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NEW!  Allegiance

In a present-day U.S. where the Nazis won WW II, a brave schoolteacher (Timothy Guest) dares to teach the truth about the Holocaust.  Leon has a cameo in the chilling ending.

Cast:  TIMOTHY GUEST, SAM COHEN, ALANA HAMILTON, KAT KLEIN, TREVOR TEICHMANN, WILL WALKER, TRAVIS WALKER, DEVIN FOX, BRENTON MEYERS, LEON ACORD
Written by  IAN DALESKY  Director of Photography MICHAEL ALTHAUS Directed by PATRICK DAWN

aWake

A closeted man (Mark Arnold) confronts his complicated relationship with one-time lover Marcus (Leon Acord), a man dying of AIDS who is throwing his own wake.

Cast:  MARK ARNOLD, LEON ACORD & STEPHANIE KEEFER
Written by  NATHANIEL ATCHESON  Director of Photography O'CONNER HERTNETT Directed by PATRICK DAWN

The Cave

Leon plays "Helmholtz Watson" in this short film, inspired by Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, that mixes live action with both computer-generated and hand-drawn animation.

Cast:  ADRIANO ARAGON, LEON ACORD & AVA BOGLE
Cinematographer:  WILLIAM CARNAHAN  Written & directed by LEONARD MENCHIARI

Leon plays sweet-yet-sleazy Hollywood agent Mike to ethnically ambiguous actor Alon Longstein (Alex Luria) in this show biz comedy short.

Cast: ALEX LURIA, LEON ACORD   Written & directed by ALON LONGSTEIN

Zero Tolerance

An alcoholic wife signs up with a recovery program that promises results -- no matter what the cost.

Cast: AUDREY FIORINI, LEON ACORD, MARK McCULLOUGH Director of Photography ADAM HALL Written & directed by ANTHONY BUSHMAN

Inside Leo Krempkin's Brain

Leon plays a shut-down accountant who's living in his own head -- literally -- in this whimsical short!

Cast: LEON ACORD, BECK BENNETT and KYLE MOONEY Produced by JONATHAN LEVINE and JAYDI SAMUELS Written & directed by JACKIE FISKE

Scared to Live

A young girl slowly withdraws from the dangers of the world after she and her single dad (Leon) are mugged at knife-point.

Cast: JULIANNA KELLER, LEON ACORD Written, Produced & Directed by TAMARA ROSENFELD

A young man seeks revenge after witnessing the death of his father (Leon) at the hands of a negligent paramedic.

Unsheltered Love

A lovelorn homeless man creates an artistic sensation when his "hobo art" is subsidized by art dealer "Benedict St. George." (Leon).

Deer Season

A big-city accountant (Leon) relys on a grizzled red-neck (Chris Stone) for assistance after he is stranded in the boondocks in the hilarious graduate short.

Gabriel

His mother's death leads a desperate man to confess to his priest (Leon) the shocking sin he is about to commit in this tale of revenge and good vs. evil.

Cast: JASON BUUCK, LEON ACORD Written & Directed by CHRISTOPHER WEAVER

Divorce: American Style

Elena Fabri and Leon play obsessive-compulsive battling ex-spouses, each determined to drive the other out of the house, in Ryann Lauckner's comedy short.

Found Objekts

In a world without eating utensils, an obsessive proofreader's compulsions lead him to invent the "fourk" in Rob Connelly's Kaufman-esque comedy.

October's Chosen

Leon plays a Jewish concentration camp prisoner whose family is terrorized by Nazis in Leor Ram's short film, based on his family's own shocking true story.

Cast: JOE FUHR, DANNA JONES, ANNA HOLLAENDER, LEON ACORD, TOM COCHRAN & KEVIN FERGUSON Written & Directed by LEOR RAM

Leon and Jennifer Kramer play dueling siblings on the boardwalk in Abe Espinoza's stylized and enigmatic film noir.

Family Game

Leon is an unfaithful husband and father, who's facade of happy family life is betrayed by his family's innermost thoughts during a routine dinner.

Drive Thru

Leon voices the employee of the world's first drive-thru sex-change clinic in this comedic animated short by Jed Bell (Foucault Who?).

