LA Shorts Fest

PROGRAM # 30
WEDNESDAY - JULY 28 - 1:00 pm

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Mom Jeans

Commercial / USA / 1 min.

Can food influence fashion? In this case, undoubtedly yes. See how some guys can’t handle too much good stuff in this am/pm spot.

Director: Rosey N/A
Producer: Frank Scherma, Shefali Valdez
Writer: Chris Guichard, Rob Anton
 
Cast: Aron Michael Thompson, Denis Arndt, Brent David
Killing in the Name

Documentary / USA / 40 min.

Four years ago, a suicide bomber walked into Ashraf Al- Khaled’s wedding and killed 27 members of his family. This film follows Ashraf’s quest to understand what gives rise to terrorism, and expose its true costs.

Director: Jed Rothstein
Producer: Liz Garbus, Rory Kennedy
IEP

Drama / USA / 14 min.

IEP is a short film that tells the fictional story of Xavier, an eight year-old African American boy and the struggles he faces when his behavioral problems are misdiagnosed and he is placed in special education.

Director: Jason Gilmore
Producer: Jason Gilmore
Writer: Trenekia Danielle
My Name is Maria

Animation / Spain / 4 min.

Maria is six years old and she is working on her first school composition.

Director: Elio Quiroga-Rodriguez
Producer: Elio Quiroga-Rodriguez, Miguel Martinez
Writer: Elio Quiroga-Rodriguez
 
Cast: Miranda Espinoza (voice)
Breaking the Chain

Drama / USA / 14 min.

In 1939, after proving the possibility of a nuclear chain reaction, physicist Leo Szilard must convince his colleagues at Columbia University to keep their nuclear research secret and protect the world from a Nazi atomic bomb.

Director: Stuart Weinstock
Producer: Shrihari Sathe
Writer: Stuart Weinstock
 
Cast: Todd Faulkner, Gabe Bettio
Good Grief

Comedy / USA / 23 min.

Eddie never thought that his wife would croak so young or that she had been hiding so many dirty secrets. As he dismembers the skeletons in his wifes closet, he plunges deeper into madness and makes a startling discovery - that he might be capable of cold-blooded murder.

Director: Fevzi Balli
Producer: Chanyong Park
Writer: Norm Leonard
 
Cast: Shannon Lee Holmes
Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

Experimental / USA / 7 min.

A remixed narrative that combines two Jake Gyllenhaal films (Donnie Darko and Jarhead) with news footage of President Barack Obama. As the President wins the Nobel Peace Prize, Gyllenhaals character becomes disillusioned with Obamas increasingly pro-war rhetoric, escalation of the war in Afghanistan, and the failure to withdraw troops from Iraq.

Director: Diran Lyons
Producer: Diran Lyons
Writer: Diran Lyons
 
Cast: Barack Obama, Jake Gyllenhaal
 
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