Monday, July 22, 7:45 pm
Program 28
@ Laemmle NOHO

Crush
United States / Drama / 16 mins
Director/Writer: Heather Harris
Producer: Kaitlyn Berry, Adam Makary
Cast: Kat Fairaway, Paige Herschell
Crush is a psychological thriller that centers on a writer named Greyson Michelson who is trying to move forward from her past suicide attempt. When the Suicide Survivors Association reaches out to Greyson to ask her to write a speech about her past struggles, Greyson uses the opportunity to try to move beyond what happened.

José
United States / Drama / 15 mins
Director/Writer: Tomas Gomez Bustillo
Producer: Maor Azran
Cast: Pepe Serna, Janice Robinson
When a young pregnant girl knocks on his repair shop door desperate for help, Jose will have to face his demons and risk his parole in order to get her to safety.

The Stew
United States / Drama / 9 mins
Director/Writer: Chris Wood
Producer: Corey Moosa
Cast:​ Melissa Benoist, Carlos Valdes
A husband and wife stubbornly solider on through an unhappy marriage, despite the poison their relationship has become. THE STEW is an offbeat comedy simmering with passive-aggression and absurdity in a stylized 1970s world, reminding us of a very important lesson: what you put out into the world will always find its way back to you.

Mr The Fastest
United States / Drama / 23 mins
Director/Writer: Anton du Preez
Writer: Kane Senes
Producer: Anton du Preez, Kane Senes
Cast: Deon Lotz, Soli Philander, Dillon Windwogel
MR THE FASTEST is a comedy set in a small town about an ex-car racer who must confront his past and face a new challenger in order to stop his daughter from going down the same path he did.

The Get Together
United States / Comedy / 13 mins
Director/Writer: Caitlin Dahl
Producer: Melinda Dahl, India Dupre
Cast: Melinda Dahl, Gigi Bermingham, Cameron Dye, Lance Guest
A wholesome middle-aged couple from Rhode Island have been invited over to a very successful and eccentric Hollywood record producer’s house with his much younger wife to plan the wedding of their children. As the two couples start to get to know each other, their difference seem to melt away with the help of accidentally injected edible marijuana.

Our Home Here
United States / Drama / 16 mins
Director/Writer: Angela Chen
Producer: Xinlei "Summer" Yang
Cast: Dianne Doan, Brandon Soo Hoo, Raquenel (Maria Raquenel Portillo)
Parallel stories of broken relationships between parents and their children striving for the American Dream all revolving around one explosive night at a fast food joint.