2021 MARCH FILM FESTIVAL FILMS
March 27, 2021
BLOCK 1 6PM
TIEMPO
How persistent yet vain efforts to reunite drive two lovers into raw pain and agony - a music video written and directed by French filmmaker Louis Moncouyoux for Mexican band Gravité.
Directed by Louis Moncouyoux
STRAIGHT INTO THE OCEAN
Straight Into The Ocean - A Music Video by Allen Ling Nov 19, 2020 This visual and audio work is about heartbreak, closure, friendship and tragedy. We follow the journey of lovers, and witness two very different outcomes. Completed in 2020, the original
Directed by Carolyn Laws
I’M STAYING RIGHT HERE
The original song "I'm Staying Right Here" is from the independent feature film "Unspoken". A movie about a man struggling with his feelings for his best friend's wife.
Directed by Daryl Denner
KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR
A lovely couple get their relationship ruined when the girlfriend has to move far away. The boyfriend, always thinking of her and the good times they shared decides to go for a road trip.
Directed by Michael Vincent Finazzo
TORI LEPPERT - HOME (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
New music video from singer-songwriter Tori Leppert.
Directed by Chad Comey
NOWHERE NEAR
A young woman explores the reality of a toxic relationship through a parallel world built on music and dance. As the lines become blurred between what exists and what could have been, she is left to choose between tortured love and solitude.
Directed by Christophe Filippi, Kayla Kalbfleisch
BLANK STARES
A young man has a nightmare in which he reimagines his ex-girlfriend as a robot.
Directed by Annie Yan
ALL ALONE IN APRIL
A SILENT FILM ABOUT LOVE IN ISOLATION about a lonely widow quarantining alone as the apocalypse occurs outside her front window.
Directed by Ace Norton
BLOCK 2 7:15PM
IGNITE YOUR LOVE (TRAILER)
Ignite Your Love is about a relationship expert named Amor Rose who helps couples bring back the spark in their relationships through the help of her book, "Ignite Your Love: The Love Challenge for Couples", by helping them understand their spouses love
Directed by Stacey Gill
IF ANYONE ASKS...
Kate and Dave are on a Tinder date, and it's going pretty well - but if anyone asks, they didn’t meet on Tinder…
Directed by Imogen Ross
SEX SHACK
A professional, Pacific Palisades couch-surfer attempts to woo his girlfriend, but his attempts to spice up their love life quickly deteriorate when she confesses her concerns about the future of their relationship.
Directed by Chad Comey
MATTY BOY
A man with a suggestible mind marries a second wife mistakenly out of a desperate situation and now faces the consequences, taking him on a twisting and turning rollercoaster of a ride beyond anything he could have ever imagined.
Directed by Dr Shahid Kamal
INCURABLE
Trina wants to tell the man she loves about the invisible illness she hides, but when her imagination gets the best of her, it leads her on a rollercoaster ride of rejection and the worst possible outcomes. Will she give into her fears or will she face them, and at what cost? A story of Love, Rejection, and an Overactive Imagination
Directed by Michelle Bossy
DEAR HANNAH
Camille, a struggling artist desperate for a muse, meets Hannah, a young girl with a personality bright enough to inspire the darkest days. The art they make is truly one of a kind. Until it's not.
Directed by Veronica Tullo
WICHITA
Sara is in bed with her lover when her husband calls. When he asks for something in his sock drawer, she runs home, stalling for time, asking endless questions about Wichita, Kansas.
Directed by Sergine Dumais
MIRACLE BABY
Miracle Baby is a psychological thriller about a congressman’s wife who discovers that her husband has been cheating on her. The film follows her glorious and chilling revenge as she reveals herself as the true power-partner. By night’s end, the only question left is whether she’s lost more than she gained.
Directed by MICHELLE BOSSY
BLOCK 3 8:45PM
YUKI VS. PANDA
Official Trailer for Yuki vs. Panda
Directed by Andrew Palmer
AFTER CLASS
Marginalized by the school registration system, a mother tries to send her daughter to school at all costs.
Directed by Charles Xiuzhi Dong
WAKE
WAKE is the story of Ophelia, a young woman trapped in a world between life and death. It is a stunning visual expression of her journey to break free of grief in the aftermath of her father’s suicide. She battles the shadows of her psyche as she travels through the sometimes beautiful yet terrifying landscape of her emotions.
Directed by Cartter Evans
HE'S A GOOD KID
A mother searches for her son in the aftermath of a school shooting.
Directed by Mylissa Fitzsimmons
THE HELPING HAND
From the Academy Award winning team behind Curfew, The Helping Hand explores the ties between technology and a growing family. With a new baby at home, young parents adopt a hi-tech monitoring system. Will it be an answer to their woes or have they invited a monster into their home?
Directed by Brenden Hubbard
MARFA
“Marfa” is a story about a man who thinks he wants to die. A once confident, now worn down man finds peace with the idea of hiring someone to kill him in the small town of Marfa, TX.
Directed by Joe Zizzo
OUTSIDE
A woman quarantined with her husband questions the reality of the threat keeping her inside her home and starts to believe he is holding her prisoner. Her mental state begins to unravel until she finally plots her escape Outside.
Directed by Amy Acker and James Carpinello
THE INTERNET KILLS
Euphoria meets The Ring. When Victoria and her friends discover an app that kills you, they accidentally unleash something truly evil...
Directed by Ari Costa and Eren Celeboglu
UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAYS
Chasing Love (written by Diana Foronda & Calvin Benson)
Clara's Garden (written by Bill Foster)
Fatal Ambition (written by Angel Connell)
Gross National Happiness (written by Kristin Steinmetz)
Jill and Bobby (written by Mike Vezza)
The Projectionist (written by Michael Dean)
Where's The Will (written by Paul Edward Laudicano)
March 27, 2021
BLOCK 1 6PM
TIEMPO
How persistent yet vain efforts to reunite drive two lovers into raw pain and agony - a music video written and directed by French filmmaker Louis Moncouyoux for Mexican band Gravité.
