Monday, November 6, 10 AM, AC Theater 2022, United States, Director: Heidi Miami Marshall, Producers: Art Chudabala, Luz Corona, Carlos Ibarra, JLove Calderón, Michelle Hurd, Heidi Miami Marshall, Andrew McClain, Frank Oz, Johnny Sánchez, Jennifer Sklias-Gahan, and Mathia Vargas; 18 min. Twelve-year-old Johnny is desperate to help his father raise Read more…
Friday, November 3, 7 PM, AC Gallery 2022, United States, Director: Vivian Kerr, Producers: Vivian Kerr and Rachel Stander; 105 min. Single mom Beth has a very specific idea of what she wants her life to look like: expensive condo, handsome husband, fancy corporate job, and Starbucks. After getting laid Read more…
Sunday, November 5, 4 PM, AC Gallery 2023, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Director: Sabina Vajrača, Producers: Kerim Mašović and Sabina Vajrača; 20 min. Zejneba, a Muslim woman in Nazi-occupied Bosnia, saves a Jewish family during World War II. Years later, her own life is at risk during the 1993 bombing of Read more…
SHADOW BROTHER SUNDAY – Trailer from Vanishing Angle on Vimeo. Saturday, November 4, 4 PM, AC Theater 2023, United States, Director: Alden Ehrenreich, Producer: Natalie Metzger; 15 min. Cole, a down-on-his-luck musician, returns home on the day of his younger brother’s movie premiere to steal his computer and sell it Read more…
Sisters of Ukraine – Trailer from Marauder Entertainment on Vimeo. Friday, November 3, 10 AM, AC Theater 2023, United States, Director: Mike Dorsey, Producers: Steven Campos and Mike Dorsey; 81 min. Two volunteers from Spain travel to a convent in western Ukraine where nuns aid refugees following the Russian invasion. Read more…
Sunday, November 5, 4 PM, AC Gallery 2023, United States, Director: Jason C. Brown, Producer: Tara Jayn; 7 min. When Annie arrives at her friend’s house for a party, she is paralyzed by social anxiety. As she hesitates on the front porch, Annie runs through one disaster scenario after another. Read more…
Space, Hope and Charity trailer from sandy cummings on Vimeo. Saturday, November 4, 1 PM, AC Theater 2023, United States, Director and Producer: Sandy Cummings; 79 min. After tragically losing her husband and young son, Charity Woodrum gets her life and her dream of becoming an astrophysicist back on track Read more…
Sunday, November 5, 7 PM, AC Theater 2022, United States, Director: Susan Morgenstern, Producer: Ronda Spinak; 56 min. A family of violin restorers spanning three generations brings a collection of stringed instruments stolen from Holocaust victims back to life. As these instruments find new expression in the hands of musicians Read more…
Monday, November 6, 10 AM, AC Theater 2022, Venezuela, Director: Zoum Domínguez Blanco, Producers: Zoum Domínguez Blanco and Liseth Tovar Izaguirre; 20 min. After a lifetime of challenges, Juancho Domíngue, a 70-year-old jazz musician, discovers a love of photography. In this slice-of-life film, we follow Jauncho around the streets of Read more…
Sunday, November 5, 1 PM, AC Theater 2022, United States, Director: Liz Lachman, Producer: Lisa Donmall-Reeve; 90 min. Follow Susan Feniger, an award-winning celebrity chef, on her passionate quest to establish her first solo restaurant and bring global street food under one roof in the form of a groundbreaking LA eatery Read more…
The Aftermath_Trailer_720p.mov from LaChelle Hunt on Vimeo. Monday, November 6, 7 PM, AC Gallery 2022, United States, Director and Producer: LaChelle Joy Hunt; 7 min. The year is 1912 and Evelyn has just arrived in California after surviving the sinking of the Titanic. As she wanders along the windy seaside Read more…
Monday, November 6, 7 PM, AC Gallery 2022, United States, Director: JoshuMonday, November 6, 7 PM, AC Gallerya Nathan, Producer: Xixian Wang; 18 min. On New Year’s Eve, two co-workers in the city sanitation department are caught up in an armed robbery. As they confront their own mortality, Liz and Read more…
