Students on film

Check out what some of our local students from Cathedral City High School are up to at the DATA Summer Rockin' Tour workshop!

PSIFS screening: Cold Souls

In Cold Souls, former ShortFest winners director Sophie Barthes, cinematographer-producer Andrij Parekh, and producer Jeremy Kipp Walker presented a tale where Paul Giamatti plays an actor named Paul Giamatti and sometimes the soul is just a chickpea.

What did you think of this mindbender?

ShortsHD

Shorts International announced the launch of ShortsHD, the world's first high definition channel dedicated to short movies, on AT&T U-verseSM TV & iTunes.

Missed ShortFest award-winners the first time? This is your chance to find them again!

Also check out four fantastic shorts by previous ShortFest attendees on L Studio:
• Finding - The Salto Bros. (2008 ShortFest)
• No Parking - Jeremy Brunjes (2008 + 2009 with Birthdate)
• RedBlack - Mal Woolford (2007 Shortfest + Fluffy)
• Los Tabaqueros - Russell Griffin (2007 ShortFest)

Behind the Scenes with art director Lauren Polizzi

Lauren Polizzi will discuss her career as an art director tonight at the Rancho Mirage Public Libary.

Come meet a woman who's worked with Steven Soderbergh (Ocean's Twelve), Ron Howard (How the Grinch Stole Christmas), Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump), Judd Apatow (Knocked Up) and multiple films by Steven Spielberg (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Amistad, Jurassic Park & Lost World), not to mention Independence Day & Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (currently in theatres).

Did you attend? What did you think?

PSIFS screening: (500) Days of Summer

Joseph Gordon-Levitt (hey! didn't he direct a film in ShortFest?) & Zooey Deschanel are star-crossed lovers in (500) Days of Summer, a twist on the usual love story.

Screenwriter Scott Neustadter & one of the film's producers will be attending for a post-screening Q&A.

If you attended, what did you think of the film?

Best of the Fest

The votes are being tallied as we head into the final 24 hours of ShortFest films. What great films have you seen, deserving of the honors at tomorrow night's Closing Night Awards Gala?

Lost & Found

If you have lost or found any items at ShortFest, please call our main office to report it: 760-322-2930

Presently, festgoers are missing a Panasonic Lumux camera & reading glasses in a RayBan case. If you have any information, please call the number above.