Cinema #12: 11.00am – 12.35pm, Regal LA Live, April 13th, 2024
(G: All Ages Admitted)
Sing – Kode PinK & Megan Lee
When a teenage singer prepares for singing for her school talent show, she must defy a vocal health condition that prohibits her ability to perform on stage.
By Robert DiCaro and Megan Lee (USA)
03:30
Mendirman (I’m The One)
A music video is about Jalaluddin Manguberdi, the King of Khorezm Empire, in Central Asia during the 13th century, who ascended to the throne at the age of 21, embarking on a valiant fight against the Mongol army that invaded his country.
By Nadir Sabirov and Khurshid Sabirov (Uzbekistan)
11:51
USA PREMIERE
Topia
“Topia” investigates the complexity of emotions, specifically exploring individuals’ different manifestations of darkness – numbness, dissociation, depression, mania.
By Jessie Lee Thorne and Justin Thorne (USA)
15:03
Slipping
An intimate journey of four women’s lives, as they slip between emotional and psychological torment. The characters coexist through their unfolding stories in a century old mansion. Their only link to reality is each other.
By Roshanak Jaberi and Karen Kaeja (Canada)
20:49
LOS ANGELES PREMIERE
A Tree Once Grew Here
A tale that transcends language, reminding that we must rebalance harmony and nurture our planet; because we can no longer afford not to.
By Johnnie Semerad (USA)
07:00
USA PREMIERE
Pete
Based on a true story about gender identity, Little League Baseball, the people who inspire change by trying to be themselves, and the superheros who allow that change to happen.
By Bret Parker (USA)
07:07
Pacemaker
An animated musical about a lonely widower awaiting a Pacemaker to save his life who gets his real second chance at true love by opening his heart and accepting his grandson’s identity.
By Brian Vincent Rhodes and Christopher Lennertz (UK)
09:08
Counting Thunder
Amidst the 2008 housing crisis, two young next door neighbor girls search for a way to avoid being separated when one of their houses is foreclosed.
By Harlow Brooks (USA)
06:01
WORLD PREMIERE
D.A.D.
A workaholic father comes home to discover his twin daughters have built a digital android doppelgänger that they lovingly call D.A.D.
By James A Sims (USA)
14:22
Total runtime 94:51