Official Selections: 23rd LA Indie Film Festivals
Congratulations to our accepted filmmakers!
Complete Line-Up Below
Films are listed in alphabetical order, index to the left.
Use Index to learn more about each film.
#Blue_Whale
Los Angeles Premiere
Feature
Director: Anna Zaytseva
Producer: Timur Bekmambetov, Igor Mishin, Anna Shalashina, Maria Zatulovskaya
Writer: Anna Zaytseva, Evgenia Bogomyakova
Cast: Anna Potebnya
Cinematographer: Egor Vetokhin
Editor: Alexander Koshelev
Barney & Herb
Web Series
A devilishly charming retiree and his thirtysomething friend find comfort, happiness and mutual enlightenment in spending time together navigating the human condition.
Director: Tommy O'Rourke
Producer: Josh Sathre
Writer: Tommy O'Rourke
Cast: Peter Jason, Jonah Ray Rodrigues
Cinematographer: Samuel Ott
Editor: Jon Gollner
- Winner - Sherman Oaks Film Festival
—Grand Jury Award: Best Series
—Grand Jury Award: Best Performance by a Cast
—Filmmaker's Award: Outstanding Director
—Filmmaker's Award: Outstanding Screenplay
- Winner - Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival
—Best Web Short
—Best Actor: Jonah Ray Rodrigues
Instagram: @grandpabunnyproductions
Chauncey
Short
Zoe is afraid to introduce her new boyfriend to her old stuffed animal, Chauncey.
Director: Reilly Anspaugh & Daniel Rashid
Producer: Reilly Anspaugh, Daniel Rashid, Elizabeth Valenti
Writer: Reilly Anspaugh & Daniel Rashid
Cast: Reilly Anspaugh, Daniel Rashid, Miya Kodama, Doug Tompos
Cinematographer: Avi Kaye
Editor: Daniel Rashid
- Audience Choice Award Honorable Mention at the NYC Indie Theatre Film Festival
Website: reillyanspaugh.com // danielrashid.com
Instagram: @reillyanspaugh @danielrashid @elizabeth_valenti @miyakodama @dougtompos @avi_kaye
115
USA Premiere
Short
Benji meets Erika on a dating app and decides to meet her, expecting to find the woman of his dreams. Instead, he finds the creature of his worst nightmare.
Director: André & Vito Gogola
Producer: Ida & Katrine Dolmer, André & Vito Gogola
Writer: André & Vito Gogola
Cast: Philip Juhlin, Agnes Sandberg, Ella Ganslandt
Cinematographer: Asger Ryø Borberg
Editor: André & Vito Gogola
- Winner Best Horror Short Film, Berlin Short Film Festival
- Winner Best Horror Film, New York International Film Awards
- Finalist Best Horror, Budapest Movie Awards
- Finalist Best Horror Short, Next Generation Indie Film Awards
- Finalist Best Horror Short, Toronto Short Film Festival
Website: 115shortfilm.com / gogolabrothers.com
Instagram: instagram.com/115shortfilm / instagram.com/GogolaBrothers
Twitter: twitter.com/GogolaBrothers
Facebook: facebook.com/115shortfilm / facebook.com/GogolaBrothers
Bits
World Premiere
TV Pilot
A sexually repressed young woman navigates her body image and virginity with the help of her bossy, anthropomorphic vulva.
Director: Sarah Thurman
Producers: Lucy Porter, Sarah Thurman, Kate Wilkinson
Writer: Lucy Porter
Cast: Lucy Porter, Jackie Smook, Sarah Cahall, Spencer Waldner, Michael Owens, Bruno Pina, Joe Harrington
Cinematographer: Sela Pierce
Editor: Tyler Parrish
Instagrams: @JustLucyPorter, @sarah_thurman
Cozy Eurekas
Los Angeles Premiere
Short
When Lipe starts playing the guitar again after many years, some flashes of memory start coming back to him from the time when he lost his parents. So he asks his uncle for help, but he tells Lipe he should go study abroad instead and that he should sell his parents' house to help him pay for it, since it reminds him of too much stuff he had to overlook in order to raise him there. With all that on the table, Lipe starts asking himself if his uncle is not actually trying to get rid of him instead.
Director: Marco Felipe
Producer: Marco Felipe, Palu Rossi, Leandro Verzini
Writer: Marco Felipe
Cast: Eduardo Venosa, Lau Morelli, Angelica Pimenta, Lucas Cintra, Bruno Rods, Marco Felipe
Cinematographer: Thiago Coghi
Editor: Marco Felipe
Over 50 IMDb awards all over the world so far, 10 of which were for best short film.
Director's Instagram: @hanglooseit