2017 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
 & FILM INFORMATION

Q&A with Filmmakers​ Immediately Following Each Screening Block
Playhouse West members in Bold

Friday, March 24

Friday, 11a Patron Check-In

Friday, 12-1:30p: Shorts

DORMEZ VOUS?
4m, Thriller
DIRECTOR:  Himerria Wortham
PRODUCER: Krystal Demus, Melissa Suan
SCREENPLAY: Kathryn Lockhart
CAST: Kathryn Lockhart, Lockett Pentz
SYNOPSIS:  A mother wrestles with her memories, good, and evil.
 
PUSHING WOOD 
6:16, Drama
DIRECTOR: Tyler Schiffman
PRODUCER: Kirstie Simone
SCREENPLAY: Kirstie Simone
CAST: Michelle Somruthai Dangelo, Aliysa Shareef, Tuisdi Layne McClure, Crystal Ferreiro
SYNOPSIS: Four young girls from East Los Angeles escape the pressures of drug use, violence, and their everyday lives’ through skateboarding.

STRANGERS IN THE PARK
12m, Drama
DIRECTOR: Gabriel De Santiago
PRODUCERS: Beto Angulo, Matthew M. Stevens, Gabriel De Santiago
SCREENPLAY: Gabriel De Santiago
CAST: Jim Freivogel, Natalie Berwick
SYNOPSIS:  Home alone, A lonely man gets an unexpected visit from the stranger that will change his life.
 
MIMI'S MISADVENTURE
12m, Dark Comedy
DIRECTOR: R.D. Womack III
PRODUCER: Ashley Atwood
SCREENPLAY: R.D. Womack III
CAST: Ashley Atwood, Frederick Lawrence, Ricardo Molina, Sean Crampton, Alexsander Ristic, Angela Nordeng, Kylierae Condon.
SYNOPSIS:  Mimi, a former prostitute and heroin addict knows how awful her life has turned out.  She tries a little sex, drugs, and revenge to turn it around.  Will a conversation overheard at her awesome job at a divey strip club change her life forever?
 
BROTHERS
28m, Drama
DIRECTOR: Jared Kahn
PRODUCERS: Romeo Perlman, Damian Martorana, Chris Kimball
SCREENPLAY: Jared Kahn
CAST: Jilon VanOver, Matthew Fahey, Phillip Gordon
SYNOPSIS:  Two brothers are forced to go against their own morals in order to save the life of their father.

Friday, 1:30-2:30p: Horror Shorts

OBSESSION
5m, Horror
 
SOPHIA
6m, Horror
 
CASSIDY JONES
5m, Horror
DIRECTOR: Chris Gatpo
PRODUCER: Chris Gatpo, Aysha Salam, Henry Power
SCREENPLAY: Chris Gatpo
CAST: Chris Gatpo, Aysha Salam
SYNOPSIS:  An idiot guy goes in search of a 7-year old girl's ghost at Wisdom Tree Hiking Trail in Los Angeles.

CLOSURE
17m, Drama/Horror
DIRECTOR: Nicholas Acosta
PRODUCERS: Golan Ramraz, Adam C. Sherer, Nicholas Acosta
SCREENPLAY: Adam C. Sherer, Golan Ramraz
CAST: Kelly Russo, Savannah Schoenecker, Gianna Russo
SYNOPSIS: After losing their daughter a family must come together to rescue her when an evil force takes her captive.

Friday, 2:30-3:30p: Shorts

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DATE NIGHT
10m, Comedy
DIRECTOR: Roxy Winiarczyk
PRODUCER: Rebecca Remy
SCREENPLAY: Kate Marin Davis
CAST: Ramona Young, Tom Schneiders
SYNOPSIS: Ava experiences the difficulties of dating with multiple personality disorder.
 
LAST SUPPER

Friday, 5-7p: Red Carpet, Reception & Patron Check-In

Friday, 7-1op: Opening Night Feature Film

MONDAY NIGHTS AT SEVEN
109m, Drama/Romance
DIRECTOR: Marty Sader
PRODUCER: Laura Keys, Edward James Olmos, Kenyon Robertson, Marty Sader
SCREENPLAY: Laura Keys, Marty Sader
CAST: Marty Sader, Vanessa Lyon, Edward James Olmos, Mary Apick, Anderson Silva, Kelea Skelton, Lorraine Bracco
SYNOPSIS:  A groundbreaking reinvention of neorealism, Monday Nights At Seven is a love story about a single father, Lazo Saroby, struggling unsuccessfully to let go of his past; then he meets Isabel, a young woman who is also facing the consequences of her own life choices. As feelings for Isabel expose the lie Lazo is living, he is forced to awaken to the fact that it is not his dreams but his illusions that are holding him back, and facing the hard truth might be the only thing that can set him free.
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Saturday, March 25

Saturday, 9-10:30a: Shorts

 A LESSON IN RESTRAINT
3:20, Comedy
DIRECTOR: Nicholas Harsin
PRODUCER: Nicholas Harsin
SCREENPLAY: Nicholas Harsin
CAST: Christopher Gatpo, Nicholas Harsin
SYNOPSIS: Desperate to get his best friend laid, Nicholas takes Christopher on a metaphorical vision quest, explaining to him the importance of picking his first peach.
 
