Director: Alec Goldberg
PG USA
EXP SHORTS 29-A
An exploration into the storytelling through movement: Five people were promoted with a series of questions about specific and significant memories from their past. They then translated those memories through five unique styles of interpretive movement.
World Premiere
4:00pm
May 29th Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Director: A.C. Lamberty
PG-13 USA
EXP SHORTS 29-A
A young woman’s comedy routine goes awry when she starts asking questions that reveal more of herself than she or her audience might be ready for.
This experimental film seeks to explore mental illness through performance and audience. Adapted from a performance art piece by writer and star Sadie Sieroty.
Festival Premiere
4:00pm
May 29th Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Rich Mallery
R USA
Max, a damaged and alienated lost soul, desperately trying to discover who she is while trapped in a world she doesn't feel a part of.
Plagued with guilt following a tragedy, Max spends her evenings tending bar and her nights numbing herself in any way she can. After meeting Lily, a local hustler, she becomes instantly intrigued by Lily’s carefree nature and wishes she could be just as fearless. Sensing Max's vulnerability, Lily sinks her fangs into Max, quickly seducing into her dark web of deceit.
As Max falls deeper in love and her obsession grows, Lily begins to resent her new plaything, leading the two down a dangerous and homicidal spiral with no way out.
Film Festival Premiere
5:15pm
May 29th Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Jack Hassett
PG USA
SHORTS BLOCK 29-B
Eagle Country explores the relationship between nature, life & death. In following the adventures of a boy who ventures into the natural world to reminisce about the experience and loss of his father, and now, a friend.
It is through the natural world that we are able to find answers to life and its meaning, and for Aldo this means accepting the passing of his father. It is through his father’s good friend Ernest that he is able to spend an important set of moments in nature, with a man who arguably needs it more than Aldo himself.
World Premiere
7:00pm
May 29th Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Zach Kaplan
PG USA
SHORTS BLOCK 29-B
Nativity jumps headlong into its futuristic premise—people in America in 2092 can now have custom-made babies ordered, on their preferred date to boot. The question of America for Americans is at the center of the narrative, with unflattering questions that the film does not allow one to shirk and gloss over.
Is there ultimately a wrong or right side to choose in the dispute that arises between the spouses when building their baby? Is the essence of humanity lost with this artificial interference in the conception of life? This film challenges all views on the matter and takes into account the impact of the prior generations’ actions on the people of 2092.
Festival Premiere
7:00pm
May 29th Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Omar Gaieck
PG USA
SHORTS BLOCK 29-B
Siblings surreally plot to escape an asphyxiating upbringing.
Starring Edie Yvonne and Jance Enslin. Produced by Rrose Productions.
World Premiere
7:00pm
May 29th Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Bittu Binoy Chirayil
PG-13 USA
SHORTS BLOCK 29-B
This film revolves around a solitary photographer who captures portraits of unknown individuals by confining himself inside a photo booth. However, the photographer's clandestine activity comes under jeopardy when a mysterious woman begins to make frequent visits to the booth.
The movie's melancholic mood delves into subjects such as isolation and weaves a narrative where two characters strive to uncover each other's secrets while forging a bond through fleeting meetings. The film skillfully demonstrates how individuals can form bonds in the most peculiar circumstances. Though initially strange and symbiotic, these relationships transform into a therapeutic source of the warmth and comfort that one longs for during times of emotional turmoil.
World Premiere
7:00pm
May 29th Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Alex Enriquez
G USA
COMEDY BLOCK 29-C
A comedy series about a Belgian immigrant actress determined to become a movie star.
This actress decides to follow the mentorship of a seasoned background extra while having to deal with the surprising, fascinating, and sometimes super weird sets and background actors of Hollywood today. Her whole world is now defined by what happens under the blue canopy of the background holding area, and she must take her place in this town. She didn’t come all the way here to be a wallflower.
Southern California Premiere
8:00pm
May 29th Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Demarcus Brown
PG USA
COMEDY BLOCK 29-C
A pitchman appears at the door of a lawyer, offering an opportunity to change her luck forever, with only one small catch in return.
World Premiere
8:00pm
May 29th Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Jerry Weil
PG USA
COMEDY BLOCK 29-C
A film that explores some of the downsides to being a good looking man in modern society.
Amir is out for an innocent day of shopping, when he encounters Izzie; She is quite taken with Amir, and may think there is more to their relationship than a chance meeting. Amir's birthday is coming up in a few days, but little does he know it will be one he will never forget; his girlfriend probably won't forget it either.
Festival Premiere
8:00pm
May 29th Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Katie O'Grady
PG-13 USA
COMEDY BLOCK 29-C
A coming of age film, starting as an emergency session with Seniors, Elizabeth and Ava over Zoe's failing relationship and ends in a full on party in the newly named gender neutral bathroom. When an alert goes out that a teacher is coming, the Senior class has a mad rush to get the hell out.
Festival Premiere
8:00pm
May 29th Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Luis Sanchez-Cañete
PG-13 USA
COMEDY BLOCK 29-C
The post-pandemic world has thrown off the gentle balance between insanity and serenity.
Ever since Sally’s husband started working from home he’s changed, he locks himself up in the spare bedroom where strange noises and voices can be heard. One day Sally and her best friend Tyler scheme up a plan to find some clarity, but things don’t go as planned.
Festival Premiere
8:00pm
May 29th Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Helena Augsberger
R USA
HORROR BLOCK 29-D
Family first is taken to the next level in this horror short.
Festival Premiere
9:00pm
May 29th Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Ryan Mack
PG-13 USA
HORROR BLOCK 29-D
In a bleak and distant future a woman and her blind partner must risk their lives to deliver an important package as they are pursued along a coastline by a mysterious evil force.
Festival Premiere
9:00pm
May 29th Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Kenneth Chang & David Lee
R USA
HORROR BLOCK 29-D
Jonah is a Korean American man who uses crystal meth as a means of dealing with grief from the loss of his father to suicide. He resides in a filthy church basement while his mom lives upstairs as the live-in janitor for the ministry.
When a demon gets loose in the basement Jonah must get reacquainted with a congregation that has already pegged him as a hopeless addict.
Festival Premiere
9:00pm
May 29th Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Caylee So
PG-13 USA
After a car accident leaves his family in need of his help, Thai returns home, only to find his whole world in disarray.
With mounting medical bills and secrets of their own, the family watches as Cher, a tough and stubborn Hmong father, suffers through the devastating effects of kidney failure. Thai struggles to choose between his fractured relationship with his family, or a life free from the burden of traditions.
Festival Premiere
9:30pm
May 29th Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14