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"This is one of the few festivals that actually like filmmakers, unlike most that just screen your film and kick you out right after. I highly recommend this festival...had a lot of fun last year, great venue and organizers with a great host."
- Vlad Nikitin, Director, 'Grand Chinatown Robbery'
The Freddie Roach Youth Boxing Academy
At the Freddie Roach Youth Boxing Academy, Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies use boxing and mentorship to steer vulnerable youth away from violence and toward a brighter future.
The Experience
A grief-stricken man enters a simulation that transports him to the 1940s, forcing him to confront the loss he has spent a lifetime avoiding. 16:15 m.
Echoes of the Palisades
Filmmaker Ken Sax powerfully captures Claude Harvey's emotional return to the ruins of his former home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
Star-Crossed
A beautiful young woman craving connection risks revealing her true nature—only to fall for the wrong man, igniting a night of passion, poor decisions, and consequences you can't sweep under a rug. 14 min.
Ashes: Hai Iro No Yuki
After the death of her mother, Natalia rebuilds her relationship with her father, Maurice.
Ascendance
Honor, who is struggling with unresolved grief, is forced to confront patterns of self-neglect. She begins to recognize the lessons she’s avoided about love, loss, and self-respect.
Alcide & Cicero
A dim-witted but mighty gorilla sets out to prove he is the true king of the jungle. 3 m.
Fault
Two parents reunite after the tragic drunk driving death of their son. 6 m.
Jesus's Last Supper In America
What would happen if Jesus came back today and visited the United States. 2 m.
Chet Bueller: Attorney at Law
A lawyer enlists the help of his former client to get his dog back from the clutches of his ex-wife. 14:35 min.
Bart & Bobbi Kill Each Other
After nearly 30 years as roommates, Bart and Bobbi's resentment escalates into a lethal showdown. 6:30 m.
Faithless
A man tries to piece together his wife's disappearance, finding out she may have been keeping secrets from him. 27:30 m.
Ghosts of you
A day in the life of a generational trauma cycle breaker. 12:20 m.
Someone Else
A young woman navigates the emotional shock waves of an unexpected confrontation. 7 m.
A Man Apart
A femme fatale hires a down-on-his-luck detective to prevent her husband's murder. 7 m.
To Have and To Hold
Two characters must grapple with the complexities of their relationship and decide whether or not to part ways. 5 m.
Private Road
A single moment can divide a life into before and after.
Private Road follows Sarah over the course of one afternoon after an unexpected encounter quietly unsettles the certainty on which she has built her life. 75 m.
Private Road follows Sarah over the course of one afternoon after an unexpected encounter quietly unsettles the certainty on which she has built her life. 75 m.
F.O.M.O.
Seeking peace after a stressful day, a man sets out for a quiet walk—but with his phone in hand and earbuds in place, he must resist the endless pull of social media long enough to reconnect with the world around him. 9 m.
The Psychic
Hoping to learn the truth about his ex-girlfriend, a skeptical man reluctantly visits a self-proclaimed psychic.
Don't Do It
Three comedically dysfunctional friends attempt to get their lives together by making selflessly selfish decisions that lead to the one and only conclusion about love… don’t do it. 23 m.
The Last Take
Facing the end, a movie star from the golden age of Hollywood must reconcile with the only man he ever loved. 15 m.
Dead Drip
a relatable satire about motivation, temptation, and the hilarious ways these monsters fail to live up to their own hype. 5 m.
ALTADENA: The Heart. The Art & The Soul
A journey through a community shaped by memory, creativity, and resilience—where Black culture, history, and the arts converge to define a place that refuses to forget its past or surrender its future. 30 min.
CVNT
A struggling single mother turns to a bizarre side hustle
to make a better life for her baby daughter. 17 m.
to make a better life for her baby daughter. 17 m.
High Road
A white MAGA father and his Latina daughter have an encounter with a Black man while taking a road trip across the desert. 20 m.
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