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Film Crash is an annual film festival showcasing independent films. The programmers select six short films, screening in one morning in Los Angeles. Founded by Matthew Harrison, Karl Nussbaum and Scott Saunders, Film Crash was born in 1985 from the creative tempest of Manhattan’s East Village and Lower East Side during the Roaring 80’s. Known for creating a vibrant film community encouraging peopl

09/03/2024

Film Crash 2024 - https://mailchi.mp/8d75494d8dea/film-crash-saturday-october-12-ten-am-9688893

10/24/2023

Pictures from Film Crash 2023. All photos by the amazing Colleen Dodson Baker. Tag yourself, tag your friends. See you at Film Crash 2024.

10/13/2023

Film Crash 2023 - https://mailchi.mp/fbc0bb93471c/film-crash-saturday-october-12-ten-am-8297753 See SUNTRIPPING Directed by Oktay Ortabasi and Scott Saunders

10/12/2023

Film Crash 2023 - https://mailchi.mp/c5e587caee57/film-crash-saturday-october-12-ten-am-8297749 See First Prize Experimental Film winner NIGHT RIDE FROM LA Directed by Martin Gerigk

10/11/2023

Film Crash is excited to announce our 2023 program and Award Winners

NIGHT RIDE FROM LA Directed by Martin Gerigk - First Prize Experimental Film
NOMAD Directed by Reesha Gandhi, Aby Isakov, Faryal Khan - First Prize Documentary
POPPY POP Directed by Olive Juge - First Prize Animated Film
BOIZ KLUB Directed by Alexis Janae - First Prize Drama
LETTER Directed by Matthew Harrison
PSYCHEDELIC ODE TO SUNSHINE Directed by Karl Nussbaum
SUNTRIPPING Directed by Oktay Ortabasi and Scott Saunders

Screenplays
LIVE LOVE LUNATICS Written by Jamie Stanley - First Prize 1-Hour Drama Pilot
IRON PHALLUS Written by Stephanie Kolar - First Prize 1/2-Hour Sitcom Pilot
MY MAD MADONNA Written by Cinzia Bomoll - First Prize Action Adventure Screenplay
SUNSHINE HOUSE Written by NC Ruby - First Prize Comedy Feature Screenplay
DEVOTION Written by Leon McConnell - First Prize Dramatic Feature Screenplay
HELLO Written by Sophia Lee - First Prize Horror Screenplay
E.E. Written by Louise Deschamps - First Prize Romantic Comedy Screenplay
IN SPRING, THE SUN SETS AT 7 Written by Catalina Giraldo - First Prize Dramatic Short Screenplay
SHAKE DOG SHAKE Written by Chas Chang - First Prize Thriller Screenplay

10/11/2023

Film Crash 2023 - https://mailchi.mp/b2f91ac40cea/film-crash-saturday-october-12-ten-am-8297713 See First Prize Documentary winner NOMAD Directed by Reesha Gandhi, Aby Isakov, and Faryal Khan

10/10/2023

Film Crash is proud to announce the selected films for 2023 Film Crash.

Night Ride from LA Directed by Martin Gerigk - First Prize Experimental Film
Nomad Directed by Reesha Gandhi, Aby Isakov, Faryal Khan - First Prize Documentary
Poppy Pop Directed by Olive Juge - First Prize Animated Film
Boiz Klub Directed by Alexis Janae - First Prize Drama

Screening out of competition:
Letter Directed by Matthew Harrison
Psychedelic Ode to Sunshine Directed by Karl Nussbaum
Suntripping Directed by Oktay Ortabasi and Scott Saunders

Award-Winning Screenplays
Live Love Lunatics Written by Jamie Stanley - First Prize 1-Hour Drama Pilot
Iron Phallus Written by Stephanie Kolar - First Prize 1/2-Hour Sitcom Pilot
My Mad Madonna Written by Cinzia Bomoll - First Prize Action Adventure Screenplay
Sunshine House Written by Nancy Carol Ruby - First Prize Comedy Feature Screenplay
Devotion Written by Leon McConnell - First Prize Dramatic Feature Screenplay
Hello Written by Sophia Lee - First Prize Horror Screenplay
E.E. Written by Louise Deschamps - First Prize Romantic Comedy Screenplay
In Spring, The Sun Sets at 7 Written by Catalina Giraldo - First Prize Dramatic Short Screenplay
Shake Dog Shake Written by Chas Chang - First Prize Thriller Screenplay

10/10/2023

Film Crash 2023 - https://mailchi.mp/df900206465e/film-crash-saturday-october-12-ten-am-8297373 See Alexis Janae's directorial debut Boiz Klub at Film Crash Saturday, October 14 at 10:00am

10/05/2023

Film Crash 2023 - https://mailchi.mp/1297b4e19c39/film-crash-saturday-october-12-ten-am-8297365 See Karl Nussbaum's Psychedelic Ode to Sunshine at Film Crash Saturday, October 14 at 10:00am

10/03/2023

Film Crash 2023 - https://mailchi.mp/75f7e1037e73/film-crash-saturday-october-12-ten-am-8294625 See Jordan Kerns in Matthew Harrison's new short film at Film Crash October 14 @ 10am

10/19/2022

Our friends at the annual Film Crash film festival and screenplay competition on Saturday October 15, 2022 at the Laemmle Royal theater in West Los Angeles. Photos by Colleen Dodson Baker (with some by Jesus Carrillo and others).

