Best Shorts of the Year
Welcome to the
Los Angeles Short Film & Script Festival
Sat, Nov 11, 2023

Watch films!
Meet Filmmakers in Person!
Stay for Awards to see who Wins!

Schedule

3:45 pm Doors Open
4:00 pm Screenings

Young Oak Tree, 7:20
Supermodel, 21:39
Elliott, 16:00
Big Momma Earth, 7:55
Warning, 22:58
Let Me In, 10:30
Remains of a Nation, 25:00

6:00 pm Winners Announcement

Location

LAPAC
Los Angeles Performing Arts Conservatory
Promenade Playhouse
10931 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064

Tickets

$10 doors (all films)
$8 online directly from the festival here
$8 online from filmfreeway here
$8 online directly from eventbrite here
Pick up your purchased tickets at the festival booth anytime during the festival

Films Information, Trailers and more

Young Oak Tree
Director Aiden Jae Choi
Student
United States
7:20
Marathoner Sohn Kee Chung’s undying spirit made him the first Korean to win Olympic gold, but the horrors of Japanese imperialism during his life would keep his true origins hidden at Hitler’s 1936 games.

Supermodel
Director Nicole Wensel
Women Directors
United States
21:39
WATCH TRAILER
A scorned woman becomes increasingly image-obsessed, transforming from a demure photographer into a superficial social media influencer. An artistic contemplation on the modern obsession with one’s own image, beauty ideals and the male gaze on women’s bodies from the female perspective.

Elliott
Director Adam Zammiello
Short Film (any genre)
United States
16:00
Elliott believes that he is the last human being in a world of alien impostors—until his encounter with Rose, a mysterious young woman, forces him to question his reality.

Big Momma Earth
Submitter Jeff Kazanjian
Short Comedy
United States
7:55
Flat earth believers, flat earth deniers, climate change believers, and climate change deniers have finally come to an agreement on how to live in on this planet we call mother...er, "Big Momma" Earth.

Warning
Director Axel ZEILIGER
Short Film (any genre)
France
22:58
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Inspired by real events, "Warning" retraces the crazy night of two accomplices convoying a mysterious truck. What was supposed to be a simple job turns into a nightmare when they are faced with a choice: turn a blind eye to the cargo or risk their lives...

Let Me In
Director Jonas Solberg Rydningen
Short Drama
Norway
10:30
WATCH TRAILER
Father and son reunites after several years apart.

Remains of a Nation
Director Natalia Lazarus
in Short Film (any genre),
Short Drama, Los Angeles & Hollywood Filmmakers (any genre)
Women Directors (any genre)
United States
25:00
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In a senseless American Civil War, three women, the Latina, lesbian, rebel colonel, a Midwestern private, and a Central American teenage refugee, fight for their lives. Finding shelter in an abandoned Malibu spa, they connect and bond with each other, come to terms with their inner demons, and fearlessly face the onslaught of the oppressive Imperial forces.

Screenplays

Intuition
Writer Samantha Marti
United States
READ HERE
Short script about a college girl desiring wealth and success who takes a wild and unexpected risk... and it pays off.


Abstract of Love
Writer Scott James Cook
United States
A surprise gift of an abstract painting blurs the lines between art and life, challenging the idea of letting go and celebrating lost love.


Judgment
Writer eliot Ashton Hutchins
United States
READ HERE
Four police officers are trapped in a room with a killer, by an angel, who weighs the souls of men and metes out justice. They must reconcile their doubt and disbelief or suffer Judgment

Stage Plays

Seven Letters for Jeannie and Germain
Writer Michael Normandy
United States
A young couple named Jeannie and Germain manage their way through a “for-better-or-for-worse” period in their married lives. Throughout the action, they play a word game that awards points whenever one of them uses a seven-letter word in conversation.

My Turkey Redeemer Liveth
Writer Loretta Bolger Wish
United States
READ THIS STAGE PLAY HERE
My Turkey Redeemer Liveth -Desperate to fix her refrigerator the night before she cooks Thanksgiving dinner for her boyfriend and his kids, Lisa calls a repair hotline. Both her turkey and her love life are in jeopardy, and the man talking her through the crisis isn't who she thinks he is. Nevertheless he turns out to be just the troubleshooter Lisa needs to rescue her turkey and her holiday.

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