Sherman Oaks Film Festival

2021 Official Selection: Short Film – SciFi

A short film 20-years in the making from a film family, Life & Death is three tall tales rolled into one: Stolen, flirting with death and dating from both the male and female perspectives, One and Done, the story of a man seeking redemption for his past dark deeds, and Ponder, which delves into the psychology of violence and mayhem within the mind of a female assassin.

Director(s): Ashley Coleman, Heather Coleman, Jason Coleman
Writer(s): Heather Coleman, Ashley Coleman, Jason Coleman
Producer(s): Heather Coleman, Jason Coleman, Michael Coleman
Key Cast: Heather Coleman, Jason Coleman, Michael Coleman, Robert Donavan, Bonnie Sheffield, Aura Lewis, Stephen Havas, Lorraine James, Terry D. Stevens

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2021 Official Selection: Short Film – SciFi

An astronaut launches on a multi-year mission while struggling with the decision to leave his family behind.

Director(s): Dan Smiczek
Writer(s): Dan Smiczek
Producer(s): Dan Smiczek
Key Cast: Jake Phillips, Susan Fouche, Dan Smiczek, Cara Smiczek, River Smiczek, Eliot Smiczek

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2021 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

On a summer day, the paths of two boys unexpectedly cross.

Director(s): Pieter Coudyzer
Writer(s): Pieter Coudyzer
Producer(s): SOIL : Geert Van Goethem, Linda Linda Sterckx

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2021 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

Paul just wants to have fun with his friends, but his guardian worries he may be falling in with the wrong litter.

Director(s): Adam Walker Federman, Tommy Hallal
Writer(s): Adam Walker Federman, Tommy Hallal
Producer(s): Adam Walker Federman, Tommy Hallal, Kelly Gresalfi
Key Cast: Adam Walker Federman, Tommy Hallal, Mouse

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2021 Official Selection: Short Film – Arthouse/Experimental

A heartbroken man, unable to stop calling his Ex, reluctantly enlists a therapist to help him lift the weight of his past relationship off of his shoulders… literally.

Director(s): Gregory JM Kasunich
Writer(s): Phillip Musumeci
Producer(s): Gregory J Kasunich, Phillip Musumeci
Key Cast: Phillip Musumeci, Olga Desyatnik, Paul Michael Bair, Dewey Morrison, Jerry Spears

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2021 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

Left to take care of their son while his husband goes on a work trip, Tom takes a wrong turn behind the wheel.

Director(s): Xavier SERON
Writer(s): Xavier SERON
Producer(s): Julie ESPARBES, Guillaume KERBUSCH, Laura PETRONE
Key Cast: Jean LE PELTIER, Martin VERSET, Youri DIRKX, Baptiste SORNIN, Elikia BONDEKWE, Chantal PIROTTE

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2021 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

A mockumentary horror-comedy depicting an awkward woman’s difficulties being a familiar to vampire plants.

Director(s): Christine Celozzi
Writer(s): Christine Celozzi
Producer(s): Jay Everley, Alexander Gauthier
Key Cast: Christine Celozzi

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2021 Official Selection: Feature Film – SciFi

On the eve of Y2K, a failing scientist attempts to win a tech competition by merging a disembodied brain with an experimental machine. The resulting abomination threatens an apocalyptic nightmare.

Director(s): Jonathan Anthony
Writer(s): Jonathan Anthony
Producer(s): Jonathan Anthony, Christopher Anthony
Key Cast: Christopher Anthony, Shirley Kwon, June Elizabeth Williams, Colin Rand, Keenan Baker, Ralph Jimenez, Stephanie Alfaro, Chris Griffin, L. Encino Velodrome

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2021 Official Selection: Web Series

Orbi has become the number one safest AI robot in the world, until a program changes it’s security protocol.

Director(s): Pat Campo
Writer(s): Pat Campo
Producer(s): Pat Campo
Key Cast: Aaron Groben, Carolyn Deskin, Del Mak, Pat Campo, Brian Katz, Tyra Morrison, Erica Larose, Carl Strand

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2021 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

A young boy, left alone to care for his brother during quarantine, hides from his spying neighbor, but when he finds himself in trouble, he must ask for help, finding it in an unlikely ally.

Director(s):  Sage Wells
Writer(s):  Sage Wells
Producer(s):  Sage Wells, Joe Passarelli
Key Cast:  Arlo Passarelli, River Passarelli, Joe Passarelli, Sage Wells

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