We would like to thank all of 2020 Sponsors for helping us make the 23rd Annual Arpa International Film Festival powered by Seed&Spark possible. Your generous support continues to embrace gifted filmmakers who are trying to make a difference. Thank you!

NOMINATED FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM AWARD

As Nazis separate children from their parents in the Warsaw Ghetto, a gang of women risks everything to smuggle their friend's three-month-old baby to safety. Inspired by true events.

Director: Rami Kodeih / Writer: Nora Mariana / Producers: Nora Mariana, Courtney Prather, Rami Kodeih / Cast: Alia Shawkat, Rebeca Robles, Dorota Puzio, Erika Soto, Jillian Federman, Sean Harmon, Edin Gali,  Mark Mccullough, Weetus Cren, Daisy Vernon-Huhn, Jason Bernardo, Michael J. Claman, Chris Homestad, Robert Hope

View the pre-recorded Q&A here.

NOMINATED FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM AWARD

When disaster strikes, a ten year old Nepali boy's life is turned upside down.

Director: Eelum Mani Dixit / Writers: Eelum Mani Dixit, Tanmay Chowdhary / Producers: Ajaya Upadhaya,Ryan Michael Connolly

View the pre-recorded Q&A here.

WEST COAST PREMIERE / NOMINATED FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM AWARD

A first time killer learns what it really takes to pull off the perfect crime.

Director & Writer: Russell Southam / Producers: Adam Spinks, Russell Southam,Owen Elliott / Cast: Kurt Bayly, Benjamin W Sullivan, Gemma Dart, Benn Spillane, Kya Stewart, Keely Spedding, Campbell McGillivray. Kashmala Sameer, Albert Goikhman, Caitlin Murphy, Josh Megarrity, Tamaryn Hurly

NOMINATED FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM AWARD

When a water contamination issue forces a trailer park to be closed, a young girl must come to terms with leaving everything and everyone she’s ever known behind.

Director: Kyung Sok Kim / Writer & Producer: Rex Reyes II / Cast: Amanda Christine, Tucker Chandler, Jasmin Jean-Louis, Mignon

View the pre-recorded Q&A here.

LOS ANGELES PREMIERE / NOMINATED FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM AWARD

Eyup, following the mind of a madman, crosses Mount Ararat, begins to search for his aunt and his past. He finds the woman and the house as the mad man has described. But they can't understand each other's language.

Director: Selman Deniz / Writers: Selman Deniz, Zekeriye Aydoğan / Producer: Zekeriye Aydoğan / Cast: Anahit Ghukasyan, Şahin Yalçın, Baran Aktaş, Vedat Oyan

NOMINATED FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM AWARD

A starry-eyed actress with a troubled past faces her harshest critic during an interview gone wrong.

Director & Writer: Stella Velon / Producer: Jean Gabriel Kauss / Cast: Stella Velon, Alan Smyth, Todd Karner

View the pre-recorded Q&A here.

NOMINATED FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM AWARD

Azat, an Armenian immigrant selling counterfeit designer bags on the streets of Los Angeles, strikes a bond with a woman from his night school only to face the pitfalls of the American Dream.

Director & Writer: Michael Aloyan / Producer: Monika Ivonne / Cast: Karren Karagulian, Leona Paraminski, Frano Maskovic

View the pre-recorded Q&A here.