Saturday, November 4, 10 AM, AC Theater 2023, United States, Director and Producer: Larry Edelman; 105 min. Greg and Jere Canote are identical twins who have been playing music together for most of their 70-plus years. Chronicling a half century of teaching and performing at countless festivals and workshops, this Read more…
The Dog and the Duck movie trailer from silvia gallini on Vimeo. Friday, November 3, 1 PM, AC Theater 2022, United States, Director: Silvia Gallini, Producers: Silvia Gallini, Arndt Peemoeller, Kristina Schulte-Eversum, and Danijel Sraka; 68 min. Silvia Gallini, a young filmmaker, recalls her life-changing journey with Joe Blaustein, an Read more…
The Flying Sailor (Trailer) from NFB/marketing on Vimeo. Sunday, November 5, 4 PM, AC Theater 2022, Canada, Directors: Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby, Producer: David Christensen; 8 min. Two ships collide in a harbor, an explosion shatters a city, and a sailor is blasted skyward. With ears ringing, blood pulsing Read more…
Friday, November 3, 1 PM, AC Theater 2022, United States, Director: Johnny Kirk, Producers: Jason Chau and Mario Smith; 12 min. Four black teens meet up for a fun-filled July 4th. During a stop at a local Quick Mart to buy snacks, they get into a lethal confrontation with a Read more…
O Homem do Lixo a film by by Laura Gonçalves – Trailer from Agência – Portuguese Short Films on Vimeo. Monday, November 6, 7 PM, AC Gallery 2022, Portugal, Director: Laura Gonçalves, Producer: Rodrigo Areias; 12 min. A family gathers at a backyard memorial to remember Botao, their beloved patriarch. Read more…
Sunday, November 5, 1 PM, AC Theater 2022, United States, Directors: Bobby Louise and Brig White, Producer: Olivia Berlin; 11 min. Driven by loneliness, a woman breaks into a house and surprises the elderly man who lives there. Over the course of the evening, the two move past their initial Read more…
THE GLASSES TRAILER from Mayday Films on Vimeo. Saturday, November 4, 1 PM, AC Theater 2023, United States, Directors: Frances Chewning and Sarah Smith, Producers: Frances Chewning and Gordon Gee; 15 min. Joseph, a gentle intellectual with a dry sense of humor, has lived with Parkinson’s for two decades. With Read more…
‘The Kill Floor’ Trailer from Elaine Montalvo on Vimeo. Sunday, November 5, 7 PM, AC Theater 2023, United States, Director and Producer: Carlos Avila; 27 min. Gil Navarro, a Latino journalist, returns to his hometown to investigate an outbreak of COVID-19 at the meat-packing plant where his father works. Driven Read more…
The Land of Aliens || Official Trailer from Olya Chernykh on Vimeo. Friday, November 3, 10 AM, AC Theater 2023, Ukraine, Director: Olga Chernykh, Producers: Iryna Nikonchuk and Anzhela Sokol; 19 min. Mykola lives an idyllic life in the observatory he built on a hillside in the fictional land of Read more…
LA MAIN GAUCHE (2022) | Bande-annonce / Trailer from SPIRA on Vimeo. Friday, November 3, 4 PM, AC Theater 2022, Canada, Director: Maxime Robin, Producer: Claudine Thériault; 14 min. Maxime’s mother is determined to get to the truth of the matter when her son’s second-grade teacher declares him abnormal. Following Read more…
The Ocean Duck Trailer from Huda Razzak on Vimeo. Saturday, November 4, 1 PM, AC Gallery 2021, United States, Director and Producer: Huda Razzak; 7 min. A young woman tries to reconnect with her elderly grandmother, who suffers from dementia, by baking a traditional cake from a family recipe. The Read more…
The Orchestra Chuck Built (Teaser) from Christopher Stoudt on Vimeo. Friday, November 3, 4 PM, AC Gallery 2023, United States, Director: Christopher Stoudt, Producers: Maryann Garger, Bob Logan, and Ryan Suffern; 23 min. Despite a rich musical legacy, blacks comprise only 1.8% of the professional orchestra workforce in the US. Read more…
