All Films

Opuntia

2017 • 56 min

A feature length experimental documentary based on the writing of Cabeza de Vaca.

Hold Me Down

2017 • 30 min • Sweden

Based on true events, Hold Me Down depicts a day in the life of a 19-year-old single mother in the Bronx who works as a stripper at an illegal nightclub to support her child.

Lance Lizardi

2017 • 8 min • United States of America

A young man takes his love for lizards to the extreme.

Wild Mane Crop

2017 • 10 min • Spain

Tradition and performance show us the physical relationship between man and animal when in combat.

The Hunt for Dark Matter

2017 • 23 min • United States of America

CERN and the University of California-Santa Barbara are collaborating in the search for the elusive substance that physicists and astronomers believe holds the universe together -- dark matter. Where is this search now in the realm of particle physics and what comes next?

The Last Light

2017 • 12 min • Mexico

A girl finds a boy tied up in an abandoned house on her family's land.

Convulsions, Asphyxiation, Death

2017 • 14 min

The medical student Anton Kroshkin decides to assist himself with first aid.

And The Moon Stands Still

2017 • 11 min • United States of America, Belarus, Germany

The presence of the moon affects all under its glow. The film explores the lunar cycle and the energies invoked by its radiance.

God Complex

2017 • 19 min • United States of America

"God Complex" is the CSULA Film Productions Spring 2017 Semester short film, directed by Bryan Lopez

Nakauwi Na

2017 • 20 min • Philippines

A brave battle against grief, anger and injustice. Mang Jerry finds ways to earn enough money to get his son, a victim of extra judicial killings, out of the funeral home.

Make Them Believe

2017 • 14 min • Russia

A Russian wrestler enchanted by the United States plays the ultimate villain as the stars and stripes-clad character "American Hope” in Moscow's underground wrestling ring. It’s a Kremlin-run world far from the pageantry of USA pay-per-view popularity where the star-spangled red, white, and blue means the evil enemy and wrestlers slam into decrepit mats located in dingy basements. But Tim Maltser still dreams of becoming an American wrestling star like the larger-than-life WWF heroes of his childhood – and now he finally has his chance to gain notoriety by performing in a critical match for the coveted Moscow Championship Belt.

Fat You

2017 • 11 min • Philippines

A fat girl named Trixie is invited to a class reunion. Bullied before because of her physical appearance, she is afraid to show up. Will she attend the reunion as she is? Or will she show up as a new Trixie?

Fortinbras

2017 • 23 min • United States of America

After the suicide of popular prep school student Nick, his girlfriend Blake struggles to cope with the loss and the increasing self-destructive influence of her friends and her surrounding.

A Kiss of The Bridge

2017 • 3 min • Egypt

a short film exploring the meaning of life and pencils

Bliain

2017 • 14 min • Ireland

A young couples trial and tribulations over the course of an entire year.

UFO Days

2017 • 9 min • United States of America

A fascinating fusion of documentary and fiction against the backdrop of UFO DAYS that juxtaposes a Ufology lecture with the rural wanderings of an enigmatic "visitor."

Next Summer

2017 • 58 min • Denmark

When Rasmus was 15, his mother and siblings moved from the island Bornholm and left Rasmus with his mentally ill father. Influenced by his father's insecurity, anger and failure, Rasmus chooses to move from Bornholm at the age of 18. Two years later, Rasmus is trying to see if a reunion is possible, but in order to forgive and create a new relationship, father and son must go on a common journey that requires extreme courage and determination to succeed.

Julkita

2017 • 18 min

A woman who goes crazy when on her period

If Everything Was Real

2017 • 35 min • Sweden

A cancer-stricken teenager is granted three wishes by his guardian angel.

Music Is the Art of Time 2, LP film Buldozer – Spit Truth Into the Eyes

2017 • 52 min • Slovenia

In Varja Mocnik's documentary, members of former Yugoslav rock band Buldozer, their friends and fans reminisce about the time of the release of the band's debut album Pljuni istini u oci (1975). Their accounts interlace with fictitious scenes, the record artwork, archive material and animation, to ultimately come together into an inventive, surrealist film that speaks not just of the legendary album, but also of the society and reality of the time.

Baffie Président

2017 • 45 min • France

Mémo

2017 • 4 min • France

Louis, a retired man, resists the overprotection of his daughter Nina to keep his independence.

Monster Factory

2017 • 17 min • United States of America

In the small town of Paulsboro, New Jersey the religion is pro-wrestling and it's temple is The Monster Factory. Over the past 30 years, pilgrims of all creeds, colors, shapes and sizes have made their way to this modest, repurposed high school gym, eager to escape the realities of their normal lives to pursue a place within a world of entertainment largely dismissed as fake. Despite what you may believe, one thing is certain - when it comes to the no bullshit, get-it-done training style of owner / head coach Danny 'Cage', you can't fake the blood, sweat, tears, and focus it takes to make dreams come true.

Fomo Sapiens

2017 • 7 min • Sweden

A young couple, suffering from the worst imaginable form of "fear of missing out", decides to take on a tough challenge.