Sunday, April 26, 11 am
Broadwater Theater
1076 Lillian Way, Los Angeles
Get your tickets here

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Welcome to the Los Angeles Short Film Festival!
Get ready for an awesome day of in-person screenings featuring the coolest short films from emerging filmmakers. Whether you're a movie buff or just looking for a fun outing, this festival is the place to be. Come hang out, watch some creative stories unfold on the big screen, and celebrate the vibrant film scene in LA. Don't miss out on this fantastic gathering of film lovers and storytellers!

Film Festivals are still the best place to screen independent work and get it noticed. With YouTube and TikTok so overcrowded, good shorts often drown in a sea of bad. Showing the best of the best is priority at Los Angeles Short Film Festival. We provide filmmakers  an opportunity to share their shorts with an enthusiastic and responsive audience that’s eager to see new films, new faces, and new art. Los Angeles Short Film Festival – where emerging talent finds a place to shine!

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1% of all merchandise, ticket, and VIP ALL FILMS pass sales go to FREE ARTS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN (www.freearts.org).

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Venue Address
Broadwater Theater- Main Stage
1076 Lillian Way, Los Angeles, CA 90038

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Suggested Parking
Television Center
6311 Romaine St Los Angeles, CA 90038
or free street parking
Please note the festival does not validate parking

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Program

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Tickets

11am Screenings +Q&A + Networking
$7 online $10 doors

1pm Screenings +Q&A + Networking
$7 online $10 doors

3pm Screenings +Q&A + Networking
$7 online $10 doors

VIP Festival All Films Pass All Screenings +Q&As + Networking
$20 online $25 doors

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Submit your Film or Screenplay
Submissions are open for the next edition of the festival.
Submit via FilmFreeway here filmfreeway.com/losangelesshortfilmfestival

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Films we selected in the past
Watch anytime on Prime, Tubi and other channles here lacinefest.org/films

Films we selected this year
All Films and Videos are NOMINATED for the Best of the Festival.

Grace
Directors Sara Burris Hersh, Jay Galloway
Drama
United States
17:53
A young girl has plans of going off to attend her dream college, but is torn between what's best for her or staying home to care for her mother, a victim of domestic violence. As her mother's depression worsens, Grace struggles weighing her dreams, her responsibility, and discerning what's right.
Watch at 1 pm tickets

A World Unaware: When Every Bite Matters
Directors Randall Ward, Justin Giugno
Documentary
United States
22:54
It’s 20 minutes that will change your life—and it might just save one. “A World Unaware” asks the critical questions: “Who is responsible, and how do we learn?” In a culture that has long treated food allergy as a joke, the film reveals the life-and-death reality faced by millions. Through the lens of two families, the documentary explores the consequences of ignorance and the power of education and community.
Watch at 1 pm tickets

The Gnawer of Rocks
Director Louise Flaherty
Animation
Canada
14:28
Two young women, out for a walk on the tundra, follow a trail of colourful stones left on the ground -- but it leads them to danger. They become trapped in the lair of the Mangittatuarjuk, the Gnawer of Rocks. The young women are terrified when they realize what the monster has been doing. The women and their village must use the teachings of their elders to defeat the monster.
Watch at 11 am tickets

Love Sonnet
Director Tony Tacheny
Drama
United States
10:25
Love Sonnet centers around a couple grappling with the choice to have a baby. SHAWN and ELSIE'S relationship is threatened when Elsie receives news that she has a limited time frame for childbirth. Their mutual agreement to not have children is broken as they struggle with conflicting beliefs.
Watch at 11 am tickets

Denmark
Director Robert Petrie
Animation
United States
2:37
In Downtown LA Heat, worlds collide with an Epic heist gone wrong. Two ex-cons come face to face with an imperial reckoning.
Watch at 1 pm tickets

DELULU
Director ATHAN TOM SKLAVOS
Drama
Greece
20:04
Olga and Elli live in a house in Alimos. The mother (Elli) claims that she doesn’t exist — that she died three years ago. She insists, that her daughter (Olga) is imagining her, unable to cope with her loss. Elli accuses her daughter of never declaring her death, in order to continue collecting her pension and stay locked inside the house, all day, pretending to care for her. She claims Olga is afraid to face the outside world, grow up, and take control of her own life. The mother tries in various ways to prove that she doesn’t exist, hoping to save her daughter from this illusion. Olga, on the other hand, insists that her mother is mentally disturbed and imagining all of this — and that the real reason she can’t leave the house and live her life, is because she’s burdened with taking care of her mother. Which one of the two, is truly mad, will be revealed — harshly — through a series of events...
Watch at 1 pm tickets

Angel City
Director Harrison Pogue
Documentary
TRAILER
14:57
Angel City Lumber was started with the mission of reconnecting humans to trees. Through the creation of artistic wood products and the restoration of locally sourced lumber in the Los Angeles area, Angel City Lumber is making a difference.
Watch at 3 pm tickets

Hollywood & Harvard
Director Austin Herring
Comedy
United States
9:01
Two inept kidnappers (and their victim) have the worst day of their lives.
Watch at 3 pm tickets

Thanksgiving For Angels
Director Rebecca Marie Corry
 Documentary
United States
11:00
Thanksgiving For Angels follows the Stand Up For Pits Foundation as they feed and help get as many animals get seen and saved at one of California's high kill shelters - the Lancaster Animal Care Center.
Watch at 11 am tickets

