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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'
BLOCK ONE, Friday, November 4th, 2pm
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Afterlife of Memory
To erase his trauma and be cleared for interstellar migration, Omar must alter the memory that ended his marriage but reconnecting with his ex-wife makes it difficult to say goodbye. 10 m.
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Queer Fish in God's Waiting Room
Two Brothers. One Landlady. Zero Common Sense. Based on Lee Henshaw’s bestselling novel Queer Fish in God’s Waiting Room. Adrian Pasdar’s comedic romp follows two young brothers on holiday from London, England to Coney Island, New York, where they meet up with a kooky landlady who runs a low rent B&B that is more Alice-in-Wonderland than just a place to rest your head. Shot by legendary cinematographer Barry Markowitz, this 11 minute short film stars Jesse Spencer, Jackson George, and Amanda Righetti. 11 m.
Secret Honor
An ex-boxer must help his friend, a hot young comic, when he gets in trouble with a local big shot.
Composure
A short film about living with yourself. 11:40 m.
730 Million and Counting
A man's lifelong secret has come to the surface after having a conversation with his 5 year old daughter. 8:40m
Cray
When dysfunctional Ray walks in on her perfect best friend Cora trying to kill herself, secrets are revealed and humor is found in unexpected places. A dark comedy exploring the themes of postpartum depression and female friendship. 15 m.
BLOCK TWO - FRIDAY NOV. 4TH - 4:15 PM
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Evan is a child of adoption whose journey begins when a DNA test links him to a birth father that he never knew.
Above the Branches
An adopted introvert aims to find his biological parents to feel a sense of belonging, but after taking a genealogy test he discovers he may not belong to the human race.
ArmaGoogle
When Google unexpectedly goes down, the people of the world are confronted with the reality that its presence in their lives was the only thing holding them together as a functioning society.
Spy vs. Spia
Spy V Spia, a MADCAP Spy Parody... …served up with an unexpectedly romantic twist! .
Flyover
A day in the life of a modern Midwestern community as a farmhand hunts for the cow he scared away.
The Only Joke is You
A down on his luck comic gets a phone call from his Uncle Roger.
Triple A
A man and a woman wait for AAA to arrive after a hard day.
The Sweeps
After John gives up his Acting career, he rock-bottoms as a Chimneysweep...perhaps in a subconscious homage to Dick Van Dyke? Are there even chimneys in LA? Art imitates life. 6 m.
BLOCK THREE - FRIDAY NOV. 4TH - 6:30 PM
400 to Oahu
When the island of Oahu is blown to bits by a North Korean nuke, an inbound flight learns that, with nowhere to land, they are as good as dead.
Abstraction
A young woman's world is turned upside down when she discovers someone else's bloody cell phone in her car after a wild night out.
Act Break
On the one year anniversary of his traumatic car crash, Ambrose prepares to drive to an audition but instead has a panic attack. He wakes up in a theatre where his younger self challenges him to move forward with his life. He wakes back up, still in the car and calls a therapist to make an appointment.
Avocado
Gabriela and Neil celebrate their anniversary with a brand new kink: BDSM. What was meant to be a fun and sexy night goes awry when Neil, the sub, is ordered to divulge the greatest secret of all: the password to his phone
Watch My Stuff
A simple request in a coffee shop turns into cloaks and daggers.
Book Heckler
An unwelcome guest, who thinks she knows best, attends a book reading.
Bougie Baes
Billy Upton, a proudly bougie, deaf, and gay man, finally meets his match in love. But will his bougie ways ruin it all? 4 m.
Chances
A desperate mother tries to reconcile a distant relationship with a son she gave up for adoption over 20 years ago to have a life altering conversation. 16 m.
CIMIM
A desert camping trip turns deadly when one of the campers returns to the group to find herself sitting at the campfire. 5 M.
