10th Annual Los Angeles CineFest Film Festival.
We were waiting for you all day!
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Join us on Sunday, January 14, 2024, at the LAPAC in Los Angeles.
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Watch amazing films.
We have premieres and award-winning pieces screened previously
at other unique film festivals worldwide.
Enjoy Q&A with filmmakers after screenings.
Meet new people.
Make connections in the film and TV industries.
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1% of all ticket and festival merchandise sales go to
Free Arts for Abused Children
www.freearts.org
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Schedule
Doors Open @ 11:45am
Festival Opening & Block 1 @12pm
Pretty Hands, Director Senyo Mortty, Drama, UK, 9:32
Boss Bitch, Director Bobby Godas, Comedy, USA, 11:54 FILMMAKERS IN PERSON!
HUNTING PERIOD, Director Elodie Beaumont Tarillon, Drama, France, 19:02
Enforcer of the Month, Director Michael Ashton, Comedy, USA, 13:51 FILMMAKERS IN PERSON!
Bodysuit, Director Gordy De St Jeor, Drama, USA, 8:09 FILMMAKERS IN PERSON!
Saleeg, Director Afnan Bawyan, Animation, Saudi Arabia, 9:39
Total time: 72min
Q&A with Filmmakers @1:20pm
Break at 1:50pm
Block 2 @ 2pm
The Church of Tony Dufresne, Director Patrick Hodgson, Drama, Canada, 19:00 FILMMAKERS IN PERSON!
On Site, Directors Mitch Yapko, Allen Rueckert, Comedy, USA, 14:04 FILMMAKERS IN PERSON!
Feeling Breathless, Director Vratislav Karas, Documentary, Czech Republic, 17:00
Afterimage, Directors Robyn MacIntosh, Serin Chun, Animation, Canada, 7:53
Lady In Ermine Short, Director Donna DiGiuseppe, Drama, Italy, 8:13 FILMMAKERS IN PERSON!
A Step Apart, Director Ben J. Read, Drama, Australia, 19:39 FILMMAKERS IN PERSON!
Total time: 86 min
Q&A with Filmmakers @3:30pm
Break at 3:50pm
Block 3 @ 4pm
The Smile, Director Erik van Schaaik, Animation/Comedy Netherlands, 15:00
PLAY, Directors jinzhao Luan, yiwen Guo, Drama, China, 48:07
Hell Week, Director Kassy Mahea, Comedy, USA, 9:35 FILMMAKERS IN PERSON!
THE LOS ANGELES EXPERIENCE, Director Connor Nelson, Drone Films, USA, 1:15 FILMMAKERS IN PERSON!
su Pissiafoi musica, Composer Gabriele Di Girolamo, Score, Italy, 1:43
Total time: 76min
Q&A with Filmmakers @5:20pm
Break at 5:50pm
Awards Ceremony @ 6pm
End of Festival @ 6:30pm
Hosted by
Kristen Lundberg Actress, comedian, producer
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Location
LAPAC
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Parking
Midvale & Pico (Lot 707)
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Tickets
Festival Merch
1% of each sale goes to FREE ARTS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN, www.freearts.org
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Films we selected in the past
Films we selected this year
VOTING
Come to the festival and vote for the BEST OF AUDIENCE AWARD.
Once you pick up a ticket, ask for a ballot at the front desk.
Write the title of the film you like and return the ballot at the front desk.
Block 1 @12pm
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Pretty Hands, Director Senyo Mortty, Drama, UK, 9:32
After recently moving to a seaside town, a single mother’s mental state derails as she becomes increasingly convinced that someone is trying to steal her baby. WATCH TRAILER |
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Boss Bitch, Director Bobby Godas, Comedy, USA, 11:54
FILMMAKERS IN PERSON! When four longtime besties plan a weekend away, a fun girls night quickly turns into a girl fight... for their lives. |
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HUNTING PERIOD, Director Elodie Beaumont Tarillon, Drama, France, 19:02
When she has just turned 18, Gaby is still very projected by her dad and her younger sister. Even the menstrual period seems to want to continue to spare her, until she decides to force things a little. |
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Enforcer of the Month, Director Michael Ashton, Comedy, USA, 13:51
FILMMAKERS IN PERSON! In the competitive world of parking enforcement at a Los Angeles office, the "Enforcer of the Month" title is the holy grail. Harold Birkeland has dominated the competition by winning seven consecutive months, much to the frustration of Jimmy Wen. Tired of Harold's winning streak, Jimmy teams up with a new transfer colleague to devise a plan to bring Harold down and reclaim the top spot for himself. But as the race heats up, tensions rise, and the stakes become higher, Jimmy and his partner must decide whether winning is truly worth it. |
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Bodysuit, Director Gordy De St Jeor, Drama, USA, 8:09
FILMMAKERS IN PERSON! Anna, a hopeful young girl, faces the harsh reality of normalized male behavior when she meets with a Los Angeles photographer at his home studio. |
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Saleeg, Director Afnan Bawyan, Animation, Saudi Arabia, 9:39
A lonely old lady living in a neighborhood full of strangers is overwhelmed by uncontrollable massive amounts of food that she prepares by accident and it’s threatening her house. |
Block 2 @ 2pm
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The Church of Tony Dufresne, Director Patrick Hodgson, Drama, Canada, 19:00 FILMMAKERS IN PERSON!
