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
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.