Category: 2023 Official Selections

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gets dumped by his first “boyfriend” for not being gay enough, he journeys to master his gayness with the help of an outdated self-help book, until confronted by the straight life he left behind.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

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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!

2023 Official Selection: Short Film – Sci-Fi

On the one-year anniversary of her son’s abduction, a group of home-invaders deliver Rachel some unsettling news.

Director(s): Garrett Johnson, Ben Nicholson, Paranoid LA
Writer(s): Garrett Johnson, Ben Nicholson
Producer(s): Jake Michels, Matt Moynihan, Becca Scott
Key Cast: Becca Scott, Henry Rhoades, Bryan Langlitz, Patrick Metcalf

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 – Comedy

Chris and Annie move to an intimate neighborhood for a fresh start, but their partnership is quickly put to the test by a tight knit community in which they find themselves in the center.

Director(s): Jason Lee Segal
Writer(s): Jason Lee Segal
Producer(s): Connor Sullivan, Jason Lee Segal
Key Cast: Connor Sullivan, Brandon Burtis, Kylie Cipolla, Elizabeth Arija

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

A generational love story set in the historic town of Nicodemus, Kansas, the only remaining western settlement founded by formerly enslaved Black Americans following the Civil War. Robert works as a maintenance man at the Nicodemus National Historic Site, tending to the very building where he met his wife, Billie, over sixty years ago. A few years after her passing, Robert reflects on their shared life and love.

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

Former lawyer Chuck Dickerson orchestrates a remarkable change in inner-city Los Angeles, founding the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles (ICYOLA) to address the shocking underrepresentation of Black musicians in American orchestras.

Director(s): Christopher Stoudt
Producer(s): Maryann Garger, Ryan Suffern, Bob Logan, Ainz “Brainz” Prasad
Key Cast: Charles Dickerson

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

Young and unnurtured, a child is berated by the ways of the world with a need to survive but is faced with the inevitable defeat.

Director(s): Dominique Draper
Writer(s): Dominique Draper
Producer(s): Yussef Haridy, Mikayah Lee
Key Cast: Camden Randall, Jovon Henry

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 – Horror

Director(s): Joanne Verbos
Writer(s): Joanne Verbos, Will Vega
Producer(s): Joanne Verbos, Todd Hickey, Will Vega
Key Cast: Joanne Verbos, Chloe Farnworth, Gloria Gruber, Quinn Minichino Eakins

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!