Butterfly Boxing
Butterfly Boxing is a sweeping fable, employing magical realism to chronicle a city threatened by gentrification and at risk of losing its dreams. Rose, a talented photographer, is visited by Ant in her dreams, as he urges her to follow her path. Instead, she denies this vision, choosing to run her family’s Timeless business. When her home and business are put in jeopardy by rising rent and greedy developers, her landlord, Amari, forces his brother, Cassius (aka Cash), to fight in a boxing match in hopes of winning the prize money to pay off their loans. Amari must decide if his dusty dream is worth pushing Cash beyond the brink. Rose and Cash, however, must decide if they really want the status quo, or if they should leave it all behind and embark on a greater journey. 12 m.
Operation Payback
Payback was declared... mistakes were made. An abduction goes off the rails. 6 m.
BLOCK FOUR - FRIDAY NOV. 4TH - 8:45 PM
Loren and Rose
A single meal frames this three-act story of the indelible bond between Loren, a promising filmmaker, and Rose, a storied actress looking to reinvigorate her career. From a lunch meeting to discuss a possible collaboration grows a years-long friendship between two people whose love of art, understanding of grief, and faith in life’s potential guide them through personal and creative hardships. Kelly Blatz and Jacqueline Bisset star with a chemistry that is at once authentic and intoxicating. 82 m.
BLOCK FIVE - SATURDAY, NOV. 5TH - 1 PM
King Solomon's Treasure
A 90-year-old Holocaust survivor wages a battle against New York property developers who are attempting to drive him out of his beloved antique shop. 108 m.
BLOCK SIX - SATURDAY, NOV. 5TH - 3:15 PM
AutoCorrect
Ansu is a careful, by-the-book actor in the midst of Zoom rehearsals with a big-shot white director and an all-white cast apart from herself. She decides to address a long-standing issue of name mispronunciation with the director, Laura Peterson. Laura, overstretched and scattered, is focused on her lunch and an upcoming important call. While Ansu attempts to explain the negative effects of name mispronunciation, Laura--distracted and dismissive--tries to end the call. Ansu's mounting frustration risks her losing a hard-won role in an exclusive cast. Will she find her voice and step into her power, or be forced to accept the status quo in order to keep her job? 12:30 M.
Beautiful Collision
An aloof hitman begins to understand his beautiful assistant is in love with him and knows way too much about him. 4:30 m.
Big Rider - Old Surfers
BIG RIDER This song was composed in order to convey to the listeners all the emotions experienced by a GIANT WAVE surfer!!! The challenge, the energy, the effort, the preparation, the investment, the courage, the adrenaline, the fear to be overcome, the glory to be achieved and the goal to be achieved, which is the challenge of surfing the biggest wave ever surfed. by a human being!!! Big Rider will take you on this journey and overcome all your limits!! 6 m.
Blinks
A teenager challenges his foster father in a deadly contest. 8 m.
Piggy Banks
Marcus takes a semester off of law school in order to care for his grandparents. He gets a tedious job at Cartland Consignment, a lackluster vintage store run by negligent employees. His moral code comes to a screeching halt upon meeting Whitney, a bedazzling store regular on a mission to round up her stolen property. 19 m.
Disconnected
Janine forces her teenage daughter and her two besties to have an actual conversation by confiscating their cellphones for one hour. Meanwhile she texts her husband she wants a divorce. 15 m.
Okay
A glimpse into the life of an Iranian-American woman, as she teeters on the brink of crisis following a run of unfortunate events. Caught in financial ruin, struggling with a recent divorce, and battling mental health issues ranging from obsessive-compulsive disorder, imposter syndrome, and addiction – her dreams of becoming a Hollywood movie star begin to disintegrate. She says okay to everything and everyone – at the cost of not being okay herself. 17 m.
Psychopomp
After Cliff is murdered by his (ex) girlfriend, he gets trapped in purgatory by a sarcastic soul guide who looks exactly like his killer. To move on to the afterlife, he must put accept the worst parts of his past life and how they led to his own death. 7 m.