Moontime
Director Emily Perez
Comedy, Short
United States
17:59
In the midst of suffering terrible menstrual cramps and 2 much-needed Ibuprofens, a high school girl falls asleep in the nurse’s office and meets the four phases of her menstrual cycle in a dream.
Watch at 11 am tickets

Mother
Director Sebastian Kwidziński
Drama
Poland
29:08
Paulina (35 years old) is out on parole after serving a prison sentence for the murder of her husband Andrzej. She returns to her hometown to meet her 11-year-old son Nikodem. Jadwiga (55 years old), Paulina's mother-in-law who takes care of Nikodem, does not want this meeting to take place. She is still grieving the loss of her son, Andrzej, and is unable to forgive Paulina for what she did.
The film deals with domestic violence and its consequences.
Watch at 3 pm tickets

Cocco di Mamma
Director Antonio RIBEZZI
Drama
France
20:00
Drama – 1989, Southern Italy. In a small village in Puglia at the end of the 1980s, Milo, 12 years old, lives in symbiosis with his mother Rosalia and a newly arrived baby sister. In an isolated house, time seems to stand still: warm milk, repetitive habits, affectionate rituals that almost border on suffocating. Rosalia, fragile and overprotective, pours all her love and attention onto her son, turning him into a confidant, companion, and daily support.
Watch at 3 pm tickets

Remains
Director Sasha Das
Drama
United States
13:40
A man struggles to grieve his late partner after discovering secrets she kept during their relationship.
Watch at 11 am tickets

Written Off
Director Bay J. Tamboury
Drama
United States
9:00
On the verge of losing his temporary housing, Nico, a struggling college student, must confront the harsh realities of being houseless while navigating the pressures of academic life.
Watch at 11 am tickets

Folded
Director Ari Kraiman
Comedy
United States
7:34
Two roommates, desperate to escape their realities, accept the unthinkable
Watch at 1 pm tickets

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Screenplays we selected this year
All Screenplays are NOMINATED for the Best of the Festival.

Are you a director or producer looking for a script?
Click OPEN PDF (where available), and the script will pop out on this screen.
Please note we do not read screenplays at the event.

Mystic Masala (s)
Writer Sadhana Singhal
When their grandmother’s retirement party ends in murder, two estranged cousins uncover a supernatural conspiracy, based in Hindu and Eastern Mythology, tied to their family’s past—and must work together to unravel the mystery before it destroys everything
OPEN PDF

THE GOLD SURFBOARD
Writer Rogelio "R.J." Pineiro
The Devil Went Down To Georgia meets Groundhog Day in the surfing scene of Maui's legendary Jaws Surf Break.

The Last Laugh
Writer Kylie Dawn Jowers
A stand up comic doesn’t realize her sets are ruining her marriage.
OPEN PDF

Borderline Short Screenplay
Writer Donika Hunking
As oceans levels submerge the USA, American refugees pour into a dystopian, near-future Canada. One couple must decide between morality and survival, spiraling into a violent confrontation

Roses Are Red
Writer Amanda Louise Lay
OPEN PDF
Almost caught in bed with another man's wife Peter jumps out the window to escape. No phone, wallet or trousers Peter has to run home, avoiding sprinklers, dog walkers, security lights and traffic cops on the way. When he finally makes it home he discovers his wife has a visitor who knows exactly what he has been up to and why he is pant-less.

Time Patrol Angel
Writer KRISSA NG
Mary is in a shed taking care of a horse when John, a futuristic guy, teleports in and sets up floating cameras that freeze time. He talks to Gabriel on a video call, who delivers God’s message that Mary will have a son. Mary reacts with confusion, humor, and a bit of panic, swinging her brush at the cameras. Eventually, she accepts her role as the mother of Jesus, while John finishes his mission and time goes back to normal.

One Last Ride
Writer Trevor E Carter
A late-night pickup takes a chilling turn when a rideshare driver discovers his passenger has unfinished business — and Mark may be part of it.

Cuts
Writer Lenworth Archibald
A socially isolated man seeks acceptance in a local
Black barbershop, but his growing obsession with a friendly
barber spirals into a terrifying confrontation, revealing his
fractured identity and the darkness beneath his polite
exterior.
OPEN PDF

American Values
Writer Ryan Mekenian
When Blockbuster Video bans films that defy its 'family-friendly' values, a group of rebel cinephile employees in Bakersfield fight for free expression—one VHS at a time. Inspired by true events.

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Festival Judges

Tory Nelson Judge
Brian Dillon Judge
Peter Rautek Judge
David Brown Judge
E.M. Spairow Judge
Michael Gene Conti Judge
Alexandre Richard Judge
Joseph Guice Judge
Elysia Rotaru Judge
Marta Topolska Judge

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The festival is organized by

The Festival is organized by Mark Mos, Los Angeles-based Kodak Entertainment Imaging Awarded filmmaker and Film Premieres organizer. Mark has organized premieres such as Oscar's Awarded "Gladiator" (Russell Crowe), "Mission Impossible 2" (Tom Cruise), "Gone in 60 seconds" (Nicholas Cage, Angelina Jolie), "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (Jim Carrey), and much more. Mark is also a filmmaker; he has a master's degree in TV and Film Production. His films were shown at film festivals in cities such as Los Angeles, Chicago or Salt Lake City, and also European countries.

Mark co-produced these films and compilations below
Watch them all at www.lacinefest.org/films