Get your tickets for upcoming event. Venue: Promenade Playhouse 1404 3rd St, Santa Monica CA Friday, March 9, 7PM Opening Approximately 90 minutes of screenings + Q and A + Raffle. 2 hours of fun! $14.50 online HERE, $15 door Elephants Playmate by Hadi Tabasi Animation/Comedy 5:38 His Wake by Jamie Noel Short Drama 10:30 Filmmakers in PERSON! Kill Or Be Killed by Adam Cohen Short Comedy 8:53 Ovum by Luciano Blotta Fantasy 17:08 Star of the film Jayson Gladstone in PERSON! COlabs + Bordalo II : 'Bordalo Rising' by COlabs Experimental / Los Angeles Artists 3:12 Filmmakers in PERSON! Intent by Murat Engiz Short Drama 16:32 Empty View by Ali Zare Ghanatnowi Short Animation 18:06 Writer Mina Javaherbin in PERSON! Parallel Universes by Liran Nathan Short Drama 8:05 90 min of screenings + Q and A + Raffle approx 2 hours total. - - - - Friday, March 9, 9PM Approximately 85 minutes of screenings + Q and A + Raffle. 2 hours of fun! $14.50 online HERE, $15 door The astronaut's journal by Marina Belikova Short Animation 5:19 The Overcoat by Patrick Myles Short Comedy 18:30 Producer Kate Turner in PERSON! The Dollmaker by Al Lougher Short Horror 9:30 The Raisin by Rob Carter Short Comedy 9:15 FWD by Stephen Sawchuk Short Horror 7:11 Stephen Sawchuk - Director Elysia Rotaru - Producer in PERSON! Four Eyes by Michael Clowater Short Drama / Comedy 15:00 Producer Jessica Miller in PERSON! Calamity by Séverine De Streyker & Maxime Feyers Short Drama 20:00 85 min - - - - Saturday, March 10, 5PM Approximately 90 minutes of screenings + Q and A + Raffle. 2 hours of fun! $14.50 online HERE, $15 door Forty Miles to Macon by Daniel Espeut Music Video 5:00 This is Ed!! by Bob Hiltermann Short Comedy 7:00 Director Bob Hiltermann & Editor Greg Dean in PERSON! LIFELIKE by Christopher Vanderhorst Short Drama 6:09 Director Chris Vanderhorst, Deanna Noe, Rick Lundgren, H. Richard Greene, Ty Higgins and Stephanie Hurr in PERSON! Scalamare by Jiri Kylian Short Drama 10:00 VFX Supervisor Jason Akira Somma in Person! Bad News by Alex Cooper & Tom Blackwood Short Comedy 2:39 DOMESTICATED by Juan Francisco Viruega Short Drama 15:00 Alvaro Martin Blanco the executive producer in PERSON! Get Up and Go by Sean George Short Comedy 2:59 Director Sean George & Star of the Film Emily Churchill in PERSON! Starlight by Tyler Thompson Short Animation 5:16 The Little Truth by Stefan Mandachi Short Comedy 15:00 Special by Chris Powers Short Comedy 8:53 Chris Powers writer/director in PERSON! - - - - Saturday, March 10, 7PM Approximately 85 minutes of screenings + Q and A + Raffle. 2 hours of fun! $14.50 online HERE, $15 door Trains by Jola Kudela Music Video 4:38 Punching Bag by Jamie Anderson Short Comedy 16:30 Filmmakers & Cast in PERSON! Camera Harry by Evan Rosenberg Short Documentary 5:24 Director Evan Rosenberg in PERSON! Storm by Małgorzata Suwała Music Video 6:24 Chocolate and Cigarettes by David Tappan Short Comedy 15:53 Director David Tappan in PERSON! You Are Everywhere by Ben Garchar Short Drama 5:00 Writer/co-producer/actor Amy Berryman director, Ben Garchar in PERSON! Elsewhere by Junyi Xiao Short Animation 6:11 POP! by Harold Hayes, Jr. Short Comedy 11:50 Director Harold Hayes in PERSON! Daytime Noon by Micah Perta Short Comedy 12:55 - - - - Saturday, March 10, 9PM Awards/Results |
Don't miss our sister film festival day after.
