SATURDAY JULY 27, 1:00 PM
PROGRAM 52
Anna
USA / Drama / 7 minutes
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Director: Yue Gu
Writer: Hanqing Ma
Producer: Chih Hsuan Hsiung
Cast: Brielle Verduzco-Murphy, Jason Fay, Alison Brown
In a poor rural village, Henry, a father, tries to protect his young daughter, Anna, by warning her not to leave the house after midnight. However, Anna is tempted by a delicious cupcake offered by a witch, and she takes a bite.
A Better Place
USA / Drama / 17 minutes
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Director/Writer: Shih-Chun Hsiao
Producer: Chris Merola, Dalton Zongshian Lu, Shih-Chun Hsiao
Cast: Sam Song Li, Jen Kuo Sung, Lydia Look
​After knowing an oil company offering handsome money for his family farm, Henry comes home to convince his immigrant, aging parents to sell the home for good. Although the price is substantial, his father rejects the offer. But the next morning, Henry finds the deal has been signed. his parents only want to leave something for his son – a better future.
Am I
USA / Drama / 10 minutes
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Director: Ce Liu
Writer: Ce Liu, Fenton Queens
Producer: Ce Liu
Cast: Emilie Ong, Soda Persi
An 8-year-old Asian girl, Maya, wants to buy a rabbit cake on Mother's Day for her violent uncaring parents, but accidentally enters a "new world" saved by a prostitute, Lucy, and eats the cake by herself.
Dallas & Delilah
USA / Comedy / 15 minutes
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Director/Writer: Lizzie Green
Producer: Elizabete Sadauska, Bobbie Green, Gabrielle Makower
Cast: Rae Latt, Sarah Lilly
Dallas and Delilah, two friends from childhood who are now in their 70s, run into each other serendipitously and spend a day reminiscing throughout their small town. Dallas encounters unresolved feelings for her first love, and Delilah finally learns to stand up to her controlling late husband.
Likes
USA / Drama / 19 minutes
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Director: Shuyue Su
Writer: Shuyue Su, Leqi Vanessa Kong
Producer: Zhen Lou
Cast: Clover Hong
​In 2010 Northwestern China, Chunxiao Zhao (赵春ç±) as the deputy class president was selected to perform at a talent show in their middle school. Chunxiao is a straight-A student at school but she fantasizes herself being an overly-sexualized and objectified woman under the influence of warped views on sexuality and identity learned from social media and entertainment.
Obligatory
USA / Drama / 15 minutes
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Director: Eli Staub
Writer: Angelo Pitsillis
Producer: Sofia Bajwa, Yuwan Ye
Cast: Kaj Adnan, Abdullah Khalil, Sean Rohani
Set during the oppressive military rule in Greece in the early 70s, a young prison guard is tasked with executing his former college professor.
The Duel at Bishop Creek
USA / Drama / 8 minutes
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Director/Writer: Justin Dobies
Producer: Jackson Dobies
Cast: Justin Dobies, Jesse Haus, Glenn Foster
Justin Dobies (OBI-WAN KENOBI, THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA) stars as an American colonist contemplating imminent death at the hands of a British redcoat (COBRA KAI’s Jesse Haus) in this pre-Revolutionary War tale of a sword duel at dawn.