2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Experimental/Arthouse

Pang (paNG) noun. 1: a brief piercing spasm of pain. 2: a sharp attack of mental anguish.

Director(s): Jamin Scotti
Writer(s): Emily Charouhas
Key Cast: Emily Charouhas

Country: USA

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy
The 1% decide to give all African American’s reparations…but there’s a catch.

Director(s): Rob M. Neilson
Writer(s): Sam Demaris, Billy D. Washington & Rob M. Neilson (Original story by Colin Ochs)
Producer(s): Adam Taylor, Rob M. Neilson
Key Cast: Ru...

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Arthouse/Experimental
Eliza and Cary have a mysterious communication problem.

Director(s): Nicholas Burns
Producer(s): Mary Frances Noser
Key Cast: Leslie Yacopetti, Jeremy Uranna

Country: USA

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy, Short Film – Horror

Tonight might be the night Michael and Aly take their relationship to the next level. But Aly has a secret.

Director(s): Kevin L Lee
Writer(s): Kevin L Lee
Producer(s): Aurora Real de Asua
Key Cast: Max Schuster, Angela Wong Carb...

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

A Ghanaian-American woman and a Ghanaian-Indian man embark on their journey of parenthood, but colorism quickly becomes a piercing obstacle for the new mom to overcome.

Director(s): Nicole Amarteifio
Writer(s): Nicole Amarteifio
Producer(s): Ramesh Ja...

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

After the death of their mother, five hefty hellraising brothers reunite to fix up the old family home and reconnect with their monster of a father.

Director(s): Matt Mazany
Writers(s): Matt Mazany
Producer(s): Ross Buran
Key Cast: Mike Mitchell, Edd...

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

In this story about accepting yourself and courage, two neurodivergent friends find a way to relieve their anxiety before interacting with the real world.

Director(s): Jessica Cabot
Writer(s): Nicole Betz
Producer(s): Tal Anderson, Vickie Anderson, N...

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

A couple wades through nibbles of discussion and heavy silences before breaking through the floor of their first, big loss together.

Director(s): Benjamin Carlucci
Writer(s): Jess Paul, Benjamin Carlucci
Producer(s): Benjamin Carlucci
Key Cast: Jess P...

2024 Official Selection: Feature Film – Arthouse/Experimental

HOLLYWOOD DOES NOT WANT YOU TO SEE THIS FILM

Director(s): Jonathan Latona
Writer(s): Jonathan Latona
Producer(s): Jonathan Latona
Key Cast: Jon Michael Lawrence, Eric Snow, Schuyler Dalenberg, Matthew Hartley, Jonathan Latona

World ...

2024 Official Selection: Feature Film – Comedy

“Down Town” is an action comedy that follows the stories of T-Mo – the hustler, Hunny – the prostitute, and Jerry – the junkie, over the course of 24 hours in the criminal underbelly of Downtown Los Angeles.

Director(s): Gavin Jeffrey Gaitan
Writer...

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror

Two neighbors battle private addictions that quickly become all consuming.

Director(s): Josh Baker
Writer(s): Josh Baker
Producer(s): Josh Baker, Chevy Knight
Key Cast: Chevy Knight, Nick Samson, Phillipe Andre Botello

Los Angeles Premiere
Country: USA

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

“Amidst a desolate landscape, Fernanda faces her ultimate adversary, unfolding the narrative that led her to this pivotal moment.”

Director(s): Enrique A. Mendoza
Writer(s): Enrique A. Mendoza
Producer(s): Daniel Piñeros, Mateo Vergara
Key Cast: Johan...

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror

While assembling a video-based obituary, two disgruntled workers find themselves haunted by the very person they are editing.

Director(s): Jacob Farley
Writer(s): Jacob Farley
Producer(s): Jacob Farley
Key Cast: Elinor Zugazagoitia, Kai Symons, Will ...

