Author: lgbtlosangelesfilmfestival

On a colonized planet threatened by a solar storm, an Eagle Scout exploring the alien wilderness has a fateful encounter with someone thought long dead.

Narrator: Julie Shppard
Clark: Shawn Devlin
Jacob: Steve Rizzo
Tanner: Sean Ballantyne

A mid-career stop-motion animator struggles balance his work with his family’s demands to run their restaurant.

Narrator: Julie Sheppard
Greg: Shawn Devlin
Theo: Steve Rizzo
Marvin: Sean Ballantyne

When a suicidal comedian is involuntarily hospitalized by her family, her ride-or-die drag queen BFF, and her unorthodox psychiatrist devise a plan to break her out, recover her eight cats, and help her to discover her reasons to live.

Narrator: Steve Rizzo –
Barbara: Julie Sheppard
Mackenzie: Val Cole
Larry: Shawn Devlin
Marlow: Allison Kampf

In the comedy-drama DOG PARK, the deliberate poisoning of a dog forces three lonely people’s lives to collide.

Narrator: Val Cole
Margaret: Hannah Ehman
Carrie: Kyana Teresa

Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.

Audience Award Winners:
Best Short Form Short Film: 18 EVE
Best Long Form Short Film: ENAMORADO
Best Cinematography: DOGFRIEND
Best Direction: THE WAY SAM SEES IT
Best Performances: OPEN UP
Best Sound & Music: PASSION OF X
Bes Student Film: ENTER YOUR NAME

Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:

THE WAY SAM SEES IT, 7min., Australia
Directd by Dan Sanguineti
When Sam, a talented photographer with Down Syndrome, sees a rainbow outside his window, he endeavors to capture his unique perspective of light and color to create his own masterpiece.

https://www.facebook.com/dan.sanguineti
https://twitter.com/DanSanguineti
https://www.instagram.com/dansanguineti/

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

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OPEN UP, 13min., USA
Directed by Amanda Maddocks
After drunkenly sending her best friend a love letter, a closeted high school grad embarks on a frantic mission to get it back.

https://seedandspark.com/fund/open-up/edit#project
https://www.instagram.com/openup_shortfilm/

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

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18 EVE, 2min., USA
Directed by Jonterri Gadson
A mother motivates her son to werk.

https://www.instagram.com/jonterrig/

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

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ENTER YOUR NAME, 3min., USA
Directed by Aubrey Scott
Enter Your Name is a surreal fantasy film that serves as an allegory to the experiences of a pre-transition trans person, with horror elements to allude to the complex emotions and inner turmoil that one can go through.

https://enteryournamenull.wixsite.com/enteryourname
https://twitter.com/enteryourfilm
https://www.instagram.com/enteryournamefilm/

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

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DOGFRIEND, 18min., Germany
Directed by Maissa Lihedheb
A date takes an unexpected turn in this meditation on race, politics and history in Germany.

https://www.instagram.com/hundefreund.film/

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

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PASSION OF X, 18min., USA
Directed by Camille Ora-Nicole Elston
Passion of X is a visual poetry anthology highlighting the joy, freedom and expanded understanding of being a trans, nonbinary, or genderqueer person of color. It is made up of five parts, each featuring an original poem created by trans, genderqueer, and/or nonbinary writers. Each part delivers the message through a different medium: animation, photography, narrative film, dance, and performance.

https://theq26.com/projects/passionofx
https://www.facebook.com/thequeer26
https://www.twitter.com/thequeer26
https://instagram.com/passionofx_film

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

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ENAMORADO, 20min,. USA
Directed by Eduardo Rivera Salas
As a fateful meeting at a Liquor store leaves Damian longing for Izan, the relationship between the two blossoms out of innocence and fantasy, yet nothing ever more than that.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

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