Director: Garry Bassin
G Japan / USA
DOC SHORTS 19A
If you could, what would you put into a time capsule that will be opened in one thousand years?
Listen… to a spectacular cinematic journey into the human spirit.
Two episodes of this episodic documentary series screen today:
Episode 24 - Cadiz - Antonio Martines Ares’ Group and the Comparsa Competition of the Cadiz Carnival.
Episode 27 - Endless Journey - Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat from Iran.
North American Premiere
1:00pm
May 19th - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Sarah Prikryl
G USA
DOC SHORTS 19A
A short documentary following one charasmatic couple as they navigate adopting their two children through the Foster Care System.
Hope & Jesse passionately want to adopt a child and choose to navigate the Foster Care system. The heartbreak and joys of creating their family, becomes an education on the Foster Care System and inspires them to mentor others by sharing their journey.
IFS Premiere
1:00pm
May 19th - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Eric Coombs Esmail & Christian Hammons
PG-13 USA
DOC SHORTS 19A
In 1979, Prof. Dennis Van Gerven exhumed the bodies of 400 Nubian mummies from the desert in Sudan. They were itinerant farmers in the 6th and 7th centuries BC, but in the three decades after they were excavated, they would go to work again as "messengers from the poor." At the end of his career, Van Gerven reflects on his life with the mummies and their afterlife in the United States speaking to the problems of poverty and discrimination.
World Premiere
1:00pm
May 19th - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Bea & Brad Schreiber
PG USA
A stuffed animal named Lucky, enters Peter's stormy life at just the right time, and when Lucky comes to life, the toy dog changes Peter's world forever. This is the magical tale of a young boy who learns to stand up for what's right and love himself unconditionally! Starring Gabriel and Mason Schreiber, twin brothers who act together in this family film, and produced by Bea and Brad Schreiber, an Emmy winning team! This film also stars former NFL player Drew Moore, Joshua Blake Stinson, and Rai Quartley.
World Premiere
2:00pm
May 19th - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: T.J. Yoshizaki
PG-13 USA
SHORTS PROGRAM 19B
In the crime capital of the world, LAPD officer Morgan was having just another "regular" bad day in the line of duty. Or not... A mind bending, nightmarish visionary created by T.J. Yoshizaki. Starring Hilary Barraford.
IFS Premiere
3:45pm
May 19th - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Gm. L
PG-13 USA
SHORTS PROGRAM 19B
A horror short where Rosa Pérez playing Lisa, is having a two parallel relationship and none of them are aware of. She is playing with danger but she is also not aware of who is sharing her bed with.
World Premiere
3:45pm
May 19th - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Christopher Kadima
R USA
SHORTS PROGRAM 19B
Gabi, a college student discovers a dead body in her building garage. Scared and confused she decides to drive away from the building not knowing that she has already become the next prey
World Premiere
3:45pm
May 19th - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Herb Kimble
R Philippines
SHORTS PROGRAM 19B
With wealth, corporate success, and a loving family, Alex Taylor, seemingly had it all. That is until a terrifying demon shows up night after night to haunt his every move. Trapped in a huge corporate building, Alex is chased by the deadly demon who demands he play an evil game to the death.
IFS Premiere
3:45pm
May 19th - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Rebecca Grace
G USA
COMEDY SHORTS 19C
Eight-year-old Kemaiya is brutally honest and tells it like it is. Her one agenda? Making the world a better place. In “If I Were President - Litterbug Patrol,” she is magically thrown into an alternate reality where she is President of the United States. Her gentle giant bodyguard and secret service accompany Kemaiya on her relentless quest to chase down the guilty and recruit them on an expedition to clean up the earth. Citizens everywhere become inspired, cast aside their apathy and join with her to restore harmonious order to the planet.
IFS Premiere
4:30pm
May 19th - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Sara Newton
PG-13 USA
COMEDY SHORTS 19C
Meet “Sylvia,” a bankrupt divorcee, who starts a senior dating with the help of her housemates; a young trans Asian and a Latina psychic chiropractor. Based on the novella and dating guide, “Suddenly Single Sylvia.”
IFS Premiere
4:30pm
May 19th - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Ron King
PG USA
COMEDY SHORTS 19C
Old school technophobe grapples with social media, pea soup and millennials in hopes of reclaiming his long lost love.
West Coast Premiere
4:30pm
May 19th - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Amy Hill & Chris Riess
G USA
DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM 19D
“Hula Girl” is the true, surprising and unfortunate untold story behind one of the biggest fads in modern American history. At 94 years of age, Joan Anderson has waited 60 years to prove that “a gentleman’s handshake ” was hardly a deal and it’s time to set the record straight.