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

On the night of their one year anniversary, Joe proposes to Katie under unusual circumstances. Caught off guard, she must decide if he is really the only man in the world for her.

Director(s): Emily Grooms
Writer(s): Donato De Luca
Producer(s): Mariss...

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

A woman and a man go on a date, both for the first time in years. Each must decide how open and honest they should be.

Director(s): Michael Glover Smith
Writer(s): Michael Glover Smith
Producer(s): Alyssa Thordarson, John Otterbacher
Key Cast: Alyssa...

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – SciFi

Mark thinks he’s about to endure another boring fishing trip with his disillusioned old man, Ed. But he soon learns that the goal today is not to catch fish, but to become one.

Director(s): John Mudge
Writer(s): John Mudge
Producer(s): Daniel Kleinpet...

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Arthouse/Experimental

In ‘Heaven in a Wild Flower’ we immerse ourselves in a lyrical exploration of the perilous consequences of pesticides on bees and their intricate ecosystem. In a mesmerizing microscopic world, science meets artistry, fraught with danger...

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

Trevor decides to open up to his buddy Cole, unaware that their conversation is about to take a nightmarish turn.

Director(s): James Oxyer
Writer(s): James Oxyer
Producer(s): James Oxyer
Key Cast: Michael Warker, Alex Gagliardi

Los Angeles Premiere
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2024 Official Selection: Feature Film – Horror
When troubled assistant bank manager Andy McNeary’s baby daughter goes missing, he must follow instructions from a mysterious voice on the other end of a baby monitor to save her before she disappears forever.

Director(s): Ryan Barton-Grimley
Produc...

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

Tasha, an enthusiastic secondary school student is deeply infatuated with her older boyfriend, Jamie. She finds herself trapped in a tumultuous web of love and manipulation.

Director(s): Damien Nembhard
Writers(s): Damien Nembhard
Producer(s): Kasima ...

2024 Official Selection: Feature Film – Drama

After the death of his brother, Marco, an antisocial young man, must learn to deal with his pain, while his family heals the wounds of the past.

Director(s): Pablo Riesgo Almonacid
Writer(s): Pablo Riesgo Almonacid
Producer(s): Pablo Riesgo Almonaci...

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

A Production assistant working on a low budget horror film is trapped in the apartment of the film’s method acting antagonist.

Director(s): Will Limpert
Writer(s): Will Limpert
Producer(s): Ben Gatollari, Maxwell Ridgeway, Andrew Hendrix, Daniel Tant...

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Arthouse/Experimental

“Welcome to Metta Michael. Today, we have another session of Loving Kindness Meditation. Take your seat. Gently close your eyes. Bring to mind someone you love…””

Director(s): Jiyuan Ler
Writer(s): Jiyuan Ler
Producer(s): Jiyuan Ler, W...

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Arthouse/Experimental

Seamlessly blending CG animation with live-action, the film Ouroboros delves into the metaphorical borderlands of truth and falsehood in our digitally-driven era.

Director(s): SyL Shiyang Liu
Writer(s): SyL Shiyang Liu
Producer(s): SyL...

2024 Official Selection: Featurette – Drama

A teenage girl chooses to take matters into her own hands as an eviction looms over her family’s trailer.

Director(s): Lauren Moreno
Writer(s): Lauren Moreno, Madison Fitts
Producer(s): Madison Fitts, Brandon S.N. Butler
Key Cast: Isabelle Marchard, G...

2024 Official Selection: Web Series / TV Pilot

A lost people reunite to fight against the darkness throughout multiple realities.

Director(s): Chevy Dant’e Douglas
Writer(s): Chevy Dant’e Douglas
Producer(s): Pilar V Douglas, Chevy Dant’e Douglas
Key Cast: Chevy Dant’e Douglas, Pilar V Douglas,...

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

A lonely musician in a small town creates a thriving (albeit imaginary) underground music scene by inventing and posing as a multitude of bands. When Rolling Stone Magazine takes notice, his life unravels as he struggles to maintain the facade of his ...

