2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

A couple wades through nibbles of discussion and heavy silences before breaking through the floor of their first, big loss together.

Director(s): Benjamin Carlucci
Writer(s): Jess Paul, Benjamin Carlucci
Producer(s): Benjamin Carlucci
Key Cast: Jess Paul, Curtis Caldwell

Los Angeles Premiere
Country: USA

Source: SOFF

2024 Official Selection: Feature Film – Drama

Over a decade after surviving an unspeakable trauma, Maggie Donovan struggles to reconcile newly-sparked romantic feelings with sinister memories.

Director(s): SJ Creazzo
Writer(s): Justy Kosek
Key Cast: Nellie Spackman, Nick Mauldin, Chase Masterson

World Premiere
Country: USA

Source: SOFF

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

A lonely musician in a small town creates a thriving (albeit imaginary) underground music scene by inventing and posing as a multitude of bands. When Rolling Stone Magazine takes notice, his life unravels as he struggles to maintain the facade of his fictional bands.

Director(s): Christopher Scamurra
Writer(s): Christopher Scamurra, Nicholas Reynolds
Producer(s): Nicholas Reynolds, Daisy Davis, Christopher Scamurra, Buck Lindelof
Key Cast: Creed Bratton, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Matthew Danger Lippman

Los Angeles Premiere
Country: USA

Source: SOFF

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror

While assembling a video-based obituary, two disgruntled workers find themselves haunted by the very person they are editing.

Director(s): Jacob Farley
Writer(s): Jacob Farley
Producer(s): Jacob Farley
Key Cast: Elinor Zugazagoitia, Kai Symons, Will Schoeninger

Los Angeles Premiere
Country: USA

Source: SOFF

2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy

At a quiet country bookstore, yoga teacher Lisa accidentally runs into Tanya, the woman who destroyed her marriage and nearly got her killed, only to find that there is now one more thing Tanya would like from her: physical punishment. Told through a series of escalating flashbacks, Will You Please Hit Me?’s distinct dark comedic tone and characters were born of a devising process involving stories from the actors lives, abstract movement, and improvisation.

Director(s): Jack Frederick
Writer(s): Jack Frederick, Melissa Aquiles, Lia Bonfilio
Producer(s):Melissa Aquiles, Jack Frederick
Key Cast: Melissa Aquiles, Lia Bonfilio, Jacob A. Ware, Matthew Dudley, Joshua Hurley, Kim Savarino, Kathiana Casimir, Dash King, Rory Cullen, Emily Pacilio, Gavin Price, Pat Galante, Florence Price, Charles Zivancev

Los Angeles Premiere
Country: USA

 

Source: SOFF