A struggling paranoid schizophrenic goes off his medication to become a televangelist. |
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On Site, Directors Mitch Yapko, Allen Rueckert, Comedy, USA, 14:04
FILMMAKERS IN PERSON! Property management is one of the most exciting, under-regulated and fast-growing industries in the United States. This is the story of one such property manager - Derek Setliff. He's very important. Don't believe me? Just ask him. WATCH TRAILER |
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Feeling Breathless, Director Vratislav Karas, Documentary, Czech Republic, 17:00
A short documentary about an old man who still lives the forgotten way of life in the Krkonoše Mountains (The Czech Republic). Zdeněk Jiřička (born in 1937) has spent almost his entire life in his native cottage in Vojtěšice and its surrounding area. He is an expert of his region and lives in symbiosis with the nature all year round. However, the transformation of traditional way of life also affects this remote Krkonoše village... The film is an ethnographic and artistic essay about the vanishing generation of farmers from these mountains. |
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Afterimage, Directors Robyn MacIntosh, Serin Chun, Animation, Canada, 7:53
When Bunny's attempts to live up to the legacy of her photographer father fall flat, some unexpected guidance gives her a new outlook on her work. WATCH TRAILER |
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Lady In Ermine Short, Director Donna DiGiuseppe, Drama, Italy, 8:13
FILMMAKERS IN PERSON! The biopic short film Lady In Ermine dramatizes the day in which Sofonisba Anguissola found her inspiration as a portraitist amidst the occupation of her land by a foreign ruler - the ruler she would one day capture in paint. |
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A Step Apart, Director Ben J. Read, Drama, Australia, 19:39
FILMMAKERS IN PERSON! Jamie, a 10-year-old country boy, who has grown up with his step brother Will, struggles with not only the impending divorce of their parents but the grief of the potential loss of the only sibling he has ever known. |
Block 3 @ 4pm
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The Smile, Director Erik van Schaaik, Animation/Comedy Netherlands, 15:00
When a world-famous film star is accused of eating his female co-stars, his career goes down the drain. That wipes the smile off his face! |
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PLAY, Directors jinzhao Luan, yiwen Guo, Drama, China, 48:07
Liu Ying is a minor character who lives in poverty and earns a living by selling low-quality retail clothing. She was delighted to be invited to an appointment by her online dating partner, Cheng Fang, but was hopeless for his wealth. Therefore, she took her roommate’s advice, which is Wang Man showing how to buy luxuries without a bill, by”returning stuff back in seven days with no excuse”. |
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Hell Week, Director Kassy Mahea, Comedy, USA, 9:35
FILMMAKERS IN PERSON! Nikki's dark secret quickly unravels when her monthly monster comes knocking at her door. |
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THE LOS ANGELES EXPERIENCE, Director Connor Nelson, Drone Films, USA, 1:15 FILMMAKERS IN PERSON!
Experience a night in Los Angeles. |
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Screenplays we selected this year. Read now, online!
Please note that there will be no screenplays read at the event.
Read some screenplays now, here online. Just click the READ HERE button (where available). If you are a director or producer looking for a new screenplay and want to produce any of those listed works, contact Festival, and we'll contact you with a screenwriter. Some of the writers will be present at the event. It's another opportunity to talk to them about potential collaboration.
To Rock on the Block
Writer Summer Moran IN PERSON!
Television Script
When an aspiring rockstar moves into a quiet, suburban town next to a family that prides itself on being perfect, a war ensues as the new neighbors try to drive each other out for good.
