PROGRAM #46
ARCLIGHT THEATER 12
FRIDAY - SEPTEMBER 8 - 10:00 PM

Graceful Acts

(Drama / United States / Digital Beta / 8 minutes)

This unique look into the mind, dives into the depths, to discover what’s going on behind the scenes while a conversation is happening. In this uncertain place anything is bound to happen, and will.

Director: Noah Rappaport

Producers: Noah Rappaport and Ryan Andolina

Writers: Mehgan McCarty and Noah Rappaport

Contact: noah@antimatterlab.com

Model Man

(Drama / United States / Digital Beta / 13 minutes)

Tired of waiting for the perfect man to sweep her off her feet, scientist Adena Logan constructs a wind-up robot lover in the basement of her small suburban home. Adena teaches Simon everything he needs to be the perfect partner: how to open doors, how to hold hands, how to kiss. But as their relationship deepens, Adena must prove to herself that Simon can genuinely love.

Director / Producer / Writer: Steven Tagle

Contact: stagle@stanford.edu

Chance Meeting

(Drama / United States / Beta SP / 5 minutes)

A man and a woman meet in a park and try to make small talk feel comfortable.

Director: Todd Lampe

Producer: Erin Rose Widner

Writer: Marcy Kennedy

Contact: todd@precipiceproductions.com

Prioritaire

(Romance / United States / Digital Beta / 4 minutes)

A series of letters written in two young people’s non-native language allows for a relationship to develop that could otherwise have not.

Director / Producer / Writer: Leah Dieterich

Contact: leahdieterich@gmail.com

Akaroa

(Drama / United States / Digital Beta / 7 minutes)

Eric, is infatuated with Efrat. They work and live together with Vince, at a restaurant in the small town of Akaroa, New Zealand, during tourist season. Eric learns that disappointment can be more liberating than getting what he wants.

Director / Producer / Writer: Kelsey Johnson

Contact: kelsey_michael_johnson@hotmail.com

Love Untitled

(Experimental / United States / Digital Beta / 4 minutes)

A night in Brooklyn.

Director / Producer / Writer: Michele Castagnetti

Contact: acrylicairlines@hotmail.com

Return to Sender

(Comedy / United States / 35mm / 26 minutes)

This short film is a romantic comedy that pushes the envelope…literally. It’s about a mailman, named Charlie Stamp, who believes the girl of his dreams is this girl on his route, named Julia. Everyday when he delivers her mail he tries to tell her how he feels, but his insecurities and lack of confidence always get the better of him.

Directors / Writers / Producers: David Lucky and Sara Lucky

Contact: davidlucky@hotmail.com

Hershel and Emily

(Comedy / United States / Beta SP / 22 minutes)

Hershel stands up a blind date. The next day he learns his date died the night they were supposed to go out. Will he use the opportunity to take advantage of her grieving sister or confess and face the consequences?

Director / Writer:  Daniel Muller

Producer: Joe Zarske

Contact: danielsmuller@gmail.com

50 Miles to Vegas

(Drama / United States / Digital Beta / 10 minutes)

Stopped at a diner outside of Las Vegas, a young man sits at a crossroads in his life. As he ponders the future, a chance encounter with a beautiful stranger leads to an adventure across the desert.

Director / Writer: Michael Hartman

Producers: Nathan Shepard and Michael Hartman

Contact: hartmanc4@gmail.com