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NOMINATED FOR THE BEST MUSIC VIDEO AWARD

NOMINATED FOR THE BEST SHORT ANIMATED FILM AWARD

Music was his passion... Love was his masterpiece.

Director & Writer: Farnoosh Abedi / Producer: Ali Gholami

A bully in Senegal West Africa is about to get served!

Director: Kamal Moummad / Writers: Mohamed Mansour, Adja Awa Seck, Kamal Moummad & El Hadji Mamadou Kebe / Producer: Mansour Bengeloune (aka No I$$ue) / Cast: Mohamed Mansour, El Hadji Mamadou Kebe, Adja Awa Seck & Kamal Moummad

Emme is surrounded by distrust, with a loose grip on reality.

Director & Writer: Toshiki Yashiro / Producers: Sky Mejias, Enmi Yang, Toshiki Yashiro / Cast: Melissa Ann Taylor, Stefan Scott, Shaquille Mathurin, Summer Benefield, Nilda Santiago, Julissa Garza

On his birthday, Vince gets the surprise of his life when he assumes the worst of his absent girlfriend.

Director & Writer: Mustafa Toby Eck / Producers:  Mustafa Toby Eck, Adam Makary, Omar Al Dakheel / Cast: Dustyn Gulledge,  Vishesh Chachra, Emily Fonda 

WEST COAST PREMIERE / NOMINATED FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM AWARD

A first time killer learns what it really takes to pull off the perfect crime.

Director & Writer: Russell Southam / Producers: Adam Spinks, Russell Southam,Owen Elliott / Cast: Kurt Bayly, Benjamin W Sullivan, Gemma Dart, Benn Spillane, Kya Stewart, Keely Spedding, Campbell McGillivray. Kashmala Sameer, Albert Goikhman, Caitlin Murphy, Josh Megarrity, Tamaryn Hurly

WORLD PREMIERE

After years of struggle in finding deeper connection with women, Sean stumbles into a place where he experiences dating and true connection by only using two of his five senses.

Director & Writer: Vaz Andreas / Producer: Vaz Andreas, Alain Azoulay / Cast.: Vaz Andreas, Alain Azoulay, Kathleen Randazzo, Eric Skanlan, Martin Khachatryan

A young man who has never fallen in love before, finally does. But the person he falls in love

with, does not love him back. 

Director & Writer: Hrag Megherditchian / Producer: Sarah El Khoury / Cast: Hrayr Kalemkerian, Meghety Dono, Elyssa Salhani, Jennifer Nasrallah, Natalia Saliba, Stephanie Ghougassian, Etienne Seukunian, Carmen Balian

A lighthearted comedy about a charming new couple who get to know each other a bit better during a holiday evening with an unusually eccentric family.

Director & Writer: Karina Weeks / Producers: Karina Weeks, Will Hanna / Cast: Karina Weeks, Travis Flesher, Will Hanna, Bruce Stamboltsyan, Margarita Stamboltsyan, Gvidon Stamboltsyan aka Robin Goodman, Dee Drenta, Santi Franzon, Lara Franzon

UC IRVINE'S STUDENT FILM / WORLD PREMIERE

A couple spends a surreal evening in a Mexican restaurant on their anniversary.

Director & Writer: Angel David Ochoa / Producers: Yanit Mehta, Christine Petrivelli and Javier Salas / Cast: Aaron Miller, Lilla Lavanakul,  Christine Petrivelli, Lloyd Ea, Cybelle Kaehler, Brody Rogers, Kiki Ruiz