15TH ANNUAL HOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVAL
FEATURE FILMS – DOCUMENTARIES – SHORT SUBJECTS
(LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER… SCROLL DOWN)
*All films subject to change and/or cancellation without notice.
FEATURE FILMS – TO BUY SCREENING TICKETS
ALL ALONE
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = ALL ALONE)
5:00 p.m. October 23, Sunday. 90 min.
Two marriages are put to a fearsome test when things go terribly wrong on an overnight camping trip.
Director: Jon Cellini
Producers: Brice Williams, Jon Cellini, Jim Fabio, Beth Navarro, Suzy Cote, Messiah Jacobs, Mandy Levin
Writer: Jon Cellini
Cast: Mandy Levin, Suzy Cote, Brice Williams, David Haydn-Jones, Beth Navarro
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
AND THEY’RE OFF…
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = AND THEY’RE OFF…)
5:00 p.m. October 22, Saturday. 90 min.
Sean Astin and Cheri Oteri star in the story of a losing thoroughbred horse trainer (Astin) whose only chance to save his career and get back into the winner’s circle is to hire his erratic ex-girlfriend/jockey (Oteri), who is equally desperate to get back into HIS circle.
Director: Rob Schiller
Producers: Howard Bolter, Pamela Fryman, Alan Grossbard
Writer: Alan Grossbard
Cast: Sean Astin, Cheri Oteri, Martin Mull, Lil J.J., Mark Moses, Gigi Rice, Peter Jacobson, Mo Collins
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
ANGRY WHITE MAN
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = ANGRY WHITE MAN)
9:00 p.m. October 22, Saturday. 89 min.
Skeeter Freeman is a struggling country songwriter. After a tragic event on his wedding day, he spirals out of control into a sea of misguided angst. Along with his two buddies, he seeks out his idol, Bulldog Hayes, who turns out nothing like the man he thought he was.
Director: Brian James O’Connell
Producers: Brian Mandle, Tim Tracy, Bob Hardison
Writer: Bob Hardison
Cast: Bob Hardison, Matt Berry, Scoot McNairy, Steve Agee, Genevieve Jones, Mary Birdsong
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
ANSWERS TO NOTHING
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = ANSWERS TO NOTHING)
9:00 p.m. October 21, Friday. 123 min.
A gritty drama of interweaving stories set in Los Angeles against the backdrop of a child kidnapping case.
Director: Matthew Leutwyler
Producers: Amanda Marshall, Sim Sarna
Writers: Matthew Leutwyler, Gillian Vigman
Cast: Dane Cook, Barbara Hershey, Julie Benz, Elizabeth Mitchell, Zach Gilford, Kali Hawk, Miranda Bailey, Erik Palladino
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
AREA Q
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = AREA Q)
9:00 p.m. October 22, Saturday. 114 min.
Thomas Mathews is an outstanding reporter. Tormented by the disappearance of his son, his life turns upside down. When he is at the end of the road, he accepts a strange assignment. Thomas goes to Brazil to investigate encounters of the first, second and third kind. During the investigation a series of unexpected events occur, making him question what he believes to be true in life.
Director: Gerson Sanginitto
Producers: Gerson Sanginitto, Isaiah Washington, Halder Gomes, Carina Sanginitto, Ric Halpern
Writers: Julia Camara, Gerson Sanginitto
Cast: Isaiah Washington, Murilo Rosa, Ricardo Conti, Tania Khalil
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
THE BIGFOOT ELECTION
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = THE BIGFOOT ELECTION)
7:00 p.m. Sunday, October 23. 99 min.
In this con-gone-wrong comedy, a boozy, disenchanted small-town deputy devises a Bigfoot hoax with his dimwitted sidekick to capture the attention – and the votes – of the townsfolk in a backwater sheriff’s election. Complications abound when the mayor enlists an alluring crypto zoologist to investigate and hires the hoaxers to guide her.
Director: Ryan Turri
Producer: Ryan Turri
Writers: Marc Shuter, BJ Schmidt
Cast: Marc Shuter, Matt Peterson, Randall Oliver, Ashlee Renz-Hotz, Andrew DeCarlo, Bruce Holbrook
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
DISPATCH
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = DISPATCH)
7:00 p.m. October 23, Sunday. 84 min.
