Author: SOFF

2022 Official Selection: Short Film – Arthouse/Experimental

Stories portrays shots of lives from a dreamy and offhand generation, inhabited by a visceral need for audacity and freedom.

Director(s): Alban Coret
Writer(s): Alban Coret
Producer(s): Paul Gazai, Christophe Wagnies, Nicolas Fallet, Paul Frey
Key Cast: Mehdi Bendjebbour, Mauricio Cifuentes, Lina Lumbroso, Valentin Iouzalen, Charly Molle Cousin, Sonia Southwood, Manon Lamirault Maumet

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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.
Click here to visit our Virtual Screenings!

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

Payback was declared. Mistakes were made.

Director(s): Darren Coyle
Writer(s): Darren Coyle
Producer(s): Darren Coyle
Key Cast: Jeremy Guskin, Vivian Gil, Anna Salinas, Ruha Taslimi

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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 – Animation

In a dingy factory we find an army of robots banging out bird cages on an assembly line all under the eye of a soulless security camera, until a one-eyed red finch flies in, with the power of love and an ass that won’t quit.

Director(s): Matthew B.W. Sheehan
Writer(s): Matthew B.W. Sheehan

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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 – SciFi

In near-future Oakland, an old-school romantic looking for “The One” falls in love with a free-wheeling woman who has a brain implant connecting her mind to 20,000 other people.

Director(s): Nicholas Geisler
Writer(s): Nicholas Geisler
Producer(s): Bennett Cordon
Cast: Jack Vincenty, Kyla Dyan

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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 – Dance

The humor of an unexpected visit turns surreal as the guest takes the host into her world.

Director(s): Regina Hofmanova
Writer(s): Regina Hofmanova
Producer(s): Regina Hofmanova, Barbora Červenková, Renata Weidlichová
Cast: Daniele Iemolo, Ivona Szantová

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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

As David and Willow face a devastating loss they are transformed by a transcendent occurrence.

Director(s): Dwayne Cameron
Writer(s): Dwayne Cameron
Producer(s): Dwayne Cameron, Sarah James
Cast: Dwayne Cameron, Sarah James

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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 – SciFi

Through a series of dreams and visions, a woman begins to suspect reality has been altered by mysterious forces. And she may have something to do with it.

Director(s): Summers Brothers
Writer(s): Summers Brothers
Producer(s): Summers Brothers, Alan Ruiz
Cast: Grace Marlow, Ryan Hamilton, Justin Wilhelm

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 – Comedy

Twelve-year-old Asian American Bryan Chen wants to be a hero, so he tries to become the thing he knows all heroes need to be… White.

Director(s): Kyle Lau
Writer(s): Kyle Lau
Producer(s): Joyce Liu-Countryman
Cast: Izaac Wang, Chen Tang

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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 – Comedy

Two men get together for a perfectly normal first date, until one realizes that the other is having the date recorded to possibly use as a pilot for his reality show. Things get weirder from there.

Director(s): Christopher J Hall
Writer(s): Tommy Dickie
Producer(s): Christopher J Hall, Tommy Dickie
Cast: Tommy Dickie, Thomas Hobson

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 – SciFi

Roomates and best friends are put to test when their deepest darkest secrets are revealed. Everyone is hiding something.

Director(s): Chase Yi
Writer(s): Faviola Rivas, Arthur J. David
Producer(s): Doyan Artist, TK Richardson, Arthur J. Davis
Cast: TK Richardson, Arthur J. Davis

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!