrical Screenings: Held at The Whitefire Theater in Sherman Oaks, (13500 Ventura Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423)
Screenings for the 2022 festival take place from November 15 to November 20.
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Virtual Screenings: The SOFF 2022 Virtual Screenings will begin Friday, November 18. There will be 25 films to watch that are Virtual Exclusives as well as many of the films that screened at the theater.
Click here to visit our Virtual Screenings!

2022 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

A woman on a solo backpacking trip battles her intuition when she encounters a friendly and overly helpful hiker whom she can’t seem to shake.

Director(s): Soma Helmi
Writer(s): Jaime Saginor
Producer(s): Jaime Saginor, Erinrose Widner
Key Cast: Jilon VanOver, Jaime Saginor

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Theatrical Screenings: Held at The Whitefire Theater in Sherman Oaks, (13500 Ventura Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423)
Screenings for the 2022 festival take place from November 15 to November 20.
Click here to purchase tickets!

Virtual Screenings: The SOFF 2022 Virtual Screenings will begin Friday, November 18. There will be 25 films to watch that are Virtual Exclusives as well as many of the films that screened at the theater.
Click here to visit our Virtual Screenings!

2022 Official Selection: Short Film – Arthouse/Experimental

When a scientist succeeds in erasing one of their patients from existence, an empty human shadow is imprinted at the beginning of the universe. As the shadow awakens in the distant past, it feels a bitter drive to return to the blue planet from which it was cast. In the present, a soulless alien vessel filling itself with all knowledge of humanity resolves to defy its ancient creators after an unexpected connection with a human girl reveals their grim intentions and unnatural origin.

Created, Filmed by Dorian Matthew Kelley
Edited by Dorian Matthew Kelley, Nick Cornelison
Motion Graphics, Post-production by Nick Cornelison
Key Cast: Nicole Stine, Nick Cornelison

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Theatrical Screenings: Held at The Whitefire Theater in Sherman Oaks, (13500 Ventura Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423)
Screenings for the 2022 festival take place from November 15 to November 20.
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Virtual Screenings: The SOFF 2022 Virtual Screenings will begin Friday, November 18. There will be 25 films to watch that are Virtual Exclusives as well as many of the films that screened at the theater.
Click here to visit our Virtual Screenings!

2022 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

A widower is encouraged by his best friend to download some dating apps and “get back out there” after his wife dies. The only thing is his first match is with his deceased wife.

Director(s): Sam Milman, Peter Vass
Writer(s): Rob Mor
Producer(s): Josette Eales, Rob Mor
Key Cast: Rob Mor, Natasha Loring, Johnno Wilson

Go to 2022 Official Selections – Films Page

Theatrical Screenings: Held at The Whitefire Theater in Sherman Oaks, (13500 Ventura Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423)
Screenings for the 2022 festival take place from November 15 to November 20.
Click here to purchase tickets!

Virtual Screenings: The SOFF 2022 Virtual Screenings will begin Friday, November 18. There will be 25 films to watch that are Virtual Exclusives as well as many of the films that screened at the theater.
Click here to visit our Virtual Screenings!

2022 Official Selection: Featurette – Documentary

A Time in history that may never happen again. When schools closed a new education began.

Director(s): Kevin Nichols
Writer(s): Kevin Nichols
Producer(s): Kevin Nichols
Key Cast: Kevin Nichols, Angela Nichols, Koby Nichols, Karter Nichols, Kayla Nichols, Sandra Jo Green

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Theatrical Screenings: Held at The Whitefire Theater in Sherman Oaks, (13500 Ventura Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423)
Screenings for the 2022 festival take place from November 15 to November 20.
Click here to purchase tickets!

Virtual Screenings: The SOFF 2022 Virtual Screenings will begin Friday, November 18. There will be 25 films to watch that are Virtual Exclusives as well as many of the films that screened at the theater.
Click here to visit our Virtual Screenings!

2022 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

Amy is a disenfranchised Chinese American girl working at her local grocery store during the height of the pandemic. As Amy confronts growing racism both in and outside of her home, Amy must come to terms with who she really is and what she really wants.

Director(s): Ari Groobman
Writer(s): Ari Groobman
Producer(s): Ben O’Keefe, Mitchell Schwartz, Ryan Ramsey
Key Cast: Stacy Chu, Ping Liu, Brenda Valencia, Seyi Ayorinde, Hidekun Hah, Heather Turman, Jim Todd

Go to 2022 Official Selections – Films Page

Theatrical Screenings: Held at The Whitefire Theater in Sherman Oaks, (13500 Ventura Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423)
Screenings for the 2022 festival take place from November 15 to November 20.
Click here to purchase tickets!

Virtual Screenings: The SOFF 2022 Virtual Screenings will begin Friday, November 18. There will be 25 films to watch that are Virtual Exclusives as well as many of the films that screened at the theater.
Click here to visit our Virtual Screenings!

2022 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

In the early 2000s, Los Angeles, introverted and unsociable 65 year-old Wan falls in love with a man who is nearly 30 years his junior and struggles to embrace his homosexuality, which he had suppressed his entire life, while also confronting his guilt towards his deceased wife.

Director(s): Andy Yi Li
Writer(s): Andy Yi Li
Producer(s): Andy Yi Li, Lameng Bei, Yaxing Lin
Key Cast: Jesse Wang, Todd Lien

Go to 2022 Official Selections – Films Page

Theatrical Screenings: Held at The Whitefire Theater in Sherman Oaks, (13500 Ventura Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423)
Screenings for the 2022 festival take place from November 15 to November 20.
Click here to purchase tickets!

Virtual Screenings: The SOFF 2022 Virtual Screenings will begin Friday, November 18. There will be 25 films to watch that are Virtual Exclusives as well as many of the films that screened at the theater.
Click here to visit our Virtual Screenings!