RUSSIAN MOM
3m, comedy
Director: Xenia Le Blanc
Producer: Azize Erim
Screenplay: Azize Erim, Xenia Le Blanc
Cast: Anastasia Narinskiy, Azize Erim, Xenia Le Blanc
SYNOPSIS:  Azize is so excited to meet Xenia’s mom, who is visiting from Russia. However, things don’t go as expected when Mrs. Petrova takes over the kitchen...

GIRL WITH THE RED PURSE
4:25, Drama, Thriller, Crime Mystery
DIRECTOR: David Palmieri
PRODUCERS: David Palmieri, Paria Zeydi
SCREENPLAY: Paria Zeydi
CAST: Paria Zeydi, Henry Foster Brown, Jessica Abuchaibe, Laura Coover
SYNOPSIS: The girl with the red purse knows that there is a jewel thief terrorizing the neighborhood. Will she be safe?
 
LOST  YOUTH
3m, Drama
DIRECTOR: Andreas Gärdnert
PRODUCER: Andreas Gärdnert
SCREENPLAY: Andreas Gärdnert
CAST: Alec Toselli
SYNOPSIS:  A day in the life of a young man on the verge of becoming a drug addict. An overdose will either be the end of his life, or a new beginning.
 
GO FISH
2m, Comedy
DIRECTOR: Ashley Renée Scott
PRODUCER:  Christopher Liebe
SCREENPLAY: Ashley Renée Scott
CAST: Danny Jordan, Rocky Russo
SYNOPSIS:  A young priest gets in over his head when he decides to gamble with the Devil
 
THAT MOMENT
3m, Romance/Drama
DIRECTOR: Chris Gatpo
PRODUCER: Aysha Salam
SCREENPLAY: Aysha Salam
CAST: Aysha Salam, Angel Sabate, Daniel Imperiale, Courtney Lacombe, Rachel Braff, John Wayne Constance, Siri Harkins, Grey Robertson, Kristen Shapero
SYNOPSIS:  A pretty and lonely girl at a cocktail party tries to live out a nice moment, or 'spark,' she has with an attractive guy she locks eyes with.
 
SWEET PEA
7m, Comedy
DIRECTOR: Matthew M Stevens
PRODUCER: Matthew M Stevens, Tyler Wilson Schnabel
SCREENPLAY: Tyler Wilson Schnabel, Eric Rigby
CAST: Tyler Wilson Schnabel, Katie Mary Garland, Matthew M Stevens, Gabriel De Santiago, Kevin O’Farrell
SYNOPSIS: When Rachel believes she may be pregnant Mark must come to terms with growing up… by eating candy.
 
A ROMANCE IN SUNSET STATION
8m, Romance/Drama
DIRECTOR: Chris Gatpo
PRODUCER: Chris Gatpo, Aysha Salam, Nicholas Harsin, Henry Power
SCREENPLAY: Chris Gatpo
CAST: Chris Gatpo, Aysha Salam
SYNOPSIS:  Two drug addicts find love in a hopeless place.

VENGEANCE FOR CHLOE DARLING
28m, Drama
DIRECTOR: Peter John Casey
PRODUCER: Erik Fauske
SCREENPLAY: Peter John Casey
CAST: Ben Kauffman, Sonya Davis, Tim Whitcomb, Kyle Vahan, Nick Hope
SYNOPSIS:  A young mechanic untangles a web of corruption and violence in the search for his missing girlfriend.

Saturday, 10:30a-12p: Shorts

GET HOME SAFE
7m, Comedy
DIRECTOR: Larissa Pruett
PRODUCERS: Larissa Pruett, Pierre Habib
SCREENPLAY: Larissa Pruett
CAST: Bessie Jo Hill, Dylan Werth, Grayson Low
SYNOPSIS: Evan is being interviewed with Joystick games, if he beats the demo they’ve built, he gets the job. The demo is called, ‘Get Home Safe,’ all he has to do is play the video game as a female character and get home safe after leaving the bars.            
 