The Story of This Life_Trailer from Zhijia Jiang on Vimeo. Friday, November 3, 10 AM, AC Gallery 2022, China, Director: Alex Jiang, Producer: Alex Jiang, Val Tan, and Ciao Zhao; 17 min. After learning his son died from COVID-19 in Los Angeles, Chang Dong decides to fly over from China Read more…
The Stupid Boy (Short Film Trailer) from Authentive on Vimeo. Friday, November 3, 10 AM, AC Gallery 2022, United Kingdom, Director: Phil Dunn, Producer: Gabrielle Oliver; 16 min. Michael is a mixed race, autistic, 16-year-old boy who is loved by his parents but bullied by classmates for being different. Confronted Read more…
THE UNRELIABLES TRAILER from Adam Linkenhelt on Vimeo. Saturday, November 4, 10 AM, AC Gallery 2022, United States, Director: Adam Linkenhelt, Producers: Katie Barrie, Jen Robyn Jacobs, and Adam Linkenhelt; 18 min. An absentee father enlists his troubled babysitter to cope with his wife’s unexpected death. While Jared tries to Read more…
Monday, November 6, 4 PM, AC Gallery 2023, Japan and United States, Director: Marc Marriott, Producer: Brigham Taylor; 117 min. Feeling displaced and disconnected in Japan, Hideki Sakai travels to Montana to make a cattle ranch owned by his company profitable. As he spends more time in the spectacular Montana Read more…
Sunday, November 5, 1 PM, AC Theater 2023, Iraq, Director and Producer: Zhino Hadi Hasan; 14 min. A woman is sexually harassed by two men while driving her daughter to school. Disturbed by the encounter, she gets in an accident and winds up at the hospital. There, her path intersects Read more…
Friday, November 3, 10 AM, AC Gallery 2023, United States, Director: Leah Warshawski, Producers: Tamara Conniff and Leah Warshawski; 30 min. When COVID-19 shuts down tourism in Hawaii, surf instructor Bull Cotter is pushed to the brink of economic catastrophe. He finds renewed purpose teaching local children from all walks Read more…
unMASKing HOPE Trailer from Eric Christiansen on Vimeo. Friday, November 3, 4 PM, AC Theater 2022, United States, Director and Producer: Eric James Christiansen; 84 min. This feature-length documentary chronicles the extraordinary stories of a diverse group of survivors ranging from 9/11, mass shootings, first responders and sexual abuse as Read more…
Sunday, November 5, 7 PM, AC Gallery 2022, Iran, Director and Producer: Iranmehr Salimi; 13 min. On paper, Zainab is a successful female athlete who supports her family as a professional volleyball player. In spirit, Zainab is a boy who wants to play in the male volleyball league. As Zainab Read more…
Trailer – UNVEILED: Joyce Tenneson and The Heroine’s Journey from Snapdragon Films on Vimeo. Friday, November 3, 4 PM, AC Gallery 2022, United States, Directors and Producers: Rebecca Dreyfus, Randy Gebhardt, and David Wright; 57 min. Join Joyce Tennyson, a ground-breaking female photographer, as she fights to express her artistic Read more…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Aminreza Alimohammadi ( A-min ) (@amin_musica) Friday, November 3, 10 AM, AC Gallery 2023, Iran, Director: Aminreza Alimohammadi, Producer: Amin Rafiee; 14 min. A man and his grandmother face eviction from their apartment because of their beloved dog. With no Read more…
Friday, November 3, 1 PM, AC Gallery 2022, United States, Director: Kitty Norton, Producers: Greg Byers, Taki Oldham, and Beth Rigazio; 87 min. Filmmaker Kitty Norton sets off on an RV adventure to meet the family caregivers who provided her with critical support through their shared experiences caring for family Read more…
WOODSMAN | Official Trailer | 2023 from Elliot Peters on Vimeo. Monday, November 6, 4 PM, AC Theater 2022, United States, Director and Producer: Elliot Peters; 25 min. A young man cares for his girlfriend in their lakeside cabin after she is paralyzed and rendered speechless in a terrible accident. Read more…