2022 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

A Ukrainian girl fights for her life after being brutally raped, exposing the appropriation of violence towards women and victim shaming.

Director(s): Wil Crown
Writer(s): Wil Crown
Producer(s): Wil Crown, Jamie Ohlsen, Daria Diache
Key Cast: Daria Diache, Anna Oris

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Theatrical Screenings: Held at The Whitefire Theater in Sherman Oaks, (13500 Ventura Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423)
Screenings for the 2022 festival take place from November 15 to November 20.
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Virtual Screenings: The SOFF 2022 Virtual Screenings will begin Friday, November 18. There will be 25 films to watch that are Virtual Exclusives as well as many of the films that screened at the theater.
Click here to visit our Virtual Screenings!

Source: SOFF

2022 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

A woman on a solo backpacking trip battles her intuition when she encounters a friendly and overly helpful hiker whom she can’t seem to shake.

Director(s): Soma Helmi
Writer(s): Jaime Saginor
Producer(s): Jaime Saginor, Erinrose Widner
Key Cast: Jilon VanOver, Jaime Saginor

Go to 2022 Official Selections – Films Page

Theatrical Screenings: Held at The Whitefire Theater in Sherman Oaks, (13500 Ventura Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423)
Screenings for the 2022 festival take place from November 15 to November 20.
Click here to purchase tickets!

Virtual Screenings: The SOFF 2022 Virtual Screenings will begin Friday, November 18. There will be 25 films to watch that are Virtual Exclusives as well as many of the films that screened at the theater.
Click here to visit our Virtual Screenings!

Source: SOFF

2022 Official Selection: Short Film – Arthouse/Experimental

When a scientist succeeds in erasing one of their patients from existence, an empty human shadow is imprinted at the beginning of the universe. As the shadow awakens in the distant past, it feels a bitter drive to return to the blue planet from which it was cast. In the present, a soulless alien vessel filling itself with all knowledge of humanity resolves to defy its ancient creators after an unexpected connection with a human girl reveals their grim intentions and unnatural origin.

Created, Filmed by Dorian Matthew Kelley
Edited by Dorian Matthew Kelley, Nick Cornelison
Motion Graphics, Post-production by Nick Cornelison
Key Cast: Nicole Stine, Nick Cornelison

Go to 2022 Official Selections – Films Page

Theatrical Screenings: Held at The Whitefire Theater in Sherman Oaks, (13500 Ventura Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423)
Screenings for the 2022 festival take place from November 15 to November 20.
Click here to purchase tickets!

Virtual Screenings: The SOFF 2022 Virtual Screenings will begin Friday, November 18. There will be 25 films to watch that are Virtual Exclusives as well as many of the films that screened at the theater.
Click here to visit our Virtual Screenings!

Source: SOFF

2022 Official Selection: Featurette – Documentary

A Time in history that may never happen again. When schools closed a new education began.

Director(s): Ari Groobman
Writer(s): Ari Groobman
Producer(s): Ben O’Keefe, Mitchell Schwartz, Ryan Ramsey
Key Cast: Stacy Chu, Ping Liu, Brenda Valencia, Seyi Ayorinde, Hidekun Hah, Heather Turman, Jim Todd

Go to 2022 Official Selections – Films Page

Theatrical Screenings: Held at The Whitefire Theater in Sherman Oaks, (13500 Ventura Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423)
Screenings for the 2022 festival take place from November 15 to November 20.
Click here to purchase tickets!

Virtual Screenings: The SOFF 2022 Virtual Screenings will begin Friday, November 18. There will be 25 films to watch that are Virtual Exclusives as well as many of the films that screened at the theater.
Click here to visit our Virtual Screenings!

Source: SOFF

2022 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

Amy is a disenfranchised Chinese American girl working at her local grocery store during the height of the pandemic. As Amy confronts growing racism both in and outside of her home, Amy must come to terms with who she really is and what she really wants.

Director(s): Ari Groobman
Writer(s): Ari Groobman
Producer(s): Ben O’Keefe, Mitchell Schwartz, Ryan Ramsey
Key Cast: Stacy Chu, Ping Liu, Brenda Valencia, Seyi Ayorinde, Hidekun Hah, Heather Turman, Jim Todd

Go to 2022 Official Selections – Films Page

Theatrical Screenings: Held at The Whitefire Theater in Sherman Oaks, (13500 Ventura Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423)
Screenings for the 2022 festival take place from November 15 to November 20.
Click here to purchase tickets!

Virtual Screenings: The SOFF 2022 Virtual Screenings will begin Friday, November 18. There will be 25 films to watch that are Virtual Exclusives as well as many of the films that screened at the theater.
Click here to visit our Virtual Screenings!

Source: SOFF