NOV 1st, 2021
Box Office opening – Free tickets for all movies, upon email registration on XERB.
NOV 1st through NOV 11, 2021
The 2020 Replay is now closed… Place to the 2021 films on XERB!
NOV 12 through NOV 14, 2021
2021 Yucca Valley Film Festival
All films ON XERB.
All panel and discussions on Facebook, YouTube and Xerb.
NOV 14 through NOV 21, 2021
Replay of the 2021 winning films, ON XERB.
NOTE
The films start streaming at the day and time they are listed below.
Some discussions with the filmmakers and artists are already available, some will be live during the festival.
We invite everyone to follow the live event on FACEBOOK, comment ad ask your questions LIVE!
FRIDAY NOV 12, 2021
6:30pm: Kick Off Event with Mayor’s pro tem Welcome and select filmmakers as special guests!
Kick it off with us, LIVE!
7pm: Opening Films
Watch the films on XERB, and watch the discussion with artists below, before or after you watch the films!
| Opening Short Film THE SPANISH LESSON Directed and starring Nick Luciano, Yucca Valley Award Recipient 2020 & Audience Award 2019. |
| Opening Feature Film YUCCA FEST Chelsea Murphy’s directorial debut, the movie was filmed in Yucca Valley and the Hi-Desert in May 2019. |
SATURDAY NOV 13, 2021
10am: Documentaries
Watch the films on XERB, and watch the discussion with artists below!
| Kiss the Ground Narrated by Woody Harrelson, also with Gisele Bündchen, Patricia and David Arquette, Jason Mraz | 1H20 | US | Josh Tickell, Rebecca Tickell |
| Desert Apocalypse 70,000 Joshua Trees are threatened by a 16-square mile project called Sawtooth Solar, near Beatty, Nevada. | 18’32 | US | Justin McAffee |
| King of Dinoland King of Dinoland follows outsider artist Abe Delcerda as he faces homelessness while trying to find a new home to create his creatures. | 22’41 | US | Ted Meyer |
| Behind The Burning Vines The untold stories from the heroes of California’s wildfires. | 39’45 | US | Will Twomey |
1pm: KIDS SECTION, animated films
Watch the films on XERB!
| The Cactus Cat | 6’15 | US | Sarah Wickenhauser |
| The Snow Ball | 4’44 | Canada | Rick MacDonald |
| Petals | 3’22 | US | Dana Timpert |
| Bluebird | 8’46 | US | John Ryan |
| The Penguin & the Whale | 2’32 | China | Ezequiel Torres, Pablo Rafael Roldan |
| The Broken Candle | 9′ | US | Felix Kiner |
| The Rhino and the Redbill | 13’24 | Canada | Alex Henderson |
| Dino! | 24’42 | Japan | Shin Hosokawa |
| God of Fortune | 9’07 | Malaysia | Nerissa Choo Wee JIn |
| Gaslight | 3’33 | US | Kristen Yuan, Mild Kamolluck Niamkongkit |
| Smiles | 11′ | US | Steven Bednar |
| In the House of Paper Flowers | 7’30 | US (LA) | Anita George |
| The Dinosaur | 8’20 | US | Steven Bednar |
2pm: Drone Films & Trailers in competition
Watch the films on XERB!
| Kalaallit Nunaat | 5’22 | US | Ian Montgomery |
| Alyeska | 6’11 | US | Chris Crass |
| The Epic Exumas | 4’10 | US | Mike Sember |
| Mineral – Kivennäinen | 5′ | Finland | Olli Huttunen |
| Just A Ghoul | trailer | US |
| Forty Years From Now | trailer | US |
| What Happens In The Desert | trailer | US |
| Arizona 1878 | trailer | Spain |
3pm: DISCUSSION with MICHAEL DANTE
About his career and his new book. Chat with Michael LIVE and watch below!
