Thur. March 5th 2026
Regal Cinemas / LA LIVE

HRIFF Box Office: 5:00pm - Midnight

It Came To This (USA)

it-came-to-this
5:00 PM

Director: Sheldon Schiffer

DRAMA PROGRAM A-5

Dina (Marilyn Sanabria) and her boyfriend Ira (Amir Kovacs) move in together when a disagreement erupts. Love should inspire compromise, right? At least until an ugly magical lamp becomes more than just a light, but the flame that could light their relationship on fire.

California Premiere

March 5, Regal Cinemas / LA LIVE

General Audiences

Dad Bod (USA)

Dad-Bod
5:00 PM

Director: Evan Geary

DRAMA PROGRAM A-5

A personal trainer forces his young son to shoot and edit his videos, but the son has his own artistic vision.

Hollywood Premiere

March 5, Regal Cinemas / LA LIVE

General Audiences

The Hideaway (USA)

The-Hideaway
5:00 PM

Director: Rachel Wender
& Alison Faye Shelley

DRAMA PROGRAM A-5

Sophie, an up and coming actress, is suing the production company of her failing franchise claiming a "toxic set". The night before the lawsuit begins she meets up with Beckah, a once production assistant, now turned producer, who is testifying against her.

Through their conversation true intentions and unresolved feelings are laid bare, revealing a more complex and morally grey choice underneath.

California Premiere

March 5, Regal Cinemas / LA LIVE

General Audiences

The Dream Veil (USA)

The Dream Veil
6:00 PM

Director: Longwen Miao

SCI-FI PROGRAM B-5

After her lover’s death, a woman slips into a dreamlike realm. Memories surface like waves, intertwining with visions of his impossible return. In this suspended space between reality and illusion, sorrow deepens into a quiet, aching labyrinth.

Festival Premiere

March 5, Regal Cinemas / LA LIVE

General Audiences

New Horizons (USA)

New-Horizons
6:00 PM

Director: Jared Fassbender
& Easton Tabin

SCI-FI PROGRAM B-5

This science-fiction film follows a professional gamer in an experimental VR couples therapy lab. When his wife doesn’t show up, his therapist offers a solution to move forward without her. Eager to start the session, Johnny lays back in his chair, ready to enter the virtual world.

In the VR world, Johnny experiences the true meaning of stepping into another person’s shoes.

Festival Premiere

March 5, Regal Cinemas / LA LIVE

Mature Audiences

Chamber X (USA)

CHAMBER-X
6:00 PM

Director: Rocky Ramsey
& Julian Matulich

SCI-FI PROGRAM B-5

In the late 1980s, a renegade team of alien hunters attempts the impossible: breaking into Area 51’s most secretive facility, Chamber X.

With a bounty on their heads, they hack security systems and slip through heavily patrolled corridors to complete the mission before time runs out.

What begins as a daring heist detonates into a high stakes journey of danger, mystery, and an unexpected discovery that could change humanity forever.

Hollywood Premiere

March 5, Regal Cinemas / LA LIVE

Mature Audiences

Going Out (USA)

Going-Out
7:00 PM

Director: Valerie Johnson

COMEDY PROGRAM C-5

Four friends meet up for a night out and help each other navigate a troubling yet inevitable epiphany.

Hollywood Premiere

March 5, Regal Cinemas / LA LIVE

General Audiences

Don’t Fear (USA)

DONT-FEAR
7:00 PM

Director: Karla Guy

COMEDY PROGRAM C-5

The music video to the song "Don't Fear" from the movie FanFobia features a young woman with ceiling-fan-phobia who gets cured through exposure therapy.

Hollywood Premiere

March 5, Regal Cinemas / LA LIVE

General Audiences

Daughter Christmas (USA)

Daughter-Christmas
7:00 PM

Director: Jessica Kaylee

COMEDY PROGRAM C-5

Meet Santa's daughter, Holly Clause - who wants absolutely nothing to do with the family business, but when a sudden crisis throws the entire operation into chaos, Holly is forced to step up and try to save Christmas.

Her attempts (or lack thereof) to manage the workshop only annoy the elves and put the already-late schedule further behind. Frustrated and overwhelmed, Holly makes the shocking decision to cancel Christmas.

Will a last-minute miracle save the day, or will the world wake up to empty stockings this December 25th?

Hollywood Premiere

March 5, Regal Cinemas / LA LIVE

General Audiences

Closure (USA)

Closure
7:00 PM

Director: Michael Rojo

COMEDY PROGRAM C-5

While at a funeral for an uncle he barely knew, Jonathan must sneak out to avoid more uncomfortable conversations and to make it to the party of a lifetime.

World Premiere

March 5, Regal Cinemas / LA LIVE

General Audiences

Color Me Wicked (USA)

Color-Me-Wicked
7:00 PM

Director: Chanelle Wang

COMEDY PROGRAM C-5

Color Me Wicked is a surrealist dark comedy about two female serial killers who fall in love at a paint and sip shop.

The story follows Aileen, an anxious serial killer, who attends a paint & sip night for an evening of relaxation but finds herself growing increasingly aggravated by a group of pestering patrons.

Hollywood Premiere

March 5, Regal Cinemas / LA LIVE

General Audiences

Steven's Last Night in Town (USA)

stevens-last-night
8:00 PM

Director: Antonio Fungairino

A socially awkward black sheep who throws himself a going-away party.

Steven's Last Night in Town is a film that packs a punch and exposes the hard truths of friendship with anxious humor and emotional brutality.

This film is fiercely independent, highly personal, and impossible to forget.

Best Independent Film

World Premiere

March 5, Regal Cinemas / LA LIVE

Mature Audiences

Bad Generation (USA)

Bad-Generation
9:45 PM

Director: Tanner Novotny

An unconventional "family" of homeless teenagers break into an abandoned house only to realize the home is not so abandoned after all.

New Cinema Spotlight

Festival Premiere

March 5, Regal Cinemas / LA LIVE

Mature Audiences