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SCHEDULE
SAT, FEB 24
DOORS OPEN 3:45 PM
SCREENINGS 4:00 PM
A Quarrel, Directors Mark Vedra, Brandon Souza, Drama, United States, 22:17 FILMMAKERS IN PERSON
Centaur, Director Lars B. Frahm, Comedy, Denmark, 5:05
Portrait of a Cowboy, Director Devon Wycoff, Drama, United States, 15:25 FILMMAKERS IN PERSON
The 7th Night: MaoMao Revisits, Director ahLoong, Animation, Malaysia, 3:48
I am no one, Directors Sébastien Kong, Steve Tran, Drama, France, 9:36 FILMMAKERS IN PERSON
She Who Sees All, Director Gordy De St. Jeor, Drama, United States, 20:08 FILMMAKERS IN PERSON
The Gift of Giving, Director Nando Dietz, Germany, 4:11
Beyond the Trees, Director Anthony Gibbs, Documentary, United States, 33:00 FILMMAKERS IN PERSON
6:00 PM Q&A with FILMMAKERS
6:30 PM AWARDS CEREMONY
7:00 PM FESTIVAL ENDS
Awards Hosted by Kristen Lundberg
Actress, comedian, producer
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TICKETS
$8 online, $10 doors
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FILMS WE SELECTED IN THE PAST
Watch short film compilations on Prime and Tubi here lacinefest.org/films
FILMS WE SELECTED THIS YEAR
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A Quarrel, Directors Mark Vedra, Brandon Souza
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Centaur, Director Lars B. Frahm
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Portrait of a Cowboy, Director Devon Wycoff
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The 7th Night: MaoMao Revisits, Director ahLoong
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I am no one, Directors Sébastien Kong, Steve Tran
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She Who Sees All, Director Gordy De St. Jeor
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The Gift of Giving, Director Nando Dietz,
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Beyond the Trees, Director Anthony Gibbs
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SCREENPLAYS WE SELECTED THIS YEAR
Read now, online! Please note that there will be no screenplays read at the event. Read some screenplays now, here online. Just click the READ HERE ONLINE button (where available). If you are a director or producer looking for a new screenplay and want to produce any of those listed works, contact Festival, and we'll contact you with a screenwriter. Some of the writers will be present at the event. It's another opportunity to talk to them about potential collaboration.
Win A Date With Rachel Ciemone
Writer Regina Junior IN PERSON
in Feature Script/Screenplay
United States
When a small-town man wins a date with the world-famous pop star Rachel Ciemone, he finds himself plunged into a world of glamour and celebrity that he's totally unprepared for.
READ HERE ONLINE
ALCHEMY
Writer Linda M James
in Feature Script/Screenplay
United Kingdom
DAN, a penniless artist falls in love with LAURA, a beautiful girl who works for an advertising agency in London and embarks on a tangled web of lies to impress her – he’s an art dealer and his aristocratic parents live in a mansion. When she and her friend SADE ask to meet them, Dan hires two actors to play the role and puts them in a mansion (which he’s supposed to be selling as he takes a temporary job in a high-class estate agents). His ‘parents’ invent even more incredible lies about Dan’s life and Laura is bowled over. Dan is shell-shocked. He goes to see his wise Hungarian landlady, MADAME KARI who tells him he must tell Laura the truth.
READ ONLINE HERE
Carnegie's Call
Writer Ryan J Skinner IN PERSON
in Feature Script/Screenplay
United States
Two friends rob a bowling alley which leads to a night of violence, love, rage, meth heads, insane dogs and cherry pie.
READ ONLINE HERE
Jinxy and Mr. B
Writer Jarrett Bryant IN PERSON
in Feature Script/Screenplay
United States
Gina Eckstine, the daughter of famed male vocalist, Billy Eckstine, realizes that trying to escape her father's shadow while trying to pave her own way in the music industry is fraught with addiction, dysfunction, disappointment, and revelation .
READ ONLINE HERE
For the Love of Pete
Writer Brenda M Malley IN PERSON
in Feature Script/Screenplay
Canada
35-year-old, Levy Stratton, spends 15 years of his life hospitalized, having been deemed Not Criminally Responsible for the tragic death of a young girl while he was experiencing a psychotic episode. Obsessed with building a relationship with his teen son, Pete, whom he has never met, when Levy is finally released under community supervision and gets a job as a radio disc jockey, he is embroiled in mysterious circumstances that are not at all what they appear.
READ ONLINE HERE
You Must Be This Tall
Writer Randall R. Reese
in Short Script/Screenplay
United States
Workers of a run down amusement park rush to save the park before an evil developer buys the land.
