LA's Rich and Successful Film Festival Shorts Program

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL:

Created by and for Los Angeles-based independent filmmakers, RSFF is a festival that brings bold, distinctive work to the big screen—and the people behind it into the community. Across four days, filmmakers and audiences gather to discover new voices and build the relationships that sustain creative lives in Los Angeles.

The shorts screening at the Egyptian Theatre is the marquee event of RSFF, highlighting 16 shorts spanning genres, all directed by Los Angeles-based filmmakers. Your ticket includes admission to the full shorts program, followed by a cocktail party in the Egyptian Theatre courtyard.

This year’s program was shaped by a committee of alumni filmmakers, industry professionals, and experienced programmers, including Festival Directors Page Brady, Nir Liebenthal, Noah Morse, Jeremy Roth-Rose, and Dylan Trupiano; filmmaker and RSFF alum Calleen Koh; documentary filmmaker Aurora Brachman; producer Nuer Taqa; programmer Lily Bolton; Unapologetic Projects Creative Executive Kyle Bowles; Book of Shadows producer and executive Nix Santos; and Imani Davis on behalf of the American Cinematheque.

RSFF5 is co-presented by Topcat Management, Sogbots, and the American Cinematheque.

ABOUT THE FILMS:

“Supper,” 2026, Dir. Savannah Braswell, 20 Min, USA

A lonely man’s obsession with an online mukbang livestreamer leads to a tense confrontation with an unsuspecting dinner guest.

FORMAT: DCP

“A Crime Across Four Landscapes,” 2025, Dir. Aidan Weaver, 6 Min, USA

When a small-town crime goes awry, the evidence is scattered across four picturesque landscapes in the American South – inviting viewers to piece together what happened.

FORMAT: DCP

“VISITORS,” 2026, Dir. Minnie Schedeen, 14 Min, USA

A young woman is in the throes of early pregnancy when strange things begin to happen to the people closest to her and she starts to question her own reality — VISITORS is about the uniquely alien experience of being a woman in these modern times.

FORMAT: DCP

“Bomb,” 2026, Dir. Inés Corina, 3 Min, USA

The story of an exploded second.

FORMAT: DCP

“ANGELS,” 2026, Dir. Sam Mandich, 10 Min, USA

16-year-olds, Marcy and Em get ready for an epic night out. On their way to a high school party, these best friends are met with a series of threatening interactions, forcing them to confront the sexual expectations and violent loss of innocence, an involuntary ritual thrust upon teenage girls.

FORMAT: DCP

“One Twenty-Six,” 2026, Dir. Dan Lesser, 13 Min, USA

Evan tries to outshine his best friend and prove himself to the seniors by taking them on a high-speed joy ride in his mom’s Mini Cooper.

FORMAT: DCP

“The Chair,” 2026, Dir. Dustin Tan, 7 Min, USA

A carpenter makes a chair for a customer, but it’s not a normal chair.

FORMAT: DCP

“I Got My Brother,” 2026, Dir. Victor K. Gabriel, 15 Min, USA

Two brothers reflect on their candid and often humorous memories of surviving the foster care system and prison, realizing along the way that their path to healing has always been each other.

FORMAT: DCP

“DISC,” 2026, Dir. Blake Rice, 14 Min, USA

The story of a hookup gone too far up.

FORMAT: DCP

“LIL GIBBOS | Hot Drop,” 2026, Dir. Arius Ziaee, 5 Min, USA

On the face of an imbecile named Gibby lives a miraculous world of microscopic organisms called Gibbos. Gibby has no knowledge of the Gibbos, and yet the Gibbos are at the whim of Gibby’s biology.

FORMAT: DCP

“A Tale of an Unimpressive Magician,” 2026, Dir. Gordy De St. Jeor, 3 Min, USA

A nervous magician performs one last trick.

FORMAT: DCP

“THUMP,” 2025, Dir. Alexah Acuña, 11 Min, USA

A teen girl prepares to leave for prom when she hears a thump. Inspired by true events.

FORMAT: DCP

“You Do Not Exist,” 2026, Dir. Dwayne LeBlanc, 8 Min, USA

In the stillness of his yard, Booker watches the sky fill and empty with passing planes. As the world moves around him, he lingers, circling a memory whose edges blur with time.

FORMAT: DCP

“No Hands,” 2025, Dir. Joslyn Jensen, 4 Min, USA

Over drinks, an old friend reveals a masturbation technique that must be experienced to be believed.

FORMAT: DCP

“The Seeing Eye Dog Who Saw Too Much,” 2026, Dir. Eric Jackowitz, 17 Min, USA

A blind violinist ascends to first chair at the Rome Symphony, just as a black-gloved killer begins stalking the orchestra. The only witness to the murders is her loyal seeing-eye dog.

FORMAT: DCP

“LISTEN,” 2026, Dir. Taliesin Black-Brown, 14 Min, USA

As his mother slips away into dementia, an Alaskan sound recordist listens for what remains.

FORMAT: DCP