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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 13, 2019 - 9:00pm
Run Time: 
5m 49s
Country: 
The Netherlands
Synopsis: 
A girl finds out that she has a match on a dating app with a stranger, despite swiping him to the left moments ago. She starts to fear that the man is dangerously close to her.
Directed by: 
Niels Bouronje
Produced by: 
Steffie van Rhee
Written by: 
Paul Bontenbal, Niels Bourgonje
Main Cast: 
Ebony Obsidian, Jefferson White
About the Director(s): 

Niels Bourgonje (1980) is an award winning short film and commercial director based in Amsterdam.
He graduated with the short thriller BURN, which was selected for several international filmfestivals winning numerous awards.

In 2014 Niels directed PEACE AND QUIET, winning the 48 Hour Film Project. In 2015 he made BUDDY, which was selected for 60 filmfestivals, including Palm Springs ShortFest. In 2018 Niels directed TURN IT AROUND, BRIDGE and SKOGAFOSS. SKOGAFOSS has won 20 award...read more

Insania

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World Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 13, 2019 - 9:00pm
Run Time: 
15m 30s
Country: 
Spain
Synopsis: 
Tono is continuously harassed by her mother, who is uncannily cruel and authoritarian. His obsession with a woman's voice recorded on cassette and his favorite doll will help him fight out of his mother's control.
Directed by: 
Carlos Salado
Produced by: 
K.O Company (Uniacords)
Executive Producer(s): 
Rubén Ferrández, Miguel Quintanilla, Narciso Ibañez, Alejandro Ibañez, Gonzalo de Castro
Written by: 
Carlos Salado
Main Cast: 
Miguel Ángel Puro, Elizabeth Sogorb
About the Director(s): 

Carlos Salado is a flmmaker and music composer that aims at revealing a bold and rulebreaking
vision to cinema in Spain. He is the author of the Criando Ratas (Breeding Rats)
movie, which has been claimed by the media and press as the XX of the neoquinqui genre
in Spain. The movie has appeared in more than 100 press and media releases and has
received over 2.7 million visits in Youtube.
Carlos holds a BA/MA in Media Communication and he has specialized in symphon...read more

We Follow You

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World Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 13, 2019 - 9:00pm
Run Time: 
6:35 mins
Country: 
United States
Synopsis: 
A famed influencer tries to escape her followers after the government conducts a nationwide social media shutdown.
Directed by: 
Brandon Espy
Produced by: 
Brandon Espy
Executive Producer(s): 
Brandon Espy
Written by: 
Brandon Espy
Main Cast: 
Zeta Morrison David Alan Madrick Vince Turner
Brandon Espy
About the Director(s): 

Brandon grew up in the Inland Empire, specifically Diamond Bar, CA. As a graduate from the University of San Diego with a B.A. in Communication & Media Studies, he picked up a camera in his mid-20's and started telling stories through images. Beginning his corporation, Espy, Inc., last year, he creates digital content for various companies. While discussing the negative effects on the rise of social media in today's society, he came up with the concept for "We Follow You".

The Loop

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No Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 13, 2019 - 9:00pm
Run Time: 
7:40
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
Mikey’s older brother, Tommy, brings home a mysterious bootleg VHS tape of “the scariest movie ever made”. But what they expect to be a run-of-the-mill 80s slasher flick turns out to be something much more terrifying.
Directed by: 
Rich Ragsdale
Produced by: 
Kevin Ragsdale Veronica Radaelli Roger M. Mayer
Written by: 
Rich Ragsdale
Main Cast: 
Shane Almagor Kevin Ragsdale Mosh Will Abbott Grace Westlin
Rich Ragsdale
About the Director(s): 

Rich began his career as a composer, scoring some of television’s most popular sitcoms, including KING OF QUEENS, ACCORDING TO JIM, and WILL AND GRACE. He has also scored many features, commercials, and video games, notably the ALIENS VS PREDATOR series. Rich transitioned into directing in the mid-2000s. Recently, he directed the feature film GHOST HOUSE, which opened theatrically all over the world, and topped the weekend box office in a number of countries in SE Asia. After its limited the...read more

Madame

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No Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 13, 2019 - 9:00pm
Run Time: 
23 min
Country: 
France - United Kingdom
Synopsis: 
Inside a grand Parisian apartment lives an elegant elderly lady. And inside this lady lives a monster.
Directed by: 
Garth Jennings
Produced by: 
Octavia Peissel, Marine Dorfmann, Garth Jennings
Written by: 
Garth Jennings
Main Cast: 
Evelyne Buyle, Damien Bonnard, Bernard Verley
About the Director(s): 

Garth Jennings began his career as a music video director for bands such as Radiohead, Blur, Beck, R.E.M, Fatboy Slim and many others. His first movie, ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy’ was released in 2005 after which Garth wrote and directed ‘Son of Rambow’ (2008) - a love letter to his childhood and movies. Garth’s first foray into animation was as the writer and director of ‘Sing’ (2016) and he is currently in production on ‘Sing 2’ due for release 4th of July 2021. Garth has written...read more

Le Blizzard

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 13, 2019 - 9:00pm
Run Time: 
12:46
Country: 
Andorra
Synopsis: 
Second World War. Marie wakes up wounded and disoriented in the middle of a blizzard. In front, a mysterious forest separates her from her daughter.
Directed by: 
Àlvaro Rodríguez Areny
Produced by: 
Paula Peña
Executive Producer(s): 
Àlvaro Rodríguez Areny
Written by: 
Àlvaro Rodríguez Areny
Main Cast: 
Aida Folch Isak Férriz