READ ONLINE HERE
Worlds Apart
Writer Tim Vogel
in Feature Script/Screenplay
United States
Despite being from different worlds, two lovers find themselves drawn to each other by a powerful Twin Flame love. But their love is tested when a tragic series of events leads to murder, leaving the two lovers struggling to cope with grief and find a way to be together.
In the Bedroom
Writer Milan John Smith
in Short Script/Screenplay
United States
A young woman is playing sex games with her husband, then realizes her reality is skewed.
READ ONLINE HERE
BEYOND THE MOON
Writers Ken Jones, Suzanne Fitzpatrick IN PERSON
in Feature Script/Screenplay
United States
A pair of aging former Apollo astronauts, who decades ago rocketed to the Moon, take on their toughest mission yet as they, and the sassy widow of their third "space buddy," drive across the country to attend a tribute dinner in Washington, D.C. Along the way, the delightfully mismatched threesome rediscover their unique bond and reignite their passion for life. Through laughter and tears they realize that even in today’s youth obsessed, ‘instant-culture', folks still long to celebrate these brave American explorers. BEYOND THE MOON adds sparkling humor to its heartfelt story and reminds us that even in our twilight years, the best journeys are sometimes still ahead.
READ ONLINE HERE
Perfect Hair Day
Writer Mehr Hussain IN PERSON
in Short Script/Screenplay
United Arab Emirates
Gina and Babs get more than what they bargained for when they decide to break into a seemingly abandoned luxury mansion. Our two heroes must find a way to escape what turns out to be a mafia kidnapping with little more than the make-up and tools in their travel case. Set in a diasporic suburbia that melds global pop nostalgia with Gulf culture, this domestic, fever dream takes us on an audio-visual journey that pantomimes the convergence between the middle east and the west in today’s ever-globalized world.
READ HERE ONLINE
WiMe-5G
Writers PAtricia Anne Hayes, P A H
in Short Script/Screenplay
United States
A woman, whose significant other dies, navigates through a new generation of crazy in this comedy’s character driven short. Great pilot for a webseries in this “new normal” world, or stand alone.
SIDE EFFECTS
Writer Fred Perry
in Short Script/Screenplay
United States
With nothing left to lose, a terminally man undergoes a radical cancer treatment, is given a second chance, and falls in love for the first time in his life. That's when the treatment’s side effects kick in.
IVAN THE DRUID
Writer Cameron Hollenquest
in Short Script/Screenplay
United States
In the desolate remains of our modern world, a young man by the name of Ivan uses a mystic power to defend his village and win the heart of the woman he loves. Within his conquest for the things he wants, he eventually finds himself with nothing. The story takes place 200 years in the future near Mount Rushmore, South Dakota. The United States has collapsed and the land is now ruled over by various groups and militias in a new age of Neo Feudalism.
Amazingly Amy
Submitter Shaun Guzman
in Short Script/Screenplay
United States
Amy Goodville born with natural gifted talents and dreams of being an inspired cheerleader, Amy sits down in a sit down interview room by Jennifer Jacks as she speaks about her journey through it all obstacles to prove her worth in the cheerleader world; as she cheers her way through the challenges of ups and downs, she still manages to overcome them all with alongside her best friend Beatrice to see her cheering on as Amazingly Amy glows and shows that she can fight it all the way with the wits just to prove her dreams of being a cheerleader is worth dreaming for.
READ ONLINE HERE
The Pickleball Killer
Writer Jim Carroll
in Feature Script/Screenplay
United States
Brigg, an aging pickleball sensation, with supernatural speed, and dark mysterious origin, becomes the target of the Cartel after he inadvertently rescues a young trafficked girl from their clutches. In an attempt to give Amy a better life, he becomes her father figure and she his daughter. The two develop a touching relationship that turns dangerous when they rescue her sister and other enslaved girls. The cops are closing in, but the cartel beats them and reclaims the girls. Brigg must use his special abilities and all his resources in a suicidal mission to free the girls.
The Wedding Bouquet
Writer Michelle Lynn
in Female Writer
United States
Sienna Crawford is always a bridesmaid, never a bride. One day at a wedding she catches a magical bouquet that changes her luck . Her love life is on fast forward she meets a big time jewelry and art dealer , Antonio , and gets engaged , while developing a relationship with Greek Magnate , Jean LUc. Soon enough Sienna’s relationship will be tested , will she sail away with an Italian God, or mirror the next Romeo and Juliet with Greek God, or just stay unlucky in love ?
