THURSDAY JULY 25, 5:30 PM
PROGRAM 44
When I Die
USA / Drama / 11 minutes
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Director/Writer: Syuen Chia
Producer: Sebastian Reyes, Kellen Hill
Cast: Brylee Hsu, Miju Kim Pascual, Alexandre Chen
After fixating on a lifeless body at an open-casket funeral, Lianne’s world turns upside down as she grapples with the fragility and unpredictability of life.
Mír
Ireland / Music / 4 minutes
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Director/Writer: Brian Benjamin Dwyer
Producer: Brian Benjamin Dwyer, BK Pepper
Cast: BK Pepper, Ger FitzGibbon, Sinead O'Riordan
An exiled music composer gets reunited with his music is an unexpected place.
Split
USA / Drama / 14 minutes
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Director: Vincent Salah Essid
Writer: John Zachary Thurman
Producer: David Willner, Camila Papadopouo
Cast: Jeromy Ramos, Eddie Alfano, Dominique Star
Split is the story about a hopeless romantic teenager who discovers that the jukebox in his family’s bowling alley, sends him back to the glory days of it in the 1980s. With the bowling alley closing down and with limited chances to go back in time, he must choose between a shot at love in the past or healing the relationship with his father in the present.
Little Lucha & The Big Deal
USA / Comedy / 14 minutes
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Director: Scarlet Moreno, Josh Stifter
Writer: Scarlet Moreno, Josh Stifter
Producer: Daniel Degnan
Cast: Scarlet Moreno, Josh Stifter
A story of two underdogs, Little Lucha & The Big Deal celebrates the less than glamorous side of going for that impossible dream and all the hope, blood, and tears that the dream demands as tribute.
Things Are Good
USA / Drama / 15 minutes
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Director: Jo Zhao
Writer: Joanna Zhao
Producer: Seth Van Matre, Olivia Alicea, Joanna Zhao
Cast: Josie Hung, Mario Houle
This Experimental Drama chronicles a high schooler's determination to live a picture-perfect life. Vera carefully curates memories in the form of still images; images she is willing to edit as she sees fit. In the days leading up to an important interview, she has a disturbing encounter, threatening her very reality and the idealized life she had built for herself.
Arcade Moon
USA / Drama / 17 minutes
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Director: William Michael Anderson
Writer: Robert Steven Anderson
Producer: William Michael Anderson
Cast: Robert Steven Anderson, Danielle Juliet Ma, Carl Solomon
An alcoholic thirtysomething father attempts to reconnect with his estranged son at the local arcade. When his ex-wife and her new boyfriend learn about his unannounced arrival, Cutter must confront his personal demons or risk losing his family forever.