Director: Chantelle Landais
R USA
Trailer Contest Winner
DRAMA SHORTS BLOCK 17D
'Always Sunny in Philadelphia', but with hippies. New-age douchebag weed farmer, Sage, divides the commune in Topanga Canyon that he shares with his best friend, Max, after Max steals his kale chips recipe to launch his fad health products line to success.
Furious, Sage makes a deal with big time drug lord ‘ Honey Bear’, to train Sage as his protégé in attempts to become rich and powerful in his pride-fueled ploy to one-up his now ex-best friend, and take back what he believes is rightfully his: alpha status.
World Premiere
1:00pm
May 21st - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Fernando Castro
R USA
Along the lines of a neo noir story, double riddle is a mix of mystery and psychological thriller.
A traditional hero journey, a man lost in obsession, information and a broken heart. And a misterious duo trying to use him as a human experiment.
IFS Premiere
3:00pm
May 21st - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Zachary Bako
G USA
Debut filmmaker Zachary Bako takes us through the streets of New Orleans, revealing a musical world riddled with the improvisational street concerts of a local musical movement. We follow soulful hip-hop artist Ray Wimley on his mission to inspire his vast audience, along with a tightknit collective of fellow musicians. Ray's gripping performances evolve as he begins to hone his lyrics and his sound, turning inward to connect with his deepest ambition.
IFS Premiere
4:00pm
May 21st - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Mikhar Sazhle & Antonio Chavez
R Kazakhstan
The story is about immigrant El (25) who is trying to raise money to hire a lawyer to get his papers in order. He ends up meeting the wrong set of people, and works at a moving company with a few low life criminals who steal from the owners of the homes. During one of his jobs, El meets a man who will become his mentor and help him correct his path. In addition to his eventual brotherhood with his fellow criminals, there’s also a love story that pushes the interior motives of El and his connection with his values and his family.
IFS Premiere
5:00pm
May 21st - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: George Zaverdas
PG-13 Spain
SHORTS PROGRAM 21A
After the death of her mother, Lucy's marriage is dissolving. The couple's recent relocation to an old gothic manor in Spain has further sent her into an emotional downward spiral. Lucy becomes obsessed with a strange presence she believes is looming behind a locked door in their new home. Starring Adria Tennor ( The Artist, Mad Men)
West Coast Premiere
6:15pm
May 21st - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Jeff Kanew
PG-13 USA
SHORTS PROGRAM 21A
A young couple, who met in rehab, deal with their substance issue, and escaping from the controlling grip of the girl's wealthy parents. At the family Holiday party, they learn a secret that can change their life. Or destroy it.
IFS Premiere
6:15pm
May 21st - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Danica Dodds
PG-13 USA
Emily suffers in a toxic relationship but things begin to change when a mysterious woman suddenly appears in her life. Taking the viewer on a ride where you're never quite sure what's real and what's not, Orange Blossoms examines important themes such as female empowerment, discovering one's self-worth and sexual fluidity. Directed by Danica Dodds, Orange Blossoms is taking the festival circuit by storm, receiving nominations for Best Drama, Best Director and Best Actress, as well as winning Best Cast (Danica Dodds, Cole Gerdes and Aimee Crowther).
IFS Premiere
7:00pm
May 21st - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Olivier L. Gagnon; Creator/Writer: Meagan Fulps
PG-13 USA
LA Train•her is a dramedy web series created by Meagan Fulps that follows a new-to-town fitness trainer as she navigates a parodied version of the Los Angeles fitness scene in pursuit of a promising career. Charlie Wyatt is a good trainer, but as soon as she arrives to town she's bitch-slapped by cutthroat competition and swarmed by the most extreme personalities. Think self-obsessed trainers, cuckoo clients, pretentious studio owners, obnoxious fitness influencers - AKA pretty much every annoying person ever that consumes the glorified LA fitness scene. This, coupled with Charlie’s deep seeded feelings of inadequacy, will make integrating herself into this foreign world the greatest challenge of all.
IFS Premiere
7:30pm
May 21st - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Matthew Montgomery
R USA
While searching for his missing brother in a remote gay cruising park, Noah (Stephen Twardokus) sets his sights on a handsome stranger (JD Scalzo). When Noah is viciously attacked, he and his new companion escape through the woods with two menacing thugs in hot pursuit. Lost and frightened, they begin to turn on each other and slowly unravel the truth of what's really going on around them.
IFS Premiere
8:30pm
May 21st - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14
Director: Maria Gargiulo
R USA
When a single dad rents the guest house of a wealthy bachelor he soon realizes that the landlord's generosity comes with a price in this feature film starring Daniel Baldwin and Eileen Davidson.
IFS Premiere
10:00pm
May 21st - Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE 14