READ ONLINE HERE
The Green Mill
Writer Michelle Lynn
in Feature Script/Screenplay
United States
In 1925 , Magnolia trades in her gingham cooking aprons from Iowa for ritzy pearls and eye-catching flapper dresses in the Windy City. Upon arrival she reunites with her long lost sister, Lilly, who gets her a job at Chicago’s largest Speakeasy, The Green Mill. A riveting tale of the prohibition era between rivalry mobs, as Magnolia known as “Goldie” among Patrons begins to embark in the dangerous world of violence, mobsters, and booze, rising the ranks of cocktail waitress to a mobster’s girlfriend.
READ ONLINE HERE
Limitless in Las Vegas
Writer Michelle Lynn
in Feature Script/Screenplay
United States
A talented woman embarks in a City of Sinners, as she begins to spotlight the untold tale of organized crime, high powered deals, and an unexpected romance with a Prince by embracing her new role “Audrey.” In a city full of Sinners, Faithlyn is a bright light as she begins to dance her way to showtime.
READ ONLINE HERE
The Silver Slipper Club
Writer Michelle Lynn
in Feature Script/Screenplay
United States
In 1926, Magnolia arrives in Luck at the Big Apple, with her new Love, "Lucky Luciano", New York's most ruthless gangster. A drama that dives into the riveting tale of mobsters during the "Beer Wars" as Magnolia known as "Goldie Athena" in the world of entertainment rises the ranks of mobster girlfriend to a budding Movie Star as she dances her way to the top amongst the drama at New York's swankiest club, The Silver Slipper.
READ ONLINE HERE
When Life Stops in Motion
Writers Matthew Rowney, Wilson James
in Short Script/Screenplay
United Kingdom
Recently widowed Annette aspires to use stop motion film to connect with her deaf grandson Lincoln, but soon discovers the complexity to the fractures in her family left by her late husband and his career.
READ ONLINE HERE
The Good Twin
Submitter zach bliss
in Feature Script/Screenplay
United States
“The Talented Mr. Ripley” meets "We Own The Night" as identical twins Matt and Clay wind up on opposite ends of the life success spectrum, Matt longs to walk in his brother’s shoes. In fact, Matt has a natural ability to convincingly masquerade as Clay. One day, when a tragic boating accident takes Clay’s life, Matt makes a seminal decision to bury his brother's body and begin his own life anew, as Clay
Sin Salvation
Writer Taylor Morales
in Female Writer
United States
A biracial student struggles with his sexuality, trapped in the religious and cultural confines of his all-boys Catholic college, at the brink of the AIDS epidemic in New York.
Knowing
Writer Victoria Perry
in Female Writer
When an aspiring lawyer and the black sheep of a family of Coney Island Psychics is asked, by her boss, to represent the client her mother crossed, her career and any dream of separating from her community is put in jeopardy.
The Forgotten Story
Writer mallika singh
in Short Script/Screenplay
United States
A 70-year-old woman with Dementia goes into her past as she brings herself to the turning point of her life 50 years ago, where she might have to make the most complex decisions of her life, again.
Afsa Sr. suffers from dementia and Alzheimer’s, as she lives her last days playing carrom with her younger past self, Afsa Jr. from 50 years ago, in her hallucinations. She revisits the turning point of her life, when her marriage was about to break and she would lose everything, only to advise her younger self in her hallucination to stick to the decisions she has already taken to be where she is.
Blood Knot
Writer Michael Greene
in Short Script/Screenplay
United States
Robert is a businessman who works remotely and cares for his father, who has Alzheimer’s. A conversation between the two will forever change Robert’s perspective on life, relationships, and the power of forgiveness.
Writer Regina Junior IN PERSON
in Feature Script/Screenplay
United States
When a small-town man wins a date with the world-famous pop star Rachel Ciemone, he finds himself plunged into a world of glamour and celebrity that he's totally unprepared for.
READ HERE ONLINE
ALCHEMY
Writer Linda M James
in Feature Script/Screenplay
United Kingdom
DAN, a penniless artist falls in love with LAURA, a beautiful girl who works for an advertising agency in London and embarks on a tangled web of lies to impress her – he’s an art dealer and his aristocratic parents live in a mansion. When she and her friend SADE ask to meet them, Dan hires two actors to play the role and puts them in a mansion (which he’s supposed to be selling as he takes a temporary job in a high-class estate agents). His ‘parents’ invent even more incredible lies about Dan’s life and Laura is bowled over. Dan is shell-shocked. He goes to see his wise Hungarian landlady, MADAME KARI who tells him he must tell Laura the truth.
READ ONLINE HERE
Carnegie's Call
Writer Ryan J Skinner IN PERSON
in Feature Script/Screenplay
United States
Two friends rob a bowling alley which leads to a night of violence, love, rage, meth heads, insane dogs and cherry pie.
