Sherman Oaks Film Festival

2021 Official Selection: Feature Film – Drama

Filmed in the black-and-white, silent comedy style of Charlie Chaplin, but set in modern-day Los Angeles, WHAT? tells the story of a Deaf actor, tired of the disrespect he confronts in Hollywood, who decides to take matters into his own… hands.

Director(s):  Alek Lev
Writer(s):  Alek Lev
Producer(s):  Paul Maucere, Cassandra Jones
Key Cast:  John Maucere, Josh Breslow, Josep Daniel Rosello, Marina Longares Eschrichs, Jeremy Guskin, Amber Zion, Sheena Lyles, Keaton Talmadge

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2021 Official Selection: Short Film – Animation

A worker ant escapes the small confines of his colony, and sets out to find his own destiny – wherever that may be.

Director(s): Brian Giovanni
Writer(s): Brian Giovanni
Producer(s): Brian Giovanni

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2021 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

A woman gets more than she bargains for when she lists an ad to give away a chair for free.

Director(s): Mike Cochnar & Amy Anderson
Writer(s): Amy Anderson
Producer(s): Amy Anderson
Key Cast: Amy Anderson, Mary E. Kennedy

World Premiere!

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2021 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror

In the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Chris, a paranoid and self-centered man, has to decide what kind of person he is inside, or it may just eat him…alive.

Director(s): Christian Bachini
Writer(s): Christian Bachini
Producer(s): Christian Bachini
Key Cast: Christian Bachini, Lucy Chun Yan, Giulia Serafini, Charles P. Cooper, Derek Blakely

Los Angeles Premiere!

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2021 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

When a recovering alcoholic’s husband descends into mental illness, she must find a way to save herself.

Director(s): Seidy Lopez
Writer(s): Minerva Vier
Producer(s): Seidy Lopez, Minerva Vier, Justin Huen, Ivan Davila, John Ealy
Key Cast: Minerva Vier, Justin Huen, Ivan Davila, Marie-Francoise Theodore, Robert Dominick Jones, Gina Kelly, Chris Game

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2021 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror

After sharing a mysterious GIF online, a social media obsessed Teen is hunted by a terrifying monster known as The Pey

Director(s): Ramone Menon
Writer(s): Ramone Menon
Producer(s): Ramone Menon, Patrick Rutnam
Key Cast: Katie Leszynski, Noelle Miller, Daniele Manzin

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2021 Official Selection: Feature Film – Documentary

In the midst of a feral cat crisis in Los Angeles, an eclectic group of residents (“crazy cat ladies/men”) do their part to trap, spay/neuter, and adopt as many cats as they can.

Director(s): Garrett Clancy
Writer(s): Garrett Clancy
Producer(s): Garrett Clancy, Amanda Marie Harrison, Sarah Brockhoff, Jeff Werner, Tricia Helfer
Key Cast: Ady Gil, Tricia Helfer, Esmeralda Alvarez, Karn Myers, Drew Weidhaas, Donna Simms, Jaquie Navratil

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2021 Official Selection: Short Film – SciFi

The evil Empire from Star Wars invades Earth in search of an ancient weapon hidden by a Jedi Master inside an average guy’s apartment.

Director(s): Byrne Owens
Writer(s): Byrne Owens
Producer(s): Byrne Owens, Lu Louis
Key Cast: Lu Louis, Chloe Carabasi , Byrne Owens, Tyler Seiple

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2021 Official Selection: Short Film – Arthouse/Experimental

Two men looking for connection in different ways meet on a dating app and spend the night getting to know each other and finding out how alike they really are.

Director(s): Ryan Beene
Writer(s): Ryan Beene
Producer(s): Ryan Beene
Key Cast: Jordan Morgan, Collin Brown

World Premiere!

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2021 Official Selection: Feature Film – Drama

On a desert ranch, a dictator-next-door rules a made-up nation with his family as his only subjects.

Director(s): Eric DePriester
Writer(s): Eric DePriester
Producer(s): Eric DePriester, Henry Parizek
Key Cast: Jeff LeBeau, Dalia Vosylius, Emma Center, Colby Rummell, Ra Hanna

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