CANNABIS CULTURE FILM FEST 2024
EIGHTH TOUR
November 8th-9th
Camden, NJ
Brought to you by
Camden Apothecary
CONGRATULATIONS 2024 CCFF WINNERS!
• Best Documentary Feature: “838: The Criminalization of America”
• Best Short Film, Drama: “Herbie”
• Best Short Film, Comedy: “The Podcast”
• Best Short Film, Animated: “Damsels of Luxury”
• Best Music Video: “I’ll Be Seeing You” by Jughead’s RevengE
• Audience Award: “SUP”
• Honorable Mention: "American Pot Story: Oaksterdam"
• Honorable Mention: "Muddy Goes to College"
Official Selections & Schedule
CCFF 2024 Friday November 8th
7PM Red Carpet opening: Hosted By Steve Bloom 7:30PM Feature ONE: American Pot Story: Oaksterdam 95-min 10PM Short Film Program ONE: SUP 9-min, Bored @ Home 1-min, IYDLU 4-min, Eggistential 2-min Feature TWO: Slinger 74-min
Saturday November 9th
11AM-6PM CCFF STREET FESTIVAL
10AM Stoner Movie Pitch Session With special Guest Steve Bloom 12PM Short: Roll Up For Equity 31-min Feature Film Three: 848: The Criminalization of America 76-min 2PM Short Film Program 2: Hello Cannabis 7.5-min, Life of the Party 9.5-min, Muddy Goes to College 11.5-min, The Podcast 19.5-min, 2 Stoned 2 Pray 7.5-min, HERBIE 19.5, I Dream of Ganja 5.5-min 4PM Cannabis Community Discussion Hosted By STONERBRO FLEX 5:30PM SHORTS: I’ll Be Seeing You 4-min, We Gon’be Alright 5-min, Dam$els of Luxury 5-min Feature Four: The Lost Tale: The Search for Congo’s Ancient Cannabis 73-min 8PM Feature Five: A Very Flattened Christmas 92-min 10PM Short Film Program 3: Flame of the Void: A Stoner Noir 30-min, Stoner Night 13-min, Tripsitters 16-min, One Flower at a Time 5.5-min, 2025: Steel City Warriors 15-min 11:30PM Awards Ceremony!
Opening Night Host STEVE BLOOM
Longtime journalist and author with 35+ years in the cannabis community.
Credits include:
• Publisher of CelebStoner.com, one of the leading sources for marijuana and celebrity news on the web since 2007.
• Former editor of High Times from 1988-2007, and producer of the Stony and Doobie award shows and the two Hempilation benefit albums for NORML (1995 and 1998) while at High Times.
• Former editor-in-chief of Freedom Leaf magazine and freedomleaf.com from 2014-2019.
• Former editor-in-chief of two Centennial Media titles, Marijuana Goes Mainstream and The Complete Guide to CBD from 2019-2021.
• Co-author of Pot Culture: The A-Z Guide to Stoner Language and Life (Abrams Image, 2007) and Reefer Movie Madness: The Ultimate Stoner Film Guide (Abrams Image, 2010) with Shirley Halperin.
• Recipient of NORML’s Media & Culture Award in 2004, Cannabis MVP by the Cannabis Business Awards in 2018 and New York NORML Activism award in 2019.
• Appeared as a moderator, panelist and/or speaker at many marijuana-reform events, including the NORML Conference, the Drug Policy Alliance Conference, International Cannabis Business Conference, Seattle Hempfest, Boston Freedom Rally, Cypress Hill SmokeOut, the NYC Cannabis Parade & Rally, Cannadelic, Pennsylvania Cannabis Festival, Florida Cannabis Festival, Cannabis Media Summit and more.
• Appeared in the following movies: Cypress Hill: Insane in the Membrane (2022), The Culture High (2014) and Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Nightclub (2008).
• President, board member and co-organizer of the annual NYC Cannabis Parade & Rally.
• Discovered 420 in 1990.
• Founder and organizer of the Teapot Party with Willie Nelson since 2009.
• Founder and commissioner of the New York Media Softball League since 2007.
• Author of Video Invaders (Arco, 1982) and Watch Out for the Little Guys (St. Martins Press, 1989).
• Music journalist since 1978.
Cannabis Community Discussion Host StonerBro Flex
StonerBro Flex aka the “Biggest Broski” is one of the biggest influencers and brand ambassadors (currently for Cookies Florida) representing the beautiful patients of the Sunshine State. Originally from New Jersey, this former Marine with a degree in Addictions Counseling, has played various roles in the cannabis community from hosting events and competitions to helping organize food and toy drives. His number one mission here in the community is to Inspire, Motivate, and Influence those that gravitate towards his person and persona as he tries to follow his own dreams and passions in life.
