Aug 7, 20204 min
The Salute Your Shorts Film Festival has announced the full 2020 lineup of its fourth edition. This year 84 films were selected from over 850 submissions, which set to be the record number.
The festival is teaming up with Street Food Cinema to host an opening night event with a drive-in screening at Brandeis Bardin Campus in Simi Valley on August 21, 2020. Opening night event features films from Deepak Sethi (COFFEE SHOP NAMES starring Danny Pudi, Karan Soni, Kausar Mohammed), Ryan Wagner (WILLY GOES WAY BACK! starring Efren Ramirez), Bridget Moloney (BLOCKS starring Claire Coffee), Thomas Kim (Si starring Ki Hong Lee), Dylan Holmes Williams (THE DEVIL'S HARMONY starring Patsy Ferran), and more. Tickets for the Opening Night Event are on sale here.
The 2020 Salute Your Shorts Film Festival will continue with an online festival powered by Seed&Spark from August 22-29. Tickets for the Online Festival are on sale here.
Here is the full lineup for the 2020 Salute Your Shorts Film Festival:
Opening Night Event (Drive-in)
1, 2, 3, ALL EYES ON ME Directed by Emil Gallardo
BAGEL BITE FRIGHT NIGHT Directed by Tessa Evelyn
BLOCKS Directed by Bridget Moloney
COFFEE SHOP NAMES Directed by Deepak Sethi
DARK PASSAGE Directed by Roshni "Rush" Bhatia
FINE, I'LL WRITE MY OWN DAMN SONG Directed by Allyson Rice
HEAT Directed by Thessa Meijer
HOT DOG Directed by Patrick Muhlberger
I NEVER PICKED COTTON Directed by Hanna Adams, Cole Bacani, Max Edmeier, Dariel Filomeno, Alexandra Gottlieb, NamQuyen “Q” Le, Yolanda Morgan, Victoria Perez, Benjamin Ragasa, Josie Stocks, John Stover, Jinghan Tian
I'M HAPPY, I PROMISE Directed by Mimi Cave
ISOLATIONS Directed by Talia Shea Levin
LENA Directed by Gosha Shapiro
LINE DRY Directed by Anna Elizabeth Baumgarten
MY HERO Directed by Logan Jackson
OVERSHARE Directed by Michelle Noh
RUNNING OUT Directed by Avi Kaye
Si Directed by Thomas Kim
THE DEVIL'S HARMONY Directed by Dylan Holmes Williams
THE QUARANTINE RAG Directed by Charlotte Quintanar
THE SPEECH Directed by Haohao Yan
WILLY GOES WAY BACK! Directed by Ryan Wagner
BLOCK 1
ASHES TO ASHES Directed by Taylor Rees, Renan Ozturk
HEAT Directed by Thessa Meijer
HOMESICK Directed by Koya Kamura
HOT DOG Directed by Patrick Muhlberger
I NEVER PICKED COTTON Directed by Hanna Adams, Cole Bacani, Max Edmeier, Dariel Filomeno, Alexandra Gottlieb, NamQuyen “Q” Le, Yolanda Morgan, Victoria Perez, Benjamin Ragasa, Josie Stocks, John Stover, Jinghan Tian
RUNNING OUT Directed by Avi Kaye
STICKER Directed by Georgi M. Unkovski
BLOCK 2
A LIVING SCULPTURE Directed by Diana Chire
CALL CENTER BLUES Directed by Geeta Gandbhir
FREERIDE SKIING AT HOME Directed by Philipp Klein Herrero
LEND ME YOUR SUGAR Directed by Geir Jardar Olsen
MEATS Directed by Ashley Williams
WHITE EYE Directed by Tomer Shushan
ZORG II Directed by Auden Lincoln-Vogel
BLOCK 3
1, 2, 3, ALL EYES ON ME Directed by Emil Gallardo
A MOTHER Directed by Natasha Ngaiza
