A Bag of Hammers
Q&A Following Screening
Jason Ritter, Chandler Canterbury, Carrie Preston, Todd Louiso, Gabriel Macht, Rebecca Hall, Brian Crano, Amanda Seyfried, and Jake Sandvig.
A comedy about two misfit best friends incapable of growing up, whose direction is tested by an abandoned child, worn beyond his years; together they invent the family they’ve always needed.
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A Beginner’s Guide to Endings
Santa Catalina Premiere/Opening Night Feature/Q&A Following Screening
Harvey Keitel, Scott Caan (Hawaii Five-O), and The Daily Show’s Jason Jones star in this frenetic comedy about a group of ne’er-do-well brothers who learn upon their father’s death that they may only have a few weeks left to live.
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Girls, Girls, Girls
World Premiere
French Stewart, Cynthia Ettinger, Elaine Hendrix, Jenn Fee & April Wade are just a few celebrities to star in this anthology of 5 short films all written, produced, shot, edited and directed by women.Watch these 5 short films of various ensembles, genres and crews join together to create a feature with the common emphasis of feminine strength.
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A Little Help
Santa Catalina Premiere
Jenna Fischer (The Office), Chris O’Donnell (NCIS: Los Angeles, Scent Of A Woman), and Kim Coates star in this dramedy about a woman who gets entangled in a series of bizarre lies in order to take care of herself and her 12 year old son. Also featuring songs from Jakob Dylan (The Wallflowers).
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Losing Control
Los Angeles Premiere
Miranda Kent, Reid Scott, Kathleen Robertson, Lin Shaye, John Billingsley, Steve Howey, Alanna Ubach and Ben Weber.
LOSING CONTROL is a smart and quirky romantic comedy about a female scientist who wants proof that her boyfriend is ‘the one’ before she can accept his marriage proposal.
Pickin’ and Grinnin’
Santa Catalina Premiere
Johnny Dowers, Garret Mathany, David E. Lane.
Two down and out brothers, who come from a long legacy of losers, decide to give their dream of musical stardom one last chance. Leaving the ghosts of failure behind them, they set out in their 1976 Winnebago Brave from their hometown of Banning California, to Music City, Nashville Tennessee to win the ‘Sing-A-Ling’ contest.
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Samuel Bleak
Los Angeles Premiere
Dustin Schuetter (Writer/Director/Actor), David Zayas (Dexter), Deborah Kara Unger (The Game), James Russo (Public Enemies), Jaime Murray (Dexter) and Keith David (ER, The Job).
In Whiterain, Louisiana, the sheriff finds a young mute, Samuel Bleak, living in the woods with only the comfort of his old typewriter. When Samuel ends up in a mental institution under the care of the sheriff’s wife and out of the hands of his abusive father, the shocking secrets of his past begin to unfold.
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SMALL TOWN MURDER SONGS
Los Angeles Premiere
Peter Stormare, Martha Plimpton, Jill Hennessy, Aaron Poole
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THE FRANKENSTEIN BROTHERS
Los Angeles Premiere
Scott Patterson, Alexandra Paul, Zelda Williams, Taryn Southern
A coming of age romantic comedy centered around the lives of twin brothers Luke and Corey Frankenstein in the pivotal months following college graduation.
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THE SELLING
Gabriel Diani, Jonathan Klein, Janet Varney, Etta Devine, Nancy Lenehan, and Barry Bostwick.
A too-honest-for-his-own-good real estate agent must sell a haunted house before its ghostly inhabitants ruin his life.