Special THANKS to our main 2024 Sponsor:
Not Your Typical Neighborhood Dispensary
Camden Apothecary is located adjacent to the historic Bell Pharmacy, which was founded in 1931. The pharmacy (then named Bell Drug Company) dispensed cannabis until its sale was prohibited by the federal government in 1937. Camden Apothecary at Bell Pharmacy is the only dispensary in the nation to have sold cannabis both before and after its prohibition. So, yeah...we've been at this for a while.
Today, we continue to offer one-of-a-kind products and services. For example, our Bud Bar allows guests to inspect a sample of flower from the exact batch from which they purchase, not unlike a fine cigar or wine. Additionally, we can convert any flower to a "live rosin" form. Rosin retains all the qualities (taste, smell, potency) of flower, but can be consumed without needing to inhale substances generated from smoking. It's 100% organic and requires no chemicals. We are the only dispensary to offer this.
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PAST CANNABIS CULTURE FILM FESTS
CCFF 2022 WINNING FILMS
Best Feature - THE SECRET CUP Directed by Jeremy Norrie
Best Short Documentary - FROM HERE TO ETERNITY WITH THE GODZ Directed by Jeffrey Wengrofsky
Best Short Comedy - WEEDSYLVANIA Directed by Eddie Anglin Jr.
Honorable Mention - EASY BAKE BONG (COMEDY SKETCH) Directed by Ken Rudnick
Big Congratulations TO OUR WINNING FILMMAKERS!
2022 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
Easy Baked Bong (Comedy Sketch) - Directed by Ken Rudnick
A Bong A Day Keeps The Dullness Away - Directed by Jayson H Daley
Here to Eternity with The Godz - Directed by Jeffrey Wengrofsky
Lipslide - Directed by Josh Carone
The Big 3-Oh - Directed by Emily Billig
The Key - Directed by Leonardo Candidi
The Secret Cup - Directed by Jeremy Norrie (Documentary / TRT 120)
In a time when it was still mostly illegal, The Secret Cup was the only cannabis competition that decided an international champion of making concentrate commonly known as hash. We traveled the world going to different places and learning about the local cultures of cannabis.
Grow Together - Directed by Krystle Amina Willis (Documentary / TRT 54-min)
Grow Together is an all-access “seed-to-sale” documentary that pulls back the curtain on Los Angeles’s landmark cannabis dispensary, The Marijuana Factory, and follows Khalid Almudarris and his family as they navigate the complexities of an industry experiencing exponential growth.
Billy Ghost - Directed by Timothy Burnham
Quakeproofing - Directed by David Towne
Social Insecurity Number - Directed by Alek Wiltbank
Stone’d Stand Up - Directed by Danny Rodriguez
Weedsylvania - Directed by Eddie Anglin Jr.
2021 WINNERS
Best Feature - “Synergy” directed by Max Alzamora
Best Short - “Space Dust” directed by Jon Mancinetti
Best Director - Blake Bynum for “The Zeke Sanders Story”
Best Actor - Koby Baffour for Black Nug in “The 420 Club”
Audience Award - “Knock” directed by Jordan Fried
Honorable Mention - “Easy Livin’” by Wendell Nielson
Congratulations!
CCFF 2021 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
FEATURES:
Synergy (Documentary 50-min) Directed by Max Alzamora. A documentary about the benefits of cannabis for patients in Peru.
Pipetown, USA (Documentary 66-min) Directed by Joaquin Ramon Herrera. Glass artists reveal the freedom, joy, struggles and pure passion that drives them to survive.
To Be Blunt (Drama 69-min) Directed by Brian Ronalds. Following the story of pioneer Nick Kriaris and the progression of the medical marijuana and CBD oil industry in Arizona.
SHORTS:
The Zeke Sanders Story (35-min) Directed by Blake Bynum. A comedy short that follows a mishap leads a young aspiring director to take his first leap into filmmaking.
The Dark Valley (7-min) Directed by T.J. Morehouse. An ordinary trip to Ventura Boulevard takes a grisly turn.
Nest (7-min) Directed by Joey Tran. Nest returns from a mysterious seven-year disappearance, driven by his failed attempt to become best friends with Bem, a rogue traveler with a questionable past.
Friends In High Places (19-min) Directed by Christen Celaya. A feminist stoner comedy where two chingonas smoke some prodigiously powerful pot and puncture the patriarchy while mending their love lives, surviving sexist micro-aggressions from their neighbor pinche Peña while fixing their broken air mattress.
John Paul The Smoker (11-min) Directed by Filippo Michele Guarna. Entrusting all his weed to Mike Phil. John Paul encounter with the world is thrilling, but a dark truth awaits him back home.