READ HERE
Writer Summer Moran IN PERSON!
Television Script
When an aspiring rockstar moves into a quiet, suburban town next to a family that prides itself on being perfect, a war ensues as the new neighbors try to drive each other out for good.
READ HERE
All This Wind Shakes No Corn
Writers Mitch Yapko, Allen Rueckert IN PERSON!
Feature Screenplay
Trevor thought he was happy in the big city. Doug thought he had all he needed in his small town. But when they both lose everything they ever thought was important to them, they form an unlikely friendship that helps them both cope with lives that didn’t quite work out how they expected.
READ HERE
Writers Mitch Yapko, Allen Rueckert IN PERSON!
Feature Screenplay
Trevor thought he was happy in the big city. Doug thought he had all he needed in his small town. But when they both lose everything they ever thought was important to them, they form an unlikely friendship that helps them both cope with lives that didn’t quite work out how they expected.
READ HERE
Second Set
Writer Candace Lee Egan IN PERSON!
Television Script
SECOND SET is a light comedy with heart about a divorced fifty-five-year-old grandmother who has a second chance to follow her youthful dream to play college tennis that was interrupted when she had a baby at eighteen. The series follows Lina’s struggles, triumphs and frustrations, as she navigates her new life as a 55-year-old student athlete at quirky Kumquat Cove Community College.
READ HERE
Writer Candace Lee Egan IN PERSON!
Television Script
SECOND SET is a light comedy with heart about a divorced fifty-five-year-old grandmother who has a second chance to follow her youthful dream to play college tennis that was interrupted when she had a baby at eighteen. The series follows Lina’s struggles, triumphs and frustrations, as she navigates her new life as a 55-year-old student athlete at quirky Kumquat Cove Community College.
READ HERE
Victory Disease
Writer Andrew D TePas IN PERSON!
Feature Screenplay
A disgruntled veteran who can't seem to adjust back into society has his past catch up to him when a menace of the criminal underworld interferes with his life. After being placed into witness protection, he must do what he can to survive these attacks while making peace with his past mistakes.
READ HERE
Writer Andrew D TePas IN PERSON!
Feature Screenplay
A disgruntled veteran who can't seem to adjust back into society has his past catch up to him when a menace of the criminal underworld interferes with his life. After being placed into witness protection, he must do what he can to survive these attacks while making peace with his past mistakes.
READ HERE
Wish In One Hand
Writer Jeff Stacy IN PERSON!
Feature Screenplay
The life and times of John Wesley Hardin, the most prolific gunfighter of the old west.
READ HERE
Writer Jeff Stacy IN PERSON!
Feature Screenplay
The life and times of John Wesley Hardin, the most prolific gunfighter of the old west.
READ HERE
Safe
Writers Danielle Frimer, Fi Connors
Feature Screenplay
When climate disaster comes knocking in the city that Eli and her wife Lily call home, they seek refuge in Eli's AA sponsor's house on a remote Irish island. But as storms crack open the skies and their host presses into hidden cracks and dredges up well-guarded secrets, they are forced to reckon with how strong their bond really is.
READ HERE
Writers Danielle Frimer, Fi Connors
Feature Screenplay
When climate disaster comes knocking in the city that Eli and her wife Lily call home, they seek refuge in Eli's AA sponsor's house on a remote Irish island. But as storms crack open the skies and their host presses into hidden cracks and dredges up well-guarded secrets, they are forced to reckon with how strong their bond really is.
READ HERE
I Think We're Alone Now
Writer Sam Tricomo
Student Script
A Woman's night is continuously interrupted by strangers who claim to have been run off the road, looking for assistance.
READ HERE
Writer Sam Tricomo
Student Script
A Woman's night is continuously interrupted by strangers who claim to have been run off the road, looking for assistance.
READ HERE
Anokhi
Writer Rohini Jadhav
Short Screenplay
A young South Asian mother quietly struggles in an abusive marriage, but when her daughter returns home one day having been bullied, Anokhi must choose what kind of example she want to set for her.
SHARED BY REQUEST
Writer Rohini Jadhav
Short Screenplay
A young South Asian mother quietly struggles in an abusive marriage, but when her daughter returns home one day having been bullied, Anokhi must choose what kind of example she want to set for her.
