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Welcome to the 2018 Los Angeles Television, Script and Film Festival.
Watch local, national and international premieres.
Enjoy AWARD winning films previously screened at other amazing film festivals such as Miami FearFest, FirstGlance, California Women's Film Festival and more.

Meet filmmakers in Person before and after screenings!
Enjoy Q and A with filmmakers!
Keep your ticket and win festival gadgets. We have a raffle after each block.
Join us for the Awards Ceremony.

Don't miss our sister event: Sunset Film Festival, June 9th. Details here


Get your tickets NOW!​
June 10, 2018
Promenade Playhouse, 1404 3rd St, Santa Monica CA

Sunday June 10, 4:00 PM
Awards, $15 door, $12 online here
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Sunday June 10, 5:00 PM
Screenings, $15 door, $12 online here​

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Game Changer by Aviv Mano, Animation, 2:40
Faded Away / Nite Bites by Clement Oberto, Music Video* 4:00
Shadows by Rafael de Carvalho, Super Short Comedy* 0:60
Save by Iván Sáinz-Pardo, Drama 3:54
Weird by Fausto Montanari, Animation 2:00
The Audition by Jacob Reed, Comedy* 8:48
The last bootmaker of Sic, Transylvania by Székely Blanka, Documentary* 5:18
9to5 by Filippos Tsapekis, Sci-FI/Drama 12:01
Too Evil by Conlon Taaffe, Animation* 4:24
Born Again Sinner by Eddy Gudakov, Western/Drama* 16:36

Sunday June 10, 6:30 PM
Screenings, $15 door, $12 online here
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The Candle by Rene Ashton, Horror* 8:54
Obits by Neil Fennell, Comedy 7:27
Force of Evil by Jordan Tager, Animation/Music Video* 4:52
JP by Nicolas Gschwendtner, Drama 8:31
SeaLand Cares! by Brett Epstein, Super Short Comedy*, 2:29
In search of Vitthal by Abhishek Kulkarni, 5:19
Crushed In Space by Janice Chun, Animation/Comedy* 5:53
Exit the Shelter by Carolina Sosa & GuangLi Zhu, Documentary* 18:16

Sunday June 10, 8:00PM

Screening, $15 door, $12 online here
or
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A way out by Zheng Qion, Documentary 94:00

At the AWARDS we'll announce winners- Filmmakers and Writers.
Here are nominated writers:


An Overwhelming Sense of Nothing by Vincent Lazar*
The Kiss Goodbye by Afonso Henrique
Serpentine by David Tittone
Akatewa by Jean-Marie Mazaleyrat
Éire's Song by Kristen Nedopak
Running Blind by John T. Frederick*
A very white Christmas by Madeleine Gentinetta
Parousia by Todd Sorrell
Plunge by Lance Roger Axt
The Red Dogs by Mark Sims
Another Try by Meryl Hathaway

Seeds by Natalie van der Meulen
Condemned by Ben Fiore
The Bullet of Time by David Hill*


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* Filmmakers and Writers in Person!
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Watch Festival Trailer here
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Did you know we organize Sunset Film Festival? Yup. Day before. Same location. Different set of films. Meet filmmakers in Person!

Saturday, June 9th.

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Don't miss it. Get your tickets NOW!
http://www.sunsetfilmfestival.com/2018
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Sunday June 10, 5:00PM
Screenings, Q and A, Raffle
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Game Changer by Aviv Mano, Animation, 2:40

A macho toy arcade prize is quick to judge a young girl who wants to win him, and goes on a life changing journey in attempt to stop her from winning enough tickets and taking him home.

Trailer
https://vimeo.com/263690853



Sunday June 10, 5:00 PM
Screenings, $15 door, $12 online here​

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Faded Away / Nite Bites by Clement Oberto, Music Video* 4:00

FADED AWAY is a band composed of Gilles Bousquet (aka ‘Mr Flash’ / Ed Banger) and Nic Nicola (co-writer of ‘Vandroid’ soundtrack / Ed Banger). They describe their sound as “New Romantics going to L.A,” with an emphasis on melody, energy and emotion. Inspired by 70s and 80s influences, the music has a dreamlike, nostalgic feel yet its sonic, cinematic scope is epic.