Young Silence - Fly So High (3-min) Directed by Brett Puglisi. Official Music Video
Get the F*ck to Church (4-min) Directed by Max Kaplan. A bagel-throwing, foul-mouthed Jesus visits a suicidal teen quite literally on a ledge.
The Forbidden Cure (16-min) Directed by Josaurys Larez, Albert Giannitelli. Joshua is a young man, who suffers from epilepsy, and as he is living a nightmare due to the multiples seizures, appeals to cannabis, against his mother's religious values in order to see a recovery.
Easy Livin’ (11-min) Directed by Wendell Nielson. A blissfully ignorant teen comes of age when a drug deal gone bad erupts into violence outside of the bathroom where she hides.
1st NYC 4/20 (4-min) Directed by Caroline Winston. A short film showing the events of New York City's first legal 4/20 holiday at Washington Square Park.
Knock (16-min) Directed by Jordan Fried. A Short Film about a group of friends who hears a sudden knock at the door during their smoke session.
House Party (18-min) Directed by Kamil Buklaha. During events, a group of friends get into conflict driven by a mysterious man.
The 420 Club (8-min) 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.
Space Dust (5-min) Directed by Jon Mancinetti. Two stoners discover a meteor that grants them ultimate powers and answers the deepest secrets of the universe.
Okay, Bear With Me (9-min) Directed by Liam MacDonald. Isn't it the worst when someone smokes your weed? But the question is, who did it? And more importantly, why did the creators decide to tell this story backwards?
AREA 420 Short Film (15-min) Directed by Henry Goren. Area 420 [Serial] is the much anticipated sequel to ‘High There,’ the award-winning, cult hit mockumentary film that chronicled the pot and booze-powered misadventures of Dave High, a burned-out TV writer and producer with a powerful weakness for pot, booze and any other mind-altering substance within his reach.
Small Town Big Weed (18-min) Directed by Tennille C Taraszkiewicz, Peter Poulos. The village of Deerfield is dwindling to nothing and the Dusseau family takes a gamble at changing ordinance zoning to build a medical cannabis facility.
The CCFF 2020 Winners are…
Cannabis Culture Film Fest 2020 Seattle
Feature Films in Alphabetical Order:
ARMY & COOP (TRT 85 min)
/ When Mike "Army" Armstrong, a down-and-out NHL tough guy, is suspended from the league, he uses his time off to embark on a testosterone-fueled, skirt-chasing struggle against old foes to win back his ex-girlfriend. Ultimately, however, he must overcome his greatest adversary - himself.
Directed by Dennis C. Hefter
DA BIG ZIP (TRT 90 min)
/ The life of an unknown aspiring rapper and drug dealer becomes more complicated after he misplaces his fanny pack containing money and weed.
Directed by Nick Alonzo
FALL BACK DOWN (TRT 104 min)
/ A depressed ex-activist takes a job in a sweatshop where he and his coworker make a grim discovery.
Directed by Sara Beth (SB) Edwards
HEMP IS BACK IN OREGON (TRT 88min) / Documentary / The story of the 2019 Hemp grow in Central and Southern Oregon.
With the legalization of Hemp nationwide, this is the story of farmers and get rich quick group’s successes and failures with this new exciting agricultural commodity.
Directed by Greg Moring
KY PLACE: HEMP STATE (TRT 53
min) / Documentary / Hemp has slowly been making a comeback in the United States, and Kentucky is leading the way. But questions remain about the equity, sustainability, and overall future of the broader cannabis industry.
Directed by Elijah McKenzie
PIPETOWN USA (TRT 66 min) / Documentary
/ At the root of the cannabis culture, a small glass pipe for smoking marijuana became popular in the early 1980’s. Admiration of the little pipe grew when Bob Snodgrass of Eugene, Oregon created a technique called “fuming.”
Directed by JOAQUÍN RAMÓN HERRERA
TEXAS DEATH TRIPPIN (TRT 81 min) / Horror/Black Comedy / More Death, Stoners, Murder, And Ravioli!!
Directed by Robbie Lopez
Short Films in Alphabetical Order:
BEST BUDS (TRT 1 min) / Best buds sharing buds. A short film made from long exposure light painting photographs.
Directed by Ryan Suits
RICK AND ME (TRT 42 min) / Documentary / Mike Wise left the United States to meet a man named Rick Simpson who was living in Croatia. After dealing with crohn's disease his entire life, Rick was able to offer Mike insight into how to heal and cure an 'incurable' disease. This is the film about that healing journey.
Directed by Miguel Wise
SORRY
(TRT 12 min) / Siblings, Jack and Alison, sneak into the woods to bury a murdered body, when Alison gets cold feet, Jack must coerce her into finishing the job.
Directed by Chris Chappell
THE GRAND SCHEME (TRT 16 min) / The Grand Scheme travels through the five stages of life, each told through a different film genre. From infancy to twilight and the years in between, there's moments and characters that make it funny, poignant and memorable. Everyone's life is unique and there won't be a sequel.
