Block 1
2:00-3:30 PM
Uninvited by Maya Schulefand
Spirits of the Cane Fields by Heather Galbreath
Peregrination by Harry Roseman
Bye-Bye, Sing Sing by Peter Valentino
Vixen Comforts Fixen by Kimber Leigh, Klor Rowland
Q & A
Block 2
3:30-5:00 PM
Moonbeam by Ramos C Smith
Top Position by Ash Maeda
Limited Slip by Clint Calvert, Caleb Johnson
Revealing Raymond: A Son Uncovers His Father’s Past by Mark Kaplan
Q & A
Block 3
5:00-6:30 PM
Nothing’s Broken by Jason Kurth
The Instrument by Brian To
The Talk by Iman Nazemzadeh
Legends of Bombay Beach by Christopher Gallo
Q & A
Block 4
6:30-7:30 PM
Canvas by christopher gallo
At the Mercy of Faith by Andrew Arguello
The Lonely Man by Sean W Russell
Q & A
Block 5
7:30-8:30 PM – Scriptwriting Panel
(More information soon)
Block 6
8:30-10:30 PM – Networking event
| Project Title | Directors | Synopsis |
| Moonbeam | Ramos C Smith | “This film features former active duty United States Marines” Haunted by war, a Marine turns to therapy. When a Rorschach test unearths long-buried pain, he begins a quiet battle – and searches for a way back to himself. |
| Top Position | Ash Maeda | A hapless screw-up is forced to sell drugs for his deadbeat brother, only to get tangled with lunatic frat boys, a jiu-jitsu-obsessed psycho, and a deranged drug dealer—pushing him into a night of chaos, absurd violence, and the ultimate lesson in survival. |
| Nothing’s Broken | Jason Kurth | When Miri catches her estranged, drug-addicted sister breaking into her home, the two must confront their fractured past and find common ground—before the cops arrive. |
| Uninvited | Maya Schulefand | Uninvited is an intimate documentary about what happens to love, friendship, and belonging when public Jewish identity becomes socially costly. It follows Hen and Marc in the months leading up to their wedding, as Marc struggles with anxiety and panic attacks after losing nearly all of his friends in the aftermath of October 7. |
| Revealing Raymond: A Son Uncovers His Father’s Past | Mark Kaplan | My Father died in 1965 at the age of 39, when I was 12. He never discussed his childhood, although I knew he spent some of it in a foster home. This is the story of uncovering his painful past and how losing him at such a young age inspired me to try to be the best father I could be. |
| Spirits of the Cane Fields | Heather Galbreath | Spirits of the Cane Fields is a documentary film exploring the intersection of industrial labor history and supernatural folklore. During Hawaiʻi’s plantation era, the forced proximity of diverse ethnic groups—Native Hawaiian, Japanese, Filipino, Portuguese, and Chinese—created a unique “pressure cooker” for cultural syncretism. |
| Peregrination | Harry Roseman | Peregrination is both reflective of a trip I made to China and a saga. It takes place in Guilin, China, in 1987. I produced all the images used in the film as well as the sound on that trip. My two basic rules are that I can only use images and sound I produced on that trip. Everything in the film is derived from those stills and that sound. |
| Limited Slip | Clint Calvert, Caleb Johnson | Driver has a last job to pull off, or is it? A broken daughter is in direct conflict. |
| The Gift of the Mannequin | A young woman receives an inheritance from her beloved Great Grandmother of a mannequin dressed as a nurse and little else; yet it reveals a treasured secret unknown to the world. | |
| LEGENDS of Bombay Beach | christopher Gallo | “A quirky desert town proves aging can be rebellious, joyful, and beautifully human.” “A film about belonging, free thinking, creativity, community, love, aging, art, family, God, temptation, identity, health, compassion and never being too old to live. |
| At the Mercy of Faith | Andrew Arguello | When a devout young preacher’s faith is shattered by a traumatic childhood tragedy, his attempts to rebuild his life as an adult are upended by haunting visions, supernatural warnings, and the reemergence of unresolved guilt, forcing him to confront the demons of his past… before they destroy his family. |
| The Lonely Man | Sean W Russell | A surreal stop-motion meditation on loneliness and isolation. Alone in a decaying home, a solitary figure demonstrates the crushing weight of his reality and the extreme, dark lengths he will go to escape it. This dialogue-free nightmare is told entirely through visceral, practical Foley and classical piano. |
| Vixen Comforts Fixen | Kimber Leigh, Klor Rowland | Vixen Comforts Fixen is a campy sci-fi experiment and the second installment in the evolving Vixen series, where one very real human finds herself surrounded by a world that is… noticeably less so. |
| CANVAS | christopher gallo | In a desolate town in the Californian desert artist gather every year for 3 months to bring awareness to the ecological state of the vanishing sea, create art music and community. This a look at Year 5 |
| The Instrument | Brian To | Short Logline: When a full-moon eclipse sound-healing jolts a gentle yogi awake, his influencer girlfriend drifts toward a homeless musician, sparking a quietly funny, spiritually charged love triangle set against the slow rebirth of post-wildfire Los Angeles. |
| The Talk | Iman Nazemzadeh | One front porch. One unexpected visitor. One father who has no idea what’s coming. The Talk is an awkward, heartfelt comedy about the conversation nobody is prepared to have. |
| The lucky dog | A man wins a lucky drug addicted racing dog |