Phaenicia

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World Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 13, 2019 - 9:00pm
Run Time: 
18m 57s
Country: 
México
Synopsis: 
Ale, 11 years old, lives with her bed-ridden mother in a mountain cabin where she is harassed by a mysterious shadow and the town folk who have estranged them for no apparent reason. Valo, a kid of the same age is the only one to give her a humane treatment, which will make her deepest feelings surface, revealing the truth that lies behind the lurking shadow.
Directed by: 
Alberto Ordaz
Produced by: 
Reyna Escalante & Alberto Ordaz
Executive Producer(s): 
Feroz Carmesí Films
Written by: 
Alberto Ordaz
Main Cast: 
Sofía Gomez - “Ale (girl)” Diego Sanchéz - “Valo” Dominc Hernández - “Luis”
About the Director(s): 
Alberto Ordaz, 32 years old, was born in the city of Cordoba Veracruz. He moves with his family to the city of Puebla. He has a Psychology major from the Autonomous University of Puebla (BUAP) and also has a Major in Criminology, Criminalistics and Forensic Techniques from the Free School of University Studies (CLEU). He took the courses "Digital Cinematography" (2012), "Photography in film" (2012) and the workshop " experimental cinema "(2012), all taught in" F64 Audiovisual Training Center "....read more

A Night at the Table

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 13, 2019 - 7:00pm
Run Time: 
10m 37s
Country: 
United States
Synopsis: 
A mother prepares food for a seemingly normal family night dinner, but as the conversation between her and her kids grow more peculiar, tension mounts between the three, unveiling a lurking threat at the table.
Directed by: 
Tamara S. Hall
Produced by: 
A Flower in Fire Productions
Executive Producer(s): 
Tamara S. Hall, Joshua Jordan
Written by: 
Tamara S. Hall
Main Cast: 
Dierdra McDowell, Tamara S. Hall, David Alan Madrick, Keith Dorman
About the Director(s): 
Tamara is a NY-based actress, writer, and first-time filmmaker from Philadelphia, PA whose artistry spans theater, poetry, short fiction, and TV/film. A 2017 graduate of The William Esper Studio, which was listed as one of “The 25 Best Drama Schools in 2015” in the Hollywood Reporter, Tamara completed her studies in acting, movement, and voice & speech. Before becoming a filmmaker, Tamara has also worked in the TV business at renowned networks such as NBCUniversal, BET, and HBO. Tamara consider...read more

RAIN CATCHER

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West Coast Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 13, 2019 - 7:00pm
Run Time: 
16:41
Country: 
United Kingdom
Synopsis: 
We follow a young photographer, an outcast simply known as Rain Catcher. New in town, he captures the haunting beauty of his new home: the notorious Barbican estate in London. Suddenly, Rain Catcher notices a sinister and mysterious man appearing in all his photographs. Blent-in with the crowd or sneaking from a distant window, this shady character is always staring intensely into camera. Who is this man? and what does he want from the young photographer? The journey to uncover this mystery will lead Rain Catcher to a mind-blowing truth. A discovery which will overturn his reality forever.
Directed by: 
Michele Fiascaris
Produced by: 
Filippo Polesel
Executive Producer(s): 
Edoardo Bussi, Michele Fiascaris, Filippo Polesel
Written by: 
Michele Fiascaris, Filippo Polesel
Main Cast: 
Dudley O'Shaughnessy Jo Hartley Marcus Taylor
Michele Fiascaris
About the Director(s): 

Michele is an award-winning writer director. A London Film Academy 2010 graduate, he has written and directed numerous short films, and the feature film “Fat Cat”.
His works have featured on publications such as EMPIRE Magazine and La Repubblica (Italy’s N.1 newspaper.)
His films have been selected and nominated in numerous Oscar-Qualifying and BAFTA-Qualifying festivals, including Sitges Film Festival, Cleveland International Film Festival, Brussels Fantastic Film Festival, BIFAN...read more

STALAG III-C

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 13, 2019 - 7:00pm
Run Time: 
11:50
Country: 
Belarus
Synopsis: 
In the final days of World War II, US paratrooper Joe Boyd leads a daring escape from a Nazi POW camp, only to face a more horrifying evil beyond the prison walls. Inspired by true events. STALAG III-C was filmed entirely on location in Minsk, Belarus.
Directed by: 
Jason Rogan
Produced by: 
Jason Rogan, Yury Gromik, Constantine Samarin
Executive Producer(s): 
Doug Marschke, Sean Drummond
Written by: 
Jason Rogan
Main Cast: 
Sam Falconi, Vadim Gitlin, Henri Falconi
Jason Rogan
About the Director(s): 
Jason grew up in NYC in the 1980s. There he landed is first job "in the business" as an usher at the Waverly Theater in Greenwich Village where he was able to watch movies day and night for free - Blue Velvet, Raising Arizona, The Hunger - it was a film lovers candy store. In 2000 Jason attended the Cannes Film Festival for the first time and his mind was blown. There he teamed up with future partners Doug Marschke, Michael Write and Michael Rix to form Funny How Films and produce Mad Cow: The ...read more