Welcome to the Los Angeles CineFest

Meet filmmakers in person at the Red Carpet, Awards Ceremony, and Q&A after screenings. We’ll present local, national and international productions.

Enjoy premieres and AWARD winning films previously screened at other famous film festivals around the world.
Comedies, dramas, animations, you name it.

10% OF TICKET SALES WILL GO TO FREE ARTS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN

Join us. Have fun. Be inspired

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Sunday, January 12 2020

Promenade Playhouse
1404 3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica, CA 90401

Awards Ceremony
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Meet all filmmakers in person at the Awards!
Tickets $20 DOOR, $18 ONLINE HERE

Block 1
Screenings 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Q&A with Filmmakers 2:00 PM - 2:25 PM
Tickets $10 DOOR, $9 ONLINE HERE

Block 2
Screenings 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Q&A with Filmmakers 3:30 PM - 3:55 PM
Tickets $10 DOOR, $9 ONLINE HERE

Block 3
Screenings 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Q&A with Filmmakers 5:00 PM - 5:25 PM
Tickets $10 DOOR, $9 ONLINE HERE

Block 4
Screening 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Q&A with Filmmakers Q&A 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Tickets $10 DOOR, $9 ONLINE HERE

ALL FILMS PASS
1:00 - 7:00 PM
ALL Q&As with FILMMAKERS
Tickets $40 DOOR, $35 ONLINE HERE

Winner will get Hand made Golden Trophies. Those who need certificates they are available here https://www.lacinefest.org/certificates.html

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Watch FESTIVAL TRAILER here.
We selected a few seconds of each film and created 7 min piece.
We'll screen these films on Jan 12, starting 1:00 PM

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Watch films, meet filmmakers in PERSON!

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Block 1
Screenings
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Meet Filmmakers in Person. Q&A.
2:00 PM - 2:25 PM
Tickets $10 DOOR, $9 ONLINE HERE

How Can I Help You?
by Matt Neylon
Short Comedy
6:50

Colors of France
by Jacob ChangRascle
Short Drone Film
3:48

Mira has to sleep
by Falko Jakobs
Short Thriller
10:45

The Dinner Party
by Rowan Devereux
Short Comedy
9:30

Anomaly
by Ann Chong
Short Experimental
1:37
FILMMAKERS IN PERSON!

The Ribbon
by Polla-Ilariya Kozino
Short Animation
4:25

The Bibcocks' Incursion
by Alvin Joo
Short Comedy
5:45

Stag
by Jonnie Stapleton
Short Comedy
15:00
FILMMAKERS IN PERSON!

Block 2
Screenings
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Meet Filmmakers in Person. Q&A.
3:30 PM - 3:55 PM
Tickets $10 DOOR, $9 ONLINE HERE

TIME FIX
by André Rodrigues
Short Sci-Fi
7:03

Stay Green
by Brian Wallace
So-Cal Filmmakers
Comedy
6:35
FILMMAKERS IN PERSON!

MARIPOSA
by Dimitri Luedemann
Short Drama
11:00
FILMMAKERS IN PERSON!

THE SOUL OF ICELAND
by Marcello Ercole
Drone Film
5:00

Little Bird
by Lauren Scott-Berry
Short Drama
4:49
FILMMAKERS IN PERSON!

World As We Know It
by Jameson Bryant
Short Comedy
10:38

What Are You?
by Richard B. Pierre
Short Documentary
20:00
FILMMAKERS IN PERSON!

Block 3
Screenings
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Meet Filmmakers in Person. Q&A.
5:00 PM - 5:25 PM
Tickets $10 DOOR, $9 ONLINE HERE

Sisterly Love
by Clare Pickering
Short Comedy
6:42
FILMMAKERS IN PERSON!

Lone in the Dark
by Tomasz Chrapusta
Music Video
3:19

Ladies Lounge
by MIchelle Bossy
Short Drama
9:15
FILMMAKERS IN PERSON!

Like and Follow
by Tobias Schlage
Short Animation
2:00

Crystallize
by Roger Spy
Music Video
5:05

Sold Down The River
by Karen Erbach-Lawlor
Short Documentary
14:45
FILMMAKERS IN PERSON!

Freeze Me
by Joel Scott-Halkes
Short Drama
15:00

Block 4
Screening
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Meet Filmmakers in Person. Q&A.
6:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Tickets $10 DOOR, $9 ONLINE HERE

Blind Birdwatcher
by Morten Andersen
Short Documentary
1:52

Postal
by Tyler Falbo
Feature Film
01:16:10
FILMMAKERS IN PERSON!

