After much deliberation, our distinguished panel of judges has selected this year’s winning films. Congratulations to all of the filmmakers and teams who participated. We are proud to announce our winners.
Kudos to VOXX STUDIOS for winning Best Film of 2017. Their film Ofelia will go on to represent Los Angeles against all the other city winners around the world at Filmapalooza 2018.
What's the secret behind your wine?
When you are suffering in Hollywood, $60 Bucks is a lot of money.
With the US on the brink of Nuclear war, a young woman is forced to determine what's truly important on the flight of her life.
A detective seeks revenge for her husband's murder.
Breaking up is hard to do, but with a little help from her friends, this girl will break more than just his heart.
Sometimes the war you think your fighting, is not the war your fighting.
A man down on his luck proves that a big heart is more valuable than a big wallet.
A highly adept and obsessive detective team investigates a suspect loosely linked to an unusual string of recent human abductions and returns.
A Far Journey to Let A Friend Go
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Going to a dinner party without a date can be tough, especially if you're a demon.
A ride share driver has a bad day
Life Changes in an Instant, Our Taste For What We Don't Actually Need In Life Allows Us to Take Things For Granted.
Can a lost wallet fulfill fantasies and create love?
A young wife navigates her choice between the whimsical, and her so called reality.
Kristen's entire world exists within her apartment, but when her sister asks her for a favor will she be able to venture beyond the mailboxes?
A young woman pursues her dream as a professional golf caddie.
Ashley wants to live a normal life, but can't because she was born into a family of hitman.
After the holy grail is stolen, a knight has to find the thief in order to survive.
The story of how Chad Kroger became the greatest singer of all time.
A teen fed up with there mother's overbearing nature decides to prove her maturity by partaking in a wine tasting, but ensuing trouble will lead her to realize that she is not alone in her struggle.
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After losing her hearing, a musician struggles to redefine her identity.
After the mysterious disappearance of wine-maker, Ashley Cheevers, a detective and his young partner interrogate the last person to have seen her.
A group of friends find themselves in dangerous situation with a stranger after commenting on a social media post.
Listen to the fable as it speaks in the wind.
A mute girl finds her voice after a traveler arrives at the castle she calls home.
A Detective tries to trap a sinister winemaker and finds herself over her head.
Two brothers reconnect after one of them gets in deep with a dangerous criminal.
Out of gas and out of time.
At the end of the 90's, a lowly intern finally gets the chance to prove himself and earn the respect of even the most seasoned detectives.
A music reporter does an in depth interview with an eclectic musical collective that makes homemade wine with a special ingredient.
What would you do with a time machine?
A man's heart is crushed when his lover chooses a life of comfort over love.
A young couple find themselves way out of their element as they try to venture into the Cannabais infused wine industry.
A bachelorette RV trip to Vegas is derailed when a friend of the bride meets a stranger.
Faced with an invading army, a family struggles with the importance of lineage and life in a bottle of wine.
A grape does not spoil, it turns to wine. Every little thing must return to the vine.
Two roomates break through barriers of communication through drinking wine
The Video for Five Points Vineyard launch...
A girl struggles to pursue her passion project of spreading love through free hugs.
Terra struggles to create a successful short film with her team in just 47 1/2 hours while her nemesis, Harrison, seems to sprint by easily.
A couple's path wanting a better life leaves them in desperation, with a life changing choice to make.
A geeky gamer gets swept up in a drug deal gone wrong and learns to come out of his shell guns blazing.
Following the commercial shoot day for Ashley's Cheevers' new wine brand, A.CHEEVERS. Achievement you can taste.
What can happen when two unlikely strangers meet up with danger and have to bond to survive?
A cautionary tale of a Hollywood narcissist doomed to echo a mythic fate.
A man wins the lottery, and while trying to have it all, ends up getting caught in a crushing situation.
The Draft of 1969 breaks ties between brothers who have been living in a dysfunctional family.
Whatever happened to that one actor... find out here.
A woman's hope for a new beginning becomes her worst nightmare.
LA's two best detectives from the 1940's are unfrozen and come back to life in modern times to solve the greatest case the world has ever seen!
Charismatic newscaster Becky Wallace gets a little more than she bargained for when she visits local wine master Ashley Cheevers.
Austin is left in charge of his company's biggest wine batch- hopefully his family doesn't screw it up.
Lonely scientist finds the friend she needs in the right place, but from the wrong time.
Two people looking for a hookup get more than they bargained for in this futuristic setting.
A local high schooler struggles to pay off a debt from a loan shark, forcing him to go to extreme measures.
Just a sip of wine will make you travel through time!
When the consequences of love impacts a family's life.
In a post apocalypse world the last two survivors, Eveline & Austin, imagine a first date before Earth was decimated, but you can only day dream for so long before having to move on.
Based on "The Tortoise and the Eagle." Austin Cheevers' desires for a beautiful real estate agent leads to unexpected consequences.