READ ONLINE HERE
Jinxy and Mr. B
Writer Jarrett Bryant IN PERSON
in Feature Script/Screenplay
United States
Gina Eckstine, the daughter of famed male vocalist, Billy Eckstine, realizes that trying to escape her father's shadow while trying to pave her own way in the music industry is fraught with addiction, dysfunction, disappointment, and revelation .
READ ONLINE HERE
For the Love of Pete
Writer Brenda M Malley IN PERSON
in Feature Script/Screenplay
Canada
35-year-old, Levy Stratton, spends 15 years of his life hospitalized, having been deemed Not Criminally Responsible for the tragic death of a young girl while he was experiencing a psychotic episode. Obsessed with building a relationship with his teen son, Pete, whom he has never met, when Levy is finally released under community supervision and gets a job as a radio disc jockey, he is embroiled in mysterious circumstances that are not at all what they appear.
READ ONLINE HERE
You Must Be This Tall
Writer Randall R. Reese
in Short Script/Screenplay
United States
Workers of a run down amusement park rush to save the park before an evil developer buys the land.
READ ONLINE HERE
Worlds Apart
Writer Tim Vogel
in Feature Script/Screenplay
United States
Despite being from different worlds, two lovers find themselves drawn to each other by a powerful Twin Flame love. But their love is tested when a tragic series of events leads to murder, leaving the two lovers struggling to cope with grief and find a way to be together.
In the Bedroom
Writer Milan John Smith
in Short Script/Screenplay
United States
A young woman is playing sex games with her husband, then realizes her reality is skewed.
READ ONLINE HERE
BEYOND THE MOON
Writers Ken Jones, Suzanne Fitzpatrick IN PERSON
in Feature Script/Screenplay
United States
A pair of aging former Apollo astronauts, who decades ago rocketed to the Moon, take on their toughest mission yet as they, and the sassy widow of their third "space buddy," drive across the country to attend a tribute dinner in Washington, D.C. Along the way, the delightfully mismatched threesome rediscover their unique bond and reignite their passion for life. Through laughter and tears they realize that even in today’s youth obsessed, ‘instant-culture', folks still long to celebrate these brave American explorers. BEYOND THE MOON adds sparkling humor to its heartfelt story and reminds us that even in our twilight years, the best journeys are sometimes still ahead.
READ ONLINE HERE
Perfect Hair Day
Writer Mehr Hussain IN PERSON
in Short Script/Screenplay
United Arab Emirates
Gina and Babs get more than what they bargained for when they decide to break into a seemingly abandoned luxury mansion. Our two heroes must find a way to escape what turns out to be a mafia kidnapping with little more than the make-up and tools in their travel case. Set in a diasporic suburbia that melds global pop nostalgia with Gulf culture, this domestic, fever dream takes us on an audio-visual journey that pantomimes the convergence between the middle east and the west in today’s ever-globalized world.
READ HERE ONLINE
WiMe-5G
Writers PAtricia Anne Hayes, P A H
in Short Script/Screenplay
United States
A woman, whose significant other dies, navigates through a new generation of crazy in this comedy’s character driven short. Great pilot for a webseries in this “new normal” world, or stand alone.
SIDE EFFECTS
Writer Fred Perry
in Short Script/Screenplay
United States
With nothing left to lose, a terminally man undergoes a radical cancer treatment, is given a second chance, and falls in love for the first time in his life. That's when the treatment’s side effects kick in.
IVAN THE DRUID
Writer Cameron Hollenquest
in Short Script/Screenplay
United States
In the desolate remains of our modern world, a young man by the name of Ivan uses a mystic power to defend his village and win the heart of the woman he loves. Within his conquest for the things he wants, he eventually finds himself with nothing. The story takes place 200 years in the future near Mount Rushmore, South Dakota. The United States has collapsed and the land is now ruled over by various groups and militias in a new age of Neo Feudalism.
Amazingly Amy
Submitter Shaun Guzman
in Short Script/Screenplay
United States
Amy Goodville born with natural gifted talents and dreams of being an inspired cheerleader, Amy sits down in a sit down interview room by Jennifer Jacks as she speaks about her journey through it all obstacles to prove her worth in the cheerleader world; as she cheers her way through the challenges of ups and downs, she still manages to overcome them all with alongside her best friend Beatrice to see her cheering on as Amazingly Amy glows and shows that she can fight it all the way with the wits just to prove her dreams of being a cheerleader is worth dreaming for.
