Director: Sam Balcomb
PG-13 USA
SHORT FILM BLOCK 30-A
Evenveil follows the path of a young woman determined to discover her fate.
She enters the ruins of a long-destroyed city of Elementals, and brought before its final guardian, where she is taken on a chaotic journey through space and time.
This film stars Alexis Peters, Aria Song, Nick Apostolina and Dawson Mullen.
Festival Premiere
4:00pm
May 30th Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Olivia Wong
PG-13 USA
SHORT FILM BLOCK 30-A
As a struggling writer during the pandemic, Mikah battles with his own demons as he falls into a monotonous routine of isolation and self-doubt. He yearns to prove to himself (and to the world) that he’s capable of succeeding in his field.
However, as he continues putting more pressure on himself, his mental health takes a turn for the worst.
In this mind-bending thriller with dark comedic undertones, the viewer experiences the events in the story from Mikah's P.O.V. - which helps the audience resonate deeply with the feelings of anxiety and insecurity that build throughout the narrative.
Festival Premiere
4:00pm
May 30th Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Rita Pereyra
PG-13 USA
SHORT FILM BLOCK 30-A
Auditions by day, glitzy parties at night, Florence stops at nothing to achieve her goals as she dreams of a life brighter than Hollywood lights. Florence, in love with her jealous and careless boyfriend, Damien, balances focusing on the rising success of her acting career while navigating their relationship.
World Premiere
4:00pm
May 30th Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Russell Brown
PG USA
Rose is a legendary actress trying to revive her career. Loren is a promising filmmaker. Over the course of their many encounters, a deep friendship evolves as their love of art, understanding of grief, and faith in life’s potential guide them through personal and creative transformations.
Kelly Blatz and Jacqueline Bisset star with a chemistry that is at once authentic and intoxicating.
Festival Premiere
5:00pm
May 30th Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Richard Kline
R USA
SHORTS BLOCK 30-B
A unique, hilarious journey of two city slicker sisters on the lam, but for two very different reasons. Claire Sinclaire is struggling through a career drought and Valerie ‘Mooch” Muccinelli is forced into a mandatory relocation, all in the middle of a pandemic.
These two sisters have no idea what’s in store when quarantine is lifted as an embarrassing viral video derails Claire’s acting career driving her to go into hiding with the only person she can trust, her estranged sister, Val, a former ex-mob wife hiding in the witness protection program.
How their worlds collide in the middle of Anywhere, USA, with its cast of crazy supporting players creating a tremendous ensemble of high-jinx and comedy. Being yourself has never been more dangerous.
World Premiere
6:30pm
May 30th Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Aaron Cohen
R USA
SHORTS BLOCK 30-B
An elite CIA ground team operative debriefs his command about a failed mission gone tragically wrong. As the mission debrief unfolds, the lack of quiet professionalism plaguing today's special operations community is revealed.
World Premiere
6:30pm
May 30th Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Tyler Posey
PG-13 USA
SHORTS BLOCK 30-B
This film is a mystery/Drama centered around a troubled woman and a young girl.
After a failed suicide attempt a troubled woman is walking through a suburban neighborhood when she sees a little girl coloring on her front steps. After noticing the girl is covered in bruises, the woman asks her if she wants to head to the playground nearby. The girl hesitantly agrees, as long as she’s back before her mom gets home...
Festival Premiere
6:30pm
May 30th Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Drew Lorenz
PG-13 USA
SHORTS BLOCK 30-B
In the flickering street lights of a city shrouded in rain, a thief scours the darkness for a fragment of her past…but as she delves deeper into the shadows, she finds that the lines between memory and reality are beginning to blur, sending her on an uncontrollable trip through unreconciled trauma.
A love letter to the silver screen starring Rachel Comeau (The Right Stuff) as… A THIEF! Enter the celluloid city with a pulse pounding original score by Ulrich Schnauss (Tangerine Dream).
Festival Premiere
6:30pm
May 30th Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Alexander Bergman
R USA
SHORTS BLOCK 30-B
A Koreatown Tailor finds success in America by living a double life as a gang surgeon. In a city of secrets, he knows them all. Blind Stitch is a Korean American mystery that unravels the invisible seam that binds the fabric of American Capitalism, and corruption.
Festival Premiere
6:30pm
May 30th Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Joe Quesada
G USA
DRAMA BLOCK 30-C
Seventeen-year-old Maria Carbonell loves to make up stories of extraordinary characters, astonishing adventures, and unimaginable worlds.
Her latest may be her most fantastical...Her own.
Los Angeles Premiere
7:30pm
May 30th Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
(a critique of the passive bourgeoisie)
Director: Tenzing Drolet
G USA
DRAMA BLOCK 30-C
Four brothers form a back scratching line while watching TV, a flawless social construct prided in equality. However, it has one flaw--the brothers are different ages.
Power, as history can attest, begets oppression. The oldest of the brothers, Tom, enforces a tyrannical regime. Timmy, the youngest, with the help of Voltaire, Hugo, Camus, Machiavelli, and other authors from his fathers collection, plans a coup d'état. But first, he must persuade his two middle brothers (the bourgeoisie).
World Premiere
7:30pm
May 30th Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Alex Henes & Matthew Merenda
R USA
Anya, an aspiring yoga influencer, embarks on a ritual practice left behind by her estranged grandmother.
But what starts as a spiritual self-help guide evolves into something much more sinister. As the practice becomes obsession, and obsession turns to possession, the true nature of the ritual is revealed. Documenting her "journey" for the world to watch, Anya's descent into madness threatens to tear her mind, body and spirit to pieces.
Southern California Premiere
8:00pm
May 30th Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Josh Monkarsh
R USA
Set in Los Angeles in the late '90s, creatively bankrupt and heartbroken writer James Bishop deals with a messy breakup with the help of his best friend, while trying to finish his book before the impending nuclear zombie apocalypse.
Los Angeles Premiere
9:30pm
May 30th Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Come by to casually hang out with your fellow festival attendees and meet your favorite festival filmmakers.
The final Reception Event of the festival takes place Tuesday from 9:00pm to 10:30pm at an L.A. Live venue to be announced on May 22nd.
Reception, Party & Event Tickets are available online only. Tickets must be redeemed at IFS Box Office at Regal L.A. Live - to exchange for entry ticket.
21 & up.
9:00pm
May 30th at L.A. Live Venue: To Be Announced