Set in a Hollywood limousine dispatch office, Dispatch depicts one turbulent night in the life of an overnight dispatcher. As he coordinates celebrity clients and their chauffeurs, he also confronts major problems in his personal life. Dispatch is based on the experience of its creators Michael Bershad and Steven Sprung.
Director: Steven Sprung
Producers: Michael Bershad, Angela Sostre
Writers: Michael Bershad, Steven Sprung
Cast: Michael Bershad, Blake Robbins, Bruce Bohne, Melina Lizette, Tim Peper, Black Thomas
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
DORFMAN
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = DORFMAN)
7:00 p.m. October 21, Friday. 92 min.
In the vein of Bridget Jones’s Diary, this is an antic, romantic comedy about twenty-seven-year-old Deb Dorfman, a lovable doormat, who is uprooted from the beige comfort of the suburban San Fernando Valley and caught up in the kaleidoscopic whirlwind of a newly revitalized downtown LA. In the course of one week, while hoping to win the heart of her unrequited love interest, Deb changes in ways she never thought possible. In discovering the renaissance downtown, Deb ignites a renaissance of her own and profoundly transforms both herself and those around her.
Director: Brad Leong
Producer: Leonard Hill
Writer: Wendy Kout
Cast: Sara Rue, Elliott Gould, Sophie Monk, Haaz Sleiman, Catherine Hicks
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
GETTING THAT GIRL
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = GETTING THAT GIRL)
5:00 p.m. October 23, Sunday. 87 min.
Late in her senior year, Mandy Meyers unexpectedly changes high schools, moving from Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles. McDermott High’s two prettiest yet cruelest seniors befriend Mandy. Simultaneously, she is pursued by both an apathetic yet charismatic stoner and a star football player. Everyone is trying to get that girl.
Director: Nathanael Coffman
Producers: Nathanael Coffman, Christina Mauro, Karuna Eberl, Jorge Ortega, Chadwick Struck
Writer: Nathanael Coffman
Cast: Escher Holloway, Gia Mantegna, Luke Eberl, Daniel Booko
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
HOPELESSLY IN JUNE
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HOPELESSLY IN JUNE)
7:00 p.m. October 23, Sunday. 91 min.
Dating in LA has been cruel to Daleon, a financial analyst from a staunch Baptist family. But hope emerges when he falls for June, a successful businesswoman from an extremely liberal Hollywood family. It will take a lot to overcome their cultural differences and find the love they desire.
Director: Vincent Brantley
Producers: Vincent Brantley, Jerry Mosley, Jay Vetter, Allison Vanore
Writers: Marty Blackshear, Vincent Brantley
Cast: Vincent Brantley, Carolyn Neff, Keith David, Ed Asner, Tommy “Tiny” Lister Jr., Peter Jason, Stuart Pankin, Ella Joyce, Keith Robinson, Johnny Gill
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
JOHNNY’S GONE
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = JOHNNY’S GONE)
5:00 p.m. October 22, Saturday. 93 min.
The unsettling but heartfelt relationship between Sarah and a two year old she calls Johnny hides a dark secret that will take them on a road trip across America.
Director: Giorgio Serafini
Producers: Jack Laveau, Giuseppe Pedersoli
Writers: LaDon Drummond, Giorgio Serafini
Cast: LaDon Drummond, Johnny Sinclair, Natasha Green, G.W. Bailey
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
THE KILLING OF LEONARD RILEY
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = THE KILLING OF LEONARD RILEY)
3:00 p.m. October 23, Sunday. 81 min.
This found footage follows a man as he returns to his hometown to murder the drunk driver responsible for killing his brother. His filmmaker friend documents the entire journey and the shocking twists will leave viewers in disbelief.
Directors: Payman Benz, Patrick DeLuca
Producers: Payman Benz, Patrick DeLuca, Chris Darnell, Jesse Schiller
Writer: Patrick DeLuca
Cast: Patrick DeLuca, Adam Shapiro, Maria-Elana Laas, Will Lupardus
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
LANGUAGE OF A BROKEN HEART
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = LANGUAGE OF A BROKEN HEART)
7:00 p.m. October 22, Saturday. 98 min.
When a neurotic best-selling author on love finds his fiancée with another man, it sends him into a tailspin reflecting on his numerous romantic failures, only to find hope again with a quirky antiquarian bookseller.
