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Good morning, Sunshine!
Leonor has an unusual job: waking people up. 'Good morning, Sunshine!' is a company that helps people dealing with the hardships of waking up and facing another day full of problems and adversities.
Fatal Premonition
After an arrogant, young businessman gets a new job as his best friend's boss, he receives a premonition of his murder.
That Little "Drive" Thing
A tormented father is driving his son to work.
The young man will use this time to announce an important revelation.
Deal?
A public defender tries to convince his client to take a reduced sentence plea deal.
CRIADA - The Housemaid
This is a dramatic film about Elena, a young Latina trapped and struggling as an illegal immigrant working under the table as a house cleaner for this rich businesswoman in Beverly Hills. After receiving an urgent text message from her sister back in Mexico regarding the failing health of her mother, she is faced with the dilemma of where to resort to finding the money. After being turned down by her businesswoman boss for financial help, and against her moral stand against stealing, she had no choice but to take some of her boss’s jewelry with the possible repercussion of being caught, reported and possibly deported.
YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL
You are beautiful is a short story about a young boy and mature man. Both of them logs into a gay chat site. They both show no faces and they use other people's photos.
When browsing trough the site, the young men and the mature one meet virtually and start to chat. The confused about his desires boy agrees to meet live with the interesting and mysterious profile.
What kind of secret might this date bring out? And, is there a family without a secret?
BOUND
Desperate to win back her ex boyfriend, Emily turns up at Mark's house unannounced. But the dark truth behind their breakup is revealed. The very thing that keeps them apart is the thing that keeps them bound.
Prophet
A blind homeless man "hears" the graffiti walls of the city tell him the deepest, darkest secrets of strangers as they pass by... and he sings them out for all to hear. How did he get this ability, and what happens when revenge comes?
QUANTA
A middle-aged experimental physicist is forced to take on an arrogant 20-something as he makes the biggest discovery of his career.
SLOVEN
A man comes home to find his untidy roommate has left the house particularly messy.... Or has something unearthly created the disorder?
Paint Me
After his mum and life inspiration dies, a commission artist decides to stop painting. This turns out to be harder than he'd anticipated when a young new neighbour intrudes his quietude and insists in him painting her. Her enthusiastic questioning about love forces him to eventually remember where his drive to brush paint on a canvas resides.
Kadawa
Yoni, a naive 16 year old teen inmigrant from Argentina gets labeled as a "sucker". To prove he is not, Yoni joins the kids at school in a game called "Kadawa", a game where the most violent wins and to his surprise... he likes it.
Interview With A Racist
A mother and daughter find themselves at odds after having to deal with the tragic loss of their son/brother. Instead of looking for justice through the court of law, the two decide to take matters into their own hands and resolve the loss by adding another one. The short film touches on how a family would possibly feel if they were to lose a member of theirs for an unjust reason. People tend to seek justice differently when they are the witness and victim of the same crime repeatedly.
Nights
A man lost in his city and love, he escaped form the original life and moves to another city. But the new life was not as his expectation. Things began to collapse, just like a runaway train gaining momentum in miserable nights.
I Hate the Color Red
A comedy about a sister and a brother who having inherited a video store from their parents, struggle to keep it a viable business. However thanks to “red boxes” and “red envelopes,” they realize that their store will soon become obsolete. How they reconcile themselves to this realization, or don’t, will leave you chuckling and charmed.
Pieces of boredom
Trapped in their everyday life, two young boys try to find excitement in parties, love, alcohol. But boredom is the same everywhere.
Electric Faces
A young crook's plans to commit the perfect robbery are thrown into chaos by a cantankerous bank guard and an increasingly unstable robot.
DuO - an awards winning short film.
When Melanie begrudgingly agrees to give Marcel, a French mime who doesn't speak english, a ride to his audition in Las Vegas, they both have to overcome their differences to prevent this trip from being a disaster.
Puppy Love
Be careful who you talk to online
The Social Net Wake
Everyone remembers a few years ago when we lost our dear friend, MySpace to the change in time. Here is a film, based on a true story, of how the social networks took a turn for the worst.
Our crafty pal, Pincushion hosts a dinner party for her and her fellow social net work buddies at her house to mourn the loss of a mutual friend and network, MyFace. When they realize they all have differences, they lose track of the real reason why they're together and get surprised with an upgrade.
Alpha Male
After leaving his infant son in the hands of a woodsman, 10 years later the man returns to take back his son.
The River
The River is an experimental short documenting the repetitively traumatic nature of pregnancy. Director Yating Hsu explores childbirth and the physical and emotional toll that childbirth took on her personally. In her film, Hsu uses her body as a canvas, providing viewers with a most intimate view of what the female body is subjected to when bringing a pregnancy to term. Images of Hsu accompany impressionistic depictions of her fetus in utero, and images of rivers suggesting both hope and menace, amongst other things.
Hsu and her husband invite audiences to partake in their shared nine-month journey.
ABC- A Short Film
For some people life is about triumph against all odds, for some; life is only about complexities. Some walk through this road aimlessly and some; actually become the bridge.
ABC is a short film that showcases the dichotomy between two extreme yet simple individuals. It is an empowering film which has the dexterity & optimism to resonate amongst all sections of audience.
Carmen
Outside a small rehearsal hall a group of hopeful actresses wait to audition for the coveted lead role of Carmen in the iconic opera. One particular hopeful, Carmen Frasquita, is about to face the challenge of her lifetime and the judges are about to see a performance like no other. Just what happens when the impossible dream becomes a reality?
The way home
After escaping the war in their home country where the circumstances still are life-threatening, Sabah and a part of her family ends up at the hospital in Sweden. Her mother is sick and her little brother confused. And as if that wasn’t enough, Sabah is informed that their application for asylum in Sweden has been rejected. Slowly her entire world comes crashing down and the time is running out. The police will soon escort Sabah and her family to the airport for deportation. She has to make a choice. Stay with her family and return to the war or escape on her own and live as an undocumented migrant in a foreign country.
Earth Beneath My Feet
A woman living in the depths of a Cornish valley has her solitude disrupted by a traveller on her way to Lands End.
The Death Drive
A self-proclaimed astronaut searches for the missing impact in his life. The young thrill seeker must find the balance between having a relationship and embracing his urge to self-destruct.
H-3957
The manufacturing hand H-3957 has an accident. After regeneration, H-3957 wants to continue his job. But the Company-Main-Computer answers, that H-3957 is to slow to continue working there. H-3957 retires. After another regeneration sleep, he feels his finger more than before. He recognizes the warm feeling blanket. After that he goes into the nature to feel everything: the rocks, the flowers, the water…
Every man has a price
Felice is a young winemaker who runs his winery with passion, helped by his worker and friend Nicola. An entrepreneur in the prime of his political rise, Michele Colucci, makes a generous offer to Felice to buy his property. Felice at first refuses firmly. Later relations between them are mediated by Magda, secretary of Colucci, and close to Felice, who must make his choice: to succumb to the pressures of Colucci or stand and fight for the defense of his property and dignity.
UPCOMING LIVE EVENTS
Hollywood Short Film Festival
& Los Angeles CineFest Film Market Screenings
January 9-10, Santa Monica CA
http://hsff.weebly.com
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Los Angeles Short Film Festival
March 5-6, Santa Monica CA
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Sunset Film Festival
May 21-22, Santa Monica CA
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