7pm: SHORT FILMS SECTION – COMEDIES
Join the filmmakers LIVE, then watch all the films on XERB!
| The Snow Ball A kid imagines himself as a powerful ninja decimating SnowMen a-la Kill Bill. | 5 | Canada | Rick MacDonald |
| Ghosted From YVFF Alumni Tracie Laymon. A woman with a lot of baggage falls in love with a man haunted by his past. Literally. | 15 | US (LA) | Tracie Laymon |
| Yes, Who, I Love You Too In the employee break room of A&C Sporting Goods, Heather enlists the help of her co-worker Stephanie in preparing for Music Trivia Night at her local bar. | 5 | US (LA) | Chuck Marra, Megan Foley |
| The Spanish Lesson Directed and starring Nick Luciano, Yucca Valley Award Recipient 2020 & Audience Award 2019. | 4 | 29 Palms | Nick Luciano |
| Just A Ghoul A boy is ghosted when his first date dies, only to be ghosted again when her apparition cannot move on without finishing the date. | 29 | US | Jameson DeSantis |
| Forty Years From Now Forty years after graduation, three High School friends reunite to fulfill a pact to dig up a coffee can they buried containing predictions and secrets written by their younger selves. | 20 | US | John Manna |
| My First Native American Boyfriend After they’ve been dating for a few months, Emily starts apologizing for every micro-aggression she has ever made against Native Americans. | 5 | US (LA) | Joey Clift |
7pm: SHORT FILMS SECTION – WESTERNS, SCIENCE FICTION, DRAMAS
Join the filmmakers LIVE, then watch all the films on XERB!
| Alexanne PAMA Winner 2021. Matthieu and Alexanne are living the perfect love story. But beyond the routine, Alexanne gradually becomes aware of her condition… | 18 | France | Kilian Thomas |
| Nil Difficile Volenti A young actor becomes his idol’s prompter for a theatrical performance. Starring Franco Nero. | 15 | Italy | Fabio d’Avino |
| Arizona 1878 Two prisoners from the prison of the state of Yuma meet with freedom, and embark in an adventure involving Indians and an implacable Marshall. | 20 | Spain | Manuel Jose Olaya Muñoz |
| The Ballad of Emma Wright | 22 | US | Carlos Diaz |
| Voices from the Void Two shipwrecked astronauts fight over how to get rescued from an alien desert. | 10 | US | Theo Burtis |
| Welcome to Forever By John Gray, 2020 Yucca Valley Film Festival Alumni. | 9 | US | John Gray |
| Butterfly A fashion model leaves her life for the desert…and meets a mysterious stranger who finally brings the change she’s been looking for. | 24 | US (LA) | Bonnie Foster |
| What Happens In The Desert A satirical dark comedy set in the desert showcasing a moment of craziness in a dysfunctional relationship. | 10 | US | Kassy Mahea |
SUNDAY NOV 14, 2021
1pm: SCRIPTWRITERS ROUNDTABLE
This event already happened! Based on artists availability, we went live on Friday, so you can already watch it below!
| A Second Honeymoon | 39 | US | William H Luvaas, Lucinda Bee Luvaas |
| Legends | 58 | US | Danny Alex |
| Jane | 16 | Canada | Jovanna Burke |
| You Didn’t Come to See My Band | 120 | US (LA) | David Ballard |
| “Nu Na Da Ul Tsun Yi” – The Place Where They Cried | 129 | US | Sabrina Cooper, Jonathan J. Williams |
| golden PAMA nominee 2021. | 15 | US | Madyson DeJausserand |
| Tilt | 92 | US | Ben Moroski |
| It’s Over Between Us | 96 | US | Nick Duke |
2pm: VISUAL ARTS, EXPERIMENTAL FILMS & ART PHOTOGRAPHY
Watch the films on XERB, and watch the discussion with artists below!
