SUNDAY AUGUST 2, 7:45 PM
PROGRAM 18
Laemmle NOHO
Witch's Lament
USA | Drama | 11 minutes
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Director: Yiding Wang
Writer: Yiding Wang, Shihui Zhong
Producer: Hanyi Elsa Li, Marc Sternberg
Cast: Monia Ayachi
During rehearsals for a witch-trial play, Martha playing a “pregnant accused woman” begins to break under mounting pressure, and her unraveling grip on reality turns the staged judgment into something terrifyingly real.
The Old Man and the Barber
USA | Drama | 12 minutes
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Director: Nima Fakhrara
Writer: Nima Fakhrara, Dadyar Vakili
Producer: Ali Mashayekhi, Kico Verlarde, Joanna Velarde
Cast: Mahmoud Behrouzian, Dadyar Vakili, Niousha Noor
An old man walks into a quiet barbershop and begins sharing the story of his life. As memory and identity slip, a simple haircut becomes a quiet meditation on aging, legacy, and the need to be heard before we’re forgotten.
Dead Right
USA | Comedy | 14 minutes
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Director/Writer: Holden Ciel Sawyer
Producer: Vince Garcia, Silvia Carver
Cast: Holden Ciel Sawyer, Laura Patalano, Ximena Medina
“Dead Right” is a love letter to history and Latinx Icons, a prestige drama with a touch of magical realism!
Genesis & The Seeds
USA | Sci-Fi | 11 minutes
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Director: Rowdy Stephens
Writer: Liam Buckley
Producer: Jaime Cortez
Cast: Jamela Asha, Sharon Blynn, Mark Bowen
Hundreds of thousands of years ago, a suffering humanity lived on Mars. Genesis, a rogue cosmic dreamer, pushes to send two humans to Earth with strong hopes of preserving humanity’s grace.
subURB
USA | Drama | 15 minutes
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Director/Writer: Aurora Jimenez
Producer: Josslyn Glenn
Cast: Angeli Zaldivar, Luis Felipe Tovar, Isabella Feliciana
After moving to a middle class neighborhood, Ruby notices the glaring differences between her old impoverished one and suburbia’s look and feel. She becomes conscious of other teens’ reaction to the neighborhood being less starry-eyed than she is.
Floored
USA | Comedy | 10 minutes
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Director: Emily Alpren, Marchelle Bradanini
Writer: Emily Alpren
Producer: Simone Kirlew
Cast: Mara Wilson, Sheila Carrasco, Ben Guerens
A comedy about women's rage.
The Sale
USA | Comedy | 10 minutes
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Directo: Jaime Zevallos
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