Official Selections: LA Indie Film Festival
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.
The Hideaway
Short, drama
Sophie, the lead of a failing film franchise, is suing her production company claiming a "toxic Set". The night before the lawsuit begins she meets up with Beckah, a once-production-assistant, now producer, who is testifying against her. An already complex circumstance is made more complex as past feelings are revealed, and true intentions put into question.
Director: Rachel Wender & Alison Faye Shelley
Producer: Rachel Wender, Alison Faye Shelley, Kristin Screnci
Writer: Rachel Wender
Cast: Rachel Wender, Niah Andino, Tagger Skomsky, Kayleigh Goldworthy
Cinematographer: Brent Bailey
Editor: Michael Roush
Awards: Winner of Best LGBTQ Film at Santa Barbara international Movie Awards, Best Film on Women’s Issue at Las Vegas Indie Film Festival and San Diego International Film Awards, Best Romance Film at San Jose Independent Film Festival, and Best Script at Vancouver Indie Film Festival, and Best Narrative Short at LA independent Film Channel Festival and International Independent Film Awards.
Filmed in Los Angeles shortly after the SAG and Writer’s strikes!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachelwender
It Came to This
Short
Dina is writer who wants a book deal. She lets her boyfriend, Ira, move in with her, but their plans are interrupted when they fight over an ugly lamp. Should love inspire compromise, right? At least until a lamp becomes the match to light their relationship on fire.
Director: Sheldon Schiffer
Producer: Sheldon Schiffer
Writer: Sheldon Schiffer
Cast: Marilyn Sanabria, Amir Kovacs
Cinematographer: Ly Bolia
Editor: Sheldon Schiffer & Diego Bruno
Winner Best Romantic Comedy 30th Indie Gathering Indepedent Film Festival (Cleveland, USA), Winner Best Short Film Feedback Romance and Relationship Film Festival, Jury Appreciation Award For Remarkable Artistic Achievement 10th Durgapur Interational Film Festival, Finalist Best Romantic Comedy Georgia Comedy Film Festival
Website: www.mysteriouspictures.com
Instagram:@sheldonelias
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sheldonelias