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2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror
This pool boy’s dream is about to become a nightmare.
Director(s): Thomas Peck
Writer(s): Thomas Peck, Barrett Barnes
Key Cast: Liam Callister, Helena Geraci
Los Angeles Premiere
Country: USA
2024 Official Selection: Web Series / TV Pilot
A stay-at-home mom whose life is falling apart finds it hard to let go of her son when he goes off to college.
Director(s): Nevada Grey
Writer(s): Nevada Grey, Lisa Altmann
Producer(s): Nevada Grey, Ric Griffith, Joshua Minyard
Key Cast: Nevada Grey, Kylr Coffman, Annie Karstens, Chris Wylde, Edgar de Santiago, Jonathan Tanigaki
Country: USA
2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Arthouse/Experimental
“Welcome to Metta Michael. Today, we have another session of Loving Kindness Meditation. Take your seat. Gently close your eyes. Bring to mind someone you love…””
Director(s): Jiyuan Ler
Writer(s): Jiyuan Ler
Producer(s): Jiyuan Ler, Wendy Toh
Key Cast: Wendy Toh, Liz Sgt Tan
Los Angeles Premiere
Country: Singapore
2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror
Darkly comedic and inspired by both Stephen King’s THE SHINING and Stanley Kubrick’s film, A SHINING EXAMPLE looks at creative and familial frustration with a mother at the center of the story.
Director(s): Clarke Wolfe
Writer(s): Clarke Wolfe, Dylan Guerra
Producer(s): Buz Wallick
Key Cast: Clarke Wolfe, Andy Cohen, Marnie McKendry, Dylan Guerra
Los Angeles Premiere
Country: USA
2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy
A Production assistant working on a low budget horror film is trapped in the apartment of the film’s method acting antagonist.
Director(s): Will Limpert
Writer(s): Will Limpert
Producer(s): Ben Gatollari, Maxwell Ridgeway, Andrew Hendrix, Daniel Tantalean, Joshua Hunter Adams
Key Cast: Cameron Vaccaro, Ted Limpert, Imani Williams, Erin Fabrizio
Los Angeles Premiere
Country: USA
2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama
A man trapped in his memories receives an unexpected visit.
Director(s):Christopher Saint
Writer(s): Christopher Saint
Producer(s): Christopher Saint
Key Cast: John Thomas Benson, Estefania De La Cruz Benson, Jonathan Trevone Moore, Victoire Charles
World Premiere
Country: USA
2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama
A woman and a man go on a date, both for the first time in years. Each must decide how open and honest they should be.
Director(s): Michael Glover Smith
Writer(s): Michael Glover Smith
Producer(s): Alyssa Thordarson, John Otterbacher
Key Cast: Alyssa Thordarson, Mickey O’Sullivan
Los Angeles Premiere
Country: USA
2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama
A couple wades through nibbles of discussion and heavy silences before breaking through the floor of their first, big loss together.
Director(s): Benjamin Carlucci
Writer(s): Jess Paul, Benjamin Carlucci
Producer(s): Benjamin Carlucci
Key Cast: Jess Paul, Curtis Caldwell
Los Angeles Premiere
Country: USA
2024 Official Selection: Feature Film – Drama
Over a decade after surviving an unspeakable trauma, Maggie Donovan struggles to reconcile newly-sparked romantic feelings with sinister memories.
Director(s): SJ Creazzo
Writer(s): Justy Kosek
Key Cast: Nellie Spackman, Nick Mauldin, Chase Masterson
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
