THURSDAY JULY 25, 3:15 PM
PROGRAM 43
Queen of Spades
USA / Drama / 19 minutes
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Director/Writer: Nick Conocenti
Producer: Emily Franco
Cast: Hope Hawkins, Braedan Hoffman, Chris Phu
A high school addict must choose between her dangerous love and a chance at innocence.
The Patrolman
USA / Drama / 16 minutes
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Director/Writer: Søren Viuf
Producer: Yelena V Krivosheyeva
It’s another slow day for the Nebraska Highway Patrol. After the friendly fire death of his brother, veteran patrolman FRANKIE has been struggling to avoid burnout on the job.
Carriage Return
USA / Drama / 19 minutes
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Director: Ferguson Sauvé-Rogan
Writer: Daniel Sauvé-Rogan
Producer: Daniel Sauvé-Rogan, Lexi Giovagnoli
Cast: Jeremy Parr, Carlos Sanchez
Half-drunk and hardly working, playwright Lane Williams is in desperate need of inspiration to finish his latest script when a knock at the door escalates to ferocious pounding. His old writing partner, Charlie Marlow, has sought him out with violent accusations of plagiarism.
Arabesque
USA / Sci-Fi / 20 minutes
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Director: Luo Pan
Writer: Luo Pan, Zachary Kingham-Seagle
Producer: Luo Pan, Zachary Kingham-Seagle
Cast: Bryan Mittelstadt, Camilla Borgehesani
Arabesque is about a company that has an AI actor, Z, that looks exactly like the lead actor, Ethan, to fill in for Ethan in a crucial scene of a film. To teach Z how to better act on camera the director and producers hire an acting teacher, Carey, who struggles to come to terms with the fate of Z who is exploited for the purposes of the film.
In Nomine Patris
USA / Drama / 14 minutes
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Director/Writer: Don John
Producer: Harnish Ambaliya
Cast: John Posey, Alisa Schulz, Mark Sodukh
After tragically losing her daughter, Olivia struggles to be a surrogate mother to her grandson, Michael. But it’s not just Michael she’s worried about as a series of unsettling events begins to occur in her home.