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Awards Ceremony
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Meet all filmmakers in person at the Awards!
Tickets $20 DOOR, $18 ONLINE HERE

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Block 1
Screenings 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Q&A with Filmmakers 2:00 PM - 2:25 PM
Tickets $10 DOOR, $9 ONLINE HERE

How Can I Help You?
by Matt Neylon
Short Comedy
6:50

A heartbroken woman dwells on her ex when a stranger snaps her out of it. In the least likely of places, she finds help and gets some pent-up feelings off her chest.

Colors of France
by Jacob ChangRascle
Short Drone Film
3:48

Mira has to sleep
by Falko Jakobs
Short Thriller
10:45

Mira is about to take her final psychology exam. She suffers from sleep disorders and falls asleep again and again as she learns. By a loud knocking she is torn from her sleep again and again...

The Dinner Party
by Rowan Devereux
Short Comedy
9:30

A young couple setup for their first dinner party until tensions mount as their guests keep calling to cancel

The Ribbon
by Polla-Ilariya Kozino
Short Animation
4:25

A young girl suddenly finds herself in a beautiful imaginary world. As she explores this enchanting place, the long ribbon of her dress gets caught, holding her back. As she pulls on the ribbon to break free, a completely unexpected journey begins.

The Bibcocks' Incursion
by Alvin Joo
Short Comedy
5:45

A man pushed to brink...while up against a three bathroom sinks.

Stag
by Jonnie Stapleton
Short Comedy
15:00

After getting dumped by his fiancé, a middle aged man proceeds to take the couples swing dancing class he signed them both up for.

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Block 2
Screenings 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Q&A with Filmmakers 3:30 PM - 3:55 PM
Tickets $10 DOOR, $9 ONLINE HERE

TIME FIX
by André Rodrigues
Short Sci-Fi
7:03

A young girl finds a mysterious object. Soon, she finds out it's true purpose. Meanwhile, two agents go after her. Will she survive?

Stay Green
by Brian Wallace
So-Cal Filmmakers
Comedy
6:35

For the people. For the planet. For the pretense. In this "mundane documentary," an unassuming man reveals the activist hero within himself.

MARIPOSA
by Dimitri Luedemann
Short Drama
11:00

After losing their apartment - a mother and her daughter struggle as they are forced to spend their first night out as a homeless family in their car.

THE SOUL OF ICELAND
by Marcello Ercole
Drone Film
5:00

This was the second time I have been to Iceland. I stayed there for 10 days and I traveled over 4000 km through the land and around the coast. There are no words to describe the beauty of this country. I hope this film can genuinely convey the awe I felt when I was there.

Little Bird
by Lauren Scott-Berry
Short Drama
4:49

19 year old Katie races along a ruggedly beautiful cliff path leading to a sheer drop to the sea crashing below. Desperate and in anguish, she is running to prevent an impending tragedy.
Her nine year old brother, Charlie stands on the edge, motionless. As she approaches, he spreads his arms and calmly steps off.

World As We Know It
by Jameson Bryant
Short Comedy
10:38

Neil lives in a society where the allied world corporation has adapted the intake of pills called Repicle, to increase work productivity. Neil is forced to live without these pills one day, after he loses them. He goes through the day trying to hide his ‘sickness’ until he confronts the culprit, Kiara, his girlfriend. After a heavy argument with Kiara, he discovers that these pills only makes him inhuman and thus changing his belief of being a good human being in his world.

What Are You?
by Richard B. Pierre
Short Documentary
20:00

'What Are You?' is a short documentary that explores the lives of multiracial people as they reveal the struggles of living in a racially divided world.

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Block 3
Screenings 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Q&A with Filmmakers 5:00 PM - 5:25 PM
Tickets $10 DOOR, $9 ONLINE HERE

Sisterly Love
by Clare Pickering
Short Comedy
6:42

When Harriet’s sister, Crystal, flouts the values of recycling in lieu of giving her a decent birthday present, then runs off with her blind date, Harriet decides to take matters into her own hands. When it comes to sibling rivalry, the best revenge is to pay it forward.

Trailer
https://vimeo.com/318413195

Lone in the Dark
by Tomasz Chrapusta
Music Video
3:19

Lone in the Dark – first fictional beatbox video in world.
What happens when two creative forces meet? When extreme emotions are given voice and indomitable passion prevails over the complicated matter? Time is in the void, scattered over the past, the present and the future. Sense of place is of no consequence, it’s merely a pretext to show the real and lasting solitude of a man. There is however light in darkness, which shelters from fear. Two opposed forces fight each other, none wins over the other. Good and evil, light and darkness, life and death. All come together in Lone in the Dark.

