2023 Official Selection: Screenplay – Feature Film
A young man must choose between family and freedom.
Writer(s): J.D. Hughes
Frederick Douglass
Good Filipino Kids
2023 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama
Two Filipino lovers with different upbringings struggle to fulfill cultural and familial expectations, forcing them to face a crossroads in their relationship and individual identities.
Director(s): Andrew Acedo
Writer(s): Andrew Acedo
Producer(s): Andrew Acedo, Ross Matlin
Key Cast: Anaïs Noveras, Reden Magtira, Evyn Mirasol, Rhandy Torres, Julian Bataclan, Ina Dahilig, Camille Aragon, David De Vera, Benito Acedo, Jesseal Amelia, Mitch Balderian, Odessa Lapidario, Rafael Ortega, Arrad Rahgoshay
Priding Oneself
2023 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy
A washed up celebrity seeks revenge after being replaced by his fresh-faced doppelgänger in an upcoming franchise film.
Director(s): Peter Macaluso
Writer(s): Peter Macaluso
Producer(s): Andrew Saunders, Peter Macaluso
Key Cast: Andrew Saunders
World Premiere!
Canvas 31
2023 Official Selection: Screenplay – Pilot/Web Series
Rather than engage in conversation with a promising love interest, a social-anxiety ridden agoraphobe befriends a murderous pipe-dwelling monster from inside his home’s plumbing.
Writer(s): Jared Doles
Exercised
2023 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror
A woman is unknowingly forced to exercise her demons.
Director(s): Garrett Johnson
Writer(s): Garrett Johnson
Producer(s): Garrett Johnson
Key Cast: Scarlett Redmond
Flakkus
2023 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror
A former intelligence operative turned rogue scientist has kidnapped an unsuspecting victim in order to carry out experiments with his mind control drug.
Director(s): J.Lee Vertz
Writer(s): Johnny Criscione
Producer(s): Brenton Siebenbaum
Key Cast: Johnny Rocko, Sawl Gud, John Mayes
Los Angeles Premiere!
Randy Nooman’s Greatest Day
2023 Official Selection: Screenplay – Short Film
Rather than engage in conversation with a promising love interest, a social-anxiety ridden agoraphobe befriends a murderous pipe-dwelling monster from inside his home’s plumbing.
Writer(s): Aaron S Barrocas
Zits
2023 Official Selection: Screenplay – Short Film
In Los Angeles, a charming but hard-boiled covert narcissist is doomed by fatal acne when she incurs the evil eye from a mysterious woman
Writer(s): David Bornstein
D.O.D.
2023 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror
The world has come apart. Society has collapsed. The dead have risen. But this ain’t your daddy’s zombie apocalypse.
Director(s): Paul Davis
Writer(s): Paul Davis
Producer(s): Paul Davis
Key Cast: Joseph Lake Guffey, Paul Davis
The Ride
2023 Official Selection: Screenplay – Short Film
When Blake picks up a young Marine hitching his way down the highway, he has no idea giving the veteran a simple ride will have such a life-changing effect on both of them.
Writer(s): Alysha Haran