ZERO FILM FESTIVAL

By His Stripes

“By His Stripes” is a SAG/AFTRA Drama that explores the relationship between a Mother and her son after she is diagnosed with cancer and the incredibly difficult choices she is faced with as she undergoes treatment. "She had a choice, He had her."

Little Thief

"What a mistake it is for a woman to wait for a man to build the world that she wants instead of creating it herself". Global world, alternative reality, year 2017. Emma and Leo love each other but in a strictly regimented world where women represent 80% of the population, struggle for being a couple and keeping faith in love is tough. A dark sci-fi thriller, a sensual and powerful satire/role reversal on some aspects of our societies cultures.

Stand Down

Just Do You

Like any honest love story set in modern day Los Angeles, this is a tale about the fragile nature of human connection, vodka, and attractive people with awesome tattoos. Unfortunately, Los Angeles is a cruel city that gives zero f#cks about romance and, more often than not, to find happiness, you have to just do you. Or to quote Murder on the Orient Express, “Ride or die, motherf#cker

Staying in the Game

STAYING IN THE GAME is a short film, written, directed and shot by Gordon Clark. It highlights the Cape Flats 28’s Gang in South Africa and how they have adopted Nike as their uniform. All the people in the film are real life gang members. Sports heroes have become role models for staying in the game. 12-year-old Quintino takes us on a riveting journey through gangland in the Cape Flats, South Africa, earning his status and acquiring his number in the 28’s Gang.

In Flames

A couple goes into the remote wilderness for a romantic getaway only to find out it’s not as remote as they thought. When a drifter crashes their weekend, will their quality time together go up in flames?

The Awakening

Hot shot lawyer wanting love with an old college friend crosses paths with a imperfect stranger, and in one awful moment, everything unravels.

Mimesis

Exceptional beings from other dimensions harness mimetic machines to quietly observe and influence the natural world while no one seems to notice. Mimesis is a multi year experimental labor of love made with time-lapse imagery shot around the western United States as well as scratch built miniatures in the garage. While shot on a digital SLR, all visual effects imagery was realized using analog, or practical methods.

Six

A father's feelings of compulsion are pacified when he discovers he’s not suffering his disorder alone.