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California King

California King

By Eli Akira Kaufman

United States 21 minutes 2008 English
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Awards
  • Award of Excellence (Winner) - 2008 Berkeley Video & Film Festival (Berkeley, United States)
  • Best Actor (Winner) - 2008 New York VisionFest (New York City)
  • Domani Vision Award (Winner) - 2008 New York VisionFest (New York City)
  • Golden Reel Nominee - 2008 Los Angeles Asian-Pacific Film Festival (Los Angeles, United States)
  • Regional Finalist - 2008 Student Academy Awards (Beverly Hills, United States)
Festivals
  • Santa Cruz Film Festival 2009 (Santa Cruz, United States)
  • Sedona Film Festival 2009 (Sedona, United States)
  • Short Shorts Film Festival 2009 (Tokyo, Japan)
  • Athens International Film and Video Festival 2008 (Athens, Ohio)
  • Berkeley Video & Film Festival 2008 (Berkeley, United States)
  • Lake Arrowhead International Film Festival 2008 (Lake Arrowhead, United States)
  • Los Angeles Asian-Pacific Film Festival 2008 (Los Angeles, United States)
  • New York VisionFest 2008 (New York City)
  • Ojai Film Festival 2008 (Ojai, United States)
  • Rhode Island International Film Festival 2008 (Newport, United States)

Synopsis

"You can't touch without being touched in return."


Love is often found in the most unlikely places. In fact, it seems more the rule than the exception. In Eli Akira Kaufman's California King, a womanizing mattress salesman, who employs faux physics to get female customers into bed, falls for a skeptical insomniac who knows her science better than her heart. Of course these lovelorn characters deserve nothing less than each other.

Monique Gabriela Curnen (Dark Knight) and Don Haney (Best Actor, New York VisionFest) have just the right chemistry as California King pairs humour with romance in this delightful short film.

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