Sherman Oaks Film Festival

2023 Official Selection: Feature Film – Drama

Fonyuy  sends his son Mumu to a foreign land with two explorers. When they return without his son, the truth about their initial visit and intentions hits the villagers and a battle to preserve their sovereignty and survival starts which will span over centuries.

Director(s): Anurin Nwunembom
Writer(s): Forkwa Blaise Babila, Lukong Dieudonne Yufenyuy, Anurin Nwunembom
Producer(s): Ngwa Muma Bernard, Sutchou Jean Claude, Bryan Batif Guillamon

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.

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2023 Official Selection: Featurette – Horror

A Father/Son weekend adventure becomes a terrifying fight for survival.

Director(s): Michael Trainotti
Writer(s): Michael Trainotti
Producer(s): Maureen Trainotti, Michael Trainotti
Key Cast: Brian Palatucci, Leonardo Palatucci

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: Feature Film – Arthouse/Experimental

Two young women are brought together by the mistakes or the circumstances of their guardians beyond their control. After months of prickly, unlikely friendship, and a series of poetically unexpected events, the two strike out on their own, leaving behind whatever scraps they had in exurban Pennsylvania in search of “Life on Mars.”

Director(s): Mariya Somova
Writer(s): Mariya Somova
Producer(s): Anderson Boyd, Bradley Custer, Jordan L. Sims, Alice Wells, Justin Thomas, Matti Leinikka, Mark Ezovski, David J. Keogh, Kevin Koperski, Brett C. Persson, Anna Priscilla Robles, Frederick Shaibani, Gabriel Theis
Key Cast: Bethany Stolar, Claire Haller, Mark Solari, Martin Nikolov, Tatyana Kot, Alexander Abe, Jenna You

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: Feature Film – Arthouse/Experimental

A couple of lovable, degenerate Juggalos must sojourn through America’s hellish underbelly to The Gathering of the Juggalos, the one place on earth they feel accepted.

Director(s): Nathan Tape
Writer(s): Nathan Tape, Tim Cairo
Producer(s): Nathan Tape, Fabiola Andrade, Laura Cassidy
Key Cast: Jon Oswald, Scott Turner Schofield, Ashley Smith, Reed Diamond, Jared Bankens, Miles Doleac

West Coast 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: Feature Film – Arthouse/Experimental

The dream world of the digital machine manifests itself on the computer screen as a stream of images and sounds that spreads over the network. A streaming of digital consciousness.

Director(s): Alessandro Amaducci
Writer(s): Alessandro Amaducci
Producer(s): Alessandro Amaducci
Key Cast: Derryn Amoroso, Kate Holly Hall, Henry Errington, Michael Wilkop, PJ Van Gyen, James McCluskey-Gracia, Mark Healy, Dorian Tisato, Adam MacNeill, Adrian Brunato, Louise Byrne, Lindsay Dunn, Kate Van Der Horst

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: Feature Film – Comedy

When Mags and Ash take a trip to rekindle their marriage they meet a beautiful stranger who leads Mags to question her sexuality and allows them to reconnect over the possibility of having a threesome.

Director(s): Dan Levy Dagerman
Writer(s): Selina Ringel
Producer(s): Selina Ringel
Key Cast: Selina Ringel, Ritesh Rajan, Sydney Park, Marianna Burelli, Roberto Aguirre

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: Feature Film – Comedy

Two grocery store workers from different districts meet and end up spending time with each other after the store they’re assigned to open in another town shuts down unexpectedly. Over the course of a weekend, they grow close and let each other in on one another’s hopes and dreams…and deepest secrets.

Director(s): Eddie Vigil V
Writer(s): Ryan Willer
Producer(s): Jennifer Ball, Ryan Willer, Joe Koch
Key Cast: Jennifer Ball, Frank Gonzalez, DeJean Brown

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: Feature Film – Documentary

REAL is an illuminating documentary that delves into the complex and often invisible forces that shape our relationships. It takes viewers on a transformative journey of self-discovery, revealing the hidden dynamics that we all bring from our pasts into our present relationships.

Director(s): Gary Stuart Turner
Writer(s): Gary Stuart Turner
Producer(s): Merissa Jennings-Turner
Key Cast: Duane & Catherine O’Kane

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: Featurette – Drama

A war hero returns home after going missing in the Afghan withdrawal. Upon his return, he thought his life would go back to what he remembered. A wife. A home. But a lot can change in a year.

Director(s): Claire Chubbuck
Writer(s): Alvaro Orlando
Producer(s): Nathan Paul
Key Cast: Alvaro Orlando, Natalie Stavola, Jay Krymis, Michael Mammoliti, Catherine Carlin

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: Feature Film – Horror

While exploring a decrepit and abandoned facility, an auspicious photographer faces off against her traumatic past.

Director(s): John Pata
Writer(s): John Pata
Producer(s): Sarah Sharp, Robert Patrick Stern, Jen Shelby, Jill Gevargizian
Key Cast: Agnes Albright, Jeremy Holm, Andrew Bailes

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!