Screenings/Awards
  • Underground Music Video
    Los Angeles
    Won Best Music Video
Sunday June 10, 5:00 PM
Screenings, $15 door, $12 online here​

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Shadows by Rafael de Carvalho, Super Short Comedy* 0:60

There is a limit to the Art? Is the Art a light or a shadow of the humanity? This short film can not answer that philosophical questions, but it tries to make you think about it trhough an absurd perspective.

Screenings/Awards
  • CICFF
    Calcutta International Cult Film Festival
    Finalist
Sunday June 10, 5:00 PM
Screenings, $15 door, $12 online here​

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Save by Iván Sáinz-Pardo, Drama 3:54

Dawns . A baby breaks the silence .

Screenings/Awards
  • Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival
    United States
    Award of recognition
  • Los Angeles Cinefest
    United States
    NOMINATION as BEST FILM
  • Miami FearFest

    2º Place Best Suspense

54 International Awards. More than 300 official selections.
Sunday June 10, 5:00 PM
Screenings, $15 door, $12 online here​

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Weird by Fausto Montanari, Animation 2:00

"Weird" is a short animated film about the diversity.
It is a shout of a girl usual to be judged like weird and different.
She express in the monologue her sufferance and her dream to make possible to delete the concept of weird
She thinks that in the end weirdness is only a point of view and that we are all the same.
But sometime during her speech she fall in the error to indicate something like Weird, because again Weirdness depend from each self and a personal perspective

Trailer
https://vimeo.com/246100918


Sunday June 10, 5:00 PM
Screenings, $15 door, $12 online here​

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The Audition by Jacob Reed, Comedy* 8:48

Dave has a frustrating experience before an important audition.
Sunday June 10, 5:00 PM
Screenings, $15 door, $12 online here​

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The last bootmaker of Sic, Transylvania by Székely Blanka, Documentary* 5:18

Martin, or as he is widely known in the village: Palimarci is the last Transylvanian bootmaker, who knows how to manufacture traditional Hungarian boots, additional to the beautiful Hungarian folk costumes of the region officially belonging to Romania now. His beautifully embroidered, red edged, brass embossed heeled, black leather boots are inherited by members of many different generations.

Screenings/Awards
  • TRansylvania's Folklore Film Festival
    Stana
    MTVA, Hungarian National Television, Hungary
    audience award
Sunday June 10, 5:00 PM
Screenings, $15 door, $12 online here​

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9to5 by Filippos Tsapekis, Drama 12:01

A world in which prohibited to be tired.

Screenings/Awards
  • Drama Short Film Festival
    Official Selection

Trailer
https://vimeo.com/227491389
Sunday June 10, 5:00 PM
Screenings, $15 door, $12 online here​

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Too Evil by Conlon Taaffe, Animation* 4:24

The bumbling Demon King realizes his creepy daughter may just be too evil for her own good.

Trailer
https://vimeo.com/226074427
Sunday June 10, 5:00 PM
Screenings, $15 door, $12 online here​

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Born Again Sinner by Eddy Gudakov, Western/Drama* 16:36

'Born Again Sinner' follows a church pastor, Kirk, who is pursued by one of his parishioners. The film opens on Kirk's body lying on the desert floor. His only possessions are a ruined Bible and an intact satchel. He is soon found by a couple Mexican men who spy his body in the distance. Pio, the eldest and his brother-in-law Pancho question Kirk futilely.

Screenings/Awards
  • First Glance Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    Sound Design, Ensemble

Trailer
https://youtu.be/o9hmzwMlims
Sunday June 10, 5:00 PM
Screenings, $15 door, $12 online here​


Sunday June 10, 6:30 PM
Screenings, Q and A, Raffle

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The Candle by Rene Ashton, Horror* 8:54

Ryder makes a wish for all of her dreams to come true, but she didn't realize it included her nightmares.

