Koreatown Ghost Story

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

Welcome to the family.

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Six Nights

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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A Perfect Vintage

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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Kia Summer Sales Event

2021 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

An innocent conversation about a new car between a Juggalo boyfriend and girlfriend devolves into an existential, harrowing relationship crisis surrounding infidelity, family and their (possibly fabricated) deepest darkest secrets.

Director(s): Brendan Walter
Writer(s): Brendan Walter
Producer(s): Jon Lullo
Cast: Barak Hardley, Monika Smith, Demorge Brown

Do you even WANT a Kia?

 

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Your Heart Is Mine

2021 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

Haunted by visions of his mother, a young man grapples with his mental health as he confronts his father for the truth of her death.

Director(s): Jake Whiston
Writer(s): Jake Whiston
Producer(s): Jake Whiston, Jude Brewer
Cast: Jude Brewer, Zoe Stuckless, Tim Jaeger

Sometimes, breaking down is the only release…

 

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I Don’t Need A Sledgehammer To Start A Fire

2021 Official Selection: Music Video

A time traveller learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against the gods.

Director(s):Goldwyn Thandrayen
Writer(s): Goldwyn Thandrayen
Producer(s): Psychocide
Cast: Goldwyn Thandrayen, Hannah Loraine McBride, Anna Ross, Gabrielle Potapenko, Titta Maria, Laman Musayeva, Markiss McFaden, Jordan Omeish, Cat Morisson, Logan Ricker

A Time Traveller Losing Concept of Time and Space

 

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Telling Time

2021 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

Ten months into the pandemic, day is for sleeping and night is for wandering alone and aimless on the East Side of Los Angeles. A young man reminisces about the loss of a great love, his tidal thoughts spilling out like water. A spare, meditative study on the unending isolation of Covid19.

Director(s): Daniel Talbott
Writer(s): Samantha Soule
Producer(s): Kip Kroeger, Will Pullen, Samantha Soule, Addie Johnson Talbott, Daniel Talbott
Cast: Will Pullen

Ten months into the pandemic, day is for sleeping and night is for wandering alone and aimless.

 

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Home By Eleven

2021 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

Paul just wants to hang out with his friends! But his guardian, Mouse, worries he’ll fall in with a bad crowd. Will a strict curfew be the structure Paul needs to get his life back on track?

Director(s): Tommy Hallal and Adam Walker Federman
Writer(s): Tommy Hallal and Adam Walker Federman
Producer(s): Tommy Hallal and Adam Walker Federman
Cast: Adam Walker Federman as Paul; Tommy Hallal as Mouse/Guardian – Voice; Mouse as Mouse/Guardian – Body

Time is a cat circle.

 

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