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2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror
While assembling a video-based obituary, two disgruntled workers find themselves haunted by the very person they are editing.
Director(s): Jacob Farley
Writer(s): Jacob Farley
Producer(s): Jacob Farley
Key Cast: Elinor Zugazagoitia, Kai Symons, Will Schoeninger
Los Angeles Premiere
Country: USA
2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy
At a quiet country bookstore, yoga teacher Lisa accidentally runs into Tanya, the woman who destroyed her marriage and nearly got her killed, only to find that there is now one more thing Tanya would like from her: physical punishment. Told through a series of escalating flashbacks, Will You Please Hit Me?’s distinct dark comedic tone and characters were born of a devising process involving stories from the actors lives, abstract movement, and improvisation.
Director(s): Jack Frederick
Writer(s): Jack Frederick, Melissa Aquiles, Lia Bonfilio
Producer(s):Melissa Aquiles, Jack Frederick
Key Cast: Melissa Aquiles, Lia Bonfilio, Jacob A. Ware, Matthew Dudley, Joshua Hurley, Kim Savarino, Kathiana Casimir, Dash King, Rory Cullen, Emily Pacilio, Gavin Price, Pat Galante, Florence Price, Charles Zivancev
Los Angeles Premiere
Country: USA
2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Action/Thriller
Two brothers find themselves entangled in a violent confrontation at a beach house in Malibu. One of the brothers loses his life, while the other, awaiting the arrival of the police, reflects on the events that led to this tragedy.
Director(s): Raphael Buisson
Writer(s): Raphael Buisson
Producer(s): Raphael Buisson, Jean Dumont
Key Cast: Richie Johnson, Kyle Vonn Elzey, Annie Theriault, Solyana Girum
Country: USA
2024 Official Selection: Feature Film – Arthouse/Experimental
HOLLYWOOD DOES NOT WANT YOU TO SEE THIS FILM
Director(s): Jonathan Latona
Writer(s): Jonathan Latona
Producer(s): Jonathan Latona
Key Cast: Jon Michael Lawrence, Eric Snow, Schuyler Dalenberg, Matthew Hartley, Jonathan Latona
World Premiere, Los Angeles Premiere
Country: USA
2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy
Trevor decides to open up to his buddy Cole, unaware that their conversation is about to take a nightmarish turn.
Director(s): James Oxyer
Writer(s): James Oxyer
Producer(s): James Oxyer
Key Cast: Michael Warker, Alex Gagliardi
Los Angeles Premiere
Country: USA
2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Dance
The morning after her partner’s funeral, a woman finds healing through dancing with grief.
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Director(s): Candice Holdorf
Writer(s): Candice Holdorf
Producer(s): Candice Holdorf, Gabriel Diamond
Key Cast: Candice Holdorf, Gabriel Diamond, Clare Rickard
Los Angeles Premiere
Country: USA
2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama
“Amidst a desolate landscape, Fernanda faces her ultimate adversary, unfolding the narrative that led her to this pivotal moment.”
Director(s): Enrique A. Mendoza
Writer(s): Enrique A. Mendoza
Producer(s): Daniel Piñeros, Mateo Vergara
Key Cast: Johanna Martinez, Tim Roarke
Los Angeles Premiere
Country: USA
2024 Official Selection: Feature Film – Horror
A faux true-crime documentary about two detectives pursuit of an infamous serial killer named Mr. Shiny, who terrorized Southern California for almost two decades.
Director(s): Stuart Ortiz
Writer(s): Stuart Ortiz
Producer(s): Stuart Ortiz, Bruce Guido, Alex Yesilcimen
Key Cast: Peter Zizzo, Terri Apple
Country: USA
A dark comedy about an expecting father who confronts his self-hatred after finding himself in an isolated manor without his, ah, member.
Director(s): Brennan Thomas McGee
Writer(s): Brennan Thomas McGee
Producer(s): Sierra Oleson, Avery Chung-Melino, Jonah Moshammer, Sunce Franicevic
Key Cast: Alex Herrald, William Hennefer, Serra Naiman, Sophia Salesky
Country: USA
The 1% decide to give all African American’s reparations…but there’s a catch.
Director(s): Rob M. Neilson
Writer(s): Sam Demaris, Billy D. Washington & Rob M. Neilson (Original story by Colin Ochs)
Producer(s): Adam Taylor, Rob M. Neilson
Key Cast: Rutherford Cravens, Sam Demaris, Joe Grisaffi, Billy D. Washington, Andy Huggins & Ed Warner
Country: USA