A WOMAN Directed by Tahmina Rafaella
BAGEL BITE FRIGHT NIGHT Directed by Tessa Evelyn
ELI Directed by Nate Milton
LANCE (IN A NECK BRACE) Directed by Chloé Aktas
SPONTANEOUS Directed by Lori Felker
THE HOUSE WHERE I GREW UP Directed by Jon Walkup
BLOCK 4
BLOCKS Directed by Bridget Moloney
ESTHER Directed by Rebecca Halfon
ISOLATIONS Directed by Talia Shea Levin
LENA Directed by Gosha Shapiro
LIV Directed by Alan Hicks
UN DIABLE DANS LA POCHE Directed by Antoine Bonnet, Mathilde Loubes
WAFFLE Directed by Carlyn Hudson
BLOCK 5
A SUNDAY IN MAY Directed by Carlos Matias
BLACK BOY JOY Directed by Martina Lee
EXAM Directed by Sonia K. Hadad
LA HISTORIA DE MATEO (MATEO'S STORY) Directed by Malona P. Badelt
MAUDE Directed by Toby Frow
OVERSHARE Directed by Michelle Noh
PANGU Directed by Shaofu Zhang
BLOCK 6
"GHOSTS" Directed by Diego Escobar
ADAM (WITH AN EYE) Directed by Derrick Duan
BROKEN ORCHESTRA Directed by Charlie Tyrell
COFFEE SHOP NAMES Directed by Deepak Sethi
DEMAND CURVE Directed by The Bragg Brothers
POWER Directed by Chris Foito
SIXTH OF JUNE Directed by Henry Roosevelt
THE 410 (PILOT EPISODE) Directed by Renuka Jeyapalan
BLOCK 7
AFFURMATIVE ACTION Directed by Travis Wood
FACE TO FACE TIME Directed by Izzy Shill
MADRE (MOTHER) Directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen
NO CRYING AT THE DINNER TABLE Directed by Carol Nguyen
QUILT FEVER Directed by Olivia Loomis Merrion
THE DEVIL'S HARMONY Directed by Dylan Holmes Williams
THE SPEECH Directed by Haohao Yan
BLOCK 8
DO NOT SPLIT Directed by Anders Hammer
FANGIRL Directed by Shayda Frost
LITTLE CHIEF Directed by Erica Tremblay
LONG RIDE HOME Directed by Dame Pierre
LOOPY Directed by Max Cianci, Anthony Peduzzi
POSTCARDS FROM THE END OF THE WORLD Directed by Konstantinos Antonopoulos
SINGLE Directed by Ashley Eakin
SOUTHPAW Directed by Sawako Kabuki
AFTER HOURS / "SURPRISE ME" BLOCK
BLACK BOYS CAN'T CRY Directed by Victor Gabriel
COLDSORE Directed by Caitlin McCarthy
DANNY'S GIRL Directed by Emily Wilson
DIEORAMA Directed by Kevin Staake
HAND IN HAND Directed by Ennio Ruschetti
MAELLE Directed by Jordi Gueyrard
NEXT LEVEL SHIT Directed by Gary Jaffe
STUCCO Directed by Janina Gavankar, Russo Schelling
UMBILICAL Directed by Danski Tang
UNFINISHED BUSINESS Directed by Mary Dauterman
FAMILY CONVERSATIONS BLOCK
THE ABCs OF THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU'RE STUCK AT HOME
LAZY SUSAN Directed by Terri Timely
LOST KINGS Directed by Brian Lawes
MY HERO Directed by Logan Jackson
NOTHING TO SAY Directed by Aubry Mintz
ONE SMALL STEP Directed by Jorge Moratal, Nacho Garvia
THE ABCs OF THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU'RE STUCK AT HOME Directed by Julie Reiters
THE QUARANTINE RAG Directed by Charlotte Quintanar
THE SLUG FINGER Directed by Lily Shaul
UNADOPTED Directed by Paula Neudorf, Arianna LaPenne
Mark your calendar! Salute Your Shorts Film Festival takes place on August 21–29.