Cast: LEON ACORD and STANLY CRASS Written & Directed by JED BELL

The Currycomb

Leon plays a stern British doctor and father in this anti-war coming-of-age tale set in 1914 California.

Birds of Lightning

Stranded in the distant past with no provisions, a dedicated biologist & anenvironmental journalist find they are now the endangered species.

Cast: LEON ACORD, HEATHER RAE GAVIN & ZACH JORDAN Written & Directed by FABIO BLANCARTE DIAZ

Foucault WHO?

This chilling short, starring Leon as a doomed barfly, has screened at film fests around the globe & on Australian TV.

Cast: LEON ACORD, GRAYLIN THORNTON, WALTER DELMAR, JAYSON MATTHEWS & JEFF DE LUCIO-BROCK Written by WICKIE STAMPS Directed by JED BELL

Final Remains (a.k.a. Mortuary)

Leon plays a mortician suspected of multiple murders in this feature-length thriller written & directed by Shawn Hazeleur.

Cast: LEON ACORD, HEATHER HARTMANN, MICHELLE BELLEVAR, PHIL SHERIDAN
Written & Directed by SHAWN HAZELAUR

A Quiet Place

The staff of a 1940s restaurant fantasize about an alcoholic regular. Based on Hemingway's short story A Clean, Well-Lighted Place.

Cast: MARIA CLANCHINI, LEON ACORD, ANDY FREEMAN, MICHAEL SOMMERS Written & Directed by AMY MITCHELL

A Rat in the Can

I'm Screwed!

One or Two Things About ...

Four guys wager over which one knows the real definition of true love.

Cast: LEON ACORD, WEST LIANG, JUSTIN MILLER & ERIC MOORE Written & Directed by JEFFREY CHU

about dominance & submission

Leon plays a full-time "slave" in this exploration of S&M lifestyles, based on interview transcripts. Winner of the Robert Bell Outstanding Achievement Award.

Cast: JEAN MAZZEI & LEON ACORD Written & Directed by PAULO GUIMARAES

Breath

Leon plays a street hustler in this poetic film elegy that shows the effects of death on those left behind. Winner of various Best Shorts awards at film fests worldwide.

Cast: ERIK KEVER RYLE, JANET KELLER, CHRISTOPH SCHMID, PAUL GERRIOR, LEON ACORD & HENRY SHERE Written & Directed by CHRISTOS DIMAS

Housebound

An unlikely, bittersweet love story between two agoraphobes.

Cast: GIOIA de CARI, LEON ACORD & GEORGE KILLINGSWORTH Directed by WILLIAM DAVENPORT

Some Prefer Cake

Leon plays "Devon" in this hilarious feature, which Variety called "lively & likeable." Following fests around the globe & being distributed theatrically in Britain, Some Prefer Cake is now available in the USA from Wolfe Video.

Cast: KATHLEEN FONTAINE, TARA HOWLEY, DESI del VALLE, LEON ACORD & MACHIKO SAITO Written by JEANNIE KAHANEY Directed by HEIDI ARENSEN

Metalman

A washed-up porn star wakes up after a black-out to find an internal organ has been removed--is it in the package bellboy Leon offers?

Cast: CHRIS ENRIGHT, JEFFREY PALMER, GIOIA de CARI & LEON ACORD Written & Directed by KURT KEPPLER

Roommates & Cafe a.k.a. Coffee Mates

Leon played a filmmaker stalking a critic in this ensemble dramedy about an odd assortment of characters who frequent an Oakland coffee shop.

Cast: JUDD DUNNING, SUSAN MARTINO, SCOTT RAGLE, KATIE DAVIS & LEON ACORD Written & Directed by LISBON OBIEZE OKAFOR

OUT

Leon wrote, directed and starred as an agoraphobe who, confronting his fear of the outside world, becomes lost in San Francisco's Tenderloin district.

Cast: LEON ACORD, GERARD J. KUYKENDALL, JOHN LEE, SAMI ANTOINETTE & ELDO ESTES Written & Directed by LEON ACORD