BLOCK SIX - SATURDAY, NOV. 5TH - 3:15 PM
BLOCK SEVEN - SATURDAY, NOV. 5TH - 5:15 PM
Young Dario Has a Sex Dream (episode 1
In this twelve-episode Groundhound Day style story, a young Hispanic boy, named Dario, encounters various life situations. He turns to his Grandmother ('Abuelita'), who guides him through the travails of childhood. Young Dario has his first sex dream...about his teacher Ms. Hernandez. To destress, he writes the dream down but accidentally submits it to his teacher instead of his homework. 4 min.
Wrapped up in you
Do we ever really know anybody?
With Joyful Ring
A man struggling with depression longs for a joyful connection during the holiday season. 11:30 m.
The Voice Whisperer
A day in the life of Michael Beastman, voice over artist extraordinaire and awkward human being. It’s a comedy about when you are yourself it’s the best “you” you can be! 12:30 m.
This Time Tomorrow
When an ex-lover resurges, his former girlfriend and her fiancé become unsettled with how to proceed. 16:30 m.
Tom Did Good
A troubled man infiltrates the home of an unsuspecting couple. 15 m.
Dive Down
This is the music video for the song Dive Down from the album Under the Influence by Mike Baker. It is part live animation(masterfully drawn, edited, and shot by Brett Hardin) with an overlayed mischievous character. It interprets the lyrics in a dark, yet melodic way...and it is up to the viewer what it means to them. The song is influenced by a lot of shock, grunge, and hard rock.
El Rey
An unfamiliar smell on Gustavo's shirt causes his wife Lupe to grow suspicious. Then when he arrives home late that night for dinner her fears are all but confirmed: he is a lying rat! Lupe tells God that night that it would be easier if Gustavo was a rat... and the next morning she wakes up to a big surprise! 9 m.
BLOCK EIGHT - SATURDAY, NOV. 5TH - 7:00 PM
Dogwalk
the complete series A dog walker in Sherman Oaks is out of poop bags. But waddya gonna do when all you can think about is this guy texting you, and also you wanna be a famous actor in Hollywood, but also you kinda just want to take a nap, ya know? 18 m.
Don't Feed the Birds
When a man runs out of bread while feeding the birds, he makes an enemy for life. 3:30 m.
Dotting the "I"
In the shadows of an empty office, the poetry of an unlikely kiss helps a modern-day Cyrano and a mid-life cynic discover a love lost and a love never found. 11:15 m.
Duke It Out: A Gestational Dance Battle
A Gestational Dance Battle 2:15 m.
Flat Earther
Martin and Cassandra’s promising second date takes an unexpected turn when their conversation challenges personal beliefs and their assumptions about each other. By the end of the night both will find they are living in a world much different than what they believed it to be. 10:30 m.
Forest Giants
In the early days of the internet a brother and sister attempt to mend their strained relationship as they venture into the woods to film a hoax video. 21 m.
Outtabounds
“ Am I my brother’s keeper?” This is the question at the heart of Outtabounds, a story about jealousy, sacrifice, and the tribulations of brotherhood between two Twin brothers. 22 m.
BLOCK NINE - SATURDAY, 9:15 PM
GRANDPA: The Horror
Grandpa can’t live without his deceased beloved Grandma and now he doesn’t have to… True love never dies. 12 m.
Grounds for Termination
A new barista is confronted about her vigilante justice. 3 m.
Guru$$
Guru$$, a music video created by a fictional character, is about a woman who tries to take a shortcut to enlightenment, gets caught up in the glitz, and ends up with nothing. Yes, it is a comedy... ...and it is also a cautionary tale. 4 m.
Gypsy Rose Leezinski
Luckless with the ladies, Max seeks the answer to his lonely life in the pages of self-help books, but finds only rejection in his search to meet the woman of his dreams. Depressed and dejected, a chance collision with fate -- in the form of a magical leaflet -- guides him to an odd and mercurial fortune teller, Gypsy Rose Leezinski. After a few failures at raising spirits (while having greater success at raising cash), she is finally able to rally the troops and channel a prediction: “In two days, at noon hour,” Max must go to the "beautiful bay of Santo Pedro" where he will meet his one true love. He arrives on cue, optimistic and hopeful, only to find a dingy, deserted warehouse. Duped and disappointed, Max learns that his trials have only just begun as he faces tests that challenge the gypsy's veracity, as well as his own resolve. 9 m.
