Ever Since the World Ended
Louis B. Mayer Theatre
Mon., April 3, 5:00 pm

USA, 78 Min.

Director: Calum Grant, Joshua Atesh Litle
Writer: Calum Grant
Producer: Jen Prince, Alyson Shelton
Starring: Aubrey Ankrum, Christine Cannavo, Chris Chambre, Ronald Chase, Josiah Clark, Rashida Clendening, James Curry

Twelve years after a devastating plague emptied the world of people, two San Francisco filmmakers traverse the nearly deserted City with a camera and a microphone. On a journey that will carry them far beyond the city, they begin to uncover the secrets of their new world. In a series of encounters and interviews with a handful of fellow survivors, they explore the harsh realities of life after civilization, revealing the day-to-day struggles for survival, the shifting moral imperatives, and the deep ideological rifts in a fledgling community trying to chart a way forward.

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In a Day
Carlson Family Theatre
Mon., April 3, 7:00 pm

United Kingdom
80 Min.
Los Angeles Premiere

Director: Evan Richards
Writer: Evan Richards
Producer: Rowan Athale, Evan Richards
Starring: Lorriane Pilkington, Finlay Robertson, Rose Keegan, Jake Broder, Nolan Hemmings

Ashley Branstead is a twenty-something woman, who works in a sandwich shop in the East End of London while pursuing a career as a musician and singer. One morning an incident with a lewd stranger jumpstarts what turns out to be a very curious and unpredictable day. Ashley finds herself being pursued by another young man in his twenties, who turns out to be a regular customer of the sandwich shop. She ends up spending the day with him, but learns that his actions might have an ulterior motive, one that makes a difference in their relationship once that mystery is revealed.

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Niagara Motel
Louis B. Mayer Theatre
Mon., April 3, 7:15 pm

Canada, 88 Min.,
U.S. Premiere

Director: Gary Yates
Writer: Dany Romain, George F. Walker
Producer: Phyllis Laing, Michael Prupas, Bernard Zukerman
Starring: Craig Ferguson, Anna Friel, Kevin Pollak, Anna Friel, Caroline Dhavernas

In Niagara Motel, a group of struggling individuals at crisis points in their lives cross paths at a low-rent motel in the tourist Mecca of Niagara Falls. The main characters are: a knockout waitress being recruited to star in low budget porn videos, a young couple with criminal pasts struggling to recover their child from social services, a middle class husband and wife whose marriage is disintegrating and the woeful drunken motel manager. The needs of these people and the unlucky conditions of their lives make them so vulnerable that they careen from the disturbing to the hilarious in a breathless instant.

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The Cabin Movie
w/Oedipus
Louis B. Mayer Theatre
Mon., April 3, 9:30 pm

Canada, 90 Min.,
U.S. Premiere

Director: Dylan Akio Smith
Writer: Kris Elgstrand
Producer: Bob Riley
Starring: Arabella Bushnell, Ben Cotton, Brad Dryborough, Ryan Robbins, Justine Warrington, Erin Wells

Katherine, a housewife who hasn’t had sex in a year is intent on getting some with or without her repressed husband Mark’s involvement. Jason, a happy-go-lucky cool guy, has shown up with Ginny, a party girl he met the previous weekend. Ken and Maria, a stable common-law couple, are caught in the middle somewhere between discovery and sexual panic. By the end of this “swingers” party, all their relationships will be called into question and pushed to the breaking point.

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The Actress
Carlson Family Theatre
Mon., April 3, 9:15 pm

Australia, 90 Min.,
West Coast Premiere

When their roommate leaves, three roommates go in search of a replacement. Tom, a shy supermarket employee brings home Emma, an actress from Melbourne, much to the dismay of his two housemates Kevin, an office worker and Claire, a college student. She quickly shakes up their lonely and mundane lives with her blatant sexuality and her ability to set the group against each other with near-fatal consequences.

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