MONDAY JULY 22, 3:15 PM
PROGRAM 28
Upside - Down Genius
Japan / Drama / 6 minutes
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Director/Writer: Ryotaro Nishi
Producer: Hajime Kutsuzawa
Cast: Hiroyuki Toritani, Chloe
Dr. Noboru Sakai, being a genius, was never understood by those around him and was always lonely.
For some reason, he was always hanging upside down while conducting his research.
Soma
USA / Drama / 12 minutes
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Director/Writer: Aliza Brugger
Producer: Emily Eng, Mireia Vilanova
Cast: Ana Nicolle Chavez, Dan Cathcart
Quinn returns home to sucker money from her estranged half-sister, but a nightmarish evening forces her to fight for solace in their broken relationship.
The Last Word
USA / Drama / 9 minutes
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Director: Cate Fogarty
Writer: Diana Leigh Dinerman
Producer: Diana Dinerman
Cast: Diana Dinerman, Carla Vila, Karen Tarleton
When a woman visits her dying mother to say goodbye, her mother has the last word.
Prospective Female Character
USA / Drama / 12 minutes
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Director: Nina Morasky
Writer: Cindy Zhang
Producer: Ava Kramer
Cast: Cameron England, Shelly O'Neil, Nick Delzompo
In a fantastical world where characters interview to be written into books, Prospective Female Character #0054
wants nothing more than to be chosen by an author, but finds that that’s a much taller ask than anticipated.
The Painter
USA / Drama / 19 minutes
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Director/Writer: Jahanshah Vafaeisefat
Producer: Jahanshah Vafaeisefat, Elyusha Vafaeisefat, James North
Cast: Raymond J. Barry, Jesse Ridenour, Jay Whitmore
Pap, a former championship boxer, has become a cynic and a recluse after the death of his wife. Years later, his estranged granddaughter Jesse attempts to make a documentary about him. Conflict erupts as the two are unable to see eye to eye. Through the power of art, the two must pull each other out of the depths of their despair, or fall into deeper suffering.
Paeonia
USA / Sci-Fi / 16 minutes
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Director: Pedro Xavier Buson
Writer: Philip Yuzhong Ge, Veronica Harrington, Pedro Xavier Buson
Producer: Philip Yuzhong Ge, Crystal Bohan Yang
Cast: Wilky Lau, Jim Lau
Fai is a guilt-ridden scientist conducting genetic experiments on a desert planet alone to create a species of peony
that can survive the harsh environment.
The World Is Ours (Her Story)
USA / Drama / 16 minutes
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Director/Writer: Areg Azatyan
Producer: Efuru Flowers, Shoga Tadevosyan, Areg Azatyan
Cast: Anais Lilit, Alex Michell, Vahe Bejan
Inspired by a true story, Lusine, an Armenian teenager from a conservative family in Los Angeles, faces a life-altering choice when she gets pregnant by her African-American boyfriend.