Happiness is an Illusion
A woman tries to figure out modern relationships, but realizes she might have missed the most important relationship she could ever have. 13:30 m.
Storage
Things spin out of control very quickly after a doctor awakens in a storage room with no idea how she got there, who put her there or who she even is. 17 m.
Hide and Seek
A trouble-minded man seeks help from his old therapist and learns he has to decide whether he can fight against his urges or give in. 12 m.
Mask
In war, there are no unwounded soldiers. 15 m.
BLOCK TEN - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH, 1:00 PM
Betye Saar: Ready to be a Warrior
The Betye Saar Documentary chronicles 94-year-old artist Betye Saar from 2014 through 2021, a period of time when Saar received unprecedented recognition in the contemporary art world after creating art for nearly six decades. The movie captures footage of Saar receiving honors around the country starting in 2014 with the Edward MacDowell Medal of the Arts Award Ceremony at the MacDowell colony in New Hampshire until the 2019 LACMA Art and Film Gala. Our film has also documented her simultaneous solo museum exhibition openings at the Museum of Modern Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The Betye Saar Documentary Project will also include exclusive interviews with contemporary artists, gallerists, curators, family members, friends, and people in her inner circle. In addition to documenting this historical moment in time for Betye Saar, a pioneering black female artist, the film reflects on Saar’s extensive body of work. Since the late 1960s, her work has explored themes of racial, gender, and social justice which speak to the Ford Foundation’s mission. Saar’s assemblage work has dealt with the spiritual, familial, and political history of African-Americans, specifically with the history of slavery. The film discusses and creates dialogue around pieces such as The Liberation of Aunt Jemima (1974). In this legendary assemblage work, Saar reframed the mammy figurine, previously sold as a derogatory object for the white gaze, by placing a rifle in her hand, transforming her into a warrior figure. Much of Saar’s work explores the representation of the black female body, as well as black masculinity in America. Current events involving police brutality, hate crimes, and mass incarceration continue to drive her to the studio, where she feels she can express her rage in her work. One of Saar’s truisms is, “I’m an ordinary woman who does extraordinary things,” and this film aims to reflect on the woman behind this amazing body of work, a woman who in addition to building a successful art career, raised three daughters who are also creatives. We believe that one can gain power not only from their political and artistic work, but also from the leadership they show in their personal life. The film follows Saar as she sifts through discarded everyday objects to use in her work, and explores her artistic process in detail. It also reflects on her time as a single mother who also pursued an art career, and the ways in which she balanced both elements of her life. 77 m.
BLOCK ELEVEN - SUNDAY, 3:00 PM
Baby Please
A couple discusses an unplanned pregnancy.
Ghost Light
A singer/actress attempts to keep an aging theatre alive during the Covid-19 Shutdown. 4 m.
When Skies Were Blue
We get devoured by routine and take a lot for granted. These are just imaginary shackles! When this realized, they can be accepted and more of the world will open up around. 3:30 m.
When I Get Grown—Reflections of a Freedom Rider
Trauma experienced by a seven-year-old sets him on a course to become a civil rights legend and change the course of a nation. 31 m.
Meet Carly W.
Carly, laid off from her side gig at Spatula.com and desperate for a new job, is pushed to the brink when she goes on a virtual interview from hell. 14 m.
Urania Leilus
A young female journalist is subjected to death threats and intimidation after witnessing human rights abuses at an ICE detention center for undocumented immigrant children. 21:30 m.
The Trust
Midsummer, 2020. When trophy wife Karen Davis gets the dreaded call from the hospital that her husband, Harvey has died of COVID 19, she promptly summons their attorney, Stan to read Harvey's trust to her and their son, Barron on Zoom. But when Harvey's new CPA arrives unexpectedly, Karen's life is turned from upside down to inside out - and who is that at the door in the middle of a pandemic? 11 m.
