A Squirrel’s Tale Adventure Trailer from Forest Rain on Vimeo. Monday, November 6, 10 am, Ojai Art Center Theater 2016, USA, Director: Forest Rain, Producers: Malek Houlihan and Jami Deva; 5 min. A curious squirrel ventures out of his forest home and meets an alluring mermaid. Despite their differences, the Read more…
A Thousand Mothers (Trailer) from Lion’s Roar Foundation on Vimeo. Tuesday, November 7, 1 pm, Chaparral Auditorium Saturday, November 11, 4 pm, Ojai Art Center Theater 2016, USA, Director and Producer: Kim Shelton; 39 min. High above the majestic Irrawaddy River, a community of nuns redefines what it means to Read more…
Saturday, November 4, 7 pm, Ojai Art Center Theater Sunday, November 12, 7 pm, Chaparral Auditorium 2015, USA, Director and Producer: Juan Feldman; 91 min. Academy award winner Marcia Gay Harden stars as Jane, a bookish introvert who loses her job as a librarian and spirals into suicidal depression. Before Read more…
[fvplayer src=”https://ojaifilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/4ac38843-Trailer_ALIKE_No_dialogues.mp4″ splash=”https://ojaifilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Photo-2-2-600.jpg” width=”1280″ height=”720″] Friday, November 3, 7 PM, Ojai Art Center Theater Saturday, November 11, 7 PM, Chaparral Auditorium 2015, Spain, Directors: Daniel Martínez Lara and Rafa Cano Méndez, Producers: Daniel Martínez Lara and Nicolás Matji; 8 min. Copi is a devoted dad trying to teach his son, Read more…
Monday, November 6, 1 pm, Ojai Art Center Theater 2017, USA, Director: Zach Frankart, Producers: Joel Hodge and Diesel Pfingsten; 11 min. An ordinary young man ventures into the criminal underworld to search for a mysterious woman named Amy. When the man confronts a ruthless sex trafficking ring, he discovers Read more…
Friday, November 10, 1 pm, Chaparral Auditorium Sunday, November 12, 4 pm, Ojai Art Center Theater 2016, USA, Director: Daniel Chein, Producers: Helen Citlalli Shope and Sufen Yen; 12 min. Basha boasts idyllic mountain landscapes and notoriety as home to China’s “Last Tribe of Gunrunners.” As tourists flood the tiny Read more…
Saturday, November 4, 10 AM, Chaparral Auditorium Saturday, November 11, 1 PM, Ojai Art Center Theater 2016, USA, Director and Producer: Eric Heimbold; 17 min. A blind adventure writer teams up with the world’s first sustainable sushi chef in search of enlightenment. As the two men dive in the murky Read more…
Trailer for Catching Sight of Thelma & Louise from Far Beyond Film on Vimeo. Friday, November 10, 1 pm, Chaparral Auditorium Sunday, November 12, 4 pm, Ojai Art Center Theater 2016, USA, Director and Producer: Jennifer Townsend; 87 min. Take a dramatic and exciting ride with Thelma and Louise. Set Read more…
Catherine – Teaser Trailer from Sebastien Nuta on Vimeo. Friday, November 3, 7 PM, Chaparral Auditorium Thursday, November 9, 7 PM, Chaparral Auditorium 2017, USA, Director: Sebastien Nuta, Producer: Nasser Akkari; 15 min. A divorced, single mother succumbs to temptation and hires a male escort during her son’s visit with Read more…
Sunday, November 5, 4 – 6:30 PM Focus Earth workshop sponsored by Ojai Valley Land Conservancy (OVLC). Charged – The Eduardo Garcia Story will be shown followed by a panel. OVLC information booth available pre and post show.. – OAC Theater In 2011, Chef Eduardo Garcia was shocked with 2400 Read more…
Charlie vs Goliath — Teaser from Belly of the Beast on Vimeo. Wednesday, November 8, 1 pm, Chaparral Auditorium Sunday, November 12, 10 am, Ojai Art Center Theater 2016, USA, Director and Producer: Reed Lindsay; 75 min. A penniless, 75-year-old, former Catholic priest takes on establishment politics when he runs Read more…
Sunday, November 5, 4 pm, Chaparral Auditorium Sunday, November 12, 1 pm, Ojai Art Center Theater 2017, USA, Director and Producer: John Scheinfeld; 99 min. Set against the social, political and cultural landscape of the 20th century, Chasing Trane brings John Coltrane to life as a fully dimensional being, inviting Read more…