Screenings/Awards
  • Firstglance Film festival
    Best Horror, Best Breakout Performance - Nominated Best Visual Effects
  • Unrestricted View Horror Film Festival
    Finalist for Best Foreign Short, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Horror Moment

4 International Awards. More than 20 official selections.
Trailer
https://youtu.be/zXWmRS0Cv4A
Sunday June 10, 6:30 PM
Screenings, $15 door, $12 online here
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Obits by Neil Fennell, Comedy 7:27

Writing obituaries is the least prestigious job at the paper, and Kelly is stuck there. When her boss challenges her to go deeper - to learn more about her subjects - she comes up with a plan to change everything.

Screenings/Awards
  • The 48 Hour Film Project
    Best Film, Best Directing, Best Writing, Best Editing, Best Actress - Kate Middleton, Best Actor - Ryan Duncan
  • The Garden State Film Festival
    Lou Costello Award for Best Short Comedy

Total of 10 Awards. 20 Official Selections

Trailer
https://vimeo.com/224966619
Sunday June 10, 6:30 PM
Screenings, $15 door, $12 online here
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Force of Evil by Jordan Tager, Animation/Music Video* 4:52

The stop motion video for the song “Force of Evil", produced by animator Jordan Tager, was created using paper which she hand painted with gouache. Contrasting barren and lush landscapes, the video plays on the song's idea of self renewal. Self centeredness and the constant dismissal of Earth's decaying ecosystems will eventually lead to the destruction of our home planet. How much time do we have left?
Sunday June 10, 6:30 PM
Screenings, $15 door, $12 online here
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JP by Nicolas Gschwendtner, Drama 8:31

A boy left alone in an empty house looks around for some artistic inspiration.

Screenings/Awards
  • CEC 23rd Annual Shorttakes Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA
    Best Live Action Short, Best Editing
Sunday June 10, 6:30 PM
Screenings, $15 door, $12 online here
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SeaLand Cares! by Brett Epstein, Super Short Comedy*, 2:29

The morally questionable Director of Operations at America's favorite marine theme park attempts to steer his new assistant's PR efforts in the "right" direction.
SeaLand: where sea and land (+ some truth) come to life!

Screenings/Awards
  • Salute Your Shorts Festival
    Best in Category
  • Whitespace's Short Shorts 'Truth' Festival
    August 19, 2017
  • LA Comedy Fest
    Official Selection
Sunday June 10, 6:30 PM
Screenings, $15 door, $12 online here
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In search of Vitthal by Abhishek Kulkarni, 5:19

Vari is an annual pilgrimage to Pandharpur - the seat of the Hindu god Vithoba in the Indian state of Maharashtra, in honour of the deity. palakhis (palanquin processions) carrying the paduka (foot prints) of various saints - most notably Dnyaneshwar and Tukaram - from the Varkari (Warkari, 'one who performs the Wari') sect (which venerates Vithoba), are taken from their respective shrines to Pandharpur. The tradition is more than 700 to 800 years old.
Sunday June 10, 6:30 PM
Screenings, $15 door, $12 online here
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Crushed In Space by Janice Chun, Animation/Comedy* 5:53

The Asteroid Belt. An unrequited romance. They are coworkers.

Screenings/Awards
  • San Diego Asian Film Festival
    Best Animated Short
  • California Women's Film Festival
          Official Selection

2 Awards. 12 Official Selections

Trailer
https://vimeo.com/208495897


Sunday June 10, 6:30 PM
Screenings, $15 door, $12 online here
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Exit the Shelter by Carolina Sosa & GuangLi Zhu, Documentary* 18:16

Every year, millions of pets get killed in animal shelters in the United States and in some states they use gas chambers to put them down. An Uruguayan filmmaker, Carolina, now living in Los Angeles, struggles with this sad truth and gets inside the shelter system to reveal the untold story of unwanted cats and dogs.

