Home Is Somewhere Else is an animated feature documentary providing a window into the hearts and minds of immigrant youth and their undocumented families.
Director(s): Carlos Hagerman, Jorge Villalobos
Producer(s): Carlos Hagerman, Guillermo Rendón, Jorge Villalobos, Carolina Coppel, Andrew Houchens, Martha Sosa, Susan MacLaury, Albie Hecht
Writer(s): Carlos Hagerman, Jorge Villalobos
Held under surveillance, three women must participate in twisted challenges to earn food as failures mount and their escape plan is thrust into peril.
Director(s): Kelly Lou Dennis Producer(s): Shannon Elizabeth Clark, Beck Williams, Kelly Lou Dennis, Mikail Chowdhury, Jamie Ohlsen
Writer(s): Kelly Lou Dennis, Kayla Klein, Sarah Rebottaro
Key Cast: Kelly Lou Dennis, Kayla Klein, Paula Velasquez, Ryan Vincent, Kenny Johnston
After her father is brutally murdered by mysterious outlaws, an ex-military special operative decides to take matters into her own hands and enlists the help of an unsuspecting young cargo pilot along the way.
Trigger Warning (SA): What started off as an idea intended to make people feel uncomfortable about single-use plastics ended up becoming a much deeper conversation in the realm of gender and the ways in which stories are absorbed and experienced based on our lived realities.
Director(s): Christine Celozzi
Producer(s): Christine Celozzi, Jeremy Sless, Sean Carmichael
Writer(s): Christine Celozzi
Key Cast: Jeremy Sless, Christine Celozzi, Sean Carmichael
A comedy about the making of one scene in a new Joan of Arc movie.
Director(s): Jordan McKittrick
Producer(s): Gabriel Berk Godoi, Austin Welsh, Ginge Cox, Erika Renson
Writer(s): Jordan McKittrick
Key Cast: Madeleine Coghlan, Michael Strassner, James Tupper
In a fractured world, Emmett holds the key to objective truth within his dreams but will uncovering those answers do good…or only more harm?
Director(s): Jerry Brown Jr.
Producer(s): Jerry Brown Jr.
Writer(s): Jerry Brown Jr.
Key Cast: Jerry Brown Jr., Lanre Animashaun, Ben Michaels, Sophie Labelle, Rahkua Ishakara
2024 Official Selection: Featurette – Experimental/Arthouse
Culture Starter is the first piece of CYANO SUN SUITE, a live concert film of poetry and improvised hipjazzsoulbopfunkhop, shot at the iconic Montreal Biosphere. Directed by Stefan Verna; written, performed and produced by poet Tawhida Tanya Evanson; and featuring improvised music by members of Kalmunity Vibe Collective. This visual album is an afro-ancestral dream told through word, sound and science. The entire suite is a must-see and can be viewed as part of Film Invasion Los Angeles’ virtual screenings.
Director(s): Stefan Verna
Producer(s): Tawhida Tanya Evanson
Writer(s): Tawhida Tanya Evanson
Key Cast: Tawhida Tanya Evanson, Jean-Michel Frédéric, Erik Hove, Mark Haynes, Jahsun, Elli Miller Maboungou
2024 Official Selection: Immersive Short – AR/VR/MR/360
The harrowing tale of a family fleeing an unseen danger, as experienced through the eyes of a baby strapped into the back seat of the family car.
Director(s): Andrew Cochrane
Producer(s): Stacey Cochrane, Virginia Galloway, Adam Cohen
Writer(s): Andrew Hanson, Andrew Cochrane
Key Cast: Karolina Wydra, Nicholas Massouh, Stefanie Black, Anthony Hull