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7:00 pm PST OPENING FILMS EVENT

1.~USA's Sweetest Vacation Producer John Michael Elfers 12th Memorial Short Movies Screening {10:00}

2.~USA's "Hapless Revenge" screenplay table read video by PhilE {6:00}

3. Competing COMMERCIALS stream in a loop {all night} with out-of-competition's

4.~Vahan Bedelian's WineGame

5.~Courteney Cox on Instagram

Film Festivaling Where Competing COMMERCIALS For That Block Stream Along With Short Films "WineGame" & "Courteney Cox on Instagram"

DAY #2 - FRIDAY February 2nd Short Movies & Films

2:00pm LIGHT FARE {35:09}

6.~USA-RC & Hollywood’s “Lew's Up First" Andre Campbell, Dir. {4:58}

7. South Africa’s “Last Night of Lockdown” by Lukas Potgieter {14:00}

8.~USA's "God's Gift to Comedians" by  Tata Walker {3:40}

WP@9. USA-NC's "Lost at the Old Bamboo"   Ester T. Ferman Dir. {6:30}

@10. USA-NC "All in the Cards"  TL Westgate, Prod. {6:01}

4:00 pm MUSIC VIDEOS {}

11. USA-MD's "__" {7:15}

12.~USA-CA's "Spirit, Light & Love"  J. D. Marta, Dir.{5:19}

13. USA-FL's "__" {4:19}

WP14.~USA's "Living Legend with Carmen Milagro & Rich Armstrong+" treatment by Phillip E. Walker {4:07}

15. USA's "__" {}

6:00 - 7:30 pm BREAK

8:00 pm SUSPENSE {20:08}

16. Rwanda's "__" {17:09} 

17.~USA-CA's "Fitz" by Vahan Bedelian {8:21}

18. USA-NYC's "__" {8:46}

19. Uganda's "__" {5:00}

WP@20.~Madagascar & France's "Blue Dance" Elya Randrianaivo, Dir. {9:09}

10:00 pm SO CAL {}

21.~OPEN for USA-CA

22.~USA-Burbank {}

WP23.~USA-IE "__" {11:00}

WP24.~USA-Carson & RC's "Celebrating Me" book launch video by Johnnie Mae Greene {14:42}

25~USA-LA's "Dancing with Maleeah" by  Stephanie Bell {5:34}

DAY #3 - SATURDAY February 3rd Short Movies & Films

10:00 am PRODUCTIONS ABOUT YOUTH {}

26.~USA-RC's "Twinkies & Root Beer" by Andre Campbell {6:35}

27. USA-SoCal "__" {5:36}

28. Canada's "__" {2:17}

WP@29. USA-FL "Notice Me"  Khadijah Cobb  Dir. {1:21}

WP@30. USA-CO's "Zoltar's Fortune"  Robrecht Berg, Dir. {4:10}

12:00 - 1:30 pm CARIBBEAN TRAVEL VIDEOS Screen Outside-of-Competition 

#31-53 COUNTRIES INCLUDE: Antigua, Aruba, The Bahamas, Barbados, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, The Cayman Islands, Cozumel, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Jamaica, Martinique, Porto Rico,  Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Lucia, Turks and Caicos plus the  US Virgin Islands

2:00 pm  ELDERS SCREENING BLOCK {}

54. Canada’s “__”  {1:25}

55. Colombia's "__" {1:00} 

56.~USA-RCs "Wild Models Demo Reel" performed by PhilE {2:20}

WP@57. Ghana & USA's "Coming Home to Ghana" by  Hope Denise Williams {4:42} 

@58.~USA-TX’s “All For You” by Dawn Reavis {14:27}

4:00pm EDUCATIONAL SHORTS {29:45}

@59.~USA-CA "Black Women and WWII: The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion" trailer by  Gina Gelphman {14:18}

60.~USA-CA's "Hollywood Actor Jobs" workshop

@61. USA-CA's "Imagine - 1619" by  Celik Kayalar {1:00}

WP@62.~USA-CA "Buffalo Soldiers: George Jordan and the Indian Wars" by  Josh Cardenas {7:56}

@63.~USA-TX's "Breaking the Stigma: ADHD in African Americans Documentary Trailer" by David L Brown {3:27}

