FRIDAY AUGUST 7, 3:15 PM
PROGRAM 41
Regal NOHO West
Into the Book
USA | Drama | 15 minutes
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Director/Writer: Sarah Chang Tadayon
Producer: Sarah Chang Tadayon, Briana Walden, Veronica Sixtos
Cast: Ava Amores, Veronica Sixtos, Andrea Sixtos
In this gothic fantasy musical, when her broken home becomes too much to bear, a lonely child is transported into the magical world of her fairy tale book.
Redemption Coin
USA | Sci-fi | 17 minutes
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Director/Writer: Tyjuan Slaughter
Producer: Tyjuan Slaughter
Cast: Tyjuan Slaughter, L.A. Williams, Dominique Nicole
A gifted young lawyer, Monte, takes on a case that hits a little too close to home, setting him on a powerful journey of redemption, truth, and healing, linked to a mysterious family heirloom more powerful than he could imagine.
Catalina
USA | Sci-fi | 31 minutes
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Director/Writer: Martin Russell Johnson
Producer: Martin Russell Johnson, David Mahmoudieh, Rippin Sindher
Cast: Dempsey Pappion, Sheila Cutchlow, Eddie Blackwell Williams
As a militarized force hunting AI fraud closes in, a desperate son races to save his dying mother by transferring her consciousness into an illegal android named Catalina.
The Last Encore
USA | Drama | 17 minutes
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Director/Writer: T. Hayes
Producer: Cameron John Lewis, Airis Aaron, Imani Waters
Cast: EK Harris, Virigina Trent, Obriella Witron
On the run from a bloodthirsty regime, a defiant musician
forces his ex to face the song she buried, the love they lost, and
the daughter who still listens.
We Never Sleep
USA | Horror | 13 minutes
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Director/Writer: Rashan Mines, Ren-Horng Wang
Producer: Jessica Mathews, Rashan Mines, Ren-Horng Wang
Cast: Mellisa Goodwin, Tyler Courtad
We Never Sleep is a satirical horror film born from conversations about the fear, shame, and public judgment embedded in modern digital culture. The story follows a young woman haunted by a supernatural entity reflecting the consequences of silence, vulnerability, and the pressure to present perfection.