Marco Polo

2024 Official Selection: Feature Film – Drama

After the death of his brother, Marco, an antisocial young man, must learn to deal with his pain, while his family heals the wounds of the past.

Director(s): Pablo Riesgo Almonacid
Writer(s): Pablo Riesgo Almonacid
Producer(s): Pablo Riesgo Almonacid, Ainara Landon, Juantxu Alvarez, Alberto Rocamora
Key Cast: Omar Banana, Jorge Zuloaga, Carolina Riesgo, Cesar Perez, Rebeca Badia, Jesus Lloveras, Salvador Leon Molina, Fran Abellan

Country: Spain

To find yourself, sometimes you have go underwater.

Palmdale

2024 Official Selection: Featurette – Drama

A teenage girl chooses to take matters into her own hands as an eviction looms over her family’s trailer.

Director(s): Lauren Moreno
Writer(s): Lauren Moreno, Madison Fitts
Producer(s): Madison Fitts, Brandon S.N. Butler
Key Cast: Isabelle Marchard, Giosué Bottini, Sage Kirkpatrick, Luke Stratte-McClure

Country: USA

Among the chaos, one must learn to survive.

WIRE

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror

A man’s day at work unravels when he coughs a metal wire out of his mouth.

Director(s): Raphael Frost
Writer(s): Raphael Frost
Producer(s): Frederick Balian
Key Cast: Ryan Goodcase

World Premiere
Country: USA

Two Breaths

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

After a man-made disaster decimates an evergreen island, a stranded 11-year-old girl must find the tenacity to leave behind her home.

Director(s): Kateryna Kurganska
Writer(s): Kateryna Kurganska, Myka Arakawa, Timur Guseynov
Producer(s): Kateryna Kurganska, Don John, C Craig, Timur Guseynov
Key Cast: Romeo Garcia, Maia Ann Pu’uwai

Country: USA

A Close Encounter

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

A serendipitous meeting between Thomas and Ashley on an almost empty flight leads to revelations they were never expecting.

Director(s): Adam Linkenhelt
Writer(s): Douglas Olsson
Producer(s): Douglas Olsson
Key Cast: Douglas Olsson, Rachel Alig, Rebecca Ritz, Ana-Marija Stojic, Jordan Preston

Country: USA

A serendipitous meeting between Thomas and Ashley on an almost empty flight leads to revelations they were never expecting.

Listen Carefully

2024 Official Selection: Feature Film – Horror

When troubled assistant bank manager Andy McNeary’s baby daughter goes missing, he must follow instructions from a mysterious voice on the other end of a baby monitor to save her before she disappears forever.

Director(s): Ryan Barton-Grimley
Producer(s): Ari Schneider, Simone Barton-Grimley, Ryan Barton-Grimley
Key Cast: Ryan Barton-Grimley, Ari Schneider, Simone Barton-Grimley, David Rickabaugh, Richard Gayler, Patrick Pankhurst

Country: USA

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Sleepwalker by Matt Moeller

2024 Official Selection: Screenplay – Short Screenplay

A woman, a tower, a memory machine. Can she get to the top to save the hostage before she forgets?

The SOFF 2024 screenplay awards ceremony will be held on December 7 at 4 PM at the LOOK Dine-In Cinemas.

Go to 2024 Official Selections – Screenplays Page

Screenplay Awards Ceremony & Theatrical Screenings are held at:
LOOK Dine-In Cinemas
128 Artsakh Avenue
Glendale, California 91206

SOFF 2024 Theatrical Screenings held from December 5 to December 8.

Phillip by Jaimy Rose Gardner

2024 Official Selection: Screenplay – Short Screenplay

In the aftermath of a racially charged incident involving his son, Levi Wright meets with his son’s teacher, Alissa Huntley. Their meeting soon devolves into a confrontation in which hidden biases and painful truths are unraveled as they navigate through their conflicting perspectives and personal struggles… all of which unexpectedly leads them to find common ground in their shared concern for Levi’s son and their commitment to help him.

 

The SOFF 2024 screenplay awards ceremony will be held on December 7 at 4 PM at the LOOK Dine-In Cinemas.

Go to 2024 Official Selections – Screenplays Page

Screenplay Awards Ceremony & Theatrical Screenings are held at:
LOOK Dine-In Cinemas
128 Artsakh Avenue
Glendale, California 91206

SOFF 2024 Theatrical Screenings held from December 5 to December 8.

I’m Not Special by Jeff Kimball

2024 Official Selection: Screenplay – Short Screenplay

Emily, a young, self-made, successful hi-tech manager seemed to have it all until one day everything changes and she looks at her life in a very different way.

The SOFF 2024 screenplay awards ceremony will be held on December 7 at 4 PM at the LOOK Dine-In Cinemas.

Go to 2024 Official Selections – Screenplays Page

Screenplay Awards Ceremony & Theatrical Screenings are held at:
LOOK Dine-In Cinemas
128 Artsakh Avenue
Glendale, California 91206

SOFF 2024 Theatrical Screenings held from December 5 to December 8.

He/She/Us by Susan Kelejian

2024 Official Selection: Screenplay – Short Screenplay

Astrid has agreed to meet with her ex at a men’s clothing store after nearly a year of being apart. He comes out of the dressing room in trendy fashion, completely throwing her for a loop. But it is not just the clothes that Astrid is shocked to see, and Paolo fights for their love when he has radically changed, and she has not.

 

The SOFF 2024 screenplay awards ceremony will be held on December 7 at 4 PM at the LOOK Dine-In Cinemas.

Go to 2024 Official Selections – Screenplays Page

Screenplay Awards Ceremony & Theatrical Screenings are held at:
LOOK Dine-In Cinemas
128 Artsakh Avenue
Glendale, California 91206

SOFF 2024 Theatrical Screenings held from December 5 to December 8.