13th Oceanside International Film Festival

The 13th Oceanside International Film Festival, is the 2024 edition of the Oceanside International Film Festival, which took place from February 20 to February 24, 2024, at Oceanside, California, United States.^[1]

13th Oceanside International Film Festival

Festival poster
Opening film	California Light by Robert Denfeld
Closing film	Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea by Tony Olmos
Location	Oceanside, California, United States
Founded	2009
Hosted by	Oceanside International Film Festival (organization)
Artistic director	Carly Starr Brullo Niles
No. of films	43
Festival date	Opening: 20 February 2024 (2024-02-20) Closing: 24 February 2024 (2024-02-24)
Website	OIFF

Opening night featured composer Jason Hill as a guest speaker.^[2][3][4][5] In the weeks prior to the event, the cast and crew of Thinner reunited for a screening that was organized by the festival. Notable attendees included Tom Holland, Robert John Burke, and Joe Mantegna.^[6][7]

Official selection

Feature films

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
The Buildout		Zeshaan Younus	United States
To Fall in Love		Michael Lewis Foster	United States
Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea		Tony Olmos	United States
Those Were the Good Days		Hong-rae Lee	South Korea

Sources:^[8][9]

Short films

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
The Mad Doctor of the Intercontinental Hotel		Michael Shane Bowles	United States
13 Steps		David Lawrence	United States
Lockdown		Kevin Waczek	United States
Trailhead		Justin Rubin	United States
The Climbing Perch		Daniel Gomez Bagby	United States
And Yet They Speak		Windy Marshall	United States
Twin Oaks		Sean O’Connor	United States
Patrimony		Stefan Tomić	Bosnia
El Halcón		Arlene Torres	United States
The Vessel		Brendan Garvey	United States
Amazing Grace		Aiden Keltner	United States
The Singer: A Montford Point Marine		Eliciana Nascimento	United States
Stunner		Marianne Williams	United States
Accidental Stars		Emily Bennett	United States
Forget Me Again		Noah Freeman Hecht	United States
Burial		Jerzy Czachowski	Poland
Trees and Seas		Ross Harris	United States
		Beatie Wolfe
Dust		Ben Bloom	New Zealand
Rick Griffin Interlude 01, Pacific Vibrations		Dave Tourjé	United States
		Steve Barilotti
Surf Friend		Annie Keenan Winerip	United States
El Gordo		Alejandro Maytorena	Mexico
Fifth Tide		Lena Kemna	Germany
		Christina Gindl
Buarcos - The Unridden Ones		João Traveira	Portugal
The Pros and Cons of Killing Yourself		Ravi Steve Khajuria	Canada
Heart Candies Taste Like Chalk		Aiko Lozar	United States
Dream Cycle		Don Sano	United States
Ask Your Friends		Joshua Carone	United States
Manō		Brittany Biggs	United States
A'ai		Kalie Granier	United States
Los Courage Camps: Creando Olas		Yesenia De Casas	United States
Spear. Spatula. Submarine.		Shannon Morrall	United States
Please Ask for It		Allison Waid	United States
Angeles		Hannah Fay Folingo	United States
		Alexis Grace Adams
Figment		Lieke Anna Haertjens	Netherlands
Lost Fawn		Jasper Poore	United States
		Grant Davidson
Wild		Nicolas Devienne	France
The Countryman		Andy Kastelic	United States
Speedman		Joe Bowers	United States
California Light		Robert Denfeld	United States

Source:^[10]

Awards

• Best Art Direction (Short or Feature): The Countryman, United States
• Best Original Score (Short or Feature): Brittany Dunton and Jake Monaco, Manō, United States
• Best Editing in a Short: Allison Waid, Please Ask for It, United States
• Best Editing in a Feature: Matt Latham, The Buildout, United States
• Best Screenplay (Feature): Jennifer Lane, To Fall in Love, United States
• Best Screenplay (Short): Noah Freeman Hecht, Forget Me Again, United States
• Best Cinematography in a Short: Jannis Schelenz, The Countryman, United States
• Best Cinematography in a Feature: Justin Moore, The Buildout, United States
• Best Supporting Actress: Windy Marshall, And Yet They Speak, United States
• Best Supporting Actor: Jack Forcinito, The Countryman, United States
• Best Actress in a Lead Role: Beth Gallagher, To Fall in Love, United States
• Best Actor in a Lead Role: Kyle Minshew, Accidental Stars, United States
• Best Direction in a Short: Emily Bennett, Accidental Stars, United States
• Best Direction in a Feature: Zeshaan Younus, The Buildout, United States
• Best Student Film (Short or Feature): El Halcón, United States
• Best Animation (Short or Feature): Speedman, United States
• Best Short Documentary: Fifth Tide, Germany
• Best Narrative Short: Patrimony, Bosnia
• Best Narrative Feature: The Buildout, United States
• Best Picture of OIFF 2024 (Short or Feature): The Countryman, United States

Source:^[11]