SATURDAY JULY 27, 5:30 PM
PROGRAM 54
Like an Investment
USA / Drama / 15 minutes
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Director: Jason Gullifer, JJ Onyx
Writer: Sarah Graceson
Producer: Janice Constance
Cast: Janice Constance, Matthew Kenneth, Carla Susan Lewis
A compassionate therapist intern struggles in her practice when faced with ethical challenges but genuinely wants to help people.
Playground
USA / Drama / 16 minutes
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Director/Writer: Yaxing Lin
Producer: Mengqiao Chen, Ruonan Jiang, Yaxing Lin
Cast: Xueqing Cai, Ziqi Zhao
A Six Year Old Girl’s Adventure At An Adult Night Club.
Two Roads
USA / Drama / 16 minutes
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Director: Michael Trevino
Writer: Ian Fisher
Producer: Tiffany Sherie
Cast: Michael Malarkey, Grasie Mercedes, Ian Fisher
In Two Roads we delve into the parallel realities of a man consumed by discontent. We see his life unfold in two distinct narratives, each one exploring the depths of his yearning for something more, something elusive.
Oh, Christmas Tree
USA / Drama / 10 minutes
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Director: Katie Aselton
Writer: Mark Duplass
Producer: Jett Fink
Cast: Mark Duplass, Ora Duplass
16 year-old Claire and her father Ben try to recreate a few of their favorite Christmas traditions.
47
USA / Drama / 15 minutes
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Director: J Warren Fletcher, Laurel Harris
Writer: Laurie Clemens Maier
Producer: Laurel Harris, Laurie Clemens Maier, J. Warren Fletcher
Cast: Dan Lauria, Iris Almario, Diane Robin
“47” is a narrative short film about the anguish facing women with infertility issues, and the judgments often placed on childless women of a certain age. It grapples with the complex social dilemma of what it means to be a woman and working professional over forty in America, struggling to balance career, motherhood and more.
It Was Only You
USA / Drama / 5 minutes
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Director/Writer: Eva Ariel Binder
Producer: Max Karpylev, Eva Ariel Binder, Mark Binder
Cast: Eva Ariel Binder, Rio Mangini
Born of a poem written by a freshman girl for a high school English assignment- “It Was Only You” transforms into a powerful touch - a glimpse- a reverent homage to the most famous of all teen love stories- transcendent.
ILY, Bye
USA / Comedy / 13 minutes
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Director/Writer: Taylor James
Producer: Katie White, John Curtis, Kanoa Goo
Cast: Megan Stalter, Kanoa Goo, Rainn Wilson
Siobhan (Meg Stalter) is a quirky, socially anxious mess who can't seem to keep a job. Thanks to the help of her best friend Gary (Kanoa Goo), she scores an interview with his boss, Mr. Litchfield (Rainn Wilson).