Directed by Louis Moncouyoux
STRAIGHT INTO THE OCEAN
Straight Into The Ocean - A Music Video by Allen Ling Nov 19, 2020 This visual and audio work is about heartbreak, closure, friendship and tragedy. We follow the journey of lovers, and witness two very different outcomes. Completed in 2020, the original
Directed by Carolyn Laws
I’M STAYING RIGHT HERE
The original song "I'm Staying Right Here" is from the independent feature film "Unspoken". A movie about a man struggling with his feelings for his best friend's wife.
Directed by Daryl Denner
KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR
A lovely couple get their relationship ruined when the girlfriend has to move far away. The boyfriend, always thinking of her and the good times they shared decides to go for a road trip.
Directed by Michael Vincent Finazzo
TORI LEPPERT - HOME (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
New music video from singer-songwriter Tori Leppert.
Directed by Chad Comey
NOWHERE NEAR
A young woman explores the reality of a toxic relationship through a parallel world built on music and dance. As the lines become blurred between what exists and what could have been, she is left to choose between tortured love and solitude.
Directed by Christophe Filippi, Kayla Kalbfleisch
BLANK STARES
A young man has a nightmare in which he reimagines his ex-girlfriend as a robot.
Directed by Annie Yan
ALL ALONE IN APRIL
A SILENT FILM ABOUT LOVE IN ISOLATION about a lonely widow quarantining alone as the apocalypse occurs outside her front window.
Directed by Ace Norton
BLOCK 2 7:15PM
IGNITE YOUR LOVE (TRAILER)
Ignite Your Love is about a relationship expert named Amor Rose who helps couples bring back the spark in their relationships through the help of her book, "Ignite Your Love: The Love Challenge for Couples", by helping them understand their spouses love
Directed by Stacey Gill
IF ANYONE ASKS...
Kate and Dave are on a Tinder date, and it's going pretty well - but if anyone asks, they didn’t meet on Tinder…
Directed by Imogen Ross
SEX SHACK
A professional, Pacific Palisades couch-surfer attempts to woo his girlfriend, but his attempts to spice up their love life quickly deteriorate when she confesses her concerns about the future of their relationship.
Directed by Chad Comey
MATTY BOY
A man with a suggestible mind marries a second wife mistakenly out of a desperate situation and now faces the consequences, taking him on a twisting and turning rollercoaster of a ride beyond anything he could have ever imagined.
Directed by Dr Shahid Kamal
INCURABLE
Trina wants to tell the man she loves about the invisible illness she hides, but when her imagination gets the best of her, it leads her on a rollercoaster ride of rejection and the worst possible outcomes. Will she give into her fears or will she face them, and at what cost? A story of Love, Rejection, and an Overactive Imagination
Directed by Michelle Bossy
DEAR HANNAH
Camille, a struggling artist desperate for a muse, meets Hannah, a young girl with a personality bright enough to inspire the darkest days. The art they make is truly one of a kind. Until it's not.
Directed by Veronica Tullo
WICHITA
Sara is in bed with her lover when her husband calls. When he asks for something in his sock drawer, she runs home, stalling for time, asking endless questions about Wichita, Kansas.
Directed by Sergine Dumais
MIRACLE BABY
Miracle Baby is a psychological thriller about a congressman’s wife who discovers that her husband has been cheating on her. The film follows her glorious and chilling revenge as she reveals herself as the true power-partner. By night’s end, the only question left is whether she’s lost more than she gained.
Directed by MICHELLE BOSSY
BLOCK 3 8:45PM
YUKI VS. PANDA
Official Trailer for Yuki vs. Panda
Directed by Andrew Palmer
AFTER CLASS
Marginalized by the school registration system, a mother tries to send her daughter to school at all costs.
Directed by Charles Xiuzhi Dong
WAKE
WAKE is the story of Ophelia, a young woman trapped in a world between life and death. It is a stunning visual expression of her journey to break free of grief in the aftermath of her father’s suicide. She battles the shadows of her psyche as she travels through the sometimes beautiful yet terrifying landscape of her emotions.
Directed by Cartter Evans
HE'S A GOOD KID
A mother searches for her son in the aftermath of a school shooting.
Directed by Mylissa Fitzsimmons
THE HELPING HAND
From the Academy Award winning team behind Curfew, The Helping Hand explores the ties between technology and a growing family. With a new baby at home, young parents adopt a hi-tech monitoring system. Will it be an answer to their woes or have they invited a monster into their home?
Directed by Brenden Hubbard
MARFA
“Marfa” is a story about a man who thinks he wants to die. A once confident, now worn down man finds peace with the idea of hiring someone to kill him in the small town of Marfa, TX.
Directed by Joe Zizzo
OUTSIDE
A woman quarantined with her husband questions the reality of the threat keeping her inside her home and starts to believe he is holding her prisoner. Her mental state begins to unravel until she finally plots her escape Outside.
Directed by Amy Acker and James Carpinello
THE INTERNET KILLS
Euphoria meets The Ring. When Victoria and her friends discover an app that kills you, they accidentally unleash something truly evil...
Directed by Ari Costa and Eren Celeboglu
UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAYS
Chasing Love (written by Diana Foronda & Calvin Benson)
Clara's Garden (written by Bill Foster)
Fatal Ambition (written by Angel Connell)
Gross National Happiness (written by Kristin Steinmetz)
Jill and Bobby (written by Mike Vezza)
The Projectionist (written by Michael Dean)
Where's The Will (written by Paul Edward Laudicano)
