Malibu Film Festival (2024) Short Films

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  • Before I go

    A psychological drama that follows Emily, a once vibrant and beautiful woman, as she confronts her ex-boyfriend for the first time since he sold her into sex-trafficking years prior. As their conversation unfolds, we peel back the layers of their characters as they wrestle with their fragmented p...

  • Sentence

    Movie

    Only few tenacious human writers (Brian, Edward, and Alice) remain in the realm of creation while flawlessly beautiful sentences created by Athena (AI writer) bombard human writers every minute. Now, human writers must decide whether to soldier on and survive until death as writers or leave the r...

  • Asi Es La vida

    Movie

    Danny has the worst day of his life at school. His uncles come over to console him with stories of their worst day.

  • In C, Too

    Movie

    "In C, Too" illuminates how close our dreams are to a common reality. Through structured visual improvisational techniques, the work explores how humanity survives because of our imagination and desire to transcend. "In C, Too" is also an origin story, operating in renunciation to mortality, focu...

  • In Plane Sight

    Movie

    When they discover a bag of white powder on a plane, the cracks in a newly engaged couple’s relationship are forced wide open, in this tense and darkly bizarre story - with a twisted smile.

  • Nubbinwood

    Movie

    A beaver recounts his experiences as an actor following his dream to be in the movies.

  • Kite

    A man stands at the edge of a cliff staring at the void beneath. With nothing left to live for and only one thing left to lose he has
    a chance to meet with a little stranger who gives him hope and a reason to live.
    Kite tells the story of a friendship between a middle-aged foreigner and a little ...

  • The Serena Variations

    A young female violinist with undiagnosed autism spirals out of control as she works on a new opus with a domineering composer, embarking on a psychedelic journey that both pushes her to the edge of mental collapse and fuels her creative power.

  • Wabi-Sabi

    When an insecure, half Japanese woman's invited on a date to a traditional tea ceremony, her best friend's advice on how to avoid white-guys-with-Asian-fetishes threatens to ruin her love life and sanity.

    Director Biography
    Josephine Green Zhang is a comedy writer/director/sometimes performer fr...

  • Pirates of Malibu

    Movie

    "Pirates of Malibu" follows two estranged brothers, James and Jesse Ford, after a robbery under the cover of the Malibu fires. As the heat turns up, the brothers are forced to confront their scorched past.

  • The Online Shop

    Movie

    Anne chats with the consultant at an online skin care store. But this website doesn't sell products, it provides help for victims of domestic violence.

  • Plastics

    Movie

    On her way to a job interview for a plastic pollution non-profit, a woman's inner monologue laments society's failure to be more environmentally responsible until an unexpected event changes everything and forces her to get quiet with her own conscience.

  • Good Bad Luck

    Movie

    On the brink of Christmas Day of 1984, Polish mobster Vladek Kozlowsky goes on the venture of a personal vendetta. Suspecting his wife of cheating, he brings the alleged lover, Andrew George, to a mountain forest for retribution. Here, in the best tradition of the comedy genre, things don’t go ac...

  • The Dog Days

    Movie

    Summer in the suburbs. Loveless marriage, a gilded cage. Joyful innocence, unbridled potential. Slow surrender to middle-age, retreat and regret. Tails wag, sharp tongues devastate. Wonderful, terrible, miraculous, disastrous life leaves no heart intact. Through it all, ball keeps turning, we kee...

  • Over the Mooon!

    Movie

    A man falls in love with a cow and turns her human.

    Directors - Sarah Healey, Jaclyn Jasgur
    Sarah and Jaclyn both moved to LA fresh out of high school. Since then, they have obtained a wealth of knowledge of the film industry both in front of the camera and behind. Jaclyn has appeared on network...

  • Career Day

    A once promising 90's pop star and his boy band reunite for his daughter's elementary school Career Day and go viral.