CANNAMAS FESTIVAL SCREENING 2025

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Cannamas Festival Screening 2024

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS!

Best Documentary Short: “Cannabis + Creativity” Directed by Elana Frankel

Best Animated Short: “I am Duck” Directed by Nick Zweig

Honorable Mention: “Mi Casa Su Casa” Directed by Jason Lynch

12PM- FEATURE: 848:The Criminalization of America (TRT 100-min) United States Documentary Directed by Thomas Freeman Jr - 848:The Criminalization of America is a criminal justice documentary focusing on US code 848 aka the Kingpin charge. This charge calls for "Drug Kingpins" even non-violent ones to spend life in prison. Even though the laws have changed some non-violent offenders are still stuck in federal prison after serving more than 30 years. This is the story of the how, why and what we can do to help!

2:30PM- SHORT FILM: ALMOST ONE (TRT 23-MIN) DOCUMENTARY Directed and Produced by Nadir Malik Nelson & Steve W. Thompson ALMOST ONE is a reflexive documentary that weaves narrative, animation, and documentary elements together to tell the story of up-and-coming street artist, Technodrome1. We meet Technodrome1 at a cross road in his career as an artist. He is beginning to taste some success, but with this success comes various temptations. Lose of creative control and pressures to conform start to threaten his artistic identity. Will Technodrome1 become just another shared image on Instagram, or will he evolve and take his craft to the next level?

2:30PM- FEATURE: The ShizzlyGrark (TRT 55-min) United States Mockumentary Directed by Tim Mattson - A documentary film about a creature that is terrorizing communities across America. Half shark and half grizzly bear, it’s responsible for over 600 missing people from coast to shining coast.

5PM- SHORT FILM PROGRAM 1 (TRT 95-min)

The Plant / 21:00 / Pakistan / Drama Directed by Abdullah Badini - Every child requires special attention.

Mi Casa Su Casa / 20:00 / United Kingdom / Drama Directed by Jason Lynch - Sophie is doing everything she can to rebuild her life after the death of her daughter Bella, but her husband Eric is incapable of talking to her about it and she is convinced that she is being watched. An unexpected visit from their new neighbors, Alex & Nicole provides Eric with a welcome distraction from this marital hell; but when Nicole lets it slip that she knows about Bella’s death, Sophie begins to suspect that their guests are not exactly what they seem. 
Eric & Sophie find themselves transported to a world of wild parties, drug dealers, lap dancers and chaos as they are forced to choose between confronting their problems or letting them all pile up.

Herbie / 20:00 / United States / Drama Directed by Mekko Toretto - A housing challenged man with PTSD befriends a plant and gets his life back after being bullied and assaulted. *CCFF 2024 - BEST DRAMA SHORT FILM

SUP / 9:00 / United States / Drama Directed by Greg Stewart - A woman goes out on a paddleboard. Hijinks ensue. *CCFF 2024 - AUDIENCE AWARD

Dam$els of Luxury / 5:00 / United States / Animation Directed by Jennifer Cella - Amanda's stoner slumber party is put to a halt when one of the guests is nowhere to be found. *CCFF 2024 - BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

Spark Plug / 5:00 / United States / Documentary Directed by Dejan P. - 1970 cutlass fully modified monster race car versus a custom built sleeper cab over engine secret build by Joel from Astoria sounds.... the COOKIE MONSTER vs the BIG DAWG !!!! FULLY custom built race truck..... enter our world deep in the nyc underground LOWRIDER AND HOTROD subcultures.... and enjoy the RACE....THIS ENDS with the low-rider cruise night ending at the Aztec rebels headquarters for a quick race and party....

The 420 Club / 8:00 / United States / Comedy Directed by Brett Puglisi - When Reggie, the stressed out millennial, introduces his new girlfriend to The 420 Club he must respect her boundaries and wishes or risk blowing their relationship. *CCFF 2021 - BEST ACTOR KOBY BAFFOUR AS BLACK NUG

Young Again / 7:00 / United States / Comedy Directed by Evan J Shafran - Elijah and Chandler try out a new strain of "grass" that makes you feel young again. *CCFF 2019 - HONORABLE MENTION

8PM- SHORT FILM PROGRAM 2 (TRT 107-min)

Steel Mother / 17:00 / United States / Drama Directed by Nik Kacevski - In a gritty underworld, Olivia transforms from a vulnerable stripper into an invincible force of maternal fury, dismantling the corrosive empire that once entrapped her to secure a better future for her unborn child.

Cannabis + Creativity / 18:00 / United States / Documentary Directed by Elana Frankel - Anecdotal evidence suggests that film, tv and music wouldn't be the same without cannabis, but is it actually true?. This short documentary follows the story of 6 people, a working/everyday writer, designer, chef, composer, singer, musician and scientist, who use cannabis to enhance their creativity...and one grandmother who isn't so sure.

I am Duck / 13:00 / United States / Animation Directed by Nicholas Zweig - Dumped out into a desert, an oblivious duck plunges headlong into a quest for bread, or something more.

My Grind Daily - Misha Tyutyunik / 2:00 / United States / Documentary Directed by David Walters - My Grind Daily is a short film series exploring the lives and work of creative thinkers from all walks of life. The common bond that connects them is their common connection to Cannabis. This is the first episode exploring the works and philosophy of Misha Tyutynik.

I’ll be seeing you / 4:00 / Germany / Music Video Directed by Jürgen Kling - Stop-Motion-Animation Musicvideo for Jughead´s Revenge we witness a zombie, freshly risen from the grave, going for a nighttime Skatesession. Following the motto "Skate and Destroy", he is shredding thru the graveyard leaving a track of destruction behind him and on himself. *CCFF 2024 - BEST MUSIC VIDEO

The Podcast / 20:00 / United States / Comedy Directed by Garrett Pahl - In the aftermath of their first podcast recording - best friends, Nick & Garrett, try to make the most out of getting canceled. While their relationships and careers are at stake, the Podcast could be their ticket to fame. *CCFF 2024 - BEST COMEDY SHORT FILM

Muddy Goes to College / 12:00 / United States / Comedy Directed by Alex Reinhard - After sleeping through his finals, high school senior, Walker Lee, ponders a bleak academic future. That is, until he discovers Muddy, a highly intelligent dog with an electronic, chew-toy, talking device. Together, they get accepted into Kutztown University, a financially struggling state school in the middle of Amish country, where they go to parties, meet girls, and learn the truth behind Muddy's intelligence. The trouble is the college's Dean of Admissions, Dean Flob, knows the value of an intelligent dog and secretly unfurls a plan to claim Muddy as his own scientific discovery. An American college comedy filled with adventure, beer and profanity. *CCFF 2024 - HONORABLE MENTION

Space Dust / 5:00 / United States / Comedy Directed by Jon Mancinetti - Two stoners discover a meteor that grants them ultimate powers and answers the deepest secrets of the universe. *CCFF 2021 - BEST SHORT

Higher Space / 12:00 / United States / Comedy Directed by Vitally Strokous & David Ochs - Two stoner friends must evade the Space Police to get to the greatest party in the galaxy! *CCFF 2019 - BEST ORIGINAL SHORT FILM

Walking Stereotype / 6:00 / United States / Comedy Directed by Brett Puglisi - Trevor gets nagged by his step-brother D'Angelo about smoking pot, drinking vodka and eating Taco Bell. Trevor suspects D'Angelo stole something from him. *CCFF 2019 - BEST COMEDY SHORT FILM