LA Shorts Fest


PROGRAM 16
SUNDAY - SEPTEMBER 9 - 3:15 PM

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Guess Whom

Comedy / USA / 12 min.

The tale of two roommates playing a mysterious game on a rainy night. Locked in a battle of wits, they ask each other a series of questions and watch as their hilarious imaginations come to life. Little do they realize, the game will alter their fates.

Director: Jason Sax
Producer: Cameron Gordon, Alexander Yellen
Writer: Jason Sax
 
Cast: Barry Bostwick, Lucy DeVito
An Intervention

Drama / USA / 16 min.

A heartbroken, struggling writer decides to commit suicide. Before he can, characters from his latest book stage an intervention and try to convince him to stay alive and finish their story.

Director: Charles Randall
Producer: Daniel Wellen
Writer: Charles Randall
 
Cast: Nick Bell, Jeff Harlan
Amores Passageiros (Love Drain)

Drama / Brazil / 23 min.

During a routine sewer inspection a lonely worker has an encounter that marks the beginning of a perplexing relationship.

Director: Augusto Canani
Producer: Luciana Tomasi
Writer: Augusto Canani, Lucas Gonzaga
 
Cast: Osmar Prado, Nadinne Oliveira
All You Need Is Love

Drama / USA / 6 min.

A homeless couple is faced with relationship problems on the streets of Downtown LA. We meet Todd and Rachel, denizens of downtown LA, where they beg for money in order to survive. Rachel is fed up with the unreliable Todd and his disregard for their extreme poverty. After they are robbed, she decides to leave him. They spend separate nights alone and in the end, realize they need one another to survive.

Director: Tarik Jackson , Tarik Jackson
Producer: Hernando Bansuelo , Tarik Jackson
Writer: Tarik Jackson, Tarik Jackson
 
Cast: Gayla Johnson, Cameron Smith
Blood Oath

Suspense/Thriller / USA / 11 min.

Born out of wedlock, 15-year-old Lucienne struggles to survive amidst the squalor of 1891 London slums. Abandoned by her aristocratic father, Lucienne falls prey to dark creatures of the night that steal her humanity. As one of the undead, Lucienne's hatred and lust for vengeance grows.

Director: David Kiang
Producer: David Kiang, Jerusha Kiang
Writer: David Kiang
 
Cast: Alexandra Kiang, Tracy Pettit
Catch Me Now

Romance / USA / 13 min.

With a broken heart and questions about relationships, Isabel meets up with her ex-boyfriend, Dylan, and wonders if he was always "the one" after all.

Director: Jason Gullifer
Producer: Alexandra Manea, Rose Martinez
Writer: Alexandra Manea
 
Cast: Alexandra Manea, Mike Pfaff
Pass the Bucket

Documentary / USA / 8 min.

While achieving tremendous success in the music industry as the bassist and co-founder of Pearl Jam, Jeff Ament has made it a mission to pay it back as an activist, philanthropist, and skate park builder. Remembering his roots and the positive effects skateboarding can have on young people, Jeff currently helps build epic skate parks in some of the most rural and deprived areas in the west.

Director: Lukas Korver
Producer: Uber Content
Writer: Lukas Korver
 
Cast: Jeff Lament

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