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2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Animation
An unexpected afterline — and a stunning lens through which to see ourselves in the here and now.
Director(s): Jacob Langsner
Writers(s): David Eagleman
Producer(s): Jacob Langsner
Key Cast: Jacob Langsner
World Premiere
Country: USA
2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy
A lonely musician in a small town creates a thriving (albeit imaginary) underground music scene by inventing and posing as a multitude of bands. When Rolling Stone Magazine takes notice, his life unravels as he struggles to maintain the facade of his fictional bands.
Director(s): Christopher Scamurra
Writer(s): Christopher Scamurra, Nicholas Reynolds
Producer(s): Nicholas Reynolds, Daisy Davis, Christopher Scamurra, Buck Lindelof
Key Cast: Creed Bratton, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Matthew Danger Lippman
Los Angeles Premiere
Country: USA
2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Dance
The morning after her partner’s funeral, a woman finds healing through dancing with grief.
https://www.thedanceafter.com/
Director(s): Candice Holdorf
Writer(s): Candice Holdorf
Producer(s): Candice Holdorf, Gabriel Diamond
Key Cast: Candice Holdorf, Gabriel Diamond, Clare Rickard
Los Angeles Premiere
Country: USA
2024 Official Selection: Feature Film – Horror
A faux true-crime documentary about two detectives pursuit of an infamous serial killer named Mr. Shiny, who terrorized Southern California for almost two decades.
Director(s): Stuart Ortiz
Writer(s): Stuart Ortiz
Producer(s): Stuart Ortiz, Bruce Guido, Alex Yesilcimen
Key Cast: Peter Zizzo, Terri Apple
Country: USA
Two outsiders try to make it through the weirdness of being Latino in Hollywood– one by lying to himself, the other by lying to the world.
Director(s): Edwin Porres
Writer(s): Edwin Porres, Jaime Marie Porres
Cast: Michael J. Knowles, Douglas Spain, Deborah Dir, Madison Dewberry, Bill Posley