IFS Premiere
5:30pm
May 19th - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Jean Balest
PG USA
DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM 19D
"La Buena Muerte" tells the story of a mother and daughter's art installation ‘Ofrenda' (altar), at Hollywood Forever Cemetery for the Dia de los Muertos Festival. They invite us to meditate on the meaning of mortality by posing the question: "What is a bad death, good death and a great death?”.
IFS Premiere
5:30pm
May 19th - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Natalie Shirinian; Co-Directed: Michelle Peerali
G USA
Best Documentary Short
DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM 19D
INTERIOR MOTIVES - The first ever documentary exploring the interconnectedness of fashion and interior design.
A debut film by Natalie Shirinian, Interior Motives delves into the exclusive industries and prominent minds of today’s most influential figures in fashion and design as they candidly speak about why fashion and interior design need each other to thrive, why lifestyle design is important, and why people feel the need to curate their lives around tactile and material glamour.
Why are so many more fashion designers launching home collections? Why is it so relevant in today’s society? Donna Karan, Calvin Klein, ACNE, Marni, Gucci, Ralph Lauren, Raf Simmons, Loewe, Rick Owens and so many more all have home collections. The trend is catching fire melding the industries of fashion and design into one core expression. Is this just cross marketing opportunities? Is it another channel for self-expression? Is it merchandising? Is it global domination? Is fashion out and interiors in? Into today’s hyper-brand, collaboration obsessed world: Can one exist without the other?
INTERIOR MOTIVES aims to tap the pulse of today’s fashion and design headlines to bring an insider look at these highly exclusive industries.
Featuring International industry leaders including: Tommy Hilfiger, Rick Owens, Maria Cornejo, Ryan Korban (Alexander Wang), Miles Redd (Oscar De La Renta), T Magazine Editors, Hearst Magazine editors, TV Star/Interior Designer Mary McDonald, Industry darlings Apparatus and many more.
IFS Premiere
5:45pm
May 19th - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Alex Zam
G USA
SHORTS PROGRAM 19E
‘Transcoder’ is a sci-fi thriller set in modern days LA. A young man discovers his supernatural ability to listen in on cellphone conversations. Directed by Alex Zam (Aleksandr Zamyatin), an award-winning director (‘In the Forests and the Mountains’ Best Drama Series, St-Petersburg Film Festival, Russia, 2011, Best Directing for a Drama Series, IFF, Ukraine, 2011). Starring Kent Moran known for ‘The Challenger’ and ‘Listen to Your Heart’, and Amanda Westlake (‘Lethal Weapon’, ‘Jane the Virgin’).
IFS Premiere
6:30pm
May 19th - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Gena Shaw
PG USA
SHORTS PROGRAM 19E
When a rural family's robot servants become conscious, they force the family to teach them a primitive form of communication: human laughter.
World Premiere
6:30pm
May 19th - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Brian Otting
PG-13 USA
SHORTS PROGRAM 19E
Something bizarre has come to Los Angeles – men are dying and women are disappearing. Vulnerable and unprepared, Kat ventures out into the unknown. IT CAME NAMELESS IN SPRING is a short sci-fi thriller inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft and features a determined female hero.
IFS Premiere
6:30pm
May 19th - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: David Del Rio
R USA
SHORTS PROGRAM 19E
Cora needs to escape her bachelorette party at an isolated house on Nantucket Island so she can face what she’s been hiding, but her friends will do anything to keep her there.
Written and produced by emerging female filmmakers Addie Doyle and Lee Hurst, dark comedy LAST HURRAH follows three contentious bridesmaids who are forced to come together in an isolated house on Nantucket Island for Cora’s bachelorette party. Alcohol and party games are not enough to distract from the dark cloud that hangs over them. After an over-the-top attempt to keep the party going escalates into chaos, Cora makes a break for the beach. Directed by Pitch Perfect’s David Del Rio, LAST HURRAH explores the imperfect, raw human nature of these women as their facades crumble under pressure. Inspired by a true story, this film explores how every color, light and dark, comes to the surface when we experience the clash of grief and celebration.
World Premiere
6:30pm
May 19th - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Sharon Everitt
R USA
BEST SHORT FILM
Best Supporting Actor - Doug Benson
COMEDY PROGRAM 19F
BRENTWOOD is the story of Brent Spiner’s reluctant re-entry into Hollywood as he tries to one up LeVar Burton in their post-Star Trek world of immortalized sci-fi stardom. With a unique style of storytelling, Brent declares through his songs and vivid imagination, that although he can be a bit of dick, he’s going to change his ways which he hopes will take him from his mundane yet rewarding teaching career all the way to the lights of Broadway. Peri Gilpin stars as Brent’s “podiatrist to the stars” wife, and Doug Benson plays himself as an unlikely confidant from the awards show circuit.