BLOCK TWELVE - SUNDAY - 5:15 PM
Brunch
Austin is invited to his first ever brunch, and his world is changed forever. 3 M.
All that Glitters
A desperate teenager snatches a rich woman's handbag but in a bizarre twist of fate discovers her life is not as rosy as it seems and that they have more in common than he realizes. 23 m.
Caregiver
A graduate student interviews a young volunteer caregiver for his class project, but something isn't quite right. 5 min.
Reaperland
Reaperland is an anthology mockumentary series about the adventures of Grim Reapers who help humans pass all over the world. This season: Los Angeles. 12 m.
The Third Defector
What seems like a simple assignment for a spy to keep tabs on an Iranian defector becomes a more complicated game of cat and mouse in the streets of Paris. 17 m.
Lifecell
In a dystopian future where everyone is powered by batteries, Jace and Em decide to risk everything at the hope of a better future. 13 m.
Vesper
Ava and Carter navigate their failing relationship through dreams and memory to find each other and themselves during a quiet night at home. 16 m.
BLOCK THIRTEEN - SUNDAY - 7:15 PM
Ghosted
A widower is encouraged by his best friend to download some dating apps and "get back out there" after his wife dies. The only thing is his first match is with his deceased wife. ### Two and a half years ago, I laid to rest my wife, Noel Mor. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer 4 months after our daughter, Leia, was born. I wrote Ghosted in hopes of reconnecting with her memory. 16 m.
Rescues
Arthur is a recovering alcoholic living with his closest friend, and dog, Molly. At the vet for a routine checkup the doctor informs him that Molly is facing serious health concerns and needs an expensive surgery to survive. Paralyzed by indecision, he turns to anyone who will talk with him to tell him what to do. 11 m.
Maybe Next Year
With a timeshare on the line, three couples compete to set up their single friend by midnight on New Year's Eve. 14 m.
Sea of Lights
A young underdog accepts a machiavellian kid’s challenge to rob a home in the Hollywood Hills in order to be acknowledged by his peers. Twists abound as our hero learns to think quickly, accept his identity, and navigate the aftermath of social coercion. 16 m.
Retakes
A film director has completed her latest feature and is confronted by the actress who helped bring it to life, but their bond runs much deeper than that. “Retakes” delves into the zone where the creative and emotional clash in an attempt to understand both sides of a complex relationship. 8 m.
Sloppy Seconds
Canceling date night with his wife, Philip is surprised when she cooks his favorite dinner. However, his mistress' texts reveal the nights actual deadly events. 12 m.
The Abortion Technician
A futuristic look at abortions.
Sweet Nothings
A young man of the near future wistfully searches for love on a dating app, only to find that it has been corrupted by a seductive new marketing system. 10 m.
BLOCK FOURTEEN - MONDAY - 3 PM
Broken Shelter
Tim and Jade's relationship is over,but a terrorist attack tests their humanity to the limits. 13 m.
Gloss
When a new "love drug" is released, two seemingly compatible people decide if dating is worth the risk to find true love or if all their problems can be solved in one little pill. 17 m.
One Shot
Waiting for a mark to come out from hiding, a hit man forms an emotional attachment to the lady across the way, watching her from his window. 19 m.
Inside the Beauty Bubble
Enter a pastel dreamland of 3,000 vintage beauty artifacts in the desert community of Joshua Tree, California and meet "America's hairstorian" Jeff Hafler as he struggles to keep his roadside attraction afloat during a remarkable year that changes his life and the lives of his husband and son. 31 m.
The October Martyr
In a totalitarian state where individual liberties are crushed and people who speak out are executed without trial, a judge has to confront a prisoner who will not be intimidated by their death sentence. 15 m.
BLOCK FIFTEEN - MONDAY - 5:15 PM
The Housesitters
Erin and Matt are best friends, underemployed entertainers, and terrible housesitters. And when they find themselves staying at the site of an infamous murder, they begin to wonder if someone is trying to recreate the crime. Think “Will & Grace” meets “The Strangers.” 16 m.