March 11, Sunday 5 PM Same place, different films, amazing filmmakers in PERSON! Click here for details. Promenade Playhouse, 1404 3rd St, Santa Monica CA 
Olivia Wilde in Daytime Noon. Sat, March 10, 7 PM
Watch our promo video vimeo.com/256692231
Screenings:
Promenade Playhouse 1404 3rd St Santa Monica CA 
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Friday, March 9, 7PM
Opening
Approximately 90 minutes of screenings
+ Q and A + Raffle. 2 hours of fun!
$14.50 online HERE, $15 door
Opening
Approximately 90 minutes of screenings
+ Q and A + Raffle. 2 hours of fun!
$14.50 online HERE, $15 door
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Elephants Playmate by Hadi Tabasi
Animation/Comedy 5:38 |
A lonely Elephant wants to play Flip-flop with other animals but With his conditions doesn't seem to happen...
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His Wake by Jamie Noel
Short Drama 10:30 Filmmakers in Person! |
A young man attempts to discover more about his deceased father by interviewing friends and family during the man’s wake.
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Kill Or Be Killed by Adam Cohen
Short Comedy 8:53 |
A sadistic serial killer has his freshly captured prey right where he wants him... Or does he?
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Ovum by Luciano Blotta
Fantasy 17:08 Star of the film Jayson Gladstone in PERSON! |
Far off in the recesses of a secluded coast, an isolated fisherman makes a discovery that will change his life forever.
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Watch Trailer: https://vimeo.com/229877801 Learn more at: http://ovummovie.com/ |
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COlabs + Bordalo II : 'Bordalo Rising' by COlabs
Experimental / Los Angeles Artists 3:12 Filmmakers in PERSON! |
'Froehlicher Tucan' is a large scale installation created by world renowned Portuguese visual artist Bordalo II. The ‘trashart’ sculpture is composed entirely of discarded materials: car bumpers, tires, hoods and hubcaps, a bicycle frame, an ironing board, even a mirrorless disco ball were amongst items salvaged to give the toucan its shape. 'Froehlicher Tucan' was conceived and executed in less than 72 hours, including the sourcing of materials on the outskirts of Berlin. The installation is part of Bordalo II's trash animals series—a set of sculptures designed to raise awareness regarding the environmental impact of human excess. Animals are used as the subject to represent a facet of the natural world being impacted and displaced by modern day waste.
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Intent by Murat Engiz
Short Drama 16:32 |
In a polarized society where Fikret, a 30 year-old unemployed man, tries to find himself as an individual on who he is.
WATCH TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/160399519 |
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Empty View by Ali Zare Ghanatnowi
Short Animation 18:06 Writer Mina Javaherbin in PERSON! |
Mother keeps a look out for her son to return home from war. She knits him a pair of gloves remembering how her son rubbed his cold hands together on the wintry morning he left. The war goes on. Mother waits. She unravels the gloves and knits them over and over again. When their small home is bombed, the gloves burn into ashes. Mother sits atop the rubble, plucks her white hair one by one and knits the gloves with her hair. Finally spring arrives and the war ends. Mother hears the sound of military boots nearing. She gathers all the strength left in her and walks down the stairs with anticipation.
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Parallel Universes by Liran Nathan
Short Drama 8:05 |
As Aden lies alone in the dark, his thoughts carry him through a stream of parallel realities, until he finally settles on the one where he can be eternally happy.
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The astronaut's journal by Marina Belikova
Short Animation 5:19 |
“Man has gone out to explore other worlds and other civilizations without having explored his own labyrinth of dark passages and secret chambers, and without finding what lies behind doorways that he himself has sealed.”