Director: Rocky Powell
Producers: Rocky Powell, Juddy Talt, Luke Coffee, Kerry McCluggage
Writer: Juddy Talt
Cast: Juddy Talt, Julie White, Kate French, Ethan Cohn, Oscar Nunez, Lara Pulver
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
SEDONA
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = SEDONA)
9:00 p.m. October 21, Friday. 88 min.
Two inspiring stories of self-discovery interweave over a day in mystical Sedona as visitors encounter eccentric characters and fateful disasters that lead them to unexpected miracles.
Director: Tommy Stovall
Producers: Marc Sterling, Tommy Stovall, Ebony Tay
Writer: Tommy Stovall
Cast: Frances Fisher, Seth Peterson, Beth Grant, Christopher Atkins, Trevor Sterling Stovall, Matthew J. Williamson, Kylee Cochran, Barry Corbin, Lin Shaye
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
SHUFFLE
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = SHUFFLE)
9:00 p.m. October 21, Friday. 82 min.
Shuffle is the tale of a man who begins experiencing his life out of order; every day he wakes up at a different age, in a different year, on a different day of his life… and he wants it to stop. A mix of Twilight Zone-style mystery and Frank Capra fantasy.
Director: Kurt Kuenne
Producers: TJ Thyne, Kurt Kuenne, Dave Kuhr, Chris Stone
Writer: Kurt Kuenne
Cast: TJ Thyne, Paula Rhodes, Chris Stone, Michelle Krusiec, Tamara Taylor
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
STRINGS
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = STRINGS)
7:00 p.m. October 21, Friday. 98 min.
In the wake of his daughter’s death, a troubled musician submits himself to an experimental psychotherapy only to discover that part of his transformation permanently ties him to a group of vigilante criminals.
Directors: Mark Dennis, Ben Foster
Producers: Mark Dennis, Ben Foster
Writer: Mark Dennis
Cast: Billy Harvey, Chris Potter, Elle LaMont, Karl Anderson, Jack Lee, Olivia Draguicevich
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
THE TROUBLE WITH THE TRUTH
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = THE TROUBLE WITH THE TRUTH)
7:00 p.m. October 21, Friday. 95 min.
Divorced couple Robert (John Shea) and Emily (Lea Thompson) get together on the eve of their daughter’s wedding and quickly discover that there are still plenty of unresolved issues in their relationship.
Director: Jim Hemphill
Producers: Daniel Farrands, Thommy Hutson
Writer: Jim Hemphill
Cast: Lea Thompson, John Shea, Danielle Harris, Keri Lynn Pratt
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = WHAT HAPPENS NEXT)
11:00 p.m. October 22, Saturday. 98 min.
A billionaire who has it all suddenly realizes there’s more to life when his sister buys him a dog. A chance meeting in the park that forever changes his life.
Director: Jay Arnold
Producers: Jay Arnold, Fred Caruso
Writers: Jay Arnold, Thom Cardwell
Cast: Jon Lindstrom, Wendie Malick, Chris Murrah, Natalia Cigliuti, Ariel Shafir
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
WHO THE F IS BUDDY APPLEBAUM
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = WHO THE F IS BUDDY APPLEBAUM)
7:00 p.m. October 22, Saturday. 81 min.
Buddy is a ne’er-do-well surfer who mows lawns for a living in the small beach town of Playa Beach. Unbeknownst to him, he’s being sought after by the mob and the police at the same time.
Director: Colin CampbellTo learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
DOCUMENTARY FILMS – TO BUY SCREENING TICKETS
A JOURNEY WITH PURPOSE
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = THEIR EYES WERE DRY)
9:00 p.m. October 22, Saturday. 15 min.
Nine-year-old Joshua Miller joins his grandfather, a child prisoner in Auschwitz-Birkenau, on a journey back to the death camp for the first time since his imprisonment, recounting the experience that changed them both forever. The documentary details a grandson’s destiny to live out his promise: ‘never again.’
Director: Gail Becker
Producers: Gail Becker, Ricky Mintz
Writers: Gail Becker, Ricky Mintz
Cast: Martin Becker, Gail Becker, Joshua Miller
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
THEIR EYES WERE DRY
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = THEIR EYES WERE DRY)
9:00 p.m. October 22, Saturday. 82 min.