READ ONLINE HERE
The Pickleball Killer
Writer Jim Carroll
in Feature Script/Screenplay
United States
Brigg, an aging pickleball sensation, with supernatural speed, and dark mysterious origin, becomes the target of the Cartel after he inadvertently rescues a young trafficked girl from their clutches. In an attempt to give Amy a better life, he becomes her father figure and she his daughter. The two develop a touching relationship that turns dangerous when they rescue her sister and other enslaved girls. The cops are closing in, but the cartel beats them and reclaims the girls. Brigg must use his special abilities and all his resources in a suicidal mission to free the girls.
The Wedding Bouquet
Writer Michelle Lynn
in Female Writer
United States
Sienna Crawford is always a bridesmaid, never a bride. One day at a wedding she catches a magical bouquet that changes her luck . Her love life is on fast forward she meets a big time jewelry and art dealer , Antonio , and gets engaged , while developing a relationship with Greek Magnate , Jean LUc. Soon enough Sienna’s relationship will be tested , will she sail away with an Italian God, or mirror the next Romeo and Juliet with Greek God, or just stay unlucky in love ?
READ ONLINE HERE
The Green Mill
Writer Michelle Lynn
in Feature Script/Screenplay
United States
In 1925 , Magnolia trades in her gingham cooking aprons from Iowa for ritzy pearls and eye-catching flapper dresses in the Windy City. Upon arrival she reunites with her long lost sister, Lilly, who gets her a job at Chicago’s largest Speakeasy, The Green Mill. A riveting tale of the prohibition era between rivalry mobs, as Magnolia known as “Goldie” among Patrons begins to embark in the dangerous world of violence, mobsters, and booze, rising the ranks of cocktail waitress to a mobster’s girlfriend.
READ ONLINE HERE
Limitless in Las Vegas
Writer Michelle Lynn
in Feature Script/Screenplay
United States
A talented woman embarks in a City of Sinners, as she begins to spotlight the untold tale of organized crime, high powered deals, and an unexpected romance with a Prince by embracing her new role “Audrey.” In a city full of Sinners, Faithlyn is a bright light as she begins to dance her way to showtime.
READ ONLINE HERE
The Silver Slipper Club
Writer Michelle Lynn
in Feature Script/Screenplay
United States
In 1926, Magnolia arrives in Luck at the Big Apple, with her new Love, "Lucky Luciano", New York's most ruthless gangster. A drama that dives into the riveting tale of mobsters during the "Beer Wars" as Magnolia known as "Goldie Athena" in the world of entertainment rises the ranks of mobster girlfriend to a budding Movie Star as she dances her way to the top amongst the drama at New York's swankiest club, The Silver Slipper.
READ ONLINE HERE
When Life Stops in Motion
Writers Matthew Rowney, Wilson James
in Short Script/Screenplay
United Kingdom
Recently widowed Annette aspires to use stop motion film to connect with her deaf grandson Lincoln, but soon discovers the complexity to the fractures in her family left by her late husband and his career.
READ ONLINE HERE
The Good Twin
Submitter zach bliss
in Feature Script/Screenplay
United States
“The Talented Mr. Ripley” meets "We Own The Night" as identical twins Matt and Clay wind up on opposite ends of the life success spectrum, Matt longs to walk in his brother’s shoes. In fact, Matt has a natural ability to convincingly masquerade as Clay. One day, when a tragic boating accident takes Clay’s life, Matt makes a seminal decision to bury his brother's body and begin his own life anew, as Clay
Sin Salvation
Writer Taylor Morales
in Female Writer
United States
A biracial student struggles with his sexuality, trapped in the religious and cultural confines of his all-boys Catholic college, at the brink of the AIDS epidemic in New York.
Knowing
Writer Victoria Perry
in Female Writer
When an aspiring lawyer and the black sheep of a family of Coney Island Psychics is asked, by her boss, to represent the client her mother crossed, her career and any dream of separating from her community is put in jeopardy.
The Forgotten Story
Writer mallika singh
in Short Script/Screenplay
United States
A 70-year-old woman with Dementia goes into her past as she brings herself to the turning point of her life 50 years ago, where she might have to make the most complex decisions of her life, again.
Afsa Sr. suffers from dementia and Alzheimer’s, as she lives her last days playing carrom with her younger past self, Afsa Jr. from 50 years ago, in her hallucinations. She revisits the turning point of her life, when her marriage was about to break and she would lose everything, only to advise her younger self in her hallucination to stick to the decisions she has already taken to be where she is.
Blood Knot
Writer Michael Greene
in Short Script/Screenplay
United States
Robert is a businessman who works remotely and cares for his father, who has Alzheimer’s. A conversation between the two will forever change Robert’s perspective on life, relationships, and the power of forgiveness.
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