Director: Kate Bohan
PG USA
After her husband dies in a lab fire, a widowed mother of an autistic son must try to piece her life together while uncovering what really happened on that fateful night.
IFS PREMIERE
5:00pm
May 21st Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Roman Acosta
PG-13 USA
SHORT FILM PROGRAM 21-B
"Where We End Up" is a film about sacrifices, choices, and losing oneself. It's about getting to the place you've always wanted to get to in life, only to get there and realize that you're not happy. You get there and realize that you've completely lost yourself along the way.
When Emmy-nominated actor Nathan Florindo prepares for his first ever late-night interview, he receives a phone call from his ex-lover and begins questioning the choices and life decisions he's had to make along the way to get there.
IFS PREMIERE
7:00pm
May 21st Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Matt Ferrucci
R USA
SHORT FILM PROGRAM 21-B
An alcoholic’s recovery is jeopardized when she accidentally sends a damaging email to her boss, forcing her to confront her past to save her job and sobriety.
"The Ninth" is a dark character study with laughs, in the vein of films like "Clean & Sober" and "Rachel Getting Married", exploring not just recovery, but a woman's fight to reclaim her dignity.
IFS PREMIERE
7:00pm
May 21st Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Zoe Koke
R USA
SHORT FILM PROGRAM 21-B
"Leena" is an elliptical portrait of a complex father-daughter relationship, set in and around a houseboat in Santa Barbara Harbor where the characters live together.
We observe Leena’s life with her single, alcoholic father as she navigates the dissonant role of being both child and provider/caretaker. Leena works at a grocery store. Her relationship with her father is both endearing and explosive, mired by substance abuse. In a few brief, beautiful moments away from her work and family situation, Leena sees glimpses of the possibility of another life.
WORLD PREMIERE
7:00pm
May 21st Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Allie Perison
R USA
SHORT FILM PROGRAM 21-B
Gemma and Mae attend a break-up party for one of Mae’s new friends, a group of women who unironically refer to themselves as the “Femmes.”
This group has been cultivated by Lake Evans, the hostess of the party and a quintessentially effortless it-girl. Gemma is meeting Mae’s friends for the first time, and as she experiences the connection between her girlfriend and Lake firsthand, Gemma begins to suspect that this aspirationalism around Lake is meant to obscure a sinister secret.
SHE DEVIL is a character-driven horror-comedy about the duality and contradictions of female influence and begs the question... How ride-or-die are you, really?
WEST COAST PREMIERE
7:00pm
May 21st Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Blake Kaiser
R USA
Set in 1988 Los Angeles, this dramedy feature film follows the story of Douglass, a young man who winds up convinced by his new and slightly older girlfriend, Gracie, to become the pornstar “Douggy-Style” under her management.
WORLD PREMIERE
8:00pm
May 21st Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Neil Oliver Chisholm
R USA
Benjamin, a down-on-his-luck guy, takes a job at his girlfriend Naomi's father's Chinese restaurant. To prove his worth, he gets caught up in a scheme with his friend Ralo involving a high-stakes delivery truck heist during the Grammy's.
Packed with unexpected twists, outrageous characters, and a blend of humor and action, Benjamin's quest for honor turns into a chaotic adventure. Will he succeed in winning over his girlfriend's father, or will his plans go up in flames?
WORLD PREMIERE
9:45pm
May 21st Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 14