Friday, November 3, 4 PM, Ojai Art Center Theater Friday, November 10, 4 PM, Chaparral Auditorium 2016, USA, Director: Juan Avella, Producer: Sharon Waich B.; 11 min. Daivi is a devoted family man who does whatever it takes to support his son, including the occasional kidnapping. On his last job, Read more…
Citizen Trailer from Robby on Vimeo. Saturday, November 4, 1 PM, Chaparral Auditorium Sunday, November 12, 4 PM, Chaparral Auditorium 2017, USA, Director: Robert Bracker, Producer: Marissa Messina; 15 min. A female Border Patrol agent must choose between her job and her family when her 8-month’s pregnant sister gets deported. Read more…
Sunday, November 5, 4 pm, Chaparral Auditorium Sunday, November 12, 1 pm, Ojai Art Center Theater 2017, USA, Director: Ty Primosch, Producer: K-J Mathieson; 6 min. A corkscrew with a loose screw does battle with a giant bottle to unleash seven magical lightning bugs trapped inside. With no dialogue, Corky Read more…
Sunday, November 5, 1 pm, Chaparral Auditorium Tuesday, November 7, 7 pm, Chaparral Auditorium 2016, USA, Director: Randy Field, Producer: Randy Field and Michael Pickman; 11 min. Just about everybody’s heard of Jackie Robinson, the groundbreaking slugger who broke major league’s color barrier. However, very few Americans know Lester Rodney, Read more…
Friday, November 3, 4 PM, Ojai Art Center Theater Friday, November 10, 4 PM, Chaparral Auditorium 2017, USA, Directors: Hannah Bradford, Amanda Larsh, Nick McDonald, and Caroline Roffe, Producers: Amanda Larsh and Caroline Roffe; 14 min. For the youth of the Dzaleka Refugee Camp, dance is one of the few Read more…
Dear Death: trailer from Kate Isenberg on Vimeo. Sunday, November 5, 4 pm, Chaparral Auditorium Sunday, November 12, 1 pm, Ojai Art Center Theater 2016, USA, Director and Producer: Kate Isenberg; 7 min. Stewball, a bipedal horse working a dead-end job, craves stability and security above all else. When Death Read more…
Don’t Sell My Guitars Trailer 2017-04-12 from Lynn Montgomery on Vimeo. Monday, November 6, 10 am, Ojai Art Center Theater 2017, USA, Director and Producer: Lynn Montgomery; 20 min. Kenny Montgomery was picking Oklahoma cotton by the age of 5. At age 7, Kenny bought his first guitar from the Read more…
Duende: The Red Shoes New Trailer from Tina Love on Vimeo. Saturday, November 4, 1 PM, Ojai Art Center Theater Sunday, November 12, 1 PM, Chaparral Auditorium 2015, USA, Director: Tina Love, Producer: David Bradstreet; 10 min. A pastor’s wife gets more than she bargained for when she meets her Read more…
Early Mourning Teaser Trailer from LisaDonmallreeve17 on Vimeo. Sunday, November 5, 1 pm, Ojai Art Center Theater Saturday, November 11, 10 am, Ojai Art Center Theater 2017, USA, Director: Ben Hartley, Producer: Lisa Donmall-Reeve; 6 min. A successful photographer is living the life of her dreams in New York City. Read more…
Echo Park Blues Trailer from Michael Bofshever on Vimeo. Sunday, November 5, 1 pm, Chaparral Auditorium Tuesday, November 7, 7 pm, Chaparral Auditorium 2016, USA, Director: Michael Bofshever, Producer: Jacquelyn South; 17 min. What is the definition of success, and how does an artist balance a career with a personal Read more…
Saturday, November 4, 10 AM, Chaparral Auditorium Saturday, November 11, 1 PM, Ojai Art Center Theater 2015, USA, Director: Michael Bond, Producers: Michael Bond, Caro Kay, and Lara Lihiya; 18 min. Thirteen-year-old Anna must redefine her concept of family and herself when she discovers that her widower father is romantically Read more…
TrailerErlkoenig from Georges Schwizgebel on Vimeo. Sunday, November 5, 1 pm, Ojai Art Center Theater Saturday, November 11, 10 am, Ojai Art Center Theater 2015, Switzerland, Director: Georges Schwizgebel, Producers: Izabela Rieben and Georges Schwizgebel; 6 min. A sick little boy encounters the mysterious king of the elves during a Read more…
Faces of Santa Ana || Short Doc || trailer from Retina Cam Productions on Vimeo. Sunday, November 5, 7 pm, Ojai Art Center Theater Friday, November 10, 7 pm, Chaparral Auditorium 2015, USA, Director: Daud Sani, Producers: Wendy Campbell and Daud Sani; 14 min. Brian Peterson hasn’t touched a paintbrush Read more…
