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.
Fantasy, The Driver Era
Music Video
Characters confront the nature of desire inside a classical victorian mansion.
Director: Gordy De St. Jeor
Producer: Aidan Browne
Writer: Gordy De St. Jeor
Cast: Ross Lynch, Rocky Lynch
Cinematographer: Gordy De St. Jeor
Editor: Gordy De St. Jeor
HARLEM FRAGMENTS
Short
An Afro-futurist scrapbook storytelling of a Harlem Black family's beautiful destruction during the 2008 recession. A natural disaster so mesmerizing you can't look away from the tragedy. Based on true events
Director: Cameron Tyler Carr
Producer: Flor De Oro Tejada, Keep or Destroy, Fanshen Cox, Salma Qarnain, Philip Musey
Writer: Cameron Tyler Carr, Wes Andre Goodrich, Danielle Dougé
Cast: Kyle Keyes – TJ, Stella Coviello – Mya, Roderick Lawrence – Lawrence, Clarissa Thibeaux – Lynn, Christina Clements-Thompson – Nana
Cinematographer: Nona Catusanu
Editor: Patrick Nichols
- DGA New Director Spotlight Showcase Selection, 2024 Indiefilmfest Grand Jury Winner
Website: imdb.com/title/tt26749038/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt
Director IG: @kamcam30
Film IG: @harlemfragmentsfilm
Twitter: @cameroncarr30
Facebook: fb.com/cameron.carr.140
Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan
West Coast Premiere
Feature Documentary
After a decade of attempts to reform British law, a new bill in Parliament to expunge the records of many men convicted under the 1885 law that criminalized male homosexual acts as “gross indecency,” was passed.
Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing, is the story of that long struggle.
Director: Rosemarie Reed
Producer: Rosemarie Reed
Writer: Rosemarie Reed
Cinematographer: Eduardo Perez Vidal
Editor: Dina Potocki
Narrator: Ben Whishaw
Men in the story: Paul WIlliams, Steve Close, George Montague, David Bonney, Alan Jollly, Bisi, Jide Macauley, Adoranka Apata, Bisi Alimi,
Included in this film are those who fought to bring justice to the thousands of men accused of gross indecency are former prime minister, Gordon Brown; human rights activist, Peter Tatchell; Rachel Barnes, great niece of Alan Turing; members of the House of Lords.
Website: filmsforthought.com
Facebook: Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing
Implied Consent
Los Angeles Premiere
Narrative Dramatic Short
A celebrated author in Los Angeles on his latest book tour invites an up and coming journalist to his Airbnb for an evening interview session where events take several unexpected turns leaving them both forever changed.
Director: Vic Huber
Producer: Jessica Mirolla
Writer: Vic Huber
Cast: Dana Fares, Mike Sears, Brandi M. Jones, Eric Casalini
Cinematographer: Vic Huber
Editor: Vic Huber
- Official Selection - 2023 Newport Beach Film Festival
- Gold Award - Hollywood Independent Filmmaker Awards & Festival
- Annual Awards Finalist - IndieX Film Fest (July 2023 Award Winner)
- Semi-Finalist - Lonely Wolf International Film Festival
Instagram: @impliedconsentfilm
In The Quiet
Short
On the anniversary of a tremendous tragedy, one woman chooses hope again. On her journey to living she comes out of the quiet.
Director: Merle Dandridge
Producer: Merle Dandridge, Hunter Arnold, Tyler Newhouse, Shane Osgood
Writer: Merle Dandridge
Cast: Merle Dandridge, Isaac Powell
Cinematographer (if applicable): Tyler Newhouse
Editor: Troy Takaki ACE
Je
West Coast Premiere
Short
Having lost the will to live, a young woman thinks about ending her life until an entity intervenes to confront her with reality.
Director: Zane
Producer: Cassandre Anaya & Zane
Writer: Cassandre Anaya
Cast: Cassandre Anaya, Sabrina Campilii
Cinematographer: Zane
Editor: Zane & Cassandre Anaya
"Je", (meaning "I" in English), is about a young woman who has lost her will to live and is thinking about ending her life. It is then that an entity intervenes to confront her with reality.
It is a 20-minute short film that calls for the awakening of our Being and to be. To walk towards self-love and to reshape the eternal question of "Who am I? ".
This film is presented in a minimalist black and white style which illustrates, artistically and philosophically, the internal dialogue that we have with ourselves in the face of the psychological chaos that we encounter at certain phases of our lives until our rebirth.
"Je", carries strong messages for the rebuilding of one's Self, which speaks to many of us.
Website: jeshortfilm.com
Instagram: @jeshortfilm
Facebook: fb.com/JeShortfilm