Trailer
https://youtu.be/tqWjBn4Mv5w


Sunday June 10, 6:30 PM
Screenings, $15 door, $12 online here
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Sunday June 10, 8:00 PM
Screening, Raffle

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A way out by Zheng Qion, Documentary 94:00

For six years the film follows 3 young Chinese from different social levels, different regions and different minds into their adult lives.

Screenings/Awards
  • SFAAF
    Best Documentary
  • Le Ecrans de Chine
          Grand Prix

Trailer
https://vimeo.com/133342473
Sunday June 10, 8:00 PM
Screening $15 door, $12 online here
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SCRIPT COMPETITION

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An Overwhelming Sense of Nothing
by Vincent Lazar*
in Short Screenplay

As life seems to fall apart Sam decides it is time to end things, but her subconscious has other plans.

Awards
  • International Online Web Fest
    U.K.
    Nominated best Screenplay (2017)
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The Kiss Goodbye
by Afonso Henrique
in Short Screenplay

Oscar, a former champion of the underground martial arts circuit, must step back into the ring, against all the odds, in order to save his dying mother, while risking his in the process.

Awards
  • Firefly Film Competition
    Best Screenplay



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Serpentine
by David Tittone
in Feature Screenplay

A team of professional criminals face heat from the FBI when they begin to collaborate with a major drug cartel in the trafficking of women and children.

Awards
  • Los Angeles Film Awards
    Best Crime Screenplay
  • Festigious International Film Festival
    Best Action Screenplay
  • Global Film Festival Awards
    Honorable Mention
  • Cinema World Fest Awards
    Award of Merit


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AKATEWA
by Jean-Marie MAZALEYRAT
in Feature Screenplay

When a disaster brings a peculiar outsider in her life, a young woman must overcome hostility and cope with the rape and the abortion she denied for ten years to make the better of her second chance.

Awards
  • Oregon Film Awards 2015
    Silver Award
  • Hollywood International Moving Pictures FF 2015
    LA
    winner
  • StoryPros International contest 2015
    L.A.
    Semifinalist
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Seeds
by Natalie van der Meulen
in Feature Screenplay

In a post-apocalyptic world of climate change and scarce biodiversity controlled by a cartel of five companies, a father and his daughter seek out a green guerrilla community. Together they will plan a heist on world's most valuable resources: the last global seed vault on earth.


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Éire's Song
by Kristen Nedopak
in Television Script

1845—An aggrieved young Irish-English woman must harness Celtic magic to fulfill prophecy, with the help of two men, to defeat an ancient cult before they destroy Ireland, all the while struggling to find her own self-power.
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Running Blind
by John T. Frederick*
in Feature Screenplay

A Romantic Dramedy about a multi-talented man who persistently screws up romance and his family life by consistently not seeing the one obvious correction he needs to make to have any shot at actual happiness and joy.

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A very white Christmas
by Madeleine Gentinetta
in Feature Screenplay

The story opens in a traditional English country house, where a family enjoys the spoils of Christmas. ROBERT and MARTHA look over their children and grandchildren with pride around a well-devoured dinner table.
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Parousia
by Todd Sorrell
in Feature Screenplay

As punishment for their original sin, the souls of Adam and Eve are reincarnated in endless cycles, doomed to watch the deterioration of the world and their progeny, while separated by great distances. An ancient tribe of men called The Rodef hunts them mercilessly through each appearance. The Rodef believe their existence is unnatural and contrary to God's design.

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Plunge
by Lance Roger Axt
in Short Screenplay

An average Joe is ready to jump back into the world of dating... or he will be once he extricates himself from the narrator "telling" his story.
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The Red Dogs
by Mark Sims
in Television Script

Kicked off his old police squad, an officer is transferred to the Red Dog unit, a no-holds-barred drug task force constantly sidestepping Internal Affairs as they beat, batter, and bruise their way to the murderous kingpin running the city.

