DTLA Film Festival Shorts: UCLA vs. USC

DTLA Film Festival Shorts: UCLA vs. USC

Football season is upon and what better to raise the ole college spirit than a no-holds-barred (but friendly!) competition between UCLA's and USC's power house .... film schools! Get  your game on, and come out to support you favorite Bruin or Trojan filmmakers. Go, Team!

Total Running Time 96 min. / 10 films

Becoming Lucy

UCLAx | 10 min.

Director: Luisa Novo

Synopsis: Lucy, 15, blames her mother for her father leaving them for a 24 year-old blonde. When she finds out her crush at school likes blondes, she dyes her hair to get the attention of both men.

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luisa.novo@gmail.com

Changes

UCLAx | 10 min.

Director: Roberto Escamilla Garduno

Synopsis: Changes is a coming of age dramedy following the story of Mitchell, a 16 year old boy, who is taken by his friends to a shady motel to have his first sexual encounter. There she will meet Destiny, who will show him new horizons in an unexpected way.

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roberto2999@gmail.com

Dead Flowers

UCLAx | 15 min.

Directors: Pablo Riquelme & Stephen R. Scot

Synopsis: Alex is the only living son of two. He takes care of his memory damaged mother until one day their past becomes their present.

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pablocampbell2@hotmail.com

Searching Skies

UCLAx | 9 min.

Director: Vivian Hua

Synopsis: When a Syrian refugee family is invited to a Christian family's house for Christmas, they are caught between opposing viewpoints -- until an unexpected event occurs.

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hellomynameisvee@gmail.com

Strings of Hope

UCLAx | 11 min.

Director: Eva Merz

Synopsis: In 1945, a German ex-soldier has to overcome his reservations about the American troops, playing a puppet show in exchange for food for his family.

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eva@evamerz.com

FUCK

USC | 6 min.

Director: Nicole Danser

Synopsis: Fuck is a bittersweet comedy that looks at the rise and fall of a couple through charting the word "Fuck" in their relationship.

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nmdanser@gmail.com

Geeta

USC | 16 min.

Director: Sohil Vaidya

Synopsis: 16 year old Geeta has been brought to the United states as domestic worker by an Indian couple with the promises of giving her the American Dream. It is not long until Geeta slowly realizes that her financial, personal and social freedoms are slowly being stricken away from her.

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svaidya@usc.edu

Good Girl

USC | 6 min.

Director: Sade Joseph

Synopsis: Good Girl follows Marci-Lee McKinley, an American high school student who must navigate life between her dysfunctional Jamaican Immigrant family and her predominantly-white private school.

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scjoseph@usc.edu

Morgan in Maywood

USC | 7 min.

Director: Kevin Alexander Gallo

Synopsis: In 1982 New Jersey, a teen boy, Morgan, has an love affair with his older manager at his part-time roller rink job. However when he discovers his manager has been keeping a secret from him, Morgan is faced with a tough decision.

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kevinaga@usc.edu

Tecato

USC | 6 min.

Director: Ronald Trejo

Synopsis: After a run in with his AA counselor, Dom must make a decision to tell someone or not.

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rtrejo@usc.edu