Bonus Time
A stubborn and self-centered Latino cancer survivor returns home with a second lease on life, determined to make amends with the people he’s wronged - whether they like it or not - all in hopes that the good karma will keep him cancer free. 21 m.
Lie Like This - Mergui
Music video by Omer Ben-Shachar, a Los Angeles-based director and writer born and raised in Tel-Aviv.
Red Hook
In the slums of postwar Brooklyn, three city-dwellers contemplate the weight of their desires, as they prepare for the impending prison release of the enigmatic and villainous High Roller. 10 m.
Man in a Box
A disillusioned woman in search of love discovers an app that promises the perfect match. 8 min.
Moida She Dunnit
A dame in the big city, who's just looking for equality. 3 m.
Punch Drunk
Punch Drunk is a dramatic short film addressing a taboo, women-centric experience in a comedic, gritty way. We meet Nora, a bartender in rural Kentucky working a routine shift filled with interesting faces and even darker memories. While the warm ambience of the bar feels like home, traumatic experiences in tandem with a recent precancerous cervical surgery begin to bleed into her psyche and quite literally her place of business. Tucked-away agony aligns with present-day anguish as Nora endeavors to survive the mental and material challenges before her. 12 m.
Awake Up Call
Fresh air gives you life live . Innocent Rehman collect fresh air in boxes from the Himalayan valley for his asthma patient elder sister. 11 m.
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Music Video
BLOCK SIXTEEN - MONDAY 7:30 PM
Billy the Elephant
Inspired by real events, "Billy" grapples with issues of animal autonomy and the contemporary themes of using animals for entertainment and education. 8 m.
Black Creek Trail
A woman on a solo backpacking trip battles her intuition when she encounters a friendly and overly helpful hiker whom she can't seem to shake. 11 m.
Catch the Bus
James, an older gentleman is the last to audition as a sports anchor. However, he's initially sized up to be a "no" by the producer. But it took James two busses to get to the audition, so he presses forward. Whether you need a reminder to never give up; or not to judge a book by it's cover - Catch the Bus should inspire you in some way. 11 M.
La Locura: The Madness
This is the pilot episode for LA LOCURA: The Madness - a comedy set within the tragedy of Dementia. "Trapped by his parents in Palm Beach Florida, Brooklyn hipster, Rodrigo Morales is trying to find love and happiness amidst a family dealing with Alzheimer's. 28 m.
Landing
Landing' follows a woman consumed by her digital world, and how a trip to visit a friend leads to unexpected freedom in the most unlikely of places. 8 m.
Plain Sight
Every zip code, every state: Innocence gets sold. Ripped from Florida headlines, FBI agent Brooks and her partner race the clock to rescue a girl from the harrowing world of sex trafficking. However, when past traumas resurface, Brooks begins to ride the line of sanity. 14 m.
BLOCK SEVENTEEN - TUESDAY NOVEMBER 3:00 PM
Margaret Garcia: An Intimate Portrait
The documentary, Margaret Garcia: An Intimate Portrait, takes you on a journey into the private life of a trailblazing American painter and one of Southern California’s most authentic voices. Over a long-spanning career, visionary artist Margaret Garcia has transcended the Chicano art movement with her fearless fauvist approach to painting an intriguing variety of subjects while capturing raw human experiences. We get an intimate look beyond the public persona of Margaret Garcia to discover what ignited a flame of color and movement in her at an early age and how she has inspired and championed countless generations of artists over the years. We get to know her as a homemaker, loving wife, loyal friend, supporter for the advancement of women in the arts and fierce advocate for fostering young talent. We visit with this master-painter of fire and water at her Echo Park home and in her garden sanctuary as she recharges her passion for life and painting. We look over the shoulder of this colorist in action as she creates mesmerizing and thought-provoking visions on canvas. Whether painting emotional portraits or radiant landscapes, Margaret Garcia shares with viewers her intimate perspective on life, love and nature. 56 M.
