Official Selections: 34th LA Comedy Film Festivals
Congratulations to our accepted filmmakers!
Films are listed in alphabetical order, index to the left.
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Saving All My Love
Short
A down-on-her-luck former pageant queen’s anxiety spirals out of control when she finally confronts her mother’s hoarding.
Director: Kristina Thomas
Producer: KD Chalk
Writer: Tyler Young
Cast: Tristina Lee, Venus DeMilo Thomas, Yolanda Snowball
Cinematographer: S. Lakmé Iyengar
Editor: Randi Atkins
Instagram: @savingallmylovefilm
The Entire Lifespan Of A Mayfly
Short
When Jimmy gets stood up on an online date (again), to his surprise, the app sets him up with a "substitute date" who arrives to save his lonely night.
Director: Samip Raval
Producer: Samip Raval & Debbie Vu
Writer: Samip Raval
Cast: Samip Raval, Jackie Renee Robinson, Isaac Klein
Cinematographer: Josh Ausley
Editor: Samip Raval
The Plague
Short
World Premiere
What is the cost of love? Connor and Jessie are a young couple forced to make an impossible choice as Jessie begins to show signs of a mysterious illness. "The Plague" is a dark tragicomedy of love, death, and farts.
Director: Ryan Michael Hoskins
Producer: Ryan Michael Hoskins
Writer: Ryan Michael Hoskins
Cast: Paulina Lule, Nicholas James Reilly, Spencer Williams
Cinematographer: Daniel Klockenkemper
Editor: Ryan Michael Hoskins
Unhinged
Short
Following a recent sighting of her office crush on a dating app on the eve of his leaving party, an overthinking millennial searches for reassurance that her feelings are reciprocated before it's too late.
Sadhbh is many things but mainly, to her, she is fat. After seeing the love of her life on a dating app, Sadhbh is too crippled by self-doubt to swipe right. Instead, in a bid to summon confidence, she searches for signs that her feelings are reciprocated. This quest is hindered by The Ghosts of Dating Apps, a manifestation of her own inner thoughts in the form of the riff-raff she has seen on dating apps. Can she bring herself to believe that he feels the same way? In a society awash with fatphobia, finding this belief is harder than it seems.
Director: Zoë Brennan-Whitmore
Producer: Fiona Dwyer & Natalie Britton
Writer: Mary Kirwan
Cast: Mary Kirwan, John Doran, Shane Robinson, Eimear Morrissey, Robert Mitchell, Ali Hardiman, Michael Patrick, Emer O'Neill, Oren Connolly
Cinematographer: Evan Barry
Editor: John Cutler
Winner - Virgin Media Discovers Competition
Winner - Best Short, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Ensemble Cast - Dublin International Comedy Film Festival
Instagram: @unhinged_film
The Comics
Short
West Coast premiere
When Annie and Mark's controversial comedy video goes viral, they make a run for the country. There, they hide out in a worn down, under the radar motel - hoping to stay out of the public eye while their video rapidly makes its rounds on social media.
Director: Karen Knox
Producer: Spencer Hahn, Stephen Raglow, Veronika Gribanova
Writer: Veronika Gribanova
Cast: Ryan Belleville, Veronika Gribanova, Marcia Johnson
Cinematographer: Julian Lomaga
Editor: Jordan Crute
Miami Film Festival, Telefilm showcase at Cannes, Victoria Film Festival
Instagram: @veronika38 and @knox.x.x.x
Twitter: @veronika38 and @knox_x_x_x
The Hall Pass
Short
World Premiere
An insecure boyfriend believes the love of his life is cheating on him after she reveals she'd want her "hall pass" to be with her buff yoga instructor.
Director: Marc Brockwell
Producer: Zoe Brown
Writer: Marc Brockwell
Cast: Will Peters, Eilise Patton, Brandon Crockett, Jade Kaiser, Will Donnellon
Cinematographer: Adam Linssen
Editor: Will Peters
Rhode Island International Film Festival Semi-Finalist
Instagram: @marcbrockwell
The Rug Hustler
Short
This dusty little fable of deception and discovery follows a stranded carpet salesman looking to make a few dollars to fix his van and get back on the road, but not before local shysters try to take him for a ride.
DIRECTOR: Russ Lamoureux
PRODUCER: Bailey Parks, Russ Lamoureux, Constance Zimmer
WRITER: Russ Lamoureux
CAST: Paddy Wilkins, Constance Zimmer, Brittany Perry-Russell, Matt Cook, H. Michael Croner
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jimmy Shelton
EDITOR: Angelo Valencia & Optimus
Why Am I Like This
Short Film
Leni must marathon sprint through the most chaotic day of her life, as the deadline for a life-altering art contest grows closer. But her neurodivergent brain is her own worst enemy and it will ensure that everything falls apart today.
Director: Andres Rovira
Producer: Andres Rovira, Jenny Lorenzo, Ben Lopez
Writer: Andres Rovira
Cast: Jenny Lorenzo, Adrianna Matamoros, Paloma Morales, David Gallegos, Thelma Sugay, Ryan Murphy, Dione Kuraoka
Cinematographer: Ernesto Prieto
Editor: Andres Rovira
Awards: Best Editing - Venice Short Film Festival
Instagram: @whyamilikethis_movie
Your House is My House
Short Film
World Premiere
After being caught cheating, an emotionally stunted young man attempts to silently prevent the destruction of a seemingly idyllic marriage between the two strangers whose home he has broken into.
Directors: Matthew Bloodgood, Daniel Egnal
Cinematographer: Matthew Bloodgood
Producers: Daniel Egnal, Gabriel Lee
Writers: Daniel Egnal, Gabriel Lee, Matthew Bloodgood
Cast: Brian Villalobos, Daniel Egnal, Lacedes Hunt, Aliyah Celeste, Surtzy
Editor: Matthew Bloodgood