Their Eyes Were Dry brings to light the 1974 terrorist attack in Ma’alot, Israel where school children were taken hostage by three terrorists as their teachers abandoned them. This film documents the birth of global terrorism against children and more importantly celebrates the lives of heroic children around the world.
Director: Brandon Assanti
Producers: Albert Assanti, Brandon Assanti, Mimi Assanti, Roger Bellon
Writer: Brandon Assanti
Cast: Buznah Arie, Shlomo Bohbot, Natalie Cohen, Amiram Levin, Shalom Ma’arati, Shimon Maimon, Yishy Maimon, Tzipi Maimon-Bokris
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
TROUPERS
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = TROUPERS)
3:00 p.m. October 22, Saturday. 85 min.
Troupers features actors 80+ in Hollywood who “hung in there.” The documentary takes a humorous look at how they survived parental disapproval, the black list, divorce, debt, rejection, depression, bad acting coaches, nasty casting directors, and decades of auditions to do what they wanted to do: Act.
Directors: Saratoga Ballantine, Dea Lawrence
Producers: Dea Lawrence, Saratoga Ballantine
Cast: Carl Ballantine, Kaye Ballard, Ivy Bethune, Betty Garrett, Pat Carroll, Harold Gould, Marvin Kaplan, Justine Johnston, Jane Kean, Bruce Kirby, Allan Rich, Connie Sawyer
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
THE WORLD OF Z
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = THE WORLD OF Z)
5:00 p.m. October 22, Saturday. 80 min.
A powerful four-year journey into the eccentric life of manic-depressive outside artist Zbigniew Fiks, known simply as Z. This intimate portrait combines candid cinema verité with 25 years of explosive home videos revealing the art, insanity and love that is The World of Z.
Directors: Brad Besser, Vince Clemente
Cast: Zbigniew Fiks
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
SHORT FILMS – TO BUY SCREENING TICKETS
ANGELA WRIGHT
Canada
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #7)
5:00 p.m. October 23, Sunday. 13 min.
High school honor student Angela Wright has always put her academics before her social life. When her math exam proves to be more daunting than anticipated, she finds herself forced to make a decision that will question the core of her integrity.
Director: Mu Sun
Producers: Sloane Skala, Genevieve Farrell, Mu Sun
Writer: Genevieve Farrell
Cast: Genevieve Farrell, Bodhi Elfman, James C. Burns, Amanda Bauer
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
BLACKSTONE
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #5)
2:00 p.m. October 22, Saturday. 16 min.
Blackstone is a gripping psychological horror thriller that follows one man’s relentless investigation into a world of deceit, murder and the occult. As two young women begin to reveal their terrifying stories of the fateful night that changed their lives forever, the man soon realizes the case may be more elaborate than he ever thought possible.
Director: George Tunis
Producers: Adam Kuyt, George Tunis, Eric Goldrich, Ian Wallace, Rob Bleck, Cameron Wald
Writer: Daniel DeNicola
Cast: J.K. Simmons, Sasha Grey, Emily Graham-Handley
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
THE BULLET CATCHER
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #2)
3:30 p.m. October 22, Saturday. 25 min.
A disillusioned Iraq War veteran crosses into Mexico for prescription drugs he can’t afford in the States. There he meets a female pickpocket enslaved by the local drug cartel who inadvertently offers him an opportunity at redemption.
Director: Jonathan Thompson
Producers: Ina Shin, Jenifer Ong
Writer: Norm Leonard
Cast: Joe Holt, Lily Spottiswoode, Josh Cruze
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
CAGED IN
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #9)
2:00 p.m. October 23, Sunday. 5 min.
Marium Norant is a housewife who is caught in a cat and mouse game of power with her maniacal husband Victor. This relationship is trapped in a twisted world where greed comes in the hands of the Victor with only one way out.
Director: Gianpaolo Gonzalez
Producer: Gianpaolo Gonzalez
Writer: Gianpaolo Gonzalez
Cast: Ilka Urbach, Skip Pipo
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
CHARLES BUKOWSKI’S THE LITTLE TAILOR
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #3)
2:30 p.m. October 22, Saturday. 16 min.
The little tailor was quite happy. He just sat there sewing. It was when the woman came to the door, rang the bell, that he became disturbed… So begins Charles Bukowski’s twisted alteration of the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale.