WITHOUT GRAVITY, CHOCOLATE FLOATS
8m, Sci-Fi
DIRECTOR: Yin Hao Pou
PRODUCER:
SCREENPLAY: Dino Dumandan
CAST: Nicholas B. Gianforti
SYNOPSIS:  A U.F.O fanatic unexpectedly proves that extraterrestrial lifeforms exist.
 
WALL OF GLASS
16m, drama
DIRECTOR: Ryan Francis Johnson
PRODUCER:
SCREENPLAY: Ryan Francis Johnson
CAST: Jeni Reed, Grayson Low, Bessie Jo Hill
SYNOPSIS:  A shy and alienated young woman becomes obsessed with her roommate's new relationship.
 
SLEEPING DOGS
29:48, Drama
DIRECTOR: Eric Lommel, Adam Lowder
PRODUCERS: Eric Lommel, Adam Lowder, Manu Menon
SCREENPLAY: Adam Lowder, Manu Menon
CAST: Christian Stephen, Manu Menon, Carlotta Brentan, Katie Barbaree, Adam Lowder, Jim Parrack, Ariel Pacheco
SYNOPSIS: The lives of two men change permanently when one of them takes matters into his own hands.

Saturday, 1-2:30p: Shorts


GELATO
7m, Comedy
DIRECTOR: Brian Carberry
PRODUCER: Jessie Rabideau, Bryan Carberry
SCREENPLAY: Brian Carberry
CAST: Jessie Rabideau, Luke Stratte-McClure, Lincoln Hoppe
SYNOPSIS: A couple goes out on a date and realizes something may be off.

ONE IN
15m, Drama
DIRECTOR: Vasha Narace
PRODUCER: Christine Melton
SCREENPLAY: Vasha Narace
CAST:  Michael Harris, Molly Durand, Amber Patino, Jude Binkley, Marius Layus
SYNOPSIS: When Kassie's parents confiscate the lock to her bedroom door, they leave her exposed to an unexpected danger.

MONDAY  
18m, Drama
DIRECTOR: Dinh Thai
PRODUCER:
SCREENPLAY: Dinh Thai
CAST:  Kevin David Lin, L.A. Williams, Diamonique Noriega, Steve Castillo, Alexis Clayton, Sarah Johanna Jewell
SYNOPSIS: In the culturally diverse world of Los Angeles, a young hustler navigates through various cliques while facing racism, danger and a moral struggle with his illicit occupation.  And it's only Monday.
**WON 1ST PLACE in the HBO ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN VISIONARIES SHORT FILM COMPETITION

COMING CLEAN
23m, Drama
DIRECTOR:  Cynthia Wikler
PRODUCERS:  ShaunPaul Costello, Cynthia Wikler
SCREENPLAY:  Cynthia Wikler
CAST:  Kevin Cammarota, Samantha Lyn Parry, Cynthia Wikler, Ameerah Briggs
SYNOPSIS:  A young man with a mental health disorder meets a young woman with troubles of her own.

Saturday, 2:30-3:30p: Shorts

TOWER OF JOY – A GAME OF THRONES FANFILM

 
END GAME
10m, Drama/Thriller
DIRECTOR: Nicholas Acosta
PRODUCERS: Golan Ramraz, Adam C. Sherer
SCREENPLAY: Golan Ramraz, Adam C. Sherer
CAST: Laura Marie Steigers, Lulu Jovovich, Robert Robinson
SYNOPSIS: Greed, deception, power and murder occur between two best friends and a trophy husband over a friendly game.
 
STRIPPED
12m, Drama
DIRECTOR: India Dupré
PRODUCER: India Dupré
SCREENPLAY: India Dupré
CAST: Katheryn Winnick, Boyd Austin, Kimberly Cashner, Stella Bonstin, Melissa Bickerton, Alan Shearman
SYNOPSIS:  A true story of family survival, Stripped follows the Dupre family’s life on the run, trying to create a sense of normalcy while living in a tent as the Australian Government tracks them down.  Supported by The Kevin Spacey Foundation.
 

Saturday, 3:30-5p: Shorts

PLAY TIME
 
INFRINGEMENT
16m, DRAMA
DIRECTOR: Aaron Marciniak
PRODUCER: Aaron Marciniak, Ric Maddox
SCREENPLAY: Aaron Marciniak, Ric Maddox
CAST:  Kaitlin Bauld, Ric Maddox, Alexa Hamilton, Jim Freivogel, Morris Black
SYNOPSIS: Each year there are 293,00 victims of sexual assault.  Approximately 47% of rapists are friends or acquaintances.
 
