Today is the final day of the CREDO 23 Film Festival at the historic American Legion, Post 43, in Hollywood, CA. Proceeds of CREDO 23 go back to the filmmakers featured during the festival. Produced by the CREDO 23 foundation, its founder, Justine Bateman, states that it was formed to promote and advance new creative filmmaking. It is the organization behind the CREDO 23 Film Festival and controls the monetary grants to the filmmakers accepted for the festival.
CREDO 23 Film Festival Founder Justine Bateman
As fans of independent film, today’s slate includes:
Look (World Premiere)
With a decade’s worth of footage, Look invites the viewer to be fascinated with things that occur in front of us everyday, as that is where we see remarkable revelations of the human experience.
Feature, USA, 72 min.
Director: Justine Bateman
Producer: Justine Bateman
Stakes is High (Closing Night Feature Film)
Desperation and hope create a quicksand in which a rideshare driver tries not to be swallowed by it all.
Feature, USA, 86 min.
Director: Jean-Pierre Caner
Writer: Jean-Pierre Caner
Producer: Shaz Bennett
Actors: Rahad Coulter-Stevenson, Kestrin Pantera, Noel Arthur, Larry Clarke
Kaiju Kid (Short Film)
A creative, stop-motion entry in the Kaiju (“strange beast” or “monster”) genre.
Short, USA, 8:07 min.
Director: Rusteen Honardoost
Writer: Rusteen Honardoost
Producer: Rusteen Honardoost
Actors: Lucas Villarosa, Laura Karoubi
Kaiju Kid (Short Film) at the CREDO 23 Film Festival
Rare Medium (Short Film)
A grieving man tries to make sense of the loss in this horror-comedy.
Short, USA, 10:27 min.
Director: Emily Maya Mills
Writer: Ryan Meharry
Producer: Alyssa Fritz, Ryan Rosenberg, Ryan Meharry
Actors: Dave Theune, Ryan Meharry
More Than Words (Short Film)
Love and relationships on multiple levels, reflecting the complex manner in which we connect with others.
North American Premiere
Short, Germany, 6 min.
Director: L. Cronly
Writer: L. Cronly, Ella Shanahan
Producer: L. Cronly
Actors: Pauline Henkmann, Marie-Claire Delahn, Tom Koepke, Janik John
For the independent filmmaker, there is a must-see panel on the challenging topic of distribution at 2:30 pm.
How Are You Get the New Out There
Credo 23 Council founder, filmmaker, and author Justine Bateman moderates the discussion with indie film finance/distribution legend Cassian Elwes and distribution/film finance veteran and founder of Highland Film Group, Arianne Fraser. What was film distribution before, what is it now, and where can it go now instead?
The festival will end with a special presentation of C23FF FILMMAKER GRANTS (With The Teamsters as the Closing Night Sponsor). The CREDO 23 Film Festival supports new filmmaking and provides new ways for filmmakers to continue their work financially. And so, the CREDO 23 Foundation is proud to grant the accepted filmmakers all the festival proceeds, after costs. CREDO 23 knows that with new filmmaking comes new ways to support and distribute this fresh work. They hope that granting festival proceeds to filmmakers can become a new standard for film festivals from here out.
Tickets are available for today’s events. Visit the CREDO 23 Film Festival website at credo23filmfest.com for more information and to purchase tickets.
Film Threat is a media sponsor of the CREDO 23 Film Festival.
