FRIDAY AUGUST 7, 1:00 PM
PROGRAM 40
Regal NOHO West
Death and Life
USA | Drama | 10 minutes
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Director: Erin Greider
Writer: Finn Sparlowe
Cast: Daniel J. Donavan, Marc Jablon
Death and Life follows a wealthy man with a dark past, whose life unravels when a mysterious intruder forces him into a sinister card game that exposes his deepest sins and connections to a web of corruption.
My Hero
USA | Comedy | 3 minutes
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Director/Writer: Joshua Joel Ortiz
Producer: Joshua Joel Ortiz
Cast: Monica Joelle Ortiz, Tyler Picchi, Andres Erickson
On their way to Comic-Con, a timid guy in an ill-fitting Spider-Man freezes as two bullies humiliate his girlfriend.
Criddlers
USA | Drama | 22 minutes
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Director/Writer: Blaine Moir´, Eliot Murray
Producer: Blaine Moir, J. Spencer
Cast: Daniel Van Thomas, Joseph Lopez, Ryan Ashton
An old school 'L.A. Tek-Noir' style street redemption story, Criddlers follows a broken junkie who kills for drugs. When he is hired for a heavy score - murder a family in the suburbs - he takes it, unaware that this job will change his life forever...
Echoes
USA | Experimental |10 minutes
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Director/Writer: Daniel Andres Gomez
Producer: Daniel Andres Gomez, Blake Vaz
Cast: Esteban Gast
A man, consumed by grief after losing his wife and son, turns to the bottle. As he sinks deeper into despair, his inner demon takes shape, pulling him back into the shadows of the past, until it manifests in its final, terrifying form.
In The Realm Of The Heart
USA | Drama | 25 minutes
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Director/Writer: Doug Burch
Producer: Doug Burch
Cast: Lori Allen Thomas, Faizan Sheikh, Stephanie Keefer
A loving wife wants to throw a surprise birthday party for her husband.
Giant Loser
USA | Drama | 12 minutes
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Director/Writer: Matthew Jayson Cwern
Producer: Matthew Jayson Cwern
Cast: Matthew Jayson Cwern, Alexandra Mañón
When Danny misreads a moment with his best friend Sophia, she gently lets him down. Crushed, he channels the heartbreak into a full personal transformation. Months later, Sophia reappears—not to rekindle romance, but to reconnect with the friend she lost.
Bite The Bullet
USA | Drama | 9 minutes
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Director/Writer: Alexander Wilkins
Producer: Alexander Wilkins
Cast: Dylan Marusich, Billy Griffin Jr., Crystal Lujan
Survivors chew on when it's time to evacuate.