A Lone Star Love
David, an Irish National, makes his new home in Austin, Texas with the help of a social media android named Viva. When he meets Texas Native, Layla, he must choose between his synthetic companion and a lone star love. 24 m.
Hunny-Bunny
Hunny-Bunny is a film about a couple with Down syndrome, Blair and Susie, entering their 16th year of true love. Through the good and the bad, ups and downs this relationship thrives. Their love is something that we all wish we had. *** HUNNY-BUNNY - SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES DAVID S. ZIMMERMAN (Executive Producer / Producer) Website: www.davidszimmerman.com Hunny-Bunny Website: www.hunnybunnyfilm.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/officialdavidszimmerman Film Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HunnyBunnyMovie Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidszimmerman Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidszimmerman/ Eva Fisher Instagram @evasimone @evasimonephotography Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eva.fisherbarrial Twitter: @evasimonefisher Jayden Barrial -at the moment he doesn't do social media Henry Barrial Instagram: @hbarrial Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hbarrial1 Twitter: @HBarrial HEATHER SMITH (Graphic Artist) Website: yourvisionpaintings.com Instagram: @paintyourvision Facebook: @visionpainter CHRIS HENDRICKS (Co-Composer) Website: iamchrishendricks.com Twitter, FB, IG: @iamchrishendricks TREVOR BUMGARNER (Co-Composer) All Handles: @trevorbumgarner *** To my knowledge, the official disabilities that participated in the HUNNY-BUNNY film were: Susie Schallert On Camera Down syndrome Blair Williamson On Camera Down syndrome Chris Hendricks Co-Composer Cerebral palsy 6 m.
Tall Order
At the height of the Prohibition, an unorthodox detective takes the mafia head-on. 5 m.
BLOCK EIGHTEEN - TUESDAY - 5:15 PM
The Package
A depressed woman receives an unsolicited package delivered by an old acquaintance. 20 m.
Karate Belt
An eccentric man finds a discarded karate belt, and when he dons it, becomes the neighborhood vigilante superhero in his own mind. However, his attempts to do good lead him to find out he is not as tough as he thinks he is. 12 m.
Survival Job
Tessa Wren is a struggling New York actor in a Method acting class. When her sense memory exercise gets derailed with an appointment from her agent, Tessa’s training is put to the test as her audition for Chekhov’s THE SEAGULL goes very, very wrong. Now Tessa must act as if her life depends on it... literally. 13 m.
The Connection
A man who's just experienced a terrible loss strikes up a conversation with a chatty stranger in a church garden - and finds comfort when he most needs it. Adapted from the short play ABE by Jeff Locker. 10 m
To Be Saved
How do you save someone you love who doesn't want to be saved? Two brothers are forced to have a brutally honest and gut-wrenching conversation about the devastating effects of depression on one brother's life after his failed suicide attempt. 13 m
Living through it
Twenty-four-year-old Angelica’s marriage was breaking apart. She could only see one way out and jumped off the Coronado bridge with her 3-year-old daughter Bertha in her arms. Miraculously, Bertha survived her mother’s suicide and now helps others through Survivors of Suicide Loss organization. This documentary shares the stories of those who lost someone to suicide, survived a suicide attempt and the effort the cities of Coronado and San Diego are making in persuading CalTrans to build a barrier to deter suicide attempts from the bridge. 19 m
BLOCK NINETEEN - TUESDAY - 7:30 PM
RE-OPENING: A Lockdown Mockumentary
RE-OPENING is a fully-improvised lockdown mockumentary following the cast and crew of a struggling theater (All Voice IS Theater) in Pigeon Valley, Tennessee. They attempt to prepare the theater to reopen to the public after months of lockdown, encountering setbacks along the way. 90 m.
The Whippersnappers
Withering away in the Germantown nursing home, The Oldheads grow tired of the same routine. One day, OG’s grandson, Chauncey, visits and gifts his elders with a smartphone. This smartphone has the power to make their greatest dream come true; to become young again, thus… The Whippersnappers are born! 5 min.
