FINAL DAY OF FILM PROGRAMS AT THE BROOKS THEATER & CLOSING AWARDS CEREMONY – DOORS OPEN AT 10:00AM(217 N Coast Hwy, Oceanside, CA 92054)
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REEL WOMEN – SPONSORED BY SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL OF OCEANSIDE-CARLSBAD – SHORTS PROGRAM (Special Admission Required, Not Included with 2024 All Screening Pass)
Sponsored by Soroptimist Intl of Oceanside-Carlsbad, this curation of woman directed narrative and nonfiction shorts tackles a multitude of pertinent topics ranging from environmental sustainability, preservation of history, to the vast need for inclusion on a global scale. Proceeds from this event go toward Soroptimist Intl’s Live Your Dream Scholarship Awards with the goal to provide $40,000 in scholarship grants to assist talented and underserved women and girls as they overcome incredible challenges to realize their dreams.
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This shorts program will be followed by a reception for REEL WOMEN pass holders in Room 219, directly next door to The Brooks Theater.
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11:00AM – MANÅŒ (Honolulu, HI)
ManÅ illustrates the human impact on sharks and coral reefs, as seen through the eyes of a Tiger Shark in Hawaiian waters over hundreds of millions of years.
Director: Brittany Biggs
Writer/Story: Brittany Biggs, Jeff Chasin
Cast: Christopher Kaipulaumakaniolono, Kaneikoliakawahineika’iukapuomua Baker
Runtime: 10 Minutes
Genre: Animation, Drama, Music, Environmental
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11:10AM – A’AI
The first film in Esselen language. A discussion with a pelican on the shore who is announcing the funeral dance of its kelp forest to a Ohlone Costanoan Esselen Nation woman. This project illustrates communication and collaboration possible between living species. Plants, animals and human beings, all inhabitants of the Earth, together, all in search of our survival in the Anthropocene, a time where 90% of kelp forest of California has disappeared , together aware of our interdependent existence.
Director: Kalie Granier
Writer: Kalie Granier
Runtime: 5 Minutes
Genre: Experimental, Environmental
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11:15AM – LOS COURAGE CAMPS: CREANDO OLAS (Los Angeles, CA)
One wave can change it all. A small courage revolution has been rising in unexpected areas of LA. Meet some of the familias who have embarked on the journey to reconnect with the ocean through Los Courage Camps – a homegrown organization that teaches free surf lessons each summer and introduces children to a sport they never knew was possible for them.
Director: Yesenia De Casas
Cast: Isabel De Leon, Giselle Carrillo
Runtime: 9 Minutes
Genre: Documentary, Surf
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11:25AM – SPEAR. SPATULA.SUBMARINE (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
With an avaricious appetite, no native predators, and rapid reproduction rates, the invasive lionfish is one of the planet’s greatest eco-disasters. In this short documentary about sustainability and activism, a community of passionate Floridians use creative removal methods to save the waters they love.
Director: Shannon Morrall
Runtime: 12:45
Genre: Documentary, Nature, Student
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11:37AM – PLEASE ASK FOR IT (Inglewood, CA)
Down on the Blues Alley in Holly Springs, Mississippi, you might meet David “Fox†Caldwell, the beloved owner of Aikei Pro’s Record Shop. Established in 1960 and a landmark on the Blues Trail, his shop was the hang-out for great Hill Country Blues artists like Junior Kimbrough and R.L. Burnside — earning a place in blues magazines all over the world. Amidst waves of change and pressure from other business owners in town to close up shop, Mr. Caldwell, lovingly dubbed the “Father of the Alley,†keeps the dream alive, against all odds.
Director: Allison Waid
Cast: David “Fox” Caldwell
Runtime: 20 Minutes
Genre: Documentary, Social Justice, Music
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11:57AM – ANGELES (Los Angeles, CA)
17 year old Isabel dreams of moving to Los Angeles to make music, but her plans for the future change when she finds out she’s pregnant. Without the support of her friends and family, she searches for guidance in all the wrong places and must ask herself: are some people meant to be ordinary?
Director: Hannah Fay Folingo & Alexis Grace Adams
Writer: Hannah Fay Folingo & Alexis Grace Adams
Cast: Hannah Fay Foligno, Anthony Turpel, Sara Arrington
Runtime: 17 Minutes
Genre: Coming of Age, Drama
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12:15PM – FIGMENT (Netherlands)
In Figment we follow artist Lieke Anna (35). Born and raised in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen. She has a very good relationship with her mother, Jeanine. On June 19, 2020, disaster struck mother Jeanine when she suffered a severe cerebral hemorrhage while Lieke was sitting next to her on the couch. What follows are anxious and uncertain weeks of operations and complications. For a long time it stays unclear whether and how Jeanine will wake up. Slowly and painfully it becomes clear that the self-confident and independent woman she used to be has turned into a needy and dependent woman. FIGMENT is a film about the impact of brain injury on loved ones and about living loss.
Director: Lieke Anna Haertjens
Writer: Lieke Anna Haertjens
Runtime: 30 Minutes
Genre: Documentary
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12:45PM – Q&A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH ATTENDING FILMMAKERS
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1:30PM – INTERMISSION & SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL RECEPTION IN ROOM 219 LOUNGE (219 N. COAST HWY, OCEANSIDE, CA 92054)
PROGRAMMING WILL CONTINUE AT 2:30PM
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THE JOURNEY BACK – NARRATIVE SHORTS PROGRAM (Included with Saturday Screening Ticket & 2024 All Screening Pass)
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2:30PM – LOST FAWN (Bozeman, MT)
A man searches for memories of his brother after a hunting accident only to find solace in the same place he lost him.
