SYNOPSIS
The SAG Foundation’s Los Angeles Short Film Showcase is a cinematic celebration of new projects designed to encourage performers to create their own short films and web series.
Held twice a year, in April and August at our Los Angeles Actors Center, the showcase not only features a shorts program, but includes a Q&A and reception with the films’ directors, producers and actors present at the screening.
FILMS
MARTIAN AMERICAN - Lee Citron, director & co-writer
A lonely Martian travels to Los Angeles to start a new life and make new friends, but when faced with adversity, culture shock, and self doubt, he struggles to find the courage to stay.
CONTRAPELO - Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, director & co-writer
CONTRAPELO is the story of a proud Mexican barber who is forced to shave the leader of a drug cartel.
THIS IS NORMAL - Justin Giddings & Ryan Welsh, co-directors & co-writers
When a woman elects to undergo an experimental procedure to give her the ability to hear, she experiences unexpected social and cultural consequences that force her to question, "Is it worth giving up who you've been for who you could become?
VLADO - Felipe Mucci, director
Vlado is the fictionalized portrayal of the night before real-life Brazilian journalist Vladimir Herzog, turned himself in for questioning to the Brazilian police and was never heard from again, a night that would change Brazil forever.