― Stanisław Lem, Solaris Learn more: http://memymilk.com/ |
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The Overcoat by Patrick Myles
Short Comedy 18:30 Producer Kate Turner in PERSON! |
A lonely social outcast gets a glimpse of what life is like for someone popular, and cannot let it go, even in death.
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https://www.facebook.com/theovercoat2017/ |
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The Dollmaker by Al Lougher
Short Horror 9:30 |
A grieving mother latches on to a magical surrogate for her lost child. But small miracles come with big consequences..
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Watch Trailer: https://vimeo.com/255043892 |
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The Raisin by Rob Carter
Short Comedy 9:15 |
A rural romance centered around the story of one raisin. "A visually stunning film telling a story that will raise an eyebrow, a smile and maybe even a tear" BRITISH COMEDY GUIDE
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Watch Trailer: https://vimeo.com/255006918 |
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FWD by Stephen Sawchuk
Short Horror 7:11 Stephen Sawchuk - Director Elysia Rotaru - Producer in PERSON! |
'FWD’ is a 90’s-set short film that follows two 20-something women who face the consequences of not forwarding on a chilling chain e-mail.
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https://popwrapped.com/9-best-short-films-at-toronto-after-dark-2017 |
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Four Eyes by Michael Clowater
Short Drama / Comedy 15:00 Producer Jessica Miller in PERSON! |
Brian, is 11 years old and failing socially in his neighborhood. In 1977, being slightly on the autistic spectrum just means you're weird and a target. He is repeatedly beat up and abused by a bully. Meanwhile his mother, Helen, doesn't fit into her role of housewife and mother either as she struggles with the stresses of being at home and raising three kids completely on her own. As the two stories come together, Helen finds herself by helping her son stand up for himself in the only way that makes sense to her. Regardless of what 'proper' society thinks of it.
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Watch Trailer: https://vimeo.com/212125135 |
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Calamity by Séverine De Streyker
& Maxime Feyers Short Drama 20:00 |
France meets her son's girlfriend for the first time. She loses control...
Screenings / Awards:
...and 40+ different Film Festivals around the world. Watch Trailer: https://vimeo.com/242557804 |
Saturday, March 10, 5PM,
Approximately 90 minutes of screenings
+ Q and A + Raffle. 2 hours of fun!
$14.50 online HERE, $15 door
Approximately 90 minutes of screenings
+ Q and A + Raffle. 2 hours of fun!
$14.50 online HERE, $15 door
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Forty Miles to Macon by Daniel Espeut
Music Video 5:00 |
Tyler Goforth’s "Forty Miles to Macon" is to Macon, Georgia as Merle Haggard’s "Okie from Muskogee" is to Muskogee, Oklahoma. This true story of Tyler’s visit to his ancestors is a reminder to us all to seek out our heritage and make every attempt to understand our history.
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This is Ed!! by Bob Hiltermann
Short Comedy 7:00 Director Bob Hiltermann & Editor Greg Dean in PERSON! |
“This is Ed!!,” is a lighthearted comedy based on a true story, illustrating that the difficulties two deaf friends have communicating with each other, can have a humorous side.
In the summer of 1973, Steve and Ed are best friends living in the same apartment complex, when Ed finds himself in need of Steve to help him out before an important date. A hilarious conversation ensues is a frustrated Ed tries repeatedly to make Steve understand that he desperately needs his assistance. Steve, using broken and outdated body hearing aids, is completely clueless to his buddy’s predicament which only leads to frustration for Ed until he reaches the breaking point. Learn more: https://www.thisisedmovie.com/ |
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LIFELIKE by Christopher Vanderhorst
Short Drama 6:09 Director Chris Vanderhorst, Deanna Noe, Rick Lundgren, H. Richard Greene, Ty Higgins and Stephanie Hurr in PERSON! |
In the vein of Black Mirror and The Twilight Zone, this short film pulled from a collection of anthology stories tackles a heartbroken woman who orders a lifelike android so she can have one last moment with the man she loves. Will she finally find the closure she has been looking for or will a major malfunction change her life forever?