Director: Seth Dalton
Producers: Seth Dalton, Justin Dray, David Gueriera
Writers: Charles Bukowski, Seth Dalton, Justin Dray, David Gueriera
Cast: David Gueriera, Justin Dray
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
CHARLIE JOE’S HOTEL MOTEL
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #4)
3:30 p.m. October 22, Saturday. 25 min.
A former child star, thirty years out of the spotlight, turns to butchering stand-up comedy when the success of his adolescent image becomes too much for him to bear.
Director: Adam Rejwan
Producers: Adam Rejwan, Alison Silver
Writer: Adam Rejwan
Cast: Tom Patrick, Jeremy Mascia, Stephanie Philo, David R. Terrell, Trey Elliot, Steve Longmuir, Michael Taber
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
CLEAR BLUE
United States, Canada
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #7)
5:00 p.m. October 23, Sunday. 21 min.
Simon gets his first job at a community swimming pool. His morning shifts take an unexpected turn when he meets an old woman with a deep and dangerous secret. What follows is a story of impossible love and ultimately, its harrowing consequences.
Director: Lindsay MacKay
Producer: S. Brent Martin
Writer: Lindsay MacKay
Cast: Chris Sheffield, Nancy Linehan Charles, Thia Schuessler
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
THE DEAL
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #9)
2:00 p.m. October 23, Sunday. 7 min.
A couple meets in a Manhattan restaurant, far less innocent than they first appear.
Director: James Berry
Producers: Justin Liberman, James Berry
Writer: James Berry
Cast: Ryan Blackwell, Kelly McCrann, Daniel Angeles
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
THE DOLPHIN
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #10)
3:00 p.m. October 23, Sunday. 14 min.
The Dolphin is a mysterious drama about a passionate romance plagued by insanity.
Director: Bryan Watkins
Producers: Josh Mann, Bryan Watkins
Writer: Josh Mann
Cast: Josh Mann, Jane Anne Thomas, Jeff Kober
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
DOMESTIC
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #1)
2:30 p.m. October 22, Saturday. 20 min.
A young veteran returns home from Afghanistan and is confronted with losing his girlfriend and job. His anger is used by a local group of guys hell-bent on destroying a local politician. When their group escalates to bombing the politician’s speech, the young veteran learns the importance of taming his radicalized ideology.
Director: Chris Bryant
Producer: Sasha De Mello
Writers: Nathaniel Shriver, Chris Bryant
Cast: Anthony Bonaventura, Jake Lawson, Katie Sweeney
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
FIRST DATES
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #4)
3:30 p.m. October 22, Saturday. 16 min.
First Dates will take you on a comedic journey throughout the rough world of dating. Via a series of eccentric vignettes, six individuals will face their very own peculiar “first date” experience.
Director: Sam Wasserman
Producer: Sarah Hannah Bigle
Writer: Sam Wasserman
Cast: Madeline Zima, Ryan Eggold, Adam Rose, Jordan Ladd, Steve Talley, Erica Leerhsen
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
FOUND
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #9)
2:00 p.m. October 23, Sunday. 19 min.
Alex has always known he was adopted, but now an unexpected discovery starts him down the uncertain path to find answers from the most important woman he’s never met … his birth mother.
Director: Anthony Bushman
Producers: Michael Callahan, Gabriel Blanco
Writer: Anthony Bushman
Cast: Brandon Bales, Shaun Anthony, Conn Barrett, Annika Noelle, Susan Harmon
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
GREASY LAKE
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #8)
2:00 p.m. October 23, Sunday. 14 min.
Based on the short novel with the same name. The year is 1982. Three punks are driving around on the first night of their summer vacation. Looking for trouble. But tonight they get more than they ask for.
Director: Andrej Landin
Producer: Adam Gustafsson
Writer: Andrej Landin
Cast: David Namminga, Mishone Feigin, Jan Lashly
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
HEAVY LIFTING
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #10)
3:00 p.m. October 23, Sunday. 23 min.
Heavy Lifting is the story of two lonely people on the fringe of society who help each other in a situation that could be deemed either an extraordinarily good deed or the perfect crime.
Director: James Macdonald
Producers: Tracy Poust, Hilary Prentice
Writer: James Macdonald
Cast: Jenny O’Hara, Chuma Gualt
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
LETTER FROM LORCA
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #1)
2:30 p.m. October 22, Saturday. 12 min.
