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2022 Official Selection: Web Series

A newly woke white woman overcompensating for years of sideline sitting and a tranquil black man who is equal parts hood and good, are on display via a reality tv show to broadcast the complexities of their marriage in a brash, mockumentary style sitcom.

Director(s): Asaad Salleh, Sarah Stouffer
Writer(s): Asaad Salleh
Producer(s): Sarah Stouffer, Evan Moore
Key Cast: Sarah Stouffer

Los Angeles Premiere!

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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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Magic Box

2022 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror

A magician’s assistant finds herself trapped inside the confines of a magic box in a deadly game with a narcissistic magician looking for his perfect assistant.

Director(s): Matt Van Tine
Writer(s): Rich Van Tine
Producer(s): Matt Van Tine, Rich Van Tine, Sam Knott, Ed Morales
Key Cast: Iman Karram, Tim Simek

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A magician is only as good as his assistant.

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!

Somnium

2022 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror

A couple’s deepest, darkest traumas personify into sinister horrors after they embark on a psychedelic trip.

Director(s): L.E. Woods
Writer(s): Mitchell Peters, L.E. Woods
Producer(s): Anjini Taneja Azhar
Key Cast: Mitchell Peters, Anthony Soto, Anderson Manthe, Maxwell Manthe

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You can’t outrun your shadow

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!

After (A Love Story)

2022 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

A surviving couple works to begin healing the emotional and psychological wounds of a shared trauma.

Director(s): Clare Cooney
Writer(s): Alyssa Thordarson
Producer(s): Alyssa Thordarson, Clare Cooney, Jill Oliver, Mike McNamara, Jerry Sun, Juan Francisco Villa, Raymond Esposito, Divisionist Films, We Make Movies, Glenn Stanton
Key Cast: Glenn Stanton, Alyssa Thordarson, Susaan Jamshidi

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They can’t go back. But maybe they can go forward.

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!

Dawning

2022 Official Selection: Feature Film – Horror

A trauma therapist uncovers her family’s dark past when she returns home to care for her heartbroken sister.

Director(s): Young Min Kim
Writer(s): Young Min Kim
Producer(s): Young Min Kim, Jason Chao
Key Cast: Kim Ellis, Veronica Kim, Philicia Saunders, Vyvy Nguyen, Felix Park, Una Kim, José Villarreal, Yuuya Urabe

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!

Poltergeist Punk

2022 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror

A struggling punk band rents a cabin in the woods hoping to reignite their creative spark, only to find out the cabin is being haunted by a vicious spirit.

Director(s): Jamie Rogers
Writer(s): Jamie Rogers
Producer(s): Rachel Souza
Key Cast: Jade Mcleod, Jake Shannon, Jamie Rogers, Josh Aubin

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Punk’s not dead, but it’s about to be!

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!

30 Meetings/30 Days

2022 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

After being court-ordered to go to AA, Alicia reluctantly agrees to attending thirty meetings in thirty days.

Director(s): Duane Andersen
Writer(s): Duane Andersen
Producer(s): Duane Andersen, Dallin Cerva, Mandy Rebecca Roberson
Key Cast: Emily Goss

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For anyone who’s had to get back up again.

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!

Mamu

2022 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror

A mother struggles to take care of her baby while haunted by a dark spirit.

Director(s): Michael Skanes
Writer(s): Michael Skanes
Producer(s): Michael Skanes
Key Cast: Emma Bellomy

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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!

Moments: Six

2022 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

A serial killer and the detective who tracked him down find themselves in an unexpected stalemate.

Director(s): Michael Vaughn Hernandez
Writer(s): Darren Bailey
Producer(s): Michael Vaughn Hernandez
Key Cast: Vincent Stalba, Stephen 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!

The Housesitters

2022 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

Erin and Matt are best friends, underemployed entertainers, and terrible housesitters. And when they find themselves staying at the site of an infamous murder, they begin to wonder if someone is trying to recreate the crime.

Director(s): Graham High
Writer(s): Matt McConkey & Erin Pineda
Producer(s): Brittany High, Graham High, Matt McConkey, Erin Pineda
Key Cast: Matt McConkey, Erin Pineda, Jules Wilcox, Burl Moseley, Ryan Tresser

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No one told them it was a murder house

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!