Watch promo: https://vimeo.com/248726069 |
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Scalamare by Jiri Kylian
Short Drama 10:00 VFX Supervisor Jason Akira Somma in Person! |
In 2015, I was invited to the Cinematica festival in Ancona. While I was there, I was taken to the Monumento ai Caduti, with its impressive stairs leading straight down into the Adriatic sea. I found this very telling and symbolic and decided to make a short film inspired by these impressions. The film’s plot was simple, too: a couple who has been together for forty years are celebrating the anniversary of their honeymoon, which started on these very steps. So here they are again, forty years later, on the same spot, looking back at their lives, trying to come to terms with it, and trying to look into their very short and unsure future. With tears and laughter, humour and sarcasm, they try to re-enact some of the moments they shared in the past. The celebration of their honeymoon starts to turn into a hallucination, an illusion in which the line between reality and fantasy no longer exists. Only the abstract shadows bare silent witness to this scene.
Learn More: http://www.jirikylian.com/creations/film_video/scalamare/# |
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Bad News by Alex Cooper
& Tom Blackwood Short Comedy 2:39 |
When some people are unable to switch off from work, it can be fairly noticeable. We see one particular group of friends who are suffering more than most and hear how it has even started affecting one of the group's home life.
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DOMESTICATED by Juan Francisco Viruega
Short Drama 15:00 Alvaro Martin Blanco, the executive producer in PERSON! |
The tragedy that the poet Federico Gª Lorca could not write...
A father and his son live in an isolated farmhouse. They just lost and buried the mother. Silence, modesty and hunger settle between them. The son finds a lost donkey, decides to take care of it and take responsibility for it. A wonderful friendship grows between them. Watch Trailer: https://vimeo.com/249877723 |
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Get Up and Go by Sean George
Short Comedy 2:59 Director Sean George & Star of the Film Emily Churchill in PERSON! |
A story about a wife whose had enough...
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Starlight by Tyler Thompson
Short Animation 5:16 |
An old man who lights the stars of the sky has lost his motivation and an unknowing little boy may be his only remaining source of light.
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Watch Trailer: https://vimeo.com/245132547 |
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The Little Truth by Stefan Mandachi
Short Comedy 15:00 |
Italian Romeo and German Julia are together for three years and they live in L.A. They meet in a bar and Julia enthusiastically talks about her positive thinking course. Romeo is frustrated by his boring life in USA and the discussion escalates into a total intolerance.
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Special by Chris Powers
Short Comedy 8:53 Chris Powers writer/director in PERSON! |
A woman tired of second-rate treatment on social media finds herself in a morbid situation that just might change her followers count for the better.
"Special" explores the depths of how despicable a person might become just to have a few more likes and how far a person might go just to feel special. "Special" is also a hybrid musical because its just more fun that way. |
Saturday, March 10, 7PM,
Approximately 85 minutes of screenings
+ Q and A + Raffle. 2 hours of fun!
$14.50 online HERE, $15 door
Approximately 85 minutes of screenings
+ Q and A + Raffle. 2 hours of fun!
$14.50 online HERE, $15 door
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Trains by Jola Kudela
Music Video 4:38 |
Poppy Ackroyd is a British post-classical composer.
Her main instruments are the piano and the violin, but she doesn’t treat them in a classical way. She creates her pieces by sampling sounds, beats and rhythms she generates by tapping the housing and strings of her instruments. She loops and records them, successively adding further layers of sound, until a new orchestral space is achieved. She completes this by adding the clean sound of a classical piano. This process has inspired the narration of my film. |
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Punching Bag by Jamie Anderson
Short Comedy 16:25 Filmmakers & Cast in PERSON! |
A dark comedy following a lonely romantic man who becomes a punching bag for disillusioned women to right the evils of all men.
