Author: SOFF

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

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

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!

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!

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 – 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

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 – 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

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

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

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: 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!