Fear, Love, and Agoraphobia-Trailer #2.5 from Alex D’Lerma on Vimeo. Monday, November 6, 1 pm, Ojai Art Center Theater 2016, USA, Director: Alex D’Lerma, Producer: Markus Linecker; 91 min. Chet is a 28-year-old agoraphobe who still lives with his mother. When she unexpectedly moves away, Chet searches for a new Read more…
Monday, November 6, 4 pm, Ojai Art Center Theater 2017, USA, Director: Bradley Bischoff, Producers: Bradley Bischoff and Alex Hidalgo; 6 min. Roberto has spent his life working the fields of Ventura County. As a boy, he survived poverty and a brutal stepfather. Field Song follows Roberto, now an old Read more…
Saturday, November 4, 10 AM, Ojai Art Center Theater Friday, November 10, 4 PM, Ojai Art Center Theater 2017, USA, Director: Brian Schulz, Producers: Matthew Mills, Brian Schulz, Chris Vivion; 18 min. The city of Flint is in crisis mode. A federal state of emergency has deemed its drinking water Read more…
GAME – Trailer from Jeannie Donohoe on Vimeo. Sunday, November 5, 1 pm, Chaparral Auditorium Tuesday, November 7, 7 pm, Chaparral Auditorium 2016, USA, Director: Jeannie Donohoe, Producer: Joey Horvitz; 15 min. A new kid tries out for the boys’ basketball team at a local high school and instantly makes Read more…
Go To City ELE –trailor from leo on Vimeo. Saturday, November 4, 10 AM, Ojai Art Center Theater Friday, November 10, 4 PM, Ojai Art Center Theater 2015, China, Director and Producer: Wenyu Li; 9 min. Inspired by glossy pictures in magazines, a piglet has big plans for his first Read more…
Sunday, November 5, 1 pm, Ojai Art Center Theater Saturday, November 11, 10 am, Ojai Art Center Theater 2016, India, Director: Samit Kakkad, Producer: Nanu Jaisinghani; 100 min. Two brothers living in the slums of Mumbai long to taste their first slice of pizza. It will take all their street Read more…
Celui qui a deux âmes – He who has two souls – Trailer from Fargo on Vimeo. Saturday, November 4, 10 AM, Ojai Art Center Theater Friday, November 10, 4 PM, Ojai Art Center Theater 2015, France, Director: Fabrice Luang-Vija, Producer: Sophie Fallot; 17 min. As beautiful as a woman, Read more…
HOPE Trailer from Pixcube Animation Studio on Vimeo. Sunday, November 5, 7 pm, Chaparral Auditorium Sunday, November 12, 7 pm, Ojai Art Center Theater 2016, Switzerland, Director: Michael Scherrer, Producer: Samuel Scherrer; 6 min. Separated from his mother after an unsuccessful attempt to escape a prison camp, a young boy Read more…
Friday, November 3, 1 PM, Ojai Art Center Theater Thursday, November 9, 4 PM, Chaparral Auditorium 2017, USA, Director: Ashton Avila, Producer: Shamola Kharkar; 27 min. It’s August 26, 1965 and President Lyndon B. Johnson has just signed an executive order ending marital deferments for the draft. Claudia, an ambitious Read more…
Icarus Trailer from Tom Teller on Vimeo. Saturday, November 4, 1 PM, Chaparral Auditorium Sunday, November 12, 4 PM, Chaparral Auditorium 2016, USA, Director: Tom Teller, Producer: Michelle Evans; 20 min. When a Mars colony’s comm satellite is damaged, Emilia Riley embarks on a seemingly harmless repair expedition. A shuttle Read more…
Thursday, November 9, 1 pm, Chaparral Auditorium Sunday, November 12, 10 am, Chaparral Auditorium 2017, Norway, Directors: Edvard Karijord and Bendik Mondal, Producer: Westerdals Oslo ACT (College); 20 min. On October 8, 2013, Geir Karijord goes missing in Romsdal Valley, Norway. Geir’s disappearance leaves his family in limbo – should Read more…
InTheOrchardTrailer from Dana White on Vimeo. Monday, November 6, 7 pm, Ojai Art Center Theater 2017, USA, Director: Christopher Knoblock, Producer: Dana White; 101 min. Charlotte Winston is recovering from a devastating car crash that took the lives of her husband and son when she meets Nick, a marine veteran Read more…
ITPTrailer from david sketchley on Vimeo. Saturday, November 4, 10 AM, Chaparral Auditorium Saturday, November 11, 1 PM, Ojai Art Center Theater 2015, USA, Director and Producer: Heidi Boucher and Ruby Sketchley; 79 min. As the rising costs of “traditional funerals” place them out of reach for ordinary families, the Read more…