| Visual movie | Migration | 4’50 | US | Olivia Perillo, Syd Horn |
| Visual movie | The Destiny of Pirates: Flibustier By 2019 Yucca Valley Film Festival Winner Florian Cioffi. | 2’08 | France | Florian Cioffi |
| Visual movie | Painting By Numbers | 4’23 | Australia | Radheya Jegatheva |
| Art Photography | Solo | Series and video | US | Justin Risley |
| Art Photography | Rainbow Over Flamingo Heights | Single picture | Yucca Valley | Alice Jones |
| Art Photography | Hidden Paradise | Single picture | Yucca Valley | Denise Vasquez |
| Art Photography | Rainbow In A Storm | Single picture | Yucca Valley | Denise Vasquez |
2:30pm: DANCE FILMS
| Scrape Filmed at the Kelso Dunes. A long recovery after a disaster, conveying resilience, hope, despair, loss, and a patient sense of humor. | 5’43 | US | Blaine Suque |
| Arcadia Dancers embody mythological woodland creatures inspired by the Greek god Pan and his homeland, Arcadia. | 4’56 | US | Charly & Eriel Santagado |
| The Escape An asylum patient is overwhelmed with her hallucinations and memories. | 8’20 | Russian Fed | Liudmila Komrakova |
| 19 The frustration of simple communication becomes a sound and forms a rhythm. | 2’12 | Japan | Hiroshi Kizu |
| P73 #1 The title is inspired by a painting by Polish American abstract artist Jack Tworkov. Danced by LGBTQ+ activist Maxfield Haynes and set to a score by Wisconsin based composer Joseph Koykkar | 7’49 | US | Jason Andrew |
| Season Syndrome Two people keep tipping over the equilibrium. | 7’03 | Netherlands | Arjan Gebraad |
3pm: Watch the MUSIC VIDEOS on Xerb, the discusion with filmmakers right below!
| New Mexico | 4’08 | US | Garrett Randol |
| Burn From You Filmed in Joshua Tree. | 3’48 | US | Jamielyn Lippman |
| Hand of Time – Triptides An ironist’s deconstruction in evolutionary relationships between tools and gestures under the guise of a civilized man studying a boorish caveman and an emotionally repressed cyborg. | 5’04 | US | Lejla Subasic |
| Can You Believe My Luck Filmed in the desert. | 4’01 | US | Stephen Burns |
| The Shins – The Great Divide An unwavering reverse-zoom journey through the big bang into the creation of life to a distant future all in one continuous camera move. | 4’02 | US | Paul Trillo |
| Highland Home | 4’59 | US | Dan Schaefer |
| You’re Fucking Welcome Filmed in Joshua Tree. | 3’32 | US | Barbara Wilder |
3:30pm: STUDENT SHORT FILMS, on Xerb.
| Caroline A professional artist is on the brink of failure as she struggles with self-doubt and the resignation of her new assistant just before her first solo show. | 23’29 | Portugal | Patricia Delgado |
| Rosie’s Watch Rosie is a young girl with dreams of being just like her dad. What happens when she finds out her dad’s job isn’t a normal 9-5? | 13’36 | US | Mitchell Francis |
| Bug Bite A young couple on vacation must grapple with tension in their relationship as the main character processes her phobias. | 14’16 | US | Bridget Connell |
| Vlada Goes to London PAMA Winner 2021. Vlada is a pizza delivery girl with dreams of becoming a famous DJ. She needs to find the money to go perform at a festival in London. | 21’54 | Israel | Arti Savchenko |
| Three Amigos Three friends take a road trip. Halfway through the journey, one of them finds a bag full of money. | 20′ | Spain | Marcos Del Pozo Fernández, Pablo Baquedano San Martín |
4pm: AROUND THE FILMS: MUSIC & POSTERS IN COMPETITION
| music | Christian Moullec: Flying With Birds | Belgium | Tim Janssens | |
| music | Zagar | Italy | Maria Rago | |
| music | The Red River Flood PAMA nominee 2021. | US | Brian Katona | |
| poster | Ghosted | |||
| poster | What Happens In The Desert | US | Kassy Mahea | |
| poster | The Ballad of Emma Wright | US | Carlos Diaz | |
| poster | Hug me, hug me right! | Korea | Jian Lee |
7pm: CLOSING EVENING
Watch the competition results announcement LIVE here!
| Closing Words |
| Awards Publication, on our website |
| Winners Replay, on Xerb |
| Audience Vote: watch the films on Xerb, vote online (soon) |
Yucca Valley Film Festival 