Ladies Lounge
by MIchelle Bossy
Short Drama
9:15

Lady (Mara Kassin, Extra Innings, Oscar-winning short, Curfew) sits in front of a mirror in the lounge of a stuffy restaurant, contemplating her reflection. She is joined by the lounge attendant (Lynn Cohen, Munich, Sex and the City), who offers her the lounge amenities--none of which will fix what's really wrong: her boyfriend (Greg Keller, While We're Young) has brought a small box to dinner, but it doesn't hold an engagement ring. Lady hears a noise coming from the restroom, and finds her doppelganger, ecstatic over the world's biggest engagement ring. While her boyfriend waits impatiently, Lady contends with more versions of herself--a harried mother with a newborn, and finally, a bloodthirsty femme fatale. Ladies Lounge is a film about the roles women are offered, and how they must sometimes take their power back by any means necessary.

Like and Follow
by Tobias Schlage
Short Animation
2:00

When a kid starts spending time in the real world, it's up to his smartphone to bring his attention back to where it belongs.

Anomaly
by Ann Chong
Short Experimental
1:37

An experimental film portraying obsession with perfectionism in our lives.

Crystallize
by Roger Spy
Music Video
5:05

"I gave you freedom of thought, but you never used it anyway". The themes of Crystallize couldn’t be clearer; creation, destruction, suppression and ultimately, with Roger’s help, total freedom of expression. The only things holding us back are ourselves, and the crushing weight and expectation of 2500 years of human history. So, repeat after me, prisms not prisons.

Sold Down The River
by Karen Erbach-Lawlor
Short Documentary
14:45

In the state of Wisconsin, third world water conditions have become an epidemic, brought on by factory farms and big agribusiness. Legislators seem to put the interests of their corporate donors over the health and safety concerns of their constituents, and they continue to support bills that protect big business and polluters. This disturbing trend has been happening across the United States.

Freeze Me
by Joel Scott-Halkes
Short Drama
15:00

With only hours to save his daughters life, an East London father tries one insane last hope to save her: DIY cryopreservation.

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Block 4
Screening 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Q&A with Filmmakers Q&A 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Tickets $10 DOOR, $9 ONLINE HERE

Blind Birdwatcher
by Morten Andersen
Short Documentary
1:52

Juan Pablo has been blind since birth but he has become one of the best "birdwatchers" in the world by using his ears, not his eyes.
His father encouraged him to play birdsong on the piano as a child and took him to museums to feel their feathers.

Postal
by Tyler Falbo
Feature Film
01:16:10

A dark comedy based on true events, Postal reimagines the emotional meltdown of Philip Tress, a Jacksonville millennial described by local media as “unable to break from a psychotic, unrequited love affair." Phil's downfall gained notoriety as his breakdown was documented by multiple recordings of calls Phillip made to a customer service agent at an international shipping company. Bronco brings us into the heart and mind of Phillip Tress on the morning his downward spiral began.

TRAILER
https://vimeo.com/326427970

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SCRIPT CATEGORY

The Joymaker
by Tara Grover Smith
WRITER IN PERSON!

Chuppah
by Brenda Malley

She Touched Me
by Timothy Folsome
WRITER IN PERSON!

And Then There Was Us
by Chandra Gerson
WRITER IN PERSON!

PROGENY
by Mehul Desai

3 Days To Go
by Mark Jones

Think Forward
by David Keogh

Roll With It
by Rosie Byrnes
WRITER IN PERSON!

Star Quest
by Natasha Markou

Adam and the Aliens 👽
by Nathaniel Baker

Scavengers
by Shivang Mehta

The Secret World of Danny Lopez
by Samuel Garza Bernstein

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SONG CATEGORY

I Can't Hide From This
by Arpita Chattopadhyay
SONG WRITER IN PERSON!

Pick A Number - Audio
by Lara Lavi

Missin' You
by Kelvin Frazier
SONG WRITER IN PERSON!

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POSTER CATEGORY

KILLER THERAPY POSTER
by Barry Jay
ARTIST IN PERSON!

Lillian Movie Poster
by James Seyer

Bet the Demon Wins (poster)
by Denise Hurley

Alternate Ground Poster
by Daniel Groom
ARTIST IN PERSON!

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SCORE CATEGORY

The Art of Flawsome
by Jaimie Pangan

Shards in the heart
by Natalee Borisenko

ALL AROUND COWBOY
by Mariano Saulino

The Ribbon
by Jonathan Galland

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PHOTOGRAPHY CATEGORY

The Shape
by Tyler Darkow

Frosty
by Tyler Darkow

Strain Zero
by Tyler Darkow

Secrets of the Flower and Willow World
by Robin Yong

Join us. Have fun. Be inspired.

See you ALL at the Festival

Sunday, January 12 2020

Promenade Playhouse
1404 3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica, CA 90401

We start 12 PM.