LA Shorts Fest

PROGRAM # 23
MONDAY - JULY 26 - 7:45 pm

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An Angels Deed

Comedy / USA / 7 min.

When a disgruntled angel can’t get recognition for her deeds, she crosses over to work for the devil.

Director: Andelko Jurin
Producer: Olivia Thomas, Scott Cronan
Writer: Andelko Jurin
Jesus Comes To Town

Comedy / USA / 13 min.

An unexpected guest drops in during an underworld poker game in this dark comedy neo-noir.

Director: Kamal John Iskander
Producer: Kamal John Iskander, Michael Silberman
Writer: James Aloysius Von Seitz
 
Cast: Steve Eastin, Claudia Christian, Alex Veadov, Clifton Morris, Buddy Daniels, Martin Beck
A Tax on Pochsy

Experimental / Canada / 18 min.

Set in the waiting room at an audit from hell, a guilty little factory worker, Pochsy, awaits the wrath of the Tax Man. Madness and taxation conjoin in this blackly comedic allegory for our times.

Director: Karen Hines
Producer: Dominique Keller, Karen Hines
Writer: Karen Hines
 
Cast: Karen Hines
Under God

Drama / USA / 10 min.

Combining questions of Faith, Technology, and Politics, Under God is a Cold War-era parable about the day President Eisenhower met with the world’s first super computer, UNIVAC.

Director: Richard Farmer
Producer: Wade Harpootlian
Writer: Richard Farmer
 
Cast: Jeffrey Buckner Ford, Fred Cross
The Widow

Drama / USA / 19 min.

Angela is a lonely widow infatuated with the local priest. Unable to attain the object of her desire on her own, she uses her son to lure the priest closer. However, when the priest and her son develop a close relationship, Angela’s jealousy leads her to take actions that result in unexpected consequences.

Director: David Martin-Porras
Producer: Maria Cervera, David Martin-Porras
Writer: David Martin-Porras
 
Cast: Neus Asensi, Javier Calvo
Big Bully Bank

Comedy / USA / 8 min.

Ever been in a situation where you can only reach an automated operator? Follow the journey of a usually calm woman returning from vacation to discover her attempts to close her bank account have gone terribly wrong.

Director: Lisa Stadnykova
Producer: Wendy Wilkins, Lisa Stadnykova
Writer: Wendy Wilkins
 
Cast: Wendy Wilkins, Noor Naghmi
The Payoff

Drama / USA / 10 min.

Michael is a man haunted by his childhood. He wrestles with his need for revenge of the past and the obligations of his present career. Can Michael put to rest the demons of the past without losing his own soul in the process?

Director: Clint Lilley
Producer: Clint Lilley, Tammy Allen
Writer: Clint Lilley, Tammy Allen
 
Cast: Mike Starr, Jake Mclaughlin, John Paul
The Apostles

Comedy / Canada / 8 min.

Jesus and the 12 apostles deal with mundane details, surprise and treachery while splitting the bill after the last supper.

Director: Jeff Chan
Producer: David Fradkin
Writer: Jeff Chan
 
Cast: Conor Casey, Jay McCarrol
Way Of Money

Commercial / Germany / 1 min.

Way of Money follows a bank note through a nightlife scene of sex and crime until it unexpectedly winds up in a donation box of Herzenswuensche e.V. (Hearts Desire Association).

Director: Tilman Braun
Producer: Ralph Wege, Thomas Siegle
Writer: Lennert Wendt, Jonathan Kubik
 
Cast: Renata Eichhorn, Detlef Kapplusch
 
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