Author: Mellinda Hensley

2023 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

An Israeli mossad agents goes to a funeral and finds out he’s dead.

Director(s): Yuval Sol Boker
Writer(s): Yuval Sol Boker, Alon Karmi
Producer(s): Ariel Lavi
Key Cast: Tsahi Halevi, Gily Itskovitch, Mor Sarusi, Arik Zilberman

Go to 2023 Official Selections – Films Page

Theatrical Screenings: All theatrical screenings are held at:
LOOK Dine-In Cinemas
128 Artsakh Avenue
Glendale, California 91206
SOFF 2023 Theatrical Screenings held from November 29 to December 3.

Click here to purchase tickets!

Virtual Screenings: The SOFF 2023 Virtual Screenings run from Friday, December 1 to Sunday, December 10. There will be Virtual Exclusives as well as many of the films that screened at the theater.

Click here to visit our Virtual Screenings!

2023 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

Bureaucracy is so tedious …

Director(s): Raphael Buisson
Writer(s): Hayden Croft
Producer(s): Hayden Croft
Key Cast: Victor A. Lin, De End Parker, Ben Solenberger

Go to 2023 Official Selections – Films Page

Theatrical Screenings: All theatrical screenings are held at:
LOOK Dine-In Cinemas
128 Artsakh Avenue
Glendale, California 91206
SOFF 2023 Theatrical Screenings held from November 29 to December 3.

Click here to purchase tickets!

Virtual Screenings: The SOFF 2023 Virtual Screenings run from Friday, December 1 to Sunday, December 10. There will be Virtual Exclusives as well as many of the films that screened at the theater.

Click here to visit our Virtual Screenings!

2023 Official Selection: Short Film – Documentary

In the wake of George Floyd’s murder, a Nigerian-born man takes a knee in the middle of a Venice, CA street for 8 minutes and 47 seconds, as his own statement of peaceful protest. When his “kneel” starts to become a nightly ritual, attracting followers who look to him for guidance, he’s forced to confront his own views of racism, bias, and complicity.

Director(s): Ryan Goble, Malcolm Serrette
Writer(s): Ryan Goble, Kristal Williams, Malcolm Serrette
Producer(s): Kristal Williams
Key Cast: Hailey Swarthout, Troy Halverson, Jeff Strand

Go to 2023 Official Selections – Films Page

Theatrical Screenings: All theatrical screenings are held at:
LOOK Dine-In Cinemas
128 Artsakh Avenue
Glendale, California 91206
SOFF 2023 Theatrical Screenings held from November 29 to December 3.

Click here to purchase tickets!

Virtual Screenings: The SOFF 2023 Virtual Screenings run from Friday, December 1 to Sunday, December 10. There will be Virtual Exclusives as well as many of the films that screened at the theater.

Click here to visit our Virtual Screenings!

2023 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror

Director(s): Tyler Savage
Writer(s): Tyler Savage
Producer(s): Nate Lipp, David Broad, Chadd Harbold, David Ferino, Max Neace, Dash Hawkins, Tyler Savage
Key Cast: Ariela Barer, Logan Miller, Adrienne Barbeau, Jim Bentley, Michael Joplinll

Go to 2023 Official Selections – Films Page

Theatrical Screenings: All theatrical screenings are held at:
LOOK Dine-In Cinemas
128 Artsakh Avenue
Glendale, California 91206
SOFF 2023 Theatrical Screenings held from November 29 to December 3.

Click here to purchase tickets!

Virtual Screenings: The SOFF 2023 Virtual Screenings run from Friday, December 1 to Sunday, December 10. There will be Virtual Exclusives as well as many of the films that screened at the theater.

Click here to visit our Virtual Screenings!

2023 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

Sitting in a waiting room, Harrison and Percy confront their emotions and each other as they attempt to fill out paperwork for an experimental drug that might have the power to take their grief away…forever.

Director(s): Adam Peltier
Writer(s): Adam Peltier
Producer(s): Lucas Brahme, Connor Linnerooth, Adam Peltier
Key Cast: Adam Peltier, Lucas Brahme, Amanda Montell

Go to 2023 Official Selections – Films Page

Theatrical Screenings: All theatrical screenings are held at:
LOOK Dine-In Cinemas
128 Artsakh Avenue
Glendale, California 91206
SOFF 2023 Theatrical Screenings held from November 29 to December 3.

Click here to purchase tickets!

Virtual Screenings: The SOFF 2023 Virtual Screenings run from Friday, December 1 to Sunday, December 10. There will be Virtual Exclusives as well as many of the films that screened at the theater.

Click here to visit our Virtual Screenings!

2023 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

Just Passing Time encapsulates the moment you realize you don’t want to just let your life go by with whomever is nearest to you, but rather hold out for the relationship that finally makes good on the promise that a first spark invites.

