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IFCT Schedule Los Angeles Shorts French Roast, Written and Directed by: Fabrice O. Joubert, France Los Angeles Premiere! In a fancy Parisian Café, an uptight businessman finds out that he's lost his wallet and that he can't pay the check. To save time he decides to order more coffee... The Worst Day of My Life, Directed by Peter G Butler, UK, World Premiere! John has had the Worst day of his life.. can anything cheer him up? The Big Ass World of Science, Directed by Mike Wellins, USA Los Angeles Premiere! The Big Ass World of Science is a parody of an educational science film. It explores such important topics as "How Big is Too Big?" "Dogs in the Future," and discovering the humor molecule. It was created in Lightwave and Flash software packages. Compact Only, Wrtten, Directed and Produced by: Pamela Green, USA Director in Attendance Al's favorite Hawaiian food restaurant has stopped delivery in his area. With only one street separating him from his Chicken Katsu passion, Al has to think outside the box. He has the food delivered to his car in a trendy supermarket parking lot. But this will be no ordinarily meal, as Al experiences a world that makes the drama of an African watering hole look tame. http://www.compactonlymovie.com RU Impressed , Wrtten, Directed and Produced by: Edmund Cheng- Australia Los Angeles Premiere! Director in Attendance Drunken boyfriends, vomiting girlfriends, reckless drivers, distraught families...the inevitable impact of alcohol on young lives... (A community service announcement short) Greed, Directed by Alli Sadegiani, Sweden, World Premiere! A devastated gangster experiences the costs of greed www.embrya.se/greed Andy, Directed by Dídac Fernández Ruiz, Spain Andy is a 5 year old that likes to make life hard on his pet. Camionléon, Directed by Anne-Marie Vaillancourt, Canada Los Angeles Premiere! A chameleon goes out of its vivarium to chase after a fly. While he goes around the apartment, a lot of things happen in the new environment. Finally, the fly goes outside the window, so the chameleon tries to catch it with his tongue, but it sticks on a metal pole on the other side of the street. He then hear a truck coming. Award Winning Directed and Produced by: Amy Lyndon- USA Director in Attendance It’s the biggest awards night in Hollywood! Longtime “friends” Rafe Williams (John Sharkey) and Sloan Perkins (David Phillips) are both up for the Best Actor award in the very same movie! So, why do they drop to the floor in a raging fistfight on their way to accept the award? Just how genuine is their friendship, anyway? What violent yearnings and secret motives might they reveal in the frenzied seconds between the announcing of the winner and one of themactually taking up the trophy?!? http://awardwinningshort.com/ Soft Cop Directed and Produced by: Owen Elliott- Australia Los Angeles Premiere! Everybody forgets about Detective Mario Netti. Maybe it's because he's small. Maybe it's because he's soft. Or maybe it's because he's a puppet. But when he kills one of his own to save a mysterious woman, things start to come apart at the seams. He loses his partner, his badge and his gun and ends up alone in a bar. But when the mysterious woman reappears he feels something he never has before. After a drink, they head back to her place and that's when things really start to heat up. The Saddest Boy in the World Directed by: Jamie Travis Producer in Attendance This dark comedy follows young Timothy Higgins as he reflects on the many reasons he is compelled to hang himself at his ninth birthday party. modernfamily.ca/saddest-boy Blind Date Directed by:David Wesch, Canada, World Premiere!Pierre has prepared the perfect evening. Could it all be ruined by one little nose hair? Brace yourself for an epic tale of personal grooming. Jim's Retirement Directed by:Tomas Woodbridge, UK, World Premiere! This film describes a brief moment in the life of an office worker: an ordinary man who, midway through an ordinary day, unexpectedly loses his sanity. The reasons behind this surprising event are not explained. The man's behaviour subsequently takes a turn for the bizarre. The film concludes on a note of upbeat ambiguity; we leave the protagonist in a (possibly) happier place than the one we found him in. http://www.tomwoodbridge.com/ Man Seeks Directed by: Garry Calderwood ,UK After years of disastrous chat-up lines and a drought of girlfriends, Adam embarks on a journey into the world of online dating. Combining modern illustration, three-dimensional elements and photography, Man Seeks is an animation about an average 20-something male who resorts to online dating after years of struggling to charm the opposite sex. Adam feels isolated as he shuns more common male stereotypes and typifies the often overlooked 'crisis of masculinity' to which many men succumb when faced with the limited, and limiting, 'new lad' culture. Tired of being naive in all matters female and weary of the jibes from his pet cat, Adam leaves his comfort zone in the search for true love, but will he get lucky? Ticket for Success, Written and Directed by: Marcos Casilli and Daniel Bydlowski, Brazil Director in Attendance Woody Malloy, an aspiring director, wishes to make a deep drama that expresses all his inner feelings and frustrations and to become a recognized artist. He struggles to write the perfect script and to direct his insensitive crew. When he finally releases the film, the whole audience starts laughing. He becomes desperate, and thinks that's it for him. But the audience misinterprets the film as a comedy, and makes it a huge success. Woody then becomes famous as a comic genius and starts playing along, pretending he had always intended to make a comedy. But his inner sense of decency will haunt him forever because of that lie. PK-Granny, Directed by: Jo Meuris A little old lady gets mugged by a man on a bicycle. When she realizes that there is no one around to help her, she decides to take matters into her own hands. It's a good thing Granny knows Parkour! A film about self-empowerment, animated the old way - by hand, with pencil on paper and a light-box. |
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