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THIRTY FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

THREE
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13

7:00PM ................ TWO HORROR SHORTS

FILMS
7:30PM ..................... THE DIRECTOR’S CUT
9:30PM ......................................... MEGA APE

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14

FROM
11:00AM ............................ THE MEDIA LAB
1:00PM ..................... SHORT FILMS: PART I

ACROSS
3:00PM .................... SHORT FILMS: PART II
5:00PM ................... SHORT FILMS: PART III
7:30PM ......... RONALD’S LITTLE FACTORY

THE WORLD
AND
10:00PM  SATURDAY NIGHT
TVFF AFTERPARTY (21+)
41971 MAIN STREET

ACROSS
TEMECULA, CA 92590
IN OLD TOWN

THE STREET Many of the films screening at the Temecula Valley

Film Festival are intended for mature audiences.
Viewer discretion advised.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13 7:00PM | 9:30PM  HORROR NIGHT

CYBOLICA
Directed by Alex Greenlee

In the dystopian 1970's world of "superpredators,"

the United States votes to reform the juvenile
justice system by using young troubled males
(mostly of color) as part of a plan to create a new
type of weapon to aid the military. In the world's
most volatile penitentiary, three inmates work
together to escape their chains and fight the lethal
creature on the loose.

NO OVERNIGHT PARKING
Directed by Meg Swertlow

A woman fleeing her abusive husband gets

trapped in an underground parking garage with a
misogynistic, masked killer out for blood.

Starring Alyssa Milano and French Stewart.

7:30PM FEATURE:
THE DIRECTOR’S CUT
Directed by Steven Aripez

A video store owner plans a sting operation with

his stoner friends when he comes to believe that
one of the regulars is a notorious serial killer
known as The Fiend.

Shot on location in Temecula and Menifee.

9:30PM FEATURE:
MEGA APE
Directed by Dustin WIlliam Ferguson

A team of animal rights activists unknowingly

releases a genetically engineered ape from a top
secret research facility, who soon grows to
enormous size and embarks on a rampage of
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14 1:00PM  SHORT FILMS PART I

BONUS TIME KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK

Directed by Alexander Hanno Directed by Adelfo Micieli

A stubborn and self-centered Latino cancer Mali has been hearing strange noises for days.
survivor returns home with a second lease on life, She desperately seeks help from her best friend
determined to make amends with the people he’s Mark via Skype... but it gets worse.
wronged - whether they like it or not - all in hopes
that the good karma will keep him cancer free. KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK was produced in
Germany.

FOCUS CALL TIFF

Directed by Robert Kojo Mensah Directed by Tieran Harvey, Nyah Bolger,
Jackson Page, Iggy Quibilan
A fighter is given the opportunity of his life in the
midst of trials and life changing events. After her pet turtle goes missing, Tiff seeks the help
of her best friend to cope.
The director of FOCUS is from Temecula.
CALL TIFF’S filmmakers hail from Winchester.

HOME COMING MESSENGER

Directed by Justin Aguirre Directed by Lavelle Newman

The road home is paved with good intentions. A man struggles with a tough decision.

HOME COMING was produced in the United MESSENGER was filmed on location in Murrieta
States and Sweden. and Hemet.

INTERSTATE ADAM2
Directed by Samuel McIntosh Directed by Luke Baker

When you bury your dreams, you bury many A disgraced software engineer creates an A.I.
people with them. replica of himself, much to the chagrin of his wife
who is tasked with building the body.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14 3:00PM  SHORT FILMS PART II

DIVINE MOTHER THE OTHER SIDE OF FORTUNE

Directed by Erika Navarro Directed by Blake Dew

DIVINE MOTHER explores pregnancy loss and In the early 1990s, a European immigrant with a
what it means to be a mother through the journey young family struggles to chase the American
of Aneka and Miguel, a couple on a road trip Dream, while avoiding the life he left behind.
through the Southwest. What starts as an outer
quest becomes an inner odyssey as the couple THE OTHER SIDE OF FORTUNE features English
faces loss, racism, and a crisis of faith on their way and Russian-speaking actors.
to visit Aneka’s mother.

SWEETEST VACATION CALL ME IF YOU MISS ME

Directed by Ryan Stevens Harris Directed by Pablo Balboa

95th Academy Award® televised ceremony Walter Barish, a hopeful yet melancholic 25 year
appearing Phillip E. Walker Stars in this much old office worker, is trying to get in contact with a
celebrated Serlingesque mini short film which lost relationship, Amelie Flowers. To face his
leads viewers on a dark comedy fantasy romp feelings, he needs to make a crucial phone call
through the mind. There an elder is thrusted into a however he is trapped in his own mind where his
different world . . . via some assistance. subconscious has turned against him.

This submission came all the way from Canada.

SACRILEGE NORTH STAR

Directed by Alexandria Boettner Directed by P.J. Palmer

A young couple tries for a new life in Placerville, A rural rancher and his ailing husband, struggling
CA, when they get caught up in the exploits of against poverty and isolation, make a
three witches raising a demonic baby. heartbreaking decision in order to preserve the
dignity of their marriage in the face of mounting
SACRILEGE’S filmmakers hail from Winchester. pressures from relatives.

Guest stars Laura Innes and Kevin Bacon.

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THE SPERM BANK BAD ACID

Directed by Margaux Calla Susi Directed by Sam Fox

Newly diagnosed with stage 4 testicular cancer, Sheila, a self-obsessed aerobics fanatic,
23-year-old Rob must now take the first big step… accidentally ingests some toxic hair gel while
masturbate into a cup to protect a future he isn’t doing her morning workout, propelling her on a
sure exists. psychedelic foray into the dangerous world of
Aerobics Cult Leader John Flexi.

WHAT COMES DAY JOBS

Directed by Johnny Legnard Directed by Stevie Wain, Auri Jackson

Living in the shadow of a mountain, a man and a Day Jobs is a half-hour dark comedy TV show
woman fall into fear and out of love. about an aspiring LA comedian who secretly falls
in love with the mom she nannies for, as she
WHAT COMES was shot in Temecula, California. desperately tries to pay rent to her
ex-boyfriend-turned-best friend after coming out
as gay.

iBACA THE KID! 7:30PM FEATURE:

Directed by P. Antonio Márquez RONALD’S LITTLE FACTORY
Written and Directed by Brent Bokovoy
Trapped in a flimsy mud hut by an angry white
mob, a young Mexican American must use his wits, A 19-year-old Mormon boy handcuffs his hands to
faith, and willpower to survive the longest gunfight his bedpost to keep himself from "self-loving"
in U.S. history in this (mostly) true (South) Western. himself...but then becomes stuck.

SO THEY SAY (ASÍ DICEN)

Directed by Natalia Luque

Rumors spread like wildfire in a small Chilean town

as an aborted fetus is found floating on a lake. A
single mother and saleswoman’s values and
morals are put to test when she discovers the
culprit to be one of her young female clients

SO THEY SAY was produced in Chile.

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