10/19/2022

10/15/2022

Hanging out on Route 66 after Film Crash 2022

10/15/2022

Enjoying coffee & friends at Film Crash 2022

10/12/2022

Film Crash is proud to announce the awards for the 2022 Film Crash Screenplay Competition:

THE LAVENDER JUNGLE by Jon Davis - First Prize 1-Hour Drama Pilot
B IS FOR BISEXUAL by Laura Valtorta - First Prize 1/2-Hour Sitcom Pilot
CHAOS BECOMES US by Rachel Rios - Best 1/2-Hour Sitcom Pilot
MAJOR LEAGUE PRIEST by Frank Vespe - Finalist 1/2-Hour Sitcom Pilot
MEMORY by Milo Ellison - Semi-Finalist 1/2-Hour Sitcom Pilot
BLOODLINES: THE MOGADISHU DIARIES 1992-1993 by Eddie Clay Thompkins III - First Prize Action Adventure Screenplay
THREE UNWISHES by Troy Harvey Graham - First Prize Comedy Feature Screenplay
PRETTY DOESN'T GET YOU INTO THE NBA by Frank Vespe - First Prize Dramatic Feature Screenplay
QUIET NOISE by George Basiev - First Prize Horror Screenplay
10 YEARS AGO TODAY by Shane Spiegel and Justin Reager - First Prize Romantic Comedy Screenplay
EAST OF LINCOLN BLVD. by Sophia Lee - Best Dramatic Short Screenplay
HOT RATES TO OMAHA by David-Matthew Barnes - Finalist Dramatic Short Screenplay
MERMAID by Jerry D. Ochoa - First Prize Dramatic Short Screenplay
APACHE by Adam Seidel - First Prize Thriller Screenplay

10/08/2022

We are proud to announce the selections for the 2022 Film Crash Screenplay Competition:

THE LAVENDER JUNGLE Written by Jon Davis
B IS FOR BISEXUAL Written by Laura P. Valtorta
CHAOS BECOMES US Written by Rachel Rios
MAJOR LEAGUE PRIEST Written by Frank Vespe
MEMORY Written by Milo Ellison
BLOODLINES: THE MOGADISHU DIARIES 1992-1993 Written by Eddie Clay Thompkins III
THREE UNWISHES Written by Troy Harvey Graham
PRETTY DOESN'T GET YOU INTO THE NBA Written by Frank Vespe
QUIET NOISE Written by George Basiev
10 YEARS AGO TODAY Written by Justin Reager
EAST OF LINCOLN BLVD. Written by Sophia Lee
HOT RATES TO OMAHA Written by David-Matthew Barnes
MERMAID Written by Jerry Ochoa
APACHE Written by Adam Seidel

09/15/2022

Film Crash is proud to announce our 2022 line up and awards:

Parenthesis Directed by Vasilios Papaioannu - First Prize Experimental Film
Cristina Zenato and the Reef Shark Connection Directed by Jason Perryman - First Prize Documentary
Paw Directed by Diana Lee Woody - First Prize Comedy
Al Diaz: Like a Bomb Directed by Jane Brill - Best Documentary
Goya Called Directed by Patrick Moser - First Prize Animated Film
Cure Directed by Tina Gu - First Prize Drama

10/23/2021

Film Crash updated their information in their About section.

10/10/2021

Film Crash is excited to announce our 2021 Award Winning films and screenplays

The Award-Winning Films
Show - 52 minutes total:

Moorriiss the Robot Directed by Wade Chitwood - First Prize Comedy
Two Little People Directed by Xin Li - First Prize Animated Film
Valley of Flowers Directed by Emma Asson, Suno Chen, Sophia Nino - First Prize Documentary
Duet Directed by Yadid Licht - Best Animated Film
21 Directed by Damian Gonzalez, Jeremy Weinstein - First Prize Short Film
The Yes Yes Fish Directed by Patrick Moser - First Prize Experimental Film
Sucking Wind Directed by Ruby Baker, David Kennedy - First Prize Drama
Emerson Thomas-Gregory - Best Actor for her performance in Sucking Wind

The Award-Winning Screenplays
The Twelve Chairs Written by Gregg Greenberg and Michael Rispoli - First Prize 1-Hour Drama Pilot
Mobnoxious Written by Frank Vespe - First Prize 1/2-Hour Sitcom Pilot
As Time Goes By Written by Jon Davis - First Prize Action Adventure Screenplay
A Florida Man Written by Kaido Strange - First Prize Comedy Feature Screenplay
Westend Written by Michał Szalonek and Paweł Podlejski - First Prize Dramatic Feature Screenplay
The Calling Written by Steven Bogart - First Prize Horror Screenplay
Bad Romance Written by Chad Wellinger - First Prize Romantic Comedy Screenplay
Over and Out Written by Callie LeClaire - First Prize Dramatic Short Screenplay
Burn Pattern Written by Laura Kemp - First Prize Thriller Screenplay

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Our Story

Film Crash is an annual film festival and screenplay competition. The programmers select six short films and six screenplays, holding a screening and awards ceremony one morning in Los Angeles.

Founded by Matthew Harrison, Karl Nussbaum and Scott Saunders, Film Crash was born in 1985 from the creative tempest of Manhattan’s East Village and Lower East Side during the Roaring 80’s. Known for creating a vibrant film community encouraging people and ideas to “crash” together, Film Crash multiplied and traveled the globe. We look forward to your films and screenplays.

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