SHARED BY REQUEST
Another Shot
Writer Luis Turbides
Short Screenplay
A Vietnam soldier is killed on the battlefield and is sent to a bar in the afterlife that turns out to be purgatory where he tries to bargain with the bartender.
Writer Luis Turbides
Short Screenplay
A Vietnam soldier is killed on the battlefield and is sent to a bar in the afterlife that turns out to be purgatory where he tries to bargain with the bartender.
The X Factor
Writer Stoyan Popov
Television Script
Colby’s carefree childhood is shattered when he starts having disturbing thoughts. Shortly after he suffers another blow with the violent death of his mother. Accused of this heinous act he grows up confined to a mental institution. His new physician discovers that Colby needs to listen to what the voice is saying.
Writer Stoyan Popov
Television Script
Colby’s carefree childhood is shattered when he starts having disturbing thoughts. Shortly after he suffers another blow with the violent death of his mother. Accused of this heinous act he grows up confined to a mental institution. His new physician discovers that Colby needs to listen to what the voice is saying.
My Last Day
Writer Enrico Dorigato
Short Screenplay
My Last Day is a heartbreaking story of a small child forced to say goodbye to his old life.
Writer Enrico Dorigato
Short Screenplay
My Last Day is a heartbreaking story of a small child forced to say goodbye to his old life.
Secret Lives, Restless Hearts
Writer Esaias Wiseworth Alexander
Short Screenplay
Carmel, California, 1962. Tom Whitman, a lonely Advertisement Clerk and Anne Caldwell, an alluring woman with whom he has been acquainted with, converse over their relationship one evening and arise into an argument. Before long, we find out both have been cheating on their significant spouses for many months, revealing personal issues and wrongful doings, which conflict with their reasoning to find satisfaction in their unfulfilled lives. Soon, the illicit couple must decide what would be at stake if to grapple with the risks of pursuing their forbidden relationship or abiding by the consequences of their unfaithfulness.
Writer Esaias Wiseworth Alexander
Short Screenplay
Carmel, California, 1962. Tom Whitman, a lonely Advertisement Clerk and Anne Caldwell, an alluring woman with whom he has been acquainted with, converse over their relationship one evening and arise into an argument. Before long, we find out both have been cheating on their significant spouses for many months, revealing personal issues and wrongful doings, which conflict with their reasoning to find satisfaction in their unfulfilled lives. Soon, the illicit couple must decide what would be at stake if to grapple with the risks of pursuing their forbidden relationship or abiding by the consequences of their unfaithfulness.
Corey's Hand
Writer Jim Norman
Feature Screenplay
A high school boy born with a deformed hand is determined to pitch for his school, like his father. His dream seems impossible until someone very unusual appears and coaches him.
Writer Jim Norman
Feature Screenplay
A high school boy born with a deformed hand is determined to pitch for his school, like his father. His dream seems impossible until someone very unusual appears and coaches him.
Nanabba
Writer Shayaan Khan
Student Script
After finding out he has a terminal illness, a grandfather must navigate a final weekend with his grandson without revealing his nearing death and passing on his final life lesson
Writer Shayaan Khan
Student Script
After finding out he has a terminal illness, a grandfather must navigate a final weekend with his grandson without revealing his nearing death and passing on his final life lesson
The Poet of Sugar Creek
Writer Karen Conley
Feature Screenplay
When a broken, reclusive poet meets a solitary little girl, they discover the healing power of their unlikely friendship.
Writer Karen Conley
Feature Screenplay
When a broken, reclusive poet meets a solitary little girl, they discover the healing power of their unlikely friendship.
The Bombecker Raceway
Writer Dan Chamandy
Television Script
The eccentric Bombecker family and their strange live-in colleagues must learn to work together as they confront disaster after disaster in an effort to keep their raceway alive.
Writer Dan Chamandy
Television Script
The eccentric Bombecker family and their strange live-in colleagues must learn to work together as they confront disaster after disaster in an effort to keep their raceway alive.
Flower Girl
Writer Samantha Montalvao Joia
Short Screenplay
While acting as the flower girl in her older brother’s wedding, Sofia catches him in a moment of indiscretion with a guest. Before the ceremony ends, she must choose between protecting him or revealing his secret.
Writer Samantha Montalvao Joia
Short Screenplay
While acting as the flower girl in her older brother’s wedding, Sofia catches him in a moment of indiscretion with a guest. Before the ceremony ends, she must choose between protecting him or revealing his secret.
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