RED
39:57, Drama/Romance
DIRECTOR: Tony Savant
PRODUCERS: ShaunPaul Costello, Tony Savant, Ed Aristone
SCREENPLAY: Tony Savant
CAST: Evangeline Young, Luke Eddy, Jim Parrack, Tony Savant, Kim Savant
SYNOPSIS:  Two young musicians play music together and discover love while trying to escape their dysfunctional lives in the rural south.
**WINNER OF 14 FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS

Saturday, 7-1op: Short & a Feature Film

LAST CALL

MULLY
​81:04, Documentary
DIRECTOR: Scott Haze
PRODUCER: Lukas Behnken, Elissa Shay
SYNOPSIS: Mully depicts the extraordinary rags-to-riches story of Charles Mully, whose meteoric rise from orphaned poverty in Kenya leads him on an unimaginable journey of selflessness.  

Sunday, March 26

Sunday, 9-10:30a: Shorts

I LOVE YOU

TO BE, OR NOT... 
4m, Comedy
Director: Xenia Le Blanc
Producer: Azize Erim
Screenplay: Azize Erim, Xenia Le Blanc
Cast: Xenia Le Blanc, Azize Erim, Zachary Zarvos
SYNOPSIS:  When you work with a film director, who does not know what she really wants.
 
THE MAGICIANS
3:29, Comedy
DIRECTOR: Michelle Timm
PRODUCER: Phil Montgomery
SCREENPLAY: Michelle Timm
CAST: Jordan Becker, Kevin Lin
SYNOPSIS: Two magicians are forced to face their true emotions during their weekly webisode.
 
UNICORN CHRONICLES
 
VARIEGATED LIFE
5m, Abstract Narrative
DIRECTOR: Andrew Grace
PRODUCER: Andrew Grace
SCREENPLAY: Andrew Grace
CAST: Gustavo Solis, Kelli Radwanski
SYNOPSIS:  A dying man is guided through his past, present and future.

NOW IS GONE
9m, Drama
DIRECTOR: Jake Bryant
PRODUCER: Jake Bryant
SCREENPLAY: Jake Bryant
CAST: Charlie Velasco, Rebecca Remy
SYNOPSIS: A young man who is dealing with regret and wishing he can change that past.  A story about love, loss and how we can never truly be in the moment if we are focused on our past.
 
PAPER BOATS
9m, Drama
DIRECTOR: Kristy Walsh
PRODUCER: Andrew Moffatt
SCREENPLAY: Kristy Walsh
CAST: Andrew Moffatt, Emily Bruner, Chad Ney, Mike Mazur, Taylor Williams
SYNOPSIS: A young man reflects on his motivations for wanting to reconcile with his ex-girlfriend.
 
PROSPECT
13m, drama
DIRECTOR: Victoria Ratermanis
PRODUCER: Ricardo Burgos
SCREENPLAY: Ricardo Burgos
CAST: David Lombardo, Eric Gravez, Jenna Ross, Manu Menon, Marianne Goodell, Ricardo Burgos
SYNOPSIS: What would you do if you had a day to make things right?

CONTRITION
13m, Drama
DIRECTOR: Chris Newhard
PRODUCER: Edward William Wasser Sr.
SCREENPLAY: Edward William Wasser 
Cast: Edward William Wasser, Joan Chak, Cassandra Cain, Rachel Nielsen, Danny Plaza, Tim Butterly, Alexis Phillips, Sarah Mercury, Kara Koser, Chris Mercury, Kevin Cammarota, Steven Scott Adams, Ameerah Briggs, RJ Arbaczewski, Frank Halbiger, Weston Pierce, ShaunPaul Costello, Carly Mazzochetti, John Tilmont, Becca Jackson
SYNOPSIS:  One man's journey through the random cruelty of life.

Sunday, 10:30a-12p: Shorts

MY NAME IS DAVID
10m, Comedy
DIRECTOR: Andrew Grace
PRODUCER: Andrew Grace
SCREENPLAY: Andrew Grace
CAST: Zach Ihn, Grace Inouye, Faith Salentine, Andrew Grace
SYNOPSIS: A quiet college student goes to his library to feel normal.
 
IAMYOU
12m, Drama
DIRECTOR: Micah Van Hove
PRODUCERS: Paul S. Tracey, Presciliana Esparolini
SCREENPLAY: Paul S. Tracey
CAST: Paul S. Tracey, Presciliana Esparolini
SYNOPSIS:  A codependent couple living in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco struggle to overcome their circumstances within a harsh and destitute environment.’
 
