2023 Official Selection: Short Film – Experimental/Arthouse
The last breath of the human being.
Director(s): Julio Del Alamo
Writer(s): Julio Del Alamo
Producer(s): Julio Del Alamo
Los Angeles Premiere!
Brearth
The Examination of a Species
2023 Official Selection: Feature Film – Drama
An other-worldly species reports on human behavior and activity.
Director(s): Seejon Thomas
Writer(s): Seejon Thomas
Producer(s): Seejon Thomas
Key Cast: Alex Hodgins, Kevin Bohleber, Ashley Dakin, William Romano-Pugh
Los Angeles Premiere!
Backwoods
2023 Official Selection: Short Film – Experimental/Arthouse
A reflection on childhood and growing up in the Pacific Northwest.
Director: Bethany Freese
Cinematographer: Jake Whiston
Los Angeles Premiere!
When Zombies Eat Out
2023 Official Selection: Screenplay – Short Film
A young waitress must think fast before she is eaten by zombies who are unhappy with their meal.
Writer(s): Carlos Perez
Annie and the Scar
2023 Official Selection: Feature Film – Drama
An older, newish mom’s c-section scar comes to life.
Director(s): Christina Birdsall
Writer(s): Christina Birdsall
Producer(s): Christina Birdsall, Bo Barrett, Benjamin Christopher
Key Cast: Christina Birdsall, Regina Melzer, Thea Rodgers
Los Angeles Premiere!
Terror Firma
2023 Official Selection: Feature Film – Horror
When struggling artist Lola has nowhere else to go she is forced to stay with her estranged brother Louis and his unbalanced roommate Cage. For unknown reasons, the city of Los Angeles shuts down and overnight a mysterious packet of seeds arrives on their doorstep. Once planted, the trio’s reality turns upside down and Lola must fight to survive a surreal landscape of fate, family, and flora.
Director(s): Jake Macpherson
Writer(s): Jake Macpherson
Producer(s): John Angeli, Katie Mamie, Jake Macpherson
Key Cast: Faye Tamasa, Burt Thakur, Robert Brettenaugh, Max Carpenter
Estate Sale
2023 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror
A young woman heads to her grandmother’s house to photograph everything for an estate sale without knowing what’s waiting for her in Nanny’s attic.
Director(s): Adam McCabe
Writer(s): Adam McCabe
Key Cast: Brenna Landis, Matthew Clay
World Premiere!
Magic Box
2023 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror
A magician’s assistant finds herself trapped inside the confines of a magic box in a deadly game with a narcissistic magician looking for his perfect assistant.
Director(s): Matt Van Tine
Writer(s): Rich Van Tine
Producer(s): Matt Van Tine, Rich Van Tine, Sam Knott, Ed Morales
Key Cast: Iman Karram, Tim Simek
Watcher
2023 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror
After a bank heist goes awry, a group of four ex-military thieves find shelter in the woods overnight while en route to the Canadian border. Meanwhile, an invisible malicious spirit begins a hunt…for them.
Director(s): Alan Sanchez
Writer(s): Alan Sanchez
Producer(s): Alan Sanchez, Soren McVay, Gracie Lacey
Key Cast: Soren McVay, Kristian Lugo, Gracie Lacey, Jimilee Allen, Danielle Dallas Roosa
100 Degrees
2023 Official Selection: Screenplay – Pilot/Web Series
Barstow, CA 1962. During the hottest month of the year, hard-boiled Detective Ben Perea investigates the brutal murder of a man found in the middle of the Mojave Desert but, his impeccable police record and structured way of life are upended when he begins to uncover a dark secret surrounding the town, a secret that could lead to a killer who may not even be human.
Writer(s): Dominic Abeyta