Stacy Simms considers himself emasculated at birth by being given a girl's name. For him, it’s been downhill ever since. Deflated and desperate for connection, Stacy works as a literal punching bag for his brother, Brock, at his karate dojo. Brock, the over-the-top, hypersexual, super macho alpha male, teaches a women's empowerment class called “Douchebag Defense”. |
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Camera Harry by Evan Rosenberg
Short Documentary 5:24 Director Evan Rosenberg in PERSON! |
Cameras don't go to die...they go to Harry.
A portrait of an artisan camera repairman. |
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Storm by Małgorzata Suwała
Music Video 6:24 |
Young man on a journey to send a message
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Chocolate and Cigarettes by David Tappan
Short Comedy 15:53 Director David Tappan in PERSON! |
A story of love, heartache, chocolate, and cigarettes. This slice-of-life drama & comedy revolves around Nick, an awkward flight attendant who decides that tonight is the night he's going to woo Cassidy, his beautiful and flirty coworker. Misinterpreting her signals as a sign that she is truly interested in him, he ends up going for her and stumbling into a terrible, awkward, (and comical) situation.
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You Are Everywhere by Ben Garchar
Short Drama 5:00 Writer/co-producer/actor Amy Berryman director, Ben Garchar in PERSON! |
A young woman grapples with the haunting loss of a former lover.
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POP! by Harold Hayes, Jr.
Short Comedy 11:50 |
When real-estate agent Caleb and deliveryman Marvin’s worlds collide after work, Caleb discovers the darkness behind an innocent smile.
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Elsewhere by Junyi Xiao
Short Animation 6:11 |
A girl tried to escape from the village she lives in, but stopped by her mother again and again.
Watch Trailer: https://vimeo.com/221220101 |
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Daytime Noon by Micah Perta
Short Comedy 12:55 |
Narcolepsy, siblings, nudity, and senility combine for the best kind of road trip. Or do they? A short comedy staring Olivia Wilde, Dolly Wells, Jakob von Eichel and Brian Corrigan.
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Watch Trailer: https://vimeo.com/177156364 |
Winners
Best Short Drama
You Are Everywhere by Ben Garchar
Best Short Comedy
The Overcoat by Patrick Myles
Best Doc
Camera Harry by Evan Rosenberg
Best Short Horror
FWD by Stephen Sawchuk
Best Short Animation
Starlight by Tyler Thompson
Best Short Experimental
COlabs + Bordalo II : 'Bordalo Rising' by COlabs
Best Music Video
Trains by Jola Kudela
Best Script
LIFELIKE by Christopher Vanderhorst
Best Editing
This is Ed!!
Greg Dean
Best Directing
Punching Bag
by Jamie Anderson
Best Actor
Jayson Gladstone
Ovum
Best Actress
Olivia Wilde
Daytime Noon
Best Fantasy
Best of The Film Festival
Ovum
by Luciano Blotta
Congratulations!
Best Short Drama
You Are Everywhere by Ben Garchar
Best Short Comedy
The Overcoat by Patrick Myles
Best Doc
Camera Harry by Evan Rosenberg
Best Short Horror
FWD by Stephen Sawchuk
Best Short Animation
Starlight by Tyler Thompson
Best Short Experimental
COlabs + Bordalo II : 'Bordalo Rising' by COlabs
Best Music Video
Trains by Jola Kudela
Best Script
LIFELIKE by Christopher Vanderhorst
Best Editing
This is Ed!!
Greg Dean
Best Directing
Punching Bag
by Jamie Anderson
Best Actor
Jayson Gladstone
Ovum
Best Actress
Olivia Wilde
Daytime Noon
Best Fantasy
Best of The Film Festival
Ovum
by Luciano Blotta
Congratulations!