It’s August 18, 1936. Civil War has broken out in Spain. Federico Garcia Lorca, Spain’s greatest poet and dramatist, is hiding out in a Granada home. Lorca, wanted for his outspoken liberal views, homosexuality and artistic convictions, awaits the arrival of the Nationalist soldiers to arrest him.
Director: Gregory Torrillo
Producer: Gregory Torrillo
Writer: Charles J. Musser
Cast: Cristian Olave, Gabriel Oliva
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
MANNY CAM
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #7)
5:00 p.m. October 23, Sunday. 40 min.
A young woman sets up a video camera in her out-of-work fiance’s man cave when she suspects he isn’t looking for a job and that there may be infidelity in their relationship. She finds out WAY more than she bargains for.
Director: Aaron St. Clair
Producer: Aaron St. Clair
Writer: Aaron St. Clair
Cast: Justin Zachary, Gina Venditti, Alexandra Ozeri
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
MILF MONEY
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #4)
3:30 p.m. October 22, Saturday. 24 min.
A dramedy about three single, suburban moms who turn to prostitution to keep their heads above water. Nothing sucks like a single mom.
Director: Aaron Priest
Producers: Rene Ashton, Brad Isa
Writer: Rene Ashton
Cast: Missi Pyle, Brian Krause, Patrick Muldoon, Rene Ashton, Texas Battle, Deena Dill
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
OLD WEST
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #2)
3:30 p.m. October 22, Saturday. 18 min.
Old West is a gritty little western that tells the tale of a ruthless outlaw coming for revenge against the man who put him behind bars. Set in the American West of the late-1800s, it chronicles one family’s harrowing brush with evil – and the lengths a single man will go for retribution.
Director: Jon Knautz
Producers: Trevor Matthews, Cory Neal
Writer: Nick Gordon
Cast: Greg Collins, Jason Connery, Trevor Matthews, Aaron Ashmore
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
ON THE OUTSIDE
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #10)
3:00 p.m. October 23, Sunday. 24 min.
On his return from prison, an ex-convict struggles to find his place in a world that’s left him behind.
Director: Brad Tucker
Producer: Steven J. Berger
Writer: Steven J. Berger
Cast: Christopher Forsyth, Corey Sorenson, Melina Lizette
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
PESTICIDE
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #5)
2:00 p.m. October 22, Saturday. 5 min.
A man obsessed with an unusual method of pest control.
Director: Eric Gerber
Producers: Eric Gerber, Drew Rosas
Writer: Eric Gerber
Cast: Rob Dunlop
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
A REUBEN BY ANY OTHER NAME
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #4)
3:30 p.m. October 22, Saturday. 4 min.
A Reuben By Any Other Name takes a humorous look at the differences between Orthodox and Reform Judaism in terms of the Reuben sandwich. The film boasts great performances by an ensemble cast of familiar faces – Jasmine Anthony (Stephen King’s 1408, Commander in Chief), Anita Barone (The War at Home, Daddio), Paul Ben-Victor (In Plain Sight, Entourage), Larry Cedar (The Crazies, Deadwood), Pamela Cedar, Alanna Ubach (Hung, Legally Blonde) and Matt Winston (John from Cincinnati, Little Miss Sunshine).
Director: Jeremy Dylan Lanni
Producers: Jeremy Dylan Lanni, Robert Novak
Writer: Jeremy Dylan Lanni
Cast: Jasmine Anthony, Anita Barone, Paul Ben-Victor, Larry Cedar, Pamela Cedar, Alanna Ubach, Matt Winston
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
RISE SUNSHINE
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #8)
2:00 p.m. October 23, Sunday. 6 min.
A young woman whose youth has been taken away from her confesses for the first time why she’s turned to prostitution for a living.
Director: Rosalyn Coleman Williams
Producers: Inez Scott, Craig T. Williams
Writers: Inez Scott, Craig T. Williams
Cast: Inez Scott, Rob Morgan
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
sexting
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #9)
2:00 p.m. October 23, Sunday. 8 min.
Fed up with her relationship with a married man, a young woman decides to meet his wife for coffee.
Director: Neil LaBute
Producer: Tim Harms
Writer: Neil LaBute
Cast: Julia Stiles, Marin Ireland, Jamie Anderson
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
SHADOWS
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #3)
2:30 p.m. October 22, Saturday. 24 min.