TUCKER'S WAR
38m, Western/Drama
DIRECTOR:  Stephen Savage
PRODUCERS: Trinity Houston, Michael Croke, Dan Ferguson, Stephen Savage
SCREENPLAY:  Stephen Savage
CAST:  Steve Silkotch, WOLFGANG BODISON, Angela Daune, Natalia Abelleyra, Dan Ferguson, Michael Thomas, Oscar Torre,   
MARLENE Mc'COHEN, Frank Jaramillo
SYNOPSIS:  1920. Tucker Hick's has returned home from the Great War in Europe, hoping to rebuild his neglected California 
ranch and start a new life with his young bride. But the quick paced new decade of cars, planes, and prohibition 
that Tucker finds himself living in, has dark elements with which the war weary cowboy finds hard to cope.  

Sunday, 1-2p: Shorts

 INNER KITTY
7m, Comedy
DIRECTOR: Phil Biedron
PRODUCER:  Laura Coover
SCREENPLAY: Phil Biedron, Devon Goodman, Tiffany Wolfford
CAST: Ashley Renée Scott, Wes Tate, Devon Goodman, Phil Biedron, Corena Crystal, Courtney Lacomb, Natalie Davis, Tiffany Wolfford
SYNOPSIS: An inexperienced young woman tries to take her relationship to the next level.

TAKE  ME WITH YOU

GRIM BROTHERS
7m, Comedy
DIRECTOR: Trevor Hoar
PRODUCER: Ryan Famulari, Anthony Famulari
SCREENPLAY: Ryan Famulari, Anthony Famulari
CAST: Anthony Famulari, Ryan Famulari, Alexander Carney, Sarah Villegas, Amanda Griemsmann, Julie Franklin, Nick Riccardo
SYNOPSIS: A grim reaper and his lovesick brother must deliver a dead man to heaven before a vengeful old flame tries to drag him to hell.
 
QUARTER.LIFE.CRISIS
16m, Comedy
DIRECTOR: Adam Zeitoun
PRODUCER: Kirstie McHugh
SCREENPLAY: Adam Zeitoun
CAST: Adam Zeitoun, Reed Arnold, Rik Baron, Owen Halpert, Charley Rossman.
SYNOPSIS: In the midst of his millennial angst, Adam finds himself in a pathetic, self pitying depression.  He'll go to any length (or a mysterious drug) to change his current predicament.

Sunday, 2-3p: Shorts

HALFWAY THERE
5:48, Drama
DIRECTOR: Scott Trost, Daniel Imperiale
PRODUCER: Lauren Eather
SCREENPLAY: Daniel Imperiale, Antonio Robles, Heidi Schlitt
CAST: Daniel Imperiale, Dwayne Johnson, Chris Lee, Antonio Robles, Anna Scott, Lisa Su, Scott Trost, Elaine Truong
SYNOPSIS:  The woman in charge of a halfway house for the mentally unstable must prepare her patients for an impending visit from her boss.
 
SATURDAY
10m, Drama
DIRECTOR: Nick Phad
PRODUCER: Enid Cortes, Jeff Houkal
SCREENPLAY: Jeff Houkal
CAST: Wes Tate, Jeff Houkal, Laura Coover
SYNOPSIS:  Joey is an autistic adult who lives with his older brother and sole provider, Adam. Through this film we see the weekly Saturday routine of the brothers and glimpse into the struggles they both face.
 
SANVEAN
17:41, Drama
DIRECTORS: Elizabeth Yoder, Paul Allan, Alina Patra
PRODUCER: Elizabeth Yoder, Paul Allan, Alina Patra
SCREENPLAY: Alina Patra
CAST: Wolfgang Bodison, Elizabeth Yoder, Sydney Sepulveda, Ryan Mihaly, Alina Patra, Harmony Smith, Dawn Forrester, Jabriela Dike, Jason Paul Field, Joel Slabo
SYNOPSIS: Debilitated by self-condemnation, Sanvean’s mother loses her will to live. In her darkest moments, a kind man befriends and helps set her free from the debilitating weight of guilt so she can find the self-forgiveness and courage necessary to let go of the past.

Sunday, 3-5p: Short & Feature Film

BREAKFAST


FEAR, LOVE AND AGORAPHOBIA
90m, Drama
DIRECTORS:  Alex D'Lerma
PRODUCERS: Alex D'Lerma, Dustin Coffey, Markus Linecker
SCREENPLAY: Alex D'Lerma
CAST: Linda Burzynski, Dustin Coffey, Lori Petty, Chanel Marriott, Doug Haley, Ed Aristone, Frank Gerrish,
SYNOPSIS: An agoraphobic man and a female Marine become emotionally entangled as they struggle to escape from their personal prisons.

Sunday, 8p 2017 PWFF Awards Ceremony