Life As We Know It
These films delve into the small moments and ordinary details that influence our personal stories, revealing how the seemingly mundane can have profound significance in our existence.
Friday, Oct 25th | 5:15 PM
Logline: A police officer’s body cam captures the raw terror of a school shooting.
Short Film | Runtime: 0:00:30
Premiere Status: World Premiere
Hisonni Mustafa – Director – TJ Schwingle- cinematographer – Furlined – production company- Via – agency Commercial Directors diversity program project
Logline: On a remote island, Naima comes of age among an ancient mystical people. As a “chosen one” she must confront fear, expectations, and doubt to embrace her power as she transitions from childhood to something even more mysterious and powerful: herself.
Short Film | Runtime: 0:06:28
Premiere Status: LA Premiere
Director
J. Michael Hayes
Producer
J. Michael Hayes
Screenwriter
J. Michael Hayes, Z.Z. Claybourne
Cinematographer / Director of Photography
Emerson Mahoney
Composer
Oli Rockberger
Editor
Emerson Mahoney
Executive Producer
J. Michael Hayes, Emerson Mahoney, Nekeshia Grant
Cast
Mela Lee, Ella Mahoney, Tiffany Vanderhoop, Kellee Noelle Webb
Contacts
Press Contact / US Sales Contact / International Sales Contact
J. Michael Hayes
Cast Iron Rocket Productions
Edgartown, MA
617-838-1972
hayesmusicdesign@gmail.com
Logline: Faced with a dire request from a mysterious woman, a distraught young man embarks on a transformative journey that unearths mystical forces that reach into a long forgotten past.
Short Film | Runtime: 0:14:47
Premiere Status: LA Premiere
Director
BINIYAM ABREHA
Producer
BINIYAM ABREHA, BEMNET YEMESGEN
Screenwriter
BINIYAM ABREHA
Cinematographer
JACQUELINE CHAN
Composer
SUMEET SARKAR
Editor
MAEDEH MOAYYEDNIA
Executive In Charge of Production
N/A
Line Producer
JOSSLYN GLENN
Cast
LOTANNA MUONAGOR
RENE FISHER MIMS
Contacts
Press Contact
BINIYAM ABREHA
LOS ANGELES, CA
240-744-6099
BINIYAMTABREHA@GMAIL.COM
US Sales Contact
N/A
International Sales Contact
N/A
Logline: The film is seen through the eyes of Grace, age 6. The world as she sees it, innocent and carefree. Grace is Black. 1977, London. The political climate is volatile with the rise of the National Front calling for the repatriation of immigrants and appealing to racial hatred.
Int’l Short Film | Runtime: 0:12:51
WRITER/DIRECTOR
Karen Bryson
PRODUCERS
Lorraine Bhattachary, Shakyra Dowling
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Davide Harewood, Rajita Shah
CINEMATOGRAPHER
Tristan Chenais
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Agnieszka Debska
EDITOR
Rebecca Lloyd
SOUND DESIGNER
Marie Tueje
CAST
Kennedy McCallam-Martin
Stephanie Levi-John
Elisha Robin
Karen Bryson
Logline: After a man-made disaster decimates an evergreen island, a stranded 11-year-old girl must find the tenacity to leave behind her home with the help of an unlikely friend.
Short Film | Runtime: 0:16:11
Director
KATERYNA KURGANSKA
Producer
TIMUR GUSEYNOV, KATERYNA KURGANSKA, C CRAIG, DON JOHN
Screenwriter
KATERYNA KURGANSKA
Cinematographer
TIMUR GUSEYNOV, RICARDO A. NASCIMENTO
Composer
Alex Winkler, Annah Tencic
Editor
Hsiao Shih Chun, Kateryna Kurganska
Cast
Maia Ann Pu’uwai as Ava
Romeo Garcia as Grandpa
Contacts
Press Contact
KATERYNA KURGANSKA
katerynakurga@gmail.com
kurgansk@usc.edu
(323)942 9665
Logline:After 20 years of estrangement, two former college teammates find themselves summoned to their late friend’s estate hearing. To claim their inheritance, they must first confront their past relationship while undergoing a polygraph test.
Short Film | Runtime: 0:24:13
Director
Michael Perez-Lindsey
Producer
Michael Perez-Lindsey, Valeria Lopez
Screenwriter
Rhett Lindsey, Michael Perez-Lindsey
Cinematographer
Sandra Valde-Hansen, ASC
Composer
Cody Westheimer
Editor
Sarah E. Williams
Executive Producer
Rhett Lindsey, Michael Perez-Lindsey, Joseph Richards, William Mehserle Jr., Cornell Verdeja-Woodson, Hosea Chanchez, Navid Hamid
Line Producer
Alex Coffey
Cast
Hosea Chanchez, Nick Wechsler, Naomi Walley, Richard Lawson, Anna Maria Horsford, Robert Okumu, Rosanny Zayas, Whitney Morgan Cox
Contacts
Press Contact
London Flair PR
Catherine Lyn Scott
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