2018 Award Winners Announced

The juries deliberated and debated… and finally decided.  Sincerely, all 36 films that screened at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival this year were great.  Being an Official Selection at SOFF truly means something.  We do not select films based on recognizable actors, social media followers, and or large local fanbases.  We select the films based …

Episode 72: Varun Raman & Tom Hancock

Transmission.  Transmission is a film that you MUST SEE.  This film is a brilliant work of art from Varun Raman & Tom Hancock; a young team out of Manchester, England (though they’ve moved since) who studied film on their own, wrote a pile of scripts and then managed to put together a team and a cast …

Episode 71: DIF4Q with Jonah Mazer

Jonah Mazer, Ethan Howard, & Jeff Howard at the Sherman Oaks Street Fair Jonah Mazer is a director and cinematographer whose filmography keeps growing and growing… and he’s in High School.  His excellent short film Life After screened at Film Invasion Los Angeles in June 2018 and he approached me at that festival to ask if …

Your Call is Important to Us

2018 Official Selection: Narrative Short Film A short comedy that confirms our fears about what really goes on at call centres when asked: “Please hold?” Director: TJ Power Writer(s): TJ Power Producer(s): Riley Nottingham Cast: David James, Andy Lee, Brent Hill, Leith McPherson, Gig Clarke. Purchase Tickets Don’t get hung up. Return to 2018 Official …