Director(s): Brigid Marshall
Writer(s): Brigid Marshall
Producer(s): Brigid Marshall, Jeffrey Thompson, Joe Willand, Brian Biancardi, Alex Honnet
Key Cast: Elaine Chu, Joe Willand, Brigid Marshall, Diogo Hausen, Alex Honnet, Alex Chard, Britney Sweis

World Premiere, West Coast Premiere, Los Angeles Premiere

Go to 2023 Official Selections – Films Page

Theatrical Screenings: All theatrical screenings are held at:
LOOK Dine-In Cinemas
128 Artsakh Avenue
Glendale, California 91206
SOFF 2023 Theatrical Screenings held from November 29 to December 3.

Click here to purchase tickets!

Virtual Screenings: The SOFF 2023 Virtual Screenings run from Friday, December 1 to Sunday, December 10. There will be Virtual Exclusives as well as many of the films that screened at the theater.

Click here to visit our Virtual Screenings!

2023 Official Selection: Web Series / TV Pilot

When a closeted 30-year-old gets dumped by his first “boyfriend” for not being gay enough, he journeys to master his gayness with the help of an outdated self-help book, until confronted by the straight life he left behind.

Director(s): Megan Chumbley
Writer(s): PJ Brescia, Vanessa Leigh
Producer(s): PJ Brescia, Fabrizio Alliata, Vanessa Leigh, Megan Chumbley, Tom Gault
Key Cast: PJ Brescia, Casey James, Quincy Cho

 

Go to 2023 Official Selections – Films Page

Theatrical Screenings: All theatrical screenings are held at:
LOOK Dine-In Cinemas
128 Artsakh Avenue
Glendale, California 91206
SOFF 2023 Theatrical Screenings held from November 29 to December 3.

Click here to purchase tickets!

Virtual Screenings: The SOFF 2023 Virtual Screenings run from Friday, December 1 to Sunday, December 10. There will be Virtual Exclusives as well as many of the films that screened at the theater.

Click here to visit our Virtual Screenings!

2023 Official Selection: Web Series / TV Pilot

A devilishly charming retiree and his thirty-something friend find comfort, happiness, and mutual enlightenment in spending time together navigating the human condition.

Director(s): Tommy O’Rourke
Writer(s): Tommy O’Rourke
Producer(s): Josh Sathre
Key Cast: Jonah Ray, Peter Jason

World Premiere

Go to 2023 Official Selections – Films Page

Theatrical Screenings: All theatrical screenings are held at:
LOOK Dine-In Cinemas
128 Artsakh Avenue
Glendale, California 91206
SOFF 2023 Theatrical Screenings held from November 29 to December 3.

Click here to purchase tickets!

Virtual Screenings: The SOFF 2023 Virtual Screenings run from Friday, December 1 to Sunday, December 10. There will be Virtual Exclusives as well as many of the films that screened at the theater.

Click here to visit our Virtual Screenings!

2023 Official Selection: Short Film – Sci-Fi

In war-torn 2062, a grounded fighter pilot agrees to raise a genetically-modified child, only to discover his precocious daughter’s DNA is designed for nefarious purposes.

Director(s): Sam Tahhan
Writer(s): Sam Tahhan
Producer(s): Tasos Hernandez, Isabella Salazar, Steven Dudley, Jade Holman-Travis, Sami Martinez, Rhianna DeVries

West Coast Premiere, Los Angeles Premiere

Go to 2023 Official Selections – Films Page

Theatrical Screenings: All theatrical screenings are held at:
LOOK Dine-In Cinemas
128 Artsakh Avenue
Glendale, California 91206
SOFF 2023 Theatrical Screenings held from November 29 to December 3.

Click here to purchase tickets!

Virtual Screenings: The SOFF 2023 Virtual Screenings run from Friday, December 1 to Sunday, December 10. There will be Virtual Exclusives as well as many of the films that screened at the theater.

Click here to visit our Virtual Screenings!

2023 Official Selection: Short Film – Sci-Fi

Trapped in a fractured quantum realm, a broken nightclub owner fights to regain his memory in order to save himself, and the love of his life.

Director(s): Bill Prokopow
Writer(s): Bill Prokopow
Producer(s): Bill Prokopow, Luca Malacrino
Key Cast: Luca Malacrino, Christina Higa

West Coast Premiere, Los Angeles Premiere

Go to 2023 Official Selections – Films Page

Theatrical Screenings: All theatrical screenings are held at:
LOOK Dine-In Cinemas
128 Artsakh Avenue
Glendale, California 91206
SOFF 2023 Theatrical Screenings held from November 29 to December 3.

Click here to purchase tickets!

Virtual Screenings: The SOFF 2023 Virtual Screenings run from Friday, December 1 to Sunday, December 10. There will be Virtual Exclusives as well as many of the films that screened at the theater.

Click here to visit our Virtual Screenings!