Director: Jasper Poore & Grant Davidson
Writer: Jasper Poore
Cast: Mason Reeves, Porter Windell
Runtime: 10:21
Genre: Drama, Student
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2:40PM – WILD (FRANCE)
In 2043, Melissa, a young eco-entrepreneur, works on her intelligent sailboat, the Rainbow. With her dog Cham, she cleans up the Mediterranean Sea and sells the plastic on the world recycling market. One day, she saves a monkey from drowning, an encounter that will change her life.
Director: Nicolas Devienne
Writer: Nicolas Devienne
Cast: Solène Rigot, Hamza Meziani
Runtime: 20 Minutes
Genre: Drama, Environmental, Adventure
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3:00PM – THE COUNTRYMAN (Albuquerque, NM)
Bitterness threatens to destroy a small farming community until a stranger arrives with a curious proposition.
Director: Andy Kastelic
Writer: Andy Kastelic
Cast: Andy Kastelic, Marie Wagenman, Vic Browder, Jack Forcinito, Martha Magruder
Runtime: 21 Minutes
Genre: Drama
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3:20PM – Q&A DISCUSSION WITH ATTENDING FILMMAKERS
3:50PM – 10 MINUTE INTERMISSION
PROGRAMMING CONTINUES AT 4:00PM
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THE BUILDOUT – FEATURE PRESENTATION (Included with Saturday Screening Ticket & 2024 All Screening Pass)
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4:00PM – THE BUILDOUT (Anaheim, CA)
A friendship is tested as two women experience something strange in the desert. Shot in only 7 days, THE BUILDOUT is the debut feature film from Zeshaan Younus and aims to seamlessly and intentionally blend a multi-camera narrative approach.
Director: Zeshaan Younus
Writer: Zeshaan Younus
Producer: Emily Bennett (Exec.), Trevor Dillon, Sailor Larocque, Nicholas Thurkettle
Cast: Jenna Kanell, Hannah Alline, Danielle Evon Ploeger, Michael Sung Ho, Natasha Halevi
Runtime: 70 Minutes
Genre: Horror, Found Footage, Psychological
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5:10PM – Q&A DISCUSSION WITH ATTENDING FILMMAKERS
5:40PM – 10 MINUTE INTERMISSION
PROGRAM CONTINUES AT 5:50PM
HEMET, OR THE LANDLADY DON’T DRINK TEA – FEATURE PRESENTATION (Included with Saturday Screening Ticket & 2024 All Screening Pass)
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This presentation is paired with the narrative short animation, SPEEDMAN.
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5:50PM – SPEEDMAN (Lake Balboa, CA)
For centuries, war has raged between the inhabitants of Planet Platypus and the Octo Empire. Two intergalactic worlds locked in a never ending battle for supremacy. In the midst of this conflict, Planet Platypus’ greatest scientist, Dr. Hubone Rubella and his crack team of assistants have created the ultimate weapon- a god-like individual known as Speedman.
Director: Joe Bowers
Writer: Joe Bowers, Howard Milligan
Cast: Howard Milligan, Hans Van Harken, Mick Laur
Runtime: 12:50
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Sci-fi
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6:00PM – HEMET, OR THE LANDLADY DON’T DRINK TEA (Ramona, CA)
Equal parts horror movie, fairy tale, and satiric political allegory, this darkly comic crime thriller follows a tyrannical landlady in Hemet, California who lords it over her tenants during an epidemic, pitting them against each other in a web of paranoia spun for deadly results.
Director: Tony Olmos
Writer: Brian Patrick Butler
Cast: Kimberly Weinberger, Brian Patrick Butler, Aimee La Joie, Matthew Rhodes, Nick Young, Randy Davison, Merrick McCartha, Derrick Acosta, Mark Atkinson
Runtime: 89 Minutes
Genre: Dark Comedy, Horror, Thriller
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7:30PM – Q&A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH ATTENDING FILMMAKERS
8:00PM – INTERMISSION (THEATER WILL TEMPORARILY CLEAR FOR OCEANSIDE INTL FILM FESTIVAL ’24 AWARDS CEREMONY)
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8:30PM – OCEANSIDE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024 CLOSING AWARDS CEREMONY
Note: Our 13th annual awards show will present 19 awards that have been determined by the OIFF 2024 Grand Jury. The awards show will take place at The Brooks Theatre. The full collection of award categories is listed below:
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Best Direction in a Feature
Best Direction in a Short
Best Actor in a Lead Role (Any Length)
Best Actress in a Lead Role (Any Length)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Any Length)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Any Length)
Best Cinematography in a Feature
Best Cinematography in a Short
Best Screenplay (Any Length)
Best Editing in a Feature
Best Editing in a Short
Best Original Score (Any Length)
Best Art Direction (Any Length)
Best Narrative Short
Best Narrative Feature
Best Documentary Short
Best Best Animation (Any Length)
Best Student Film (Any Length)
Best Picture (Any Length)
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9:30PM – CONCLUSION OF OCEANSIDE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024
The Oceanside Intl Film Festival staff would like to thank the filmmakers, audience, Oceanside Cultural District & our 2024 Presenting Sponsor – Visit Oceanside – for making OIFF 2024 possible.
SEE YOU AT THE MOVIES!
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