Official Selection: Sunday, April 18th

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*Tickets will be available at the Box Office before each film.

Oasis (NON-Competition Special Screening) Documentary (short) (20 mins) Argentina/USA Block: 1 - 12:00 pm Directed by: Nicolas Bachmann Quadros Written by: Michael Meurer, Nicolas Bachmann Quadros, Michael Dermen Produced by: Michael Meurer, Producer, New American Highway Productions, Inc., Los Angeles. Co-Producers, Michael Dermen & Nicolas Bachmann Quadros, Buenos Aires, Argentina Cast: N/A Synopsis: The film follows the adventures of the producers as they travel through northern Argentina and the most remote areas of the vast, desert-like Andean puna in pursuit of a Garden of Eden fable in a tiny oasis. A third generation brother and sister are the only inhabitants left in the oasis. In a story with biblical implications, they have been in a bitter feud over the rights to the oasis water supply for the past 10 years and are captured telling their stories on film for the first time

Jesse's Story Documentary (73 mins) USA Block: 2 - 12:35 pm Directed by: Mark S Jacobs Written by: Mark S Jacobs Produced by: Mark S Jacobs Cast: Jesse Billauer, George Billauer, Josh Billauer, Christopher Reeve, Bob Hurley, Rob Machado, Shane Dorian, Kelly Slater, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson Synopsis: "Jesse's Story" chronicles the life of a determined young man who succeeds where others might fail. It features captivating childhood footage taken by his parents; an emotional, minute-by-minute account of that fateful day at Zuma Beach by the surfers who saved his life; Jesse's return to surfing -- and his ride in the barrel of the second most dangerous wave in the world, Cloudbreak, in Fiji; and, Jesse Bllaue diving among one of the ocean's most feared predators, the great white shark. Jesse's Story is not a surf film, but one of inspiration, and how to win when they change the rules.

Disrupt/Dismantle (Encore) Crime Thriller (110 mins) USA Block: 3 - 2:00 pm Directed by: Jack Lucarelli and Troy Price Written by: Jack Lucarelli and Troy Price Produced by: Jack Lucarelli and Troy Price Cast: Jack Lucarelli, Mercedes Brito, Roberto Sanchez, Sandra Luesse, Dwight Hicks, Aaron D. Spears, Steve Whelan, Brian Smolensky, Chris LaMark, Carlos Pratts, Troy Price, Jeannie Wilson, Carlos Mendez, Jocelyn Osorio, David Steen, Demetrius Grosse. Synopsis: Eight L.A. undercover narcotics cops disregard the law to bring down a powerful drug cartel run by a deadly and seductive foe. DISRUPT/DISMANTLE heralds new talent and veteran actors who come together in this gripping crime thriller that loops through the glitz of L.A.s glamour to the seedy underbelly of the city's drug underworld.

The Last Spring (UCLA's Tribute to Parajanov and Vartanov) Documentary (59 mins) Armenia Block: 4 - 3:00 pm Directed by: Mikhail Vartanov Written by: Mikhail Vartanov, Martin Vartanov Produced by: Mikhail Vartanov, Martin Vartanov Cast: Sergei Parajanov, Sofiko Chiaureli, Aleksandr Kaidanovsky Synopsis: Made under the prohibitive conditions of only one hour daily limit of electricity in a war-torn and blockaded Armenia, The Last Spring directed by Mikhail Vartanov (1937-2009) tells about his imprisoned friend, the genius Sergei Parajanov (1924-1990).