About this Event
Four dynamic films that make you laugh, make you smile, and make you think!
Rated a Top 100 Best Reviewed Film Festival out of 14,000 festivals worldwide by actual filmmakers on FilmFreeway, Sherman Oaks Film Festival returns in 2026 with screenings, panels, mixers and more!
SOFF 2026 - Program 17 - Dynamic Spotlight
Four films: Broad Bruno, Bread, Displaced, and The Death of Jim McGraw.
Broad Bruno
2026 Official Selection: Short Film - Animation
This is a story about Bruno, a boy born with shoulders broader than a door frame. As he grows up, he faces a series of challenges, awkward situations, and humorous twists that come with being a little different from everyone else.
Director(s): Jane Jiang, Kerry Sun
Writer(s): Jane Jiang, Kerry Sun
Producer(s): Ringling College of Art and Design
Key Cast: Yanick Welihozkiy
Country: United States
Bread
2026 Official Selection: Short Film - Animation
Gilberto, an older Baker man by tradition, has to close his bakery due to a worldwide quarantine. He lives with his granddaughter Matea, an uninterested girl who is immersed in her cell phone. During the quarantine they remain locked up, living a distant relationship and waiting for everything to return to normal. One day a new bakery arrives in the neighborhood, equipped with high technology and with robots capable of baking bread without human interference. Gilberto must
Director(s): Miguel León
Writer(s): Miguel León
Producer(s): Claudia Osejo
Country: Colombia
Los Angeles Premiere
Displaced
2026 Official Selection: Series Episode - TV/Streaming/Web Series
A depressed, dysfunctional physicist accidentally sent back in time tries to fix her future by mentoring her troubled 14-year-old self -- a whole-ass handful with her own mischievous agenda.
Director(s): Molly Daniels
Writer(s): Jem Splitter, Molly Daniels
Producer(s): Rachael Morrow, Jem Splitter
Key Cast: Tegan Higginbotham, Paige Joy Ryans, John Leary, Fiona Macleod
Country: Australia
Los Angeles Premiere
The Death of Jim McGraw
2026 Official Selection: Short Film - Drama
A prosecutor fights for justice in the wake of a billionaire's M**der on New Year's Eve.
Director(s): Evan Fine
Writer(s): Evan Fine
Producer(s): Michele Sieglitz, Jason Ting
Key Cast: Emma Faun Ferguson, Kent Weishaus, Valentina Sarmiento, Adrien Rooke, Germaine Gaudet, Marcus Stock, Max Mahle, Bruce Fingles
Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere
Event venue & nearby stays
LOOK Dine-In Cinemas, Glendale - Theater 8, 128 N Artsakh Ave, Glendale, United States
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