The Sponsor
A man at a crossroads reaches out to the only person who will understand his unusual plight. His sponsor 5 min.
BLOCK TWENTY - WEDNESDAY 3:00 PM
Lost and Found
Lost and Found is an inspiring documentary about overcoming homelessness and addiction in the City of Los Angeles. 90 m.
BLOCK TWENTY-ONE - WEDNESDAY - 5:00 PM
Earthbound
In Camilla Wolf’s animated short, an alien conspiracy theorist’s wildest dream comes true when she’s accidentally abducted by intelligent life that may not be intelligent after all. 5 m.
The Sperm Count
A man needs some easy extra cash. It turns out selling sperm is much more complicated than he thought. 4 m.
My Boomerang
Two college sweethearts play the game of life in Hollywood. 20 m.
Litter
As two brothers road-trip to their estranged father’s wedding, they find that their different ways of coping with a broken family have created a seemingly unbridgeable gap between them. A story about what gets kept and what gets thrown away. 20 m.
Night Visit
In this episode of “Night Visit” the audience gets to ride along with a powerful assassin from another planet named Keylot. Her murderous mission becomes a little less malevolent after meeting an unsuspecting young woman in trouble. 26 m.
The Rewind
An incident reunites a grandfather and his grandson.
BLOCK TWENTY TWO - WEDNESDAY - 7:00 PM
In the Valley of the Moon
Petaluma 1976, realtor Mark Green prepares for his open house while another man prepares to kill him. 30 M.
Quiet Your Mind
A short about the "simple" art of meditating. 4 M.
Ruining the Vibe
She's the last person you'll want to invite anywhere. 3 M.
Sam and Vox
Sam finds himself in a waking nightmare where he's terrorized by the mischievous and maniacal Vox. 7 m.
SLAG
A writer busy observing obnoxious humans around him, forgets to attend to his own baby, with unexpected consequences... Starring Uriel Emil (BBC's CASUALTY, The Honourable Woman), Kirsty Mitchell (BBC's CASUALTY), Michael Stevenson (BBC's CASUALTY) 3 m.
Special Delivery
A warning of what could happen to your collection of empty boxes from all of your online shopping. Please handle your boxes with care. 4 m.
Suddenly
The journey of a lightning bolt from sky to ground highlights the saying “life flashes before your eyes”. 4 m.
The 7 Lives of Sara Blanchard
A woman’s soul travels through different bodies, living through unhappy experiences. In her sixth life, she falls so deeply in love, that she invents a plan to reconnect with her husband in her next life. 11 m.
The Beach
A narrative film, with an environmental message at its core. 5 m.
Twist & Tell
A gourmet dinner highlighted by a host's unmatched storytelling skills... What should have been the perfect recipe for a warm get-together between friends turns into a chilling journey into the unknown. 9 m.
The White Rose
The story of the German students who resisted the Nazis by distributing incendiary leaflets told in stop-motion animation though the account of former member George J. Wittenstein. 3 m.
BLOCK TWENTY THREE - THURSDAY - 4 PM
It's Spring...
Aram Amatuni is a retired special forces spy who has devoted his entire life to serving and protecting his country and to creating a lawful government. His son, Gnel, is a successful businessman who to this day hasn’t forgiven his father for putting the needs of his country before the needs of his own family. This conflict between father and son reaches its climax when Amatuni’s grandson, a talented violinist who has the opportunity to study in one of the best European music academies, inspired by his grandfather’s ideology goes against his own father’s wishes and enlists in the mandatory military service from which his father has freed him using all of his connections. The unexpected war further severs the father-son relationship, leading Amatuni to take a road of no return. 105 m.
BLOCK TWENTY FOUR - THURSDAY - 7 PM
10th Annual Studio City Film Festival 2022 Awards Night
Featured guest is the legendary Cybill Shepherd, who we will honor with a Lifetime Achiement Award, show some of her clips ad interview her on stage. Then we proceed to honor our filmmakers! Radford Studio Center Award for the Best Short and Best Feature of the first Ten Years.of the Festival!
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