PROOF 2024 Award Winners Showcase
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Los Feliz 3 | Q&A with filmmakers following the screening
Join us to celebrate the PROOF 2024 Award Winners in a showcase of their work!
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ABOUT THE EVENT:
Join us to celebrate the PROOF 2024 Award Winners in a showcase of their work. PROOF is a short film festival in Los Angeles dedicated to showcasing the best in proof-of-concepts. Providing a highly competitive and unique festival experience, as well as opening the door for fruitful future filmmaking opportunities, PROOF is a one-stop-shop for the newest emerging talent.
Submissions for the 2025 PROOF Film Festival are open now! The PROOF Film Festival will take place November 7 – 9 at the Culver Theater in Culver City. Follow PROOF on Instagram @prooffilmfestival. To find more information on PROOF visit us here.
ABOUT THE FILMS:
“Take Me Home,” 2023, Dir. Liz Sargent, 16 Mins, USA
Grand Jury Award Winner!
When Emily is reunited with her sister Anna after their mother’s passing, she struggles to reconnect to their Florida life. Anna’s Cognitive Disability makes communication challenging, and the tragedy makes rebuilding their home and relationship urgent. Their growth as sisters in “Take Me Home” creates a touching story on family, and the care that we all require from one another.
“Fishers of Men,” 2023, Dir. Chris Capel, 20 Mins, USA
Gold Award Winner!
A young Mormon missionary at the start of his two years of service is shown the ropes by his well-meaning trainer, who comes to terms with his own failures.
FORMAT: DCP
“Hema,” 2024, Dir. Ritvik Dhavale, 15 Mins, USA
Gold Award Winner!
In Marathi, Hindi and English with English subtitles.
Having recently arrived in Los Angeles from India with her husband and son, Hema struggles with the challenge of making roots in America and seeks solace in connections to her homeland. An encounter with a young Marathi man threatens to upend her already fragile existence.
FORMAT: DCP
“F*ck That Guy,” 2024, Dir. Hanna Gray Organschi, 17 Mins, USA
Silver Award Winner!
1992 Connecticut. Desperate to keep the attention of her intoxicating older best friend, Frankie sets out to prove that sex is no big deal.
FORMAT: DCP
“Ripe,” 2024, Dir. Tusk, 18 Mins, USA/Spain
Bronze Award Winner!
In Catalan, English and Spanish with English subtitles.
There’s a magnetic pull between Sophie and Gloria, and neither of them understand it. Between soccer games and pool days in rural Catalonia, a quiet tension rises — until it spills over. In a fiery pickup soccer game, Sophie breaks Gloria’s arm. Sophie, shameful, isolates herself until a chance encounter forces her to face her feelings.
FORMAT: DCP
“THE MUSICAL,” 2024, Dir. Giselle Bonilla, 12 Mins, USA
Audience Choice Award Winner!
Doug Lebowitz, a middle school theater director, decides to take down his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend – Principal Brady.
FORMAT: DCP
