PIFF 2021 Nominations and Award Winners
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY:
"Leo" by Brian McDevitt Jr. - WINNER
"Tax Season" by Allan Ibanez, Dexter Hemedez
"Run For Your Life" by Gregory Kasunich
BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY:
"Do It Scared" by Rosemary Marks and Paul Mahoney - WINNER
"MIDDAY BLACK MIDNIGHT BLUE" by Samantha Soule, Daniel Talbott
"ROSA" by Matthew McLaughlin
HONORABLE MENTION:
Driver 113 - WINNER
BEST DOCUMENTARY:
Família
A Perfect Vintage
The Album
Firestorm ’77: The True Story of the Honda Canyon Fire
Extraordinary: The Revelations - WINNER
BEST DIRECTOR:
Henry Burge (Bobby)
Dave Penner (Glass Darkly) - WINNER
Niccolo Rolim (Broken Layers)
Sahand Nikoukar (Driver 113)
BEST ACTRESS:
Rawan Hage (Broken Layers)
Gloria Cole (McCrorey Rd.)
Heavenly Reyna (Glass Darkly)
Leanne Melissa Bishop (The Weight of Perfection) - WINNER
Ireon Roach (The Come Up)
BEST ACTOR:
Johnny Rey Diaz (Instant Gratification) - WINNER
Nick Faltas (Broken Layers)
David Ramsey (Franklin And Terry)
Rick Gonzalez (Franklin And Terry)
Henry Burge (Bobby)
BEST SHORT FILM:
Glass Darkly
Broken Layers
Bobby - WINNER
Franklin And Terry
McCrorey Rd.
Odyssey Omega
PIFF 2021 PROGRAM
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
Block 1 – 4:00 PM (click here for individual tickets)
Good Vibes
Love in 2020
Second Team
Diamonds
Ghosted
YuanYuan
Endangered
The Fixer
Block 2 – 6:00 PM (click here for individual tickets)
#BTSD
Gone
Weak
In Between
The Weight of Perfection
Bobby
Block 3 – 8:00 PM (click here for individual tickets)
Wichita
Two Weeks Notice
Ride Share
Wasted Seed
Unspoken
McCrorey Rd.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
Block 4 – 6:00 PM (click here for individual tickets)
Promises
South Pasadena
Easter Eggs: A Non Parody
Meet Cute
Breakdown
Okay Google
Incompleteness
Smoking Wet
Kill Cat Oakland
Block 5 – 8:00 PM (click here for individual tickets)
Gomika
Gardenia
Alexis
Making Peace
Ali’s Realm
Block 6 – 10:00 PM (click here for individual tickets)
Routine
Wasteland
The Secret Life of Muni Long
Sundown Trail
Then Came Thunder
Killing Time
Odyssey Omega
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
Block 7 – 12:00 PM (click here for individual tickets)
Helper
Tell Me Something
All-In
When The Chips Are Down
Amazing Grace
Valley
Block 8 – 2:00 PM (click here for individual tickets)
Signed, Steve Hardy
Vibrato!
A Poet’s Life
A Cuban Documemory
Block 9 – 4:00 PM (click here for individual tickets)
Are You Human?