6:00 pm POTOURRI OF CINEMA {}

64.~USA's "2022 Black History Month" Phillip Eugene Walker Dir, {10:38}

65.~USA-AK's "Camp Chief of the Fire" visual treatment by Phillip Eugene Walker {2:00}

66. Morocco's "__" Trailer {1:30}

67. OPEN

@68.~USA-KS & MO "I'm So Glad" trailer Chris Wenske, DP & Editor {3:16}

8:00pm SEXUALAL EXPLORATION {}

69. Spain’s “Weakness“ by Antonio Orbe {13:15}

70.~USA-CA's "Darkroom" David Shell, Dir. {8:44}

71.~USA-CA's "Oops!" by Andre Campbell {3:48} 

WP@72. Nigeria's "Haven"  Deborah Victor-Okhai, Dir. {14:34}

@73.~USA-CA's "Messenger" Joshua Lavelle Newman, Dir. {3:11}

10:00 pm DARK OFFERINGS {}

WP74.~USA-CA's "Dark Offerings Chapter 1" Katherine Phillips, Dir. {11:35}

75. Danial H. Zakaira’s “Infantry 6A” depicts Albania, Australia, Bolivia, France, Malaysia, Uganda, UK & USA {2:00}

76. USA-NJ "__" {8:01}

77. Nigeria "__" {15:00}

WP78.~USA-CA's "On The Rocks" trailer Produced by Phillip Eugene Walker {0:48}

DAY #4 - SUNDAY February 4th Short Movies & Films

NON-AFRICAN DIASPORA

10:00 am INTERNATIONAL YOUTH BLOCK {}

79. Uzbekistan's "__" {10:00}

80. Turkey's "__" {1:16}

WP@81. India's "Periods Pongal" Dir. {13:32}

WP@82. China's "The Game" , Dir. {3:50}

@83. China's "See Oneself" by {12:32} 

12:00 pm PRODUCTIONS FROM SEVEN CONTINENTS {}

84. Antarctica's "The Perfect Shot"  Quinn Halleck, Dir. {10:20}

WP@85. China3's "Celeste"  浩然 郭, Dir. {2:59}

86. Algeria's "__" {2:00}

87. USA-CA's "The Ledge" Produced by  Keith Biondi {6:20}

88. Argentina's "__" (0:13)

89. Ireland’s "NeverAlone" by Christian Gerring {12:40}

@90. Australia's "The Twinkle" Jay Jay Jegathesan, Dir. {1:00}

2:00 pm CASUAL SCREENING {}

91. TBA

ALTERNATES

~92. Vietnam & USA’s “Erased ” trailer Produced by Bessy Quynh Van {2:03}

93. Iran-Turkey's "__” {6:53}

94. The Philippines' "__" {14:14} 

95. OPEN - BRAND NEW COUNTRY {}

96. Kyrgyzstan's "Traces on the Wall"  Asel Abakirova , Dir.{15:00}

NON-SCREENING SELECTIONS

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FINAL ACTIVITY

7:00 pm AWARDS CEREMONY on Facebook / Instagram Live from Rancho Cucamonga

KEY

~ = Attending

@ = In-Competition

^ = Award Nominated

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SHORT MOVIES & FILMS ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY COUNTRY

Armenia”s “Better Love” by David Sexta

Columbia’s “Earth Man” by Manuel Jose Martinez Arcos ^

Egypt’s “The Happy Farm” by Ghadir Fahim Eid

Greece’s “Sea Temptations” by Zoe Szymon ^

Indonesia’s “Loma” by Della Ayu Kartika

Israel’s “Unconsensual” by Ido Fruchter ^

Kazakstan’s “Knowledge” by Шерхан Жиенкул

Lithuania’s “Rescue” by Ivan Shalaev

Morocco’s “Scenes from Salé” by Imrane Rahani

New Zealand’s “The Choices We Make” by Joachim E.H. Lang ^

Nigeria + Trinidad & Tobago’s “When the Monsters Come Out” by James Amuta

Norway’s “When the Tea Gets Cold” by Arian Nowbahari ^

Portugal’s “Coimbra’s Sights” by Bruno Teixeira

Sweden’s “Waking Up In Paradise” by Harald Neslein Sandø

Syria’s “Fish” by Rama Abdi

Tanzania & Germany’s “Ukungu” by Johannes Horak

Tunisia’s “Aquarium by Nüman Noomén

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