Directed by Matt Mirams
THE MAGIC SEED (TRT 4:20 min) / A film about a guy (Bud Greenfield), who's friend (Blue) has to move to Colorado for cancer treatment. Who sends back a magic seed that grows into something special.
Directed by Chris Chappell
VIRUS DEATH VALLEY (TRT 7 min) / After surviving human extinction caused by a deadly virus, LILITH, experiences an act of romance, after locating a survivor named ADAM. After reflecting on the morbid, and senseless modern civilisation that took place before the virus, Lilith decides to take the faith of humanity into her own hands, further leading the story into a crude ending.
Directed by Micaela Ester Perardi
YOUNG XAN - NEVERMORE (TRT 2 min) Official music video.
Directed by Brett Puglisi
YOUR BRAIN ON DRUG POLICY (TRT 1 min) / Rachael Leigh Cook explains that the war on drugs is a war on people in a remake of her iconic spot.
Directed by Ryan Kleier
The 2019 Winners are…
CCFF Miami 2019 Winning Films
Miami, FL (September 28, 2019) WINNERS!
4th ANNUAL TOUR WINNING FILMS
OFFICIAL 2019 Cannabus Culture Film Fest WINNERS!
Best Feature Documentary - "Unprescribed" by Steve Ellmore
Best Short Documentary - "High Hopes" by Marjan Riazi
Best Original Short Film - "Higher Space" by Vitaliy Strokus
Best Animated Short Film - "Toasted" by Chad Janusch
Best Comedy Short Film - "Walking Stereotype" by Brett Puglisi
Best Drama Short Film - "Criminals" by Casey Willam Walker
Honorable Mention - "The Blueberry Farmer" by Valerie Whitcomb
Honorable Mention - "Young Again" by Evan Shafran
Honorable Mention - "Chasing the White Rabbit" by by Damon Esther
Best Poster - "The Chronic Comedy Show" by James Longshore
Congratulations to all of you for a job well done with your films! We Thank all of you and all of our Official 2019 Selections.
Official 2019 FEATURE FILM Selections
THE BLUEBERRY FARMER (Feature) by Valerie Whitcomb.
Bernie was bush hogging a pasture in 2002 when he noticed a helicopter circling above him. When it lowered to just over the treetops in a tight circle, he knew his life was about to change forever. Trace View farm was raided by the police that day and over 100 mostly small cannabis plants were confiscated as evidence by the police. Those plants had only around seven pounds of usable medical cannabis estimated to be on them. For almost 15 years, Bernie had been growing cannabis. Besides using it himself for his own ailments, including a degenerative spine and fibromyalgia, he was providing it for free to terminal AIDS and Cancer patients that he knew or who were referred to him.
UNPRESCRIBED (Feature) by Steve Ellmore
Across the country, and around the globe, their stories are all the same; veterans risking everything by turning to cannabis to ditch the cocktail of drugs prescribed by military doctors.
In his first feature-length documentary, producer, director, and military veteran Steve Ellmore chronicles the lives of fellow veterans, spouses, and family members coping with war-related trauma and the loss of loved ones to suicide brought on by the over-prescription of pharmaceuticals.
WALL OF FLESH: A VINTAGE COMEDY (Feature) by Brian Sturges
A faded musician and loveable curmudgeon must reassemble his motley band of misfits in order to provide for the spermatozoon that got away.
Official 2019 SHORT FILM Selections
NOT IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
Unified Theory (Short) by Christina Hibner
Higher Space (Short) by Vitaliy Strokous
You Know What? (Short) by Keith Martinez
The Chronic Comedy Show (Short) by James Longshore
Googas (Short) by Nick Vespe
Grease the Door (Short) by Bobby Friedman
Cheer Up, Charlie (Short) by Kara Miller
The High Five (Short) by Dave Peniuk
Walking Stereotype (Short) by Brett Puglisi
Livingstoned, I Presume (Short) by Jeff Vande Zande
Toasted (Short) by Chad Janusch
Young Again (Short) by Evan Shafran
Chasing the White Rabbit (Short) by Anitra Esther
The Report (Short) by Alexander Callens
Cashed (Short) by Serena Ryen
High Hopes (Short) by Marjan Riazi
Diablo (Short) by Brett Puglisi
The Five Rules of Weed (Short) by Derick Campbell
Harvest Fest (Short) by Olof Berghe
Tread on These (Short) by Matthew Michienzie
Criminals (Short) by Casey William Walker
“Man, listen, I would just appreciate it
if both of y’all would take your shoes off.
This is brand-new carpet. You’re tracking mud in here.
Matheson, you got British Knights on.
I ain’t seen anybody wear them since 1987…”
- Red
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