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

When a trans NASA scientist rediscovers a lost satellite she helped launch, she’s forced to confront her painful past and reconcile who she once was with who she’s always been.

Director(s): Ariel Mahler
Writer(s): Ariel Mahler, Kunal Sengupta, Nichola...

2024 Official Selection: Feature Film – Documentary

Legendary entertainer, George Segal, shares his life story: From a shy kid from Great Neck to Hollywood leading man during its most prolific decades.

Director(s): Vernon Alfredo Davidson, Ryan Krayser
Producer(s): Vernon Alfredo Davidson, Rya...

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

A man trapped in his memories receives an unexpected visit.

Director(s):Christopher Saint
Writer(s): Christopher Saint
Producer(s): Christopher Saint
Key Cast: John Thomas Benson, Estefania De La Cruz Benson, Jonathan Trevone Moore, Victoire Charles

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2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Action/Thriller

Two brothers find themselves entangled in a violent confrontation at a beach house in Malibu. One of the brothers loses his life, while the other, awaiting the arrival of the police, reflects on the events that led to this tragedy.

Director(...

The morning after her partner’s funeral, a woman finds healing through dancing with grief.
https://www.thedanceafter.com/

Director(s): Candice Holdorf
Writer(s): Candice Holdorf
Producer(s): Candice Holdorf, Gabriel Diamond
Key Cast: Candice Holdorf, Gabriel Diamond, Clare Rickard

Los Angeles P...

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

Ray discovers what happens when his passion for fantasy sports intersects with reality.

Director(s): David Kalinauskas
Writer(s): Ren Olivieri
Producer(s): Ren Olivieri
Key Cast: Louise Lambert, Ren Olivieri, Jamie Cavanagh

Country: USA

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror

An artist inadvertently creates a gateway to another world, welcoming a disturbing visitor.

Director(s): Chad Sano, Brenan Sano
Key Cast: Aaron Groben, Quinn Liebbe

World Premiere, Los Angeles Premiere
Country: USA

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Documentary

In Hanoi, Vietnam, tattoo artist Tran Ngoc specializes in the rare and challenging art of tattooing over scars, confronting social stigma and empowering her clients to reclaim their bodies and stories.

Director(s): Lindsay Nyman
Producer(s): Lin...

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

Sheela thinks Griffin is the perfect guy – until one morning she discovers he’s a flat-Earther.

Director(s): Sancheev Ravichandran
Writer(s): Sancheev Ravichandran
Producer(s): Laurel Kulow, Sam Stulin, Vivianne Nguyen
Key Cast: Sonya Balsara, Logan ...

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Arthouse/Experimental
A dark comedy about an expecting father who confronts his self-hatred after finding himself in an isolated manor without his, ah, member.

Director(s): Brennan Thomas McGee
Writer(s): Brennan Thomas McGee
Producer(s): Sierra Oleson, Aver...

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

WHAT FRIENDS DO is a short that follows a young woman returning to her hometown in the wake of the death of a childhood friend, and her grief stricken mother. Throughout the weekend spent in the desert town, she learns that parents aren’t always right ...

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

Amidst the emotional torment of the age-old question, “Will she, or won’t she?” a young man tries to connect with his date- who rebuffs his every advance. Seeming normal at first things take a drastic turn after Sienna threatens to pull the plug.

Dire...

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror

A man’s day at work unravels when he coughs a metal wire out of his mouth.

Director(s): Raphael Frost
Writer(s): Raphael Frost
Producer(s): Frederick Balian
Key Cast: Ryan Goodcase

World Premiere
Country: USA

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

A serendipitous meeting between Thomas and Ashley on an almost empty flight leads to revelations they were never expecting.

Director(s): Adam Linkenhelt
Writer(s): Douglas Olsson
Producer(s): Douglas Olsson
Key Cast: Douglas Olsson, Rachel Alig, Reb...