LA Film Festival: US Fiction Competition
Original voices with distinct visions from emerging and established American independent filmmakers.
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- DirectorLeena PendharkarStarsRichard RiehleMichelle KrusiecJocelin DonahueA couple must decide on how to move forward when their baby is diagnosed with a serious health condition at the 20 week scan.
- DirectorVincent GrashawStarsArman DarboMelonie DiazLucy ShepardIn the cruel world of junior high, Edwin suffers in a state of anxiety and alienation alongside his only friend, Flake. Misunderstood by their families and demoralized at school daily, their fury simmers quietly until an idea for vengeance offers them a terrifying release. Based on the acclaimed novel "Project X" by Jim Shepard, this unflinching look at adolescence explores how the powerful bonds of childhood friendship and search for belonging can become a matter of life or death.
- DirectorHarris DoranStarsMadison IsemanJeff KoberLaura Bell BundyAn empowering story inspired by true events, a poverty-stricken young mother is forced to move when her house is condemned. With no money and no options, she must confront her abusive past in order to save her family.
- DirectorDaniel PowellElizabeth RohrbaughStarsLena HallMena SuvariChristine LahtiAfter breaking up with her girlfriend, a Brooklyn musician moves back in with her mother. Playing for tip money in an old friend's bar, an unexpected relationship begins to take shape. Based on the life and times of Alyssa Robbins.
- DirectorBruce Thierry CheungStarsJames FrancoRashida JonesJeff WahlbergFathers in a small California desert town abandon their children one by one leaving behind a wake of anger and crime as their sons and daughters come of age.
- DirectorPete OhsAndrea SissonStarsJulia GarnerC.S. LeeJoseph CrossA guy, a girl, and a robothead hike across a desert planet in search of a mythical lake.
- DirectorChristian PapierniakStarsMackenzie DavisDolly WellsAlex RussellA woman at rock bottom must find her way across Los Angeles in order to crash her ex-boyfriend's engagement party.
- DirectorDaniel PeddleStarsMitchell SlaggertChristine MarzanoDorian CobbIn this Southern Gothic coming-of-age tale, an isolated and troubled young man, Moss, meets a mysterious and beautiful hiker on the banks of the river near his home on his eighteenth birthday. She guides him on a journey of self-discovery and helps him overcome the tragic death of his mother and the shadow it has cast on his relationship with his detached father.
- DirectorCamille ThomanStarsMireille EnosSam ShepardGoran VisnjicDisturbing events lead an artist who photographs strangers to suspect that someone out there is watching HER. Boundaries blur between real and imaginary, crime and art, the watcher and the watched.
- DirectorPaul BrigantiStarsAya CashGeorge BasilBrandon ScottWhen Alan's wife flakes on a last-ditch effort to save their marriage, he's joined by his all too eager brother-in-law Mike on a trip to Nicaragua's 'Mercado Village,' a hipster resort for American tourists. As the two settle in, they meet Barbara, an American ex-pat who co-founded Mercado Village years earlier as a utopian haven for artists and free spirits. As Alan's relationship with Barbara evolves, his friendship with Mike takes an unexpected turn.