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6:00 pm PST OPENING EVENT

INVOCATION - Rancho Cucamonga Mayor Pro Tem Lynne B. Kennedy {3:00}

#1.~IRAN's HaplessRevenge.com screenplay full-cast staged-reading {15:00}

CA WINE TASTING RECEPTION

streams in the background for a half hour the evening's competing COMMERCIALS in a loop with out-of-competition

#2.~ARMANIA's WineGame Vahan Bedelian {3:59}

#3.~USA's Courteney Cox on Instagram {2:11}

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7:00pm GRAND OPENING FILMS SCREENING BLOCK {33:05}

#4.~USA's Sweetest Vacation Producer John Michael Elfers 31st Memorial Short Movies Screening {6:47}

#5. CHILE's For Everyone Rod Sáez Chávez {11:12}

#6. VIETNAM's Beauty and the biker Keith Biondi {3:43}

#7.  AFGHANISTAN's Life After Oblivion Tommy Anderson {9:24}

#8. ALBANIA, AUSTRALIA, BOLIVIA, FRANCE, JAPAN, MALAYSIA, UGANDA, UNITED KINGDOM and USA's  Infantry 6A  Danial H Zakaira - {2:00}

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

DAY #2 - FRIDAY May 24th

4:00pm TRAVEL VIDEOS BLOCK {1:05:36}

#9-34. ANTIGUA, ARUBA, THE BAHAMAS, BARBADOS, ST. BART, BONAIRE, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, CAYE CAULKER, CAYMAN ISLANDS, COZUMEL, CUBA, CURACAO, THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, GRENADA, GUADALUPE, JAMAICA, KITTS & NEVIS, ST. LUCIA, ST. MARTIN, MARTINIQUE, PUERTO RICO, ROATAN, TURKS CAICOS, ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES and THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

25 MOST BEAUTIFUL CARIBBEAN ISLANDS {30:00}

#35-60. AUSTRIA, BAVARIA, BOSNIA, BULGARIA, FAROE ISLANDS, FRANCE, FINLAND, GERMANY, GREECE, HERZEGOVINA, HOLLAND, ICELAND, ITALY, MONTENEGRO, NORWAY, PORTUGAL, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SCOTLAND, SLOVENIA, SPAIN, SWEDEN  and SWITERLAND

25 MOST BEAUTIFUL DESTINATIONS IN EUROPE {35:36}

6:00pm FILM SUBMIT SUCCESS WORKSHOP Phillip E. Walker-MFA {1 Hour}

DAY #3 - SATURDAY May 25th Short Movies & Films

10:00 am PRODUCTIONS ABOUT YOUTH {25:00}

61. INDIA's Kannu Sanjay Sanwal {10:20}

62. RUSSA's Adagio Dmitri Frolov {4:30}

63. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES' ReMember Better (Shanghao) Hao

12:00 pm PRODUCTIONS FROM FOUR CONTINENTS {34:50}

64. ECUADOR's The Kid Who Played in the Corn Fields Grupo Combo Stands {10:00}

65. POLAND's Wander of Light 2023 2023 Agata Zych {7:15}

66. MEXICO's Causes Ed Vela {12:05}

67. CHINA's Silicon Era Yue Yang Chen {5:30}

7:00 pm

#68. USA's On The Rocks Phillip Eugene Walker {4:48}

AWARDS CEREMONY {15:00}

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COUNTRIES IN ALPHBETICAL ORDER SELECTED FROM PAST RETREATS BUT NOT SCREENING

#69. ALGERIA's Just A Show Mustapha Benghernaout

#70. ANTARCTIA The Perfect Shot Quinn Halleck

#71. ARGENTINA's Ruinae Marcelo Cugliari

#72. BAHRAIN's In My Shoes Loay Tattan

#73. BANGADESH's Happy Anniversary Pronab Nath

#74. BELGIUM's 1813 Mateo Fromont

#75. BRAZIL's The Invisible Guga Lemes

#76. CANADA's Mr. Vaxt's Venture Nina Berionni

#77. COLUMBIA’s Earth Man Manuel Jose Martinez Arcos

#78. THE CZECH REPUBLIC's Fantastic Adventure of Lint from Bellybutton Gabriela Cizkova

#79. EGYPT's The Happy Farm Ghadir Fahim Eid

#80. GHANA's Coming Home to Ghana Hope Denise Williams

#81. INDONESIA's Loma Della Ayu Kartika

#82. IRELAND's Never Alone Christian Gerring

#83. ISRAEL Unconsensual Ido Fruchter

#84. KAZAKHSTAN's Knowledge Шерхан Жиенкул

#85. KENYA's Mercy Zippy Kimundu

#86. KOSOVO's Eternally Child Lorena Sopi

#87. KYRGYZSTAN's Traces on the Wall Asel Abakirova

#88. LITHUANIA’s Rescue Ivan Shalaev

#89. MADAGASCAR's Blue Dance Elya Randrianaivo

#90. MALAWI's Crimes Against Children Dr. Lisa Spencer

#91. MOROCCO's Scenes from Salé Imrane Rahani

#92. THE NETHERLANDS's Words Like Violence Arjan Gebraad

#93. NEW ZEALAND's The Choices We Make Joachim E.H. Lang

#94. NIGERIA's Haven Deborah Victor-Okhai

#95. PERU's Mamapara - Mother Rain Alberto Flores Vilca

#96. THE PHILLIPPINES' Stray Salaysay Originals

#97. RWANDA's Dark Falls Nsabimana Eleazar

#98. SOUTH AFRICA's The Last Night of Lockdown Lukas Potgieter

#99. SYRIA ARAB REPUBLIC's Fish Dance Rama Abdi

#100. TANZANIA's Ukungu Johannes Horak

#101. TURKEY's Black / White and "Other Colours" Doğa Yılmaz

#102. UKRAINE's Choice 2023 Andrii Vasylovych Komakha 

#103. VENEZUELA's The Light Bulb German L Ramos Briñez

KEY

^ = Attending

@ = In-Competition

~ = Award Nominated

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