Awards
  • Barnstorm Film+TV Script Fest
    Finalist
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Another Try
by Meryl Hathaway
in Feature Screenplay

After three failed attempts at passing the Bar exam, Julia is determined to make her childhood goal of becoming a lawyer into a reality. But despite all her best efforts, Jules hits her rock bottom and as the quirky characters around her rally to help her see life can take turns onto more than one path, Julia goes on a journey to see what truly matters, what she truly wants and that there's always room for another try at life.

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Condemned
by Ben Fiore
in Short Screenplay

As an innocent man is walked to the electric chair, wrongly convicted of a brutal murder, the guilty man, now free, begins to experience his every fear and emotion until poetic justice prevails.
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The Bullet of Time
by David Hill
in Short Screenplay

A man shoots his estranged lover but a mysterious stranger gives him a chance for redemption by suspending time.

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June 10, 2018
Promenade Playhouse, 1404 3rd St, Santa Monica CA

Sunday June 10, 4:00 PM
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Game Changer by Aviv Mano, Animation, 2:40
Faded Away / Nite Bites by Clement Oberto, Music Video* 4:00
Shadows by Rafael de Carvalho, Super Short Comedy* 0:60
Save by Iván Sáinz-Pardo, Drama 3:54
Weird by Fausto Montanari, Animation 2:00
The Audition by Jacob Reed, Comedy* 8:48
The last bootmaker of Sic, Transylvania by Székely Blanka, Documentary* 5:18
9to5 by Filippos Tsapekis, Sci-FI/Drama 12:01
Too Evil by Conlon Taaffe, Animation* 4:24
Born Again Sinner by Eddy Gudakov, Western/Drama* 16:36

Sunday June 10, 6:30 PM
Screenings, $15 door, $12 online here
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or https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=6F8T7LW7EMTDA

The Candle by Rene Ashton, Horror* 8:54
Obits by Neil Fennell, Comedy 7:27
Force of Evil by Jordan Tager, Animation/Music Video* 4:52
JP by Nicolas Gschwendtner, Drama 8:31
SeaLand Cares! by Brett Epstein, Super Short Comedy*, 2:29
In search of Vitthal by Abhishek Kulkarni, 5:19
Crushed In Space by Janice Chun, Animation/Comedy* 5:53
Exit the Shelter by Carolina Sosa & GuangLi Zhu, Documentary* 18:16

Sunday June 10, 8:00PM

Screening, $15 door, $12 online here
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A way out by Zheng Qion, Documentary 94:00

SCREENPLAY COMPETITION

An Overwhelming Sense of Nothing by Vincent Lazar*
The Kiss Goodbye by Afonso Henrique
Serpentine by David Tittone
Akatewa by Jean-Marie Mazaleyrat
Éire's Song by Kristen Nedopak
Running Blind by John T. Frederick*
A very white Christmas by Madeleine Gentinetta
Parousia by Todd Sorrell
Plunge by Lance Roger Axt
The Red Dogs by Mark Sims
Another Try by Meryl Hathaway

Seeds by Natalie van der Meulen
Condemned by Ben Fiore
The Bullet of Time by David Hill*

* Filmmakers and writers in Person!


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And The Winner is...

Best Cinematography, Born Again Sinner
Best Directing, SeaLand Cares!
Best Western, Born Again Sinner
Best Super Short Comedy Shadows
Best Music Video Force of Evil
Best Animation, Too Evil
Best Horror, Candle
Best Produced Script, Crushed In Space
Best Comedy, The Audition
Best Unproduced Script, Running Blind
Best Drama, JP
Best Actor, Mark Ashworth
Best Actress, Kate Middleton
Honorable Mention An Overwhelming Sense of Nothing
Honorable Mention, Faded Away / Nite Bites by Clement Oberto
Honorable Mention, The last bootmaker of Sic, Transylvania
Honorable Mention, The Bullet of Time
Best Doc, Best Of the Festival, Exit the Shelter

Congratulations!
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