L.A. Premiere
7:30pm
May 19th - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Shane Connor
R Australia
COMEDY PROGRAM 19F
Our Man in the Bathtub, accompanied by his GI Joe and rubber ducky, is distraught over the rebuke of his marriage proposal. Until he receives a lifeline, with strings attached. But there's one thing he just can't do.
An exploration of Masculinity and Relationships in a modern world.
New York City. A Man, a Woman, a Rubber Ducky and a Bathtub. Where do you draw the line?
North American Premiere
7:30pm
May 19th - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Nathan Caywood
R USA
COMEDY PROGRAM 19F
In this dark comedy, Grace's ex-fiancé, Troy played by Bill Posley (THE NEIGHBORHOOD) surprises her by accepting her invitation to attend her housewarming party. The former couple try to find closure after Grace (Leigh Wolff) very publicly dumped Troy, which prompted him to take a trip to Europe to nurse his broken heart. Overseas, Troy suffered a dark, traumatic experience, and also met a mysterious stranger, played by Lucas Neff (RAISING HOPE, DOWNWARD DOG), the details of which he very openly relates to a shocked Grace.
IFS Premiere
7:30pm
May 19th - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Ezra Gentle
R USA
COMEDY PROGRAM 19F
Two best friends move to Los Angeles with nothing but passion to pursue their dream of acting. Lured in by the glitz and glimmer of the City of Angels, they find themselves on top of the world until the vehicle they live in goes missing. Now, their friendship and their souls must face the ultimate test of surviving LA.
IFS Premiere
7:30pm
May 19th - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Matt Gsell
R USA
COMEDY PROGRAM 19F
The comedic tale of two couples who venture into an old shelter during a tornado. They soon realize that they are trapped and quickly running out of air.
Starring Matt Gsell, Betina Mustain, Matt Van Bockern, Peta Korotkov, and Allen Rueckert.
IFS Premiere
7:30pm
May 19th - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Gene Du Plessis
PG USA
THRILLER PROGRAM 19G
A young imprisoned woman subjugated to unspeakable cruelty discovers the chilling truth that humanity is at the root of her suffering- and perhaps her salvation.
IFS Premiere
8:30pm
May 19th - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Nikita Belomestnykh
PG USA
THRILLER PROGRAM 19G
"I just wanted to see you” is a film about lack of personal space and privacy in the world where data is the most important and expensive resource. This film came from a challenge that we have set for ourselves: to shoot a short using just one roll of 35mm film or about 5,5 minutes of footage total. We have invited Amara Vayder and up and coming model, actress and instagram influencer to star in our project, found a picture car and everything came together.
IFS Premiere
8:30pm
May 19th - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Jonathan Shatoff
PG-13 USA
THRILLER PROGRAM 19G
Evelyn Black is a pick pocket who stole the wrong wallet. The wallet she lifted, was actually being tracked down by a hit woman named Georgina Vitis. This cat and mouse thriller leaves Evelyn and Georgina questioning their situation and themselves.
IFS Premiere
8:30pm
May 19th - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Stewart Schill
PG USA
THRILLER PROGRAM 19G
An old man struggles with a heartbreaking loss, and the compulsion which feeds his loneliness.
World Premiere
8:30pm
May 19th - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: The Deka Brothers
PG-13 USA
THRILLER PROGRAM 19G
On a cold winter’s night, William and his teenage son, Jake, enter a run-down house in a desolate section of a North-American city. Once inside, they find Mathilde, a desperate single mother who needs their help to save her only daughter suffering from demonic possession. The exorcism that ensues takes an unexpected turn. Before sunrise, William and Jake’s relationship will be forever changed.
World Premiere
8:30pm
May 19th - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Tammy Klembith
PG-13 USA
THRILLER PROGRAM 19G
We all have secrets...
Even if we get away with the truth... it still exists... haunting us. In a world in which deception, duplicity and immorality abound... Where people think they can get away with anything... This whisks us to a place where actions have consequences.
In this psychological horror short film, designed to be a stand alone with a tag indicating how it can be an ongoing series, we are thrust inside the mind of a young woman forced to face her own truth, while staying at an Airbnb with her friend.
Everyone is hiding something... Redemption is a choice... Except in this house.
World Premiere
8:30pm
May 19th - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Matt Hendricks
R USA
Michael is an aimless, pothead actor who finds himself in a series of bizarre, surreal events after auditioning for a mysterious project in which may or may not have been cast. After becoming infatuated with his best friend's girlfriend, Michael's troubled past begins to haunt him in an increasingly disturbing and psychedelic fashion. Completed with a budget of under $6,000, I'm Not Mine is experimental in nature, tackling a variety of styles, emotional tones, and genres--science fiction, comedy, and drama chief amongst them.
World Premiere
9:30pm
May 19th - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14