When a reporter is locked up in a foreign prison, she is suddenly unable to express herself. However, she will discover that even though they can lock her body, they cannot lock up her soul.
Director: Javier Barbera
Producer: Javier Barbera
Writer: Roberto Bengoa
Cast: Natascha Berg, Raul Buenfil, Jackie Di Crystal
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
SOURCE
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #10)
3:00 p.m. October 23, Sunday. 15 min.
A century after the nuclear holocaust, mankind drifts toward the precipice of extinction. The discovery of a source of infinite energy ignites hope for the future, but its whereabouts are shrouded in secrecy. After an enslaved mercenary uncovers the truth, he must decide whether to remain embittered and isolated, or to sacrifice for the greater good.
Director: William H. Simmons
Producers: Ben Slutsky, John DiThomas, Kimmie Johnson, Matt Parola, William H. Simmons
Writer: William H. Simmons
Cast: Anthony Goes, Jonathan Thomson, Evalena Marie
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
SUSAN’S REMEMBRANCE
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #2)
3:30 p.m. October 22, Saturday. 16 min.
Susan suffers from delusional schizophrenia and, over the course of three decades, is interrogated for double murder. She forcefully affirms her innocence but cannot speak for her multiple personalities.
Director: Ryan LeMasters
Producer: David Bianchi
Writers: Ryan LeMasters, David Bianchi
Cast: Kinga Philipps, David Bianchi, Christina DeRosa
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
TAKE A SEAT
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #6)
3:00 p.m. October 23, Sunday. 9 min.
A newly acclaimed Executive of the Year spirals into a panic while attempting to prepare herself for a day filled with employee cutbacks.
Director: Richell Morrissey
Producers: Richell Morrissey, Kelly Noonan, Julie Ryan, Elmer Ventura, Alano Massi
Writers: Richell Morrissey, Mike Rosolio
Cast: Kelly Noonan
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
TUMBLING
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #5)
2:00 p.m. October 22, Saturday. 12 min.
On an ordinary day, Felix and his parents join friends for a picnic. Too young to play with the older kids, Felix explores the wilderness alone and captures a snake. Upon returning to the group, Felix hides beneath a picnic table and witnesses an act of betrayal by his mother.
Director: Tina Salmassi
Producer: Marlene Greenfield
Writer: Tina Salmassi
Cast: Riley Polanski, Karina Logue, Lance Irwin, Kevin J. Ryan
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
TWO
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #1)
2:30 p.m. October 22, Saturday. 9 min.
At the close of World War II, a young woman – a former SS officer – confronts her heritage of lies.
Director: Daniela Flynn
Producer: Robert Henry
Writers: Ron Elisha (play), Daniela Flynn (adaptation)
Cast: Daniela Flynn
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
VIRAL
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #5)
2:00 p.m. October 22, Saturday. 11 min.
Julia and Alexis are supposed to be studying, but Alexis is bored. She decides to send a nasty message from Julia’s computer to another girl … who died three years ago…
Director: Tim Shechmeister
Producer: Tim Shechmeister
Writers: Tim Shechmeister, Matt Shechmeister
Cast: Lauren Champey, Rya Meyers
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
WHILE GOD IS WATCHING US
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #6)
3:00 p.m. October 23, Sunday. 16 min.
Max wants to have sex before he dies. But being a paralyzed boy in a wheelchair with only a few years left to live makes it hard even to dream about. The last person in the world who would probably help his dream come true is Liam, who cares only about one thing in life. Himself. One day their roads cross and, without even knowing each other, they find themselves on a crazy trip to the city of sin, Las Vegas.
Director: Stefano Cipani
Producers: Andrea Franchin, Michel Megherbi
Writers: Stefano Cipani, Johannes Alfvén
Cast: Johannes Alfvén, Nemecék Cipo
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
WORN
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #8)
2:00 p.m. October 23, Sunday. 16 min.
Shuffling through her “closet of regret,” every outfit Emma chooses brings back memories of her promiscuous past.
Director: Marc Carlini
Producers: Brian Farber, Greg O’Bryant, Marc Carlini
Writer: Marc Carlini
Cast: Lauren Bittner, Chris Boyd, Maya Hazan, Zach Daniel
To learn more about this film visit its website HERE.