It’s Just a Gun – Official Trailer from Jonathan Chou on Vimeo. Saturday, November 4, 1 PM, Chaparral Auditorium Sunday, November 12, 4 PM, Chaparral Auditorium 2017, USA, Director: Brian Robau, Producer: John Sayage; 14 min. A young boy lives in a world of bullying, domestic violence, and policy brutality. Read more…
Colocataires / Joint-Tenants trailer from Vivement Lundi ! on Vimeo. Friday, November 3, 4 PM, Chaparral Auditorium Friday, November 10, 1 PM, Ojai Art Center Theater 2015, France, Director: Delphine Priet-Mahéo, Producer: Jean-François Le Corre; 11 min. Camille leads a solitary life ordered by the ring of her alarm clock, Read more…
Kathmandude – Trailer from Jacob Kirby on Vimeo. Friday, November 3, 10 AM, Chaparral Auditorium Saturday, November 11, 1 PM, Chaparral Auditorium 2017, USA, Director: Jacob Kirby, Producer: Ning Zhao; 11 min. Burnt-out addict Adam flees the wreckage of his past by traveling halfway around the world to Kathmandu, Nepal. Read more…
Saturday, November 4, 1 PM, Ojai Art Center Theater Sunday, November 12, 1 PM, Chaparral Auditorium 2017, USA, Director: Evan Beloff, Producer: Bunbury Films; 42 min. What happens when a rabbinical matchmaker, a newly married Hasidic couple and a single, religious hip-hop artist explore the precise meaning of True Love? Read more…
Saturday, November 4, 4 PM, Chaparral Auditorium Wednesday, November 8, 4 PM, Chaparral Auditorium 2017, USA, Director: Meg Sutton, Producer: John Marsaglia; 18 min. The year is 1977 and budding musician Drew longs for a chance to prove her talent. When Drew invites sultry blues singer, Marcie, to sing at Read more…
Light Sight – Trailer from Seyed M. Tabatabaei on Vimeo. Friday, November 3, 4 PM, Ojai Art Center Theater Friday, November 10, 4 PM, Chaparral Auditorium 2016, Iran, Director: Seyed M. Tabatabaei, Producer: Simin Farrokh Ahmadi; 8 min. When M.E. is trapped in a darkened room, the light from a Read more…
Lives Well Lived – trailer from Sky Bergman on Vimeo. Monday, November 6, 4 pm, Ojai Art Center Theater 2017, USA, Director and Producer: Sky Bergman; 72 min. Lives Well Lived celebrates the incredible wit, wisdom and experiences of adults aged 75 to 100 years old. Through their intimate memories Read more…
Monday, November 6, 4 pm, Ojai Art Center Theater 2017, USA, Director and Producer: Dylan Reiss; 8 min. Diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a baby, Luke has never accepted his physical limitations. Now 9, Luke strives to be like any other boy, filling his days with swimming, baseball, and bowling. Read more…
Lunch Time official trailer from Alireza Ghasemi on Vimeo. Friday, November 3, 7 PM, Ojai Art Center Theater Saturday, November 11, 7 PM, Chaparral Auditorium 2017, Iran, Director and Producer: Alireza Ghasemi; 15 min. A sixteen-year-old girl arrives at a morgue to identify her mother’s body only to be turned Read more…
MAY I BE HAPPY – Trailer from TAMA, Eric Georgeault on Vimeo. Thursday, November 9, 1 pm, Chaparral Auditorium Sunday, November 12, 10 am, Chaparral Auditorium 2017, France, Directors: Eric Georgeault and Hélène Walter, Producers: Eric Georgeault and Hélène Walter; 79 min. America’s youth face unprecedented stress from poverty, violence, Read more…
MISS KIET’S CHILDREN TRAILER from Peter Lataster on Vimeo. Friday, November 3, 1 PM, Chaparral Auditorium Friday, November 10, 10 AM, Chaparral Auditorium 2016, Netherlands, Directors: Peter Lataster and Petra Lataster-Czisch, Producer: Peter Lataster; 114 min. Kiet Engels is the kind of teacher you’d wish for every schoolchild. Strict, but Read more…
Tuesday, November 7, 1 pm, Chaparral Auditorium Saturday, November 11, 4 pm, Ojai Art Center Theater 2017, USA, Director and Producer: Bill Jarcho; 9 min. Callous actions escalate to a shocking finale when a brutish band of clay-morphing meanies invades and conquers a tribe of peaceful natives. Featuring a sly Read more…