Sabina Vajraca's 'Apparition', Devi Snively's 'Death In Charge', and more at L.A. Shorts Festival

Leading the pack of women-directed horror/thrillers at the 2009 Los Angeles Short Film Festival is Apparition, directed, written, and produced by Sabina Vajraca. Devi Snively's Death In Charge, Maya Anand's Iris, Christina Won's White Radishes plus the animated quirky horrors of Anna Solanas's Cabaret Kadne and Higher Education by Amber Holowaychuk round out the festival. Read on for screenings, trailers, and more info...

Apparition - USA / 13 min
THURSDAY - JULY 30 - 5:30 PM

Anne is determined to find a place to call home but soon discovers that New York City's real estate market is full of sleazy brokers, strange roommates, scary dwellings, and secrets.

Director: Sabina Vajraca

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Cabaret Kadne - Spain / 5 min
THURSDAY - JULY 30 - 10:00 PM

Two cabaret artists fill their lives with their passion for acting and their love of each other.

Director: Marc Riba, Anna Solanas

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Death In Charge - USA / 15 min
SATURDAY - JULY 25 - 10:00 PM

Death gets derailed when an impatient single Mom carelessly mistakes the scythe-carrying cloaked one for her tardy babysitter and leaves Death to care for her 9-year-old daughter.

Director: Devi Snively

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Higher Education - Canada / 5 min
WEDNESDAY - JULY 29 - 3:15 PM

A nasty teacher is sent to the afterlife where her prior actions may determine the fate of her immortal soul.

Director: Amber Holowaychuk, Perpetual Pictures

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Iris
WEDNESDAY - JULY 29 - 7:45 PM

Iris is an isolated woman who discovers a treasure in her back yard and embraces her new life until a stranger comes to her door. She must question how far she will go to defend this new life.

Director: Maya Anand

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White Radishes - USA / 14 min
SATURDAY - JULY 25 - 10:00 PM

A man discovers a teenage girl is kept a prisoner in the overgrown house next door by her gardening fanatic mother. When he tries to save her, he finds out she is not the girl he thought she was.

Director: Christina Won