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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

[insert family here]

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.