Category: 2021 Official Selections

2021 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

Four friends share stories about relationships, meatloaf and The Wizard of Oz over an innocent game of Go Fish but as the night unfolds so does their secrets. There are several Easter eggs hidden in the film including 31 famous movie lines. How many can you find?

Director(s): Brian Shakti
Writer(s): Brian Shakti
Producer(s): Brian Shakti, Aaron Arnold, Austin Arnold, Johnny Rey Diaz
Cast: Brian Shakti, Aaron Arnold, Austin Arnold, Johnny Rey Diaz and Marilyn Ghigliotti

 

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2021 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

A woman’s bizarre sexual fantasy leads to her boyfriend’s heartbreaking confession, followed by distorted modern-day empathy: an instant solution for his deepest wound.

Director(s): Natasha Babenko, Omar Antonio Iturriaga
Writer(s): Natasha Babenko, Jahziel Chu and Omar Antonio Iturriaga
Producer(s): Jahziel Chu, Alexius Dante Rodriguez and Omar Antonio Iturriaga
Cast: Takeo Tanimura and Natasha Babenko

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2021 Official Selection: Music Video

A surreal dream-tour through the horror of public education institutions.

Director(s): Oliver Scott
Writer(s): Oliver Scott
Producer(s): Oliver Scott
Cast: Oliver Scott

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2021 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

After a night of questionable public decisions, an influencer tries to keep her relationship with her ex private the only way she knows how: by releasing a music video.

Director(s): Anjali Nath
Writer(s): Anjali Nath & Chelsea Jacobson
Producer(s): Anjali Nath, Cassie Clark, Madison Green
Cast: Anjali Nath, Cassie Clark, Marla Robison

 

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2021 Official Selection: Short Film – Experimental/Arthouse

A renegade band of females stages an execution of rapists and killers in a classroom.

Director(s): Stavit Allweis
Writer(s): Stavit Allweis
Producer(s): Shuchi Talati and Hillevi Loven
Cast: Chiara De Caroli, Natalia Plaza, Yana Bron, Adia Smith-Eriksson, Josephine Cooper, Elly Han, Vilma Hodo, Lieselotte Nickmans

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2021 Official Selection: Feature Film – Narrative

Inspired by true events, the film tells the story of a Chilean man who travels to Sweden searching for the answer to a terrorist attack.

Director(s): Alan Fischer
Writer(s): Alan Fischer and Daniel Castro
Producer(s): Natalia Bogolasky and Igor Cantillana
Cast: Francisco Sobrado, Isa Aouifia, Siham Shurafa, Susana Hidalgo, Sandra Redlaff

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2021 Official Selection: Feature Film – Narrative

After becoming the unlikely star of a children’s show, a public access TV station manager grapples with the problematic legacy of his predecessor.

Director(s): Matthew Lucas
Writer(s): Zan Gillies
Producer(s): Matthew Lucas, Zan Gillies
Cast: Benny Elledge, Vernon Wells, Jeff Wincott, Gigi Edgley, Alyssa Keegan

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2021 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror

In this supernatural horror tale based on a Korean ritual starring Margaret Cho and Lyrica Okano, a woman entertains a macabre offer that would let her pursue her dreams, for better or for much much worse.

Director(s): Minsun Park & Teddy Tenenbaum
Writer(s): Minsun Park & Teddy Tenenbaum
Producer(s): Minsun Park & Teddy Tenenbaum, Jim Wedaa. Exec. Producer – Margaret Cho
Cast: Margaret Cho, Lyrica Okano, Brandon Scott Halvorsen, Minsun Park

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2021 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

A restaurant dishwasher is given a last-minute chance to step up as a line cook just before a busy Saturday night dinner service.

Director(s): Robert Brogden
Writer(s): Robert Brogden
Producer(s): Robert Brogden, Kelley Zincone, Izrael Lopez
Cast: Joseph Fox, Time Winters

 

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2021 Official Selection: Feature Film – Documentary

California Winemakers embrace the rhythms of Mother Nature to capture an epic year – in liquid form

Director(s): Troy Christian
Writer(s): Troy Christian
Producer(s): Troy Christian, Tom Graves, Timothy Milos
Cast: Timothy Milos, Angelina Mondavi, Bertus van Zyl, Elizabeth Vianna, Ian Todd Blackburn, Ron Haber, Peter Rubissow, George Rubissow, Michael Trujillo, Christy Harper, Rhett Gadke, Sam Kaplan, Christopher Sawyer

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