Congratulations to all of the official selection for the 2024 Santa Paula Film Festival. We had a lot of great choices to choose from and we are please with the way our first annual film festival is shaping up. For places to stay, places to eat, and things to do, visit the Heritage Valley Website at www.heritagevalleyca.org.
2024 Festival Highlights

Saturday

Bluewater Fairies

Credits

  • Sari Karplus DiLoreto (Director)
  • Malcolm DiLoreto (Writer)
  • Sari Karplus DiLoreto (Producer)
  • Lindsey DiLoreto (Producer)
  • Malcolm DiLoreto (Producer)

Synopsis

Written by kids for kids, Bluewater Fairies takes you on a magical adventure with henchmen, fairies, and a lazy dragon.

Trailer

Runtime: 11:03 Minutes

Fortunate Soul

Credits

  • Richard R. Kuhlman (Director)
  • Richard R. Kuhlman (Writer)
  • Richard R. Kuhlman (Producer)
CAST
  • Richard R. Kuhlman “Quinn”
  • Biff Wiff
  • Layne Beamer

Synopsis

Who is Rich? He who is content with his lot. — The Talmud

Trailer

Runtime: 25 Minutes

The Sexes

Credits

  • Richard R. Kuhlman (Director)
  • Dorothy Parker (Writer)
  • Richard R. Kuhlman (Producer)
CAST
  • Christina Pellett
  • Gus Buktenica

Synopsis

A working class young couple in this adapted comic short story by Dorothy Parker search for common ground in their relationship.

Trailer

Runtime: 11:21 Minutes

Clean

Credits

  • Ryan Kenton (Director)
  • Ryan Kenton (Writer)
  • Ryan Kenton (Producer)
CAST
  • Kaitlin Sanders
  • Ian S. Peterson

Synopsis

A broken blender forces a distraught young couple to face the mess they’ve made of their marriage.

Trailer

Runtime: 7:50 Minutes

SUNDAY

Boomerang

Credits

  •  (Director)
  •  (Writer)
  •  (Producer)
CAST

Synopsis

Trailer

Runtime: 20 Minutes

Goons, Guns, and the Gumshoe

Credits

  • Jim Menza (Director)
  • Jim Menza (Writer)
  • Jim Menza (Producer)
  • Rocco Menza (Producer)
CAST
  • Adam Rebora “Red”
    • “Who Is It?”,  “You And What Army”, “Two Bad”
  • Kevin Marquette “Larry”
    • “Who Is It?”,  “You And What Army”, “Two Bad”
  • Jim Menza “Rip”
    • “Who Is It?”,  “You And What Army”, “Two Bad”
  • Margarete Thompson “Angel”
  • Mikkel Knutson “Dillon”
  • Paige Larkowski “Vivian”
  • Jeff Kasnicka “Perry”
  • Niko Caponigro “Shane”
  • Kristin Auge’
    • “Who Is It?”, “Two Bad”
  • Jack Burr “Homeless Poet”
    • “You And What Army”

Synopsis

An old-fashioned private detective is hired to find a missing woman, and comes across a wild, strange collection of characters.

Trailer

Runtime: 1:37:45