California Dreams presents five unique individuals in pursuit of a big life dream. Through auditions set up in small towns across Southern California, the film portrays real people with big Hollywood aspirations who, for various reasons, have never had the opportunity to pursue them. No matter what the end game is, whether it's fame, love, or a fleeting shot at immortality, this bitingly funny film reveals the strange and entrancingly hypnotic grip that Hollywood has exerted, in some way or form, on everyone.
Cory ZACHARIA, Kevin GILGER, Patrick LLAGUNO, Carolan J. PINTO
Mike Ott’s films have won numerous awards including the Someone to Watch Award at the Independent Spirit Awards. He recently completed his desert trilogy which includes the feature films Littlerock, Pearblossom Hwy, and Lake Los Angeles, as well as Actor Martinez, co-directed with Nathan Silver, and premiered at Rotterdam and went to screen at Tribeca in 2016. His work has screened at over 100 festivals, including Berlin, SXSW, Cairo and Vienna.