David Mirisch: The Man Behind The Golden Stars
Block 10 – 6:00 PM (click here for individual tickets)
Extraordinary: The Revelations
Block 11 – 8:10 PM (click here for individual tickets)
Good Counsel
Gold Digger
Driver 113
Block 12 – 10:05 PM (click here for individual tickets)
Lake Forest Road
Waiting for a Ride
Make a Wish
The Pey
Familiar
The Axe and the Iron
The Uncredited
Hangry
Chupacabra
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
Block 13 – 12:00 PM (click here for individual tickets)
Petrichor
A Perfect Vintage
Block 14 – 2:15 PM (click here for individual tickets)
Livin’ in the Light
The Album
Block 15 – 4:15 PM (click here for individual tickets)
Nano Worlds
A Little Patch of Earth
Shutter The Doors
Firestorm ’77: The True Story of the Honda Canyon Fire
Block 16 – 6:15 PM (click here for individual tickets)
Pizza Party
Rinse & Repeat
Shevolution
The Sun Rises in the West
Família
Block 17 – 8:15 PM (click here for individual tickets)
Trivial
All The Reasons for Killing
Massacre
Nahjum
Processing
In The Company of Crows
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
Block 18 – 6:00 PM (click here for individual tickets)
Dear Aunt Noa
Heel
Qafas
Beautiful Violence
No Part Too Small
Pipe Dreams
Block 19 – 8:00 PM (click here for individual tickets)
The Chess Match
The Plumber
The Book of Ruth
Glass Darkly
Ira Aldridge
Franklin And Terry
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
Block 20 – 6:00 PM (click here for individual tickets)
A World Away
The Come Up
Thorns on the Rose: Black Abuse, Corruption & The Pasadena Police
Block 21 – 8:05 PM (click here for individual tickets)
Alexandra
I Really Love This Piece
Smoke ‘N Mirrors
Jane
A Piece of Cake
2 Timers
My Dinner With Werner
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
Block 22 – 6:00 PM (click here for individual tickets)
Ride
7 SHARP
Augustus
Broken Layers
Baby
Block 23 – 8:00 PM (click here for individual tickets)
From Under the Bridge
Oh, Mighty Ocean!
Neurodivergent
Into The Honeycomb
Instant Gratification
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
Block 24 – 2:00 PM
Filmmaker's Network & Collaboration Roundtable Discussion - moderated by Judah Ray Neiditch
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The Great Gatsby Gala & Award Ceremony at The Speakeasy
7:00 PM - Red Carpet
8:00 PM - Great Gatsby Gala & Award Ceremony
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Important Note: For this event, PROOF OF VACCINATION is required at the door.
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PIFF 2021 Screenplay Official Selections:
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AViL by Sofia Drai
BLOCKBUSTER by Tristan Aird
Christ is Back by Laurence Rosier Staines
Christmas Without Snow, A by Robert Cox
Closed Position by Daria Pressley
CLUB47 by Adam Fischer
Daughter of Fire by Seege Vega
Do It Scared by Rosemary Marks and Paul Mahoney
Ei8hty-Ei8ht by Doug Maguire
High Crimes by Melanie Abrams
Holiday Sensation, A by Michael B Snow
I HATE CINDY LOVELET by Paul-Anthony Surdi
JOURNEYMAN, THE by Dax Phelan, Mark Turley
Killer in the Marsh, The by Sebastien Basset
Leo by Brian McDevitt Jr.
Losing the Plot by Nicola Morris, Rupert Bogarde
Martha by Casey Beck
MIDDAY BLACK MIDNIGHT BLUE by Samantha Soule, Daniel Talbott
Mission 22 by Gunnar Garrett
Modern Art by Laurence Fuller
Mr. Buchman Goes to Washington by Bill Baber
NEED FOR SOMETHING NEW, A by John T. Frederick
North Beach Noir by Kip Pearson
Parallel Problems by Dylan Arnow
Prodigium University by Daniel Garcia & Lydia Davis
Protector of the Emerald City by Kevin J. Howard
Rascal by Joanna Koss
Real Spaghetti, The by Richard Stirling
Review by Jonathan Zarantonello
ROSA by Matthew McLaughlin
Run For Your Life by Gregory Kasunich
Seraphim's Miracle by Jeremy Storey
Silver Sky - The Auction by Verity Van Dams, Austin Valdez
Snake by Marilynn Loveless
Splicer by Shayne Eastin
Straight Outta the Funny Papers by Lance Roger Axt
Tagged by David-Matthew Barnes
Tax Season by Allan Ibanez, Dexter Hemedez
Untimely Death of Herbert Sullivan, The by Tash Ann, Ben Barker
You'll Pay For This by Shaun Ireland