presented by The Discover Indie Film Foundation
January, 1972. Convinced there’s more to the Manson murders than meets the public eye, counterculture journalist Paul Krassner embarks on an LSD tinged investigation of the last of Manson’s disciples.
Director: Lonnie Martin
Writer(s): Lonnie Martin
Producer(s): Cindy Marie Martin & Yildiz Yilmaz
Cast: Elliott Kashner, Jen Bevan, Cindy Marie Martin, Sarah Taurchini
A high school girl’s guide on how to get a boyfriend in 4 easy steps
Director: Leo Chor
Writer(s): Leo Chor
Producer(s): Anastasia Mikhaylova
Cast: Sabrina Alane, Brandon Swofford, Ann Marie Soltis
A phone booth on an ocean cliffside brings together seven strangers whose seemingly different conversations are connected by one harrowing reality.
Director: Kristen Gerweck
Writer(s): Kristen Gerweck
Producer(s): Linda C. Riedmann
Cast: Megumi Kabe, Hitoshi Masaki, Yukina Takase, Miho Ando, Hiroshi Watanabe
Steven’s reason to ride.
Director: Monty Scholz
Writer(s): Monty Scholz
Producer(s): Daniela Kampka and Phil Janke
Ridden by thoughts of death and failing his life, a young man tries out what happens if he assumes that everything was possible … and goes far beyond anything he ever imagined.
Director: DAVI.IN
Writer(s): DAVI.IN
Producer(s): DAVI.IN
Cast: DAVI.IN, Noah, Patricia, Mum, Lion
A grad student kidnaps two homophobic high-school bullies to use as her subjects in an experiment performed at the bottom of an empty swimming pool.
Director: Anderson Cowan
Writer(s): Anderson Cowan
Producer(s): Max Landwirth, Anderson Cowan, Milan Janicin
Cast: Nicole Dambro, Peter Mayer-Klepchick, Cameron Duckett, Jesse Pudles, Travis Stanberry, Max Reed III, Terrance Wentz
Everyone at Film Invasion Los Angeles would like to thank every filmmaker who was an Official Selection as well as everyone who submitted a film or script. Everyone deserves credit for their great work, but we just have to give out awards.
The judges for the Grand Jury Prizes come from the festival’s selection committee and board members.
Narrative Feature Film – One Bedroom
Narrative Short Films – RFLKTR, The King in the Ring, the phantom menace
Documentary Feature Film – Until They’re Gone
Documentary Short Film – Family: A Love Story
Music Video: Tennyson – L’oiseau qui danse
Screenplay (Unproduced) – Pace
The Filmmakers Awards are given for the Narrative Short category and are selected by the Filmmakers Board, a panel of twelve peers whose films have been Official Selections previous years.
Outstanding Short Films – Disfluency, Shark Week
Best Director – Laura Holliday, Disfluency
Best Acting – Jeremy Radin & Caroline Gottlieb, Shark Week
Best Cinematography – Ruby Carlson, Dysphoria
Best Screenplay – Jeremy Radin, Shark Week
It’s the last night of Film Invasion Los Angeles and we have ten incredible movies for you to enjoy.
Today features a little bit of everything… but always original. If you love Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction, Star Wars, then you really should come out and show these talented young filmmakers your support.
You can quite literally Meet Tomorrow’s Filmmakers Today.
6 PM
Program 7 – Originality Spotlight – Click For Tickets
First Dates (5 minutes)
Disfluency 10:57
RFLKTR (7 minutes)
The Phantom Menace (14 minutes)
8 PM
Program 8 – Creativity Spotlight – Click For Tickets
Light Me Up (15 minutes)
The Truth (7 minutes)
Apostasy (10 minutes)
Dysphoria (11 minutes)
10 PM
Program 9 – Comedy Spotlight – Click For Tickets
Last Wish (11 minutes)
One Bedroom (90 minutes)
Last night we watched 9 wonderful movies together… and TONIGHT there are 9 MORE!
If you have ever said, “I don’t bother going to the movies because all Hollywood puts out is boring sequels and hacky formula,” then you should come to Film Invasion Los Angeles TONIGHT!
We’ve got Drama, Thrillers, Love Stories, Tragedies, Triumphs, Imaginary Friends, Dazzling Digital Effects, a Music Video you won’t believe… and we wrap it all up with a documentary made especially for movie lovers!
7 PM
Program 4 – Consequences Spotlight – Click For Tickets
The 5th (6 minutes)
Half a Glass (12 minutes)
The Honorable Society (10 minutes)
Cal & V (13 minutes)
8:30PM
Program 5 – Daring Spotlight
Fall Repeat (4 minutes)
The King in the Ring (11 minutes)
Crosby (25 minutes)
10 PM
Program 6 – Must See Spotlight
Music Video: L’oiseau qui danse (2 minutes)
Sickies Making Films (83 minutes)
Have you ever said, “The Hollywood studios only give us superheroes and sequels.” Then you should come to Film Invasion Los Angeles TONIGHT!
Do you like Comedy? Documentary? Action? Drama? Sci-Fi? Satire? Social commentary? A little bit of everything is playing tonight.
7 PM
Program 1 – Inventive Spotlight
Americana 6:20
Here After 10:00
The Blogger 13:00
8PM
Program 2 – Adventure Spotlight
Jeffington 2:30
girl eating banana: audition 6:00
Fringe Territory 13:25
Shark Week 16:07
9:30 PM
Program 3 – Documentary Spotlight
Family: A Love Story 18:01
Until They’re Gone 1:26:42