For Abigail it's just another Sunday but for Austin Cheevers it's the day he and his disciples finally reach enlightenment.
Finding true love can be a killer
When a documentary crew arrives to tell the story of the Cheevers - a non-traditional family left stunted and scarred by their bizarre upbringing - adopted brother Alejandro debates whether he should leave behind the only family he's ever known.
A blonde wine-maker in her twenties only has a few minutes left to live.
A Film Crew witnesses the daily happenings in a halfway house for method actors who've become trapped in their roles, their doctors struggle to help the patients to little success.
An adventure through the emotional spectrum of a complicated relationship
Two couples return from a vacation retreat with more than they came with
MNGLR: The hot new dating app for people with very particular tastes.
In the life of fast cars, wine, passion, breath taking views and a dream of Mr Perfect, what could possibly go wrong?
All was well for Chris and Juan until MS. ROBOT showed up at work.
Four friends must mend the museum mishap!
Competition heats up at the 2017 Go Fish World Cup Ultimate Championships
A love story between 2 old people. She realizes that only the taste of a special wine can bring lucidity to her husband, who is suffering from Alzheimer. But the bottle is almost empty...
A promising young opera singer searches for the grandfather she never knew and finds herself in danger of losing everything.
A dynamic brother and sister duo imagine themselves as superheroes on an adventure to find the mystical Lost Tablet of Eye.
you've been captured
we see the subtext of a dinner party between two couples with song
This powerful film chronicles the shattered life of a prank victim.
Ashley Cheevers's foray into home brewing leads her on a mystical journey of self-discovery.
When sleep is inevitable, a former winemaker loses everything but looks forward to one thing.
On the anniversary of his partner's murder, Detective Allen Jackson struggles with a thinning moral code and the lengths he must go to catch the real killer.
Israel meets with an old girlfriend to see if he can finally let go.
Siblings Austin and Margot are stuck between a stranded car and calling their dad for help while trying to be off on their own. Eventually, Margot grows tired of following in her footsteps and makes a difficult decision.
Josh is Unhappy with the way his life is going.
A seemingly relaxing wine getaway turns tannic when the guests find out that they are more than just involved in the making of a new wine.
Roommate rivalry takes a new level in an evening like any other.
Two brothers reunite to clean up their past.
A woman's search for her birth mother leads her to a therapy session two years in the making.
Two bitter rivals in a nursing home find common cause in their mutual hatred of the doctor who runs the place.
A Musician bogged down by his day job, finds inspiration again from an unlikely place.
A young woman who has lost her way struggles to find inner peace and acceptance.
Play on. It's not over yet.
Home invaders? Piece of cake.
An inside look of three assassins in a world where there's an app for everything... even murder.
Test trials for a humanlike A.I. render interesting results.
Two kids are forced to donate blood they don't want to give.
A pirated, unedited music track from a famous pop star is ransomed; Detective Cappella is on the case!
An eccentric millionaire hires a young man to look after his cat while he's away traveling through time.
A man gets caught using an unconventional method to age his wine.
A pair of female super spies go after a notorious crime lord.
Two estranged brothers reunite to bury their father's ashes.
Four friends find themselves in the middle of the desert after escaping the clutches of ruthless men in masks. Can their friendship be the key in defeating the evil group and escaping the endless desert?
The owner of a winery is mugged by a squirrely lowlife on her way home from work. Her sense of safety and control over her life shattered, she follows a vague advertisement for “self-defense” classes to a fencing club.
11 year old Harrison's worst nightmare is coming true. He's getting a haircut from his crazy aunt.
A girl hitches a ride up to Seattle and hears disturbing news over the radio.
A man finds a way to travel back in time to change the day his mother died.
After moving to a new city and alone on his birthday, Dennis decides to start a new routine and becomes friends with his neighbors.
The night belongs to the uninvited
During the undertaking of a grisly task, a clairvoyant pacifist realizes her beliefs were based on a lie and must escape her former family of zealous cultists.
A broken man and a young alien form an unlikely bond that defies expectations.
Two FDA Agents investigate a local wine makers vineyard and discover nothing is as it appears.
An impatient husband finds comfort in a bottle of wine while waiting for his wife.
What if the kids got cut out of the will
A family mourning tragedy and a mother who will go to any means to bring her child back. But what she calls forth, is not what answers.
Two detectives investigate bizarre killings of same ethnicity couples.
When their home invasion is interrupted by a memorial service, two ROBBERS must blend in or get busted.
A woman must decide whether to reveal her authentic self after a confrontation about the life she could have been living.
A man with early onset Alzheimer's struggles to connect with his family and the world around him.
A 20th century gumshoe butts heads with a 21st century woman. Too bad they're called assistants these days.
Sacrifices made are never forgotten.
An aspiring wine maker discovers the criminal underground of the wine industry.