MONDAY AUGUST 10, 1:00 PM
PROGRAM 55
Regal NOHO West

Whispers
USA | Drama | 5 minutes
Director/Writer: Jeana Marie
Producer: Jeana Marie, Spencer Gordon
Cast: Alina Sunoo, Jack Skyler
A client discovers a secret during a reading with a psychic.

Love You, Mom
USA | Drama | 14 minutes
Director/Writer: Alfred Vonhundley
Producer: Alfred Vonhundley
Cast: Kewin Molina, D'nez Baker, Ella Stichler
Love You, Mom is a heartfelt exploration of the relationship between parent and child. It follows as 27 year old Alex is pulled through his childhood memories, forced to understand those quite sacrifices which shaped his life.

A Bench for Darren
USA | Drama | 16 minutes
Director/Writer: Kade Alexie
Producer: Kade Alexie
Cast: Toni Robinson-May, Kim Boganey, Kade Alexie
At the unveiling of a memorial bench for her late husband, Sylvia leans on her church family and adult children as old wounds resurface. Her daughter Jessica, battling alcoholism, lashes out and confronts painful truths about her father, while her son Marcus, living with agoraphobia, struggles to stay present in the world outside his home. Over the course of one fraught afternoon, the family reckons with grief, faith, and long-buried resentments, discovering the fragile bonds that still hold them together.

Seven to Light
USA | Drama | 10 minutes
Director: Jonathan Caren
Writer: Jonathan Caren, Hahn Ponder
Producer: Andrew Carlberg, Toby Louie
Cast: Hahn Ponder, Bebe Neuwirth, Marcia DeBonis
This is a personal story inspired by the real-life video that Hahn Ponder uploaded to YouTube intended for her unknown birth mom in Vietnam…. It all begins when Leah’s adoptive mom gifts her a pair of diamond earrings that force her to overcome more than just a brown belt test.

The Bee
USA | Drama | 16 minutes
Director/Writer: Ben Rejzer
Producer: Gabrielle LeBlanc
Cast: Gabrielle LeBlanc
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Recall
USA | Drama | 11 minutes
Director: Kent Faulcon
Writer: Jamie Nieto
Producer: Jamie Nieto
Cast: Jamie Nieto, Andrew Bowen
Paralyzed and desperate for answers, David has spent years trying to contact UFOs, convinced they hold the key to his healing. With the help of his loyal but skeptical friend Mark, he sends one final transmission — and this time, the universe answers.

Three and A Half
USA | Drama | 18 minutes
Director/Writer: Pengcheng Gao
Producer: Chenyang Wang
Cast: Jingbei Bai, Ying Xie, Harley Lee
Anran, an 18-year-old boy, recently lost his father, Guangsheng. Before his father passed away, he expressed his wish to be buried alongside his first deceased child, Pengfei. Although Anran was reluctant because he felt his father loved the first child more, he still sought out his father's ex-wife, Mei, to discuss the possibility of fulfilling his father's wish.
