Thursday, July 18, 9:55 pm
Program 9
@ Laemmle NOHO

Here in the Dark
United States / Drama / 24 mins
Director/Writer: Gabriel Saint
Producer: Richard E. Lambert, Derrick Denicola
Cast: Maddisyn Carter, Nancy Linehan Charles, Derrick Denicola
Shelley and Jack's relationship is threatened when they move into a new apartment with a dark history and causes Shelley to begin sleepwalking.

Pig
United States / Horror Comedy/ 8 mins
Director/Writer: Evan Powers
Writer: Bryce McGuire, Evan Powers
Producer: Nicole Holloway, Evan Powers
Cast: Aaron LaPlante, Lindsey Rose Naves, C.J. Vana
A self-conscious psychopath struggles with his body image while terrorizing a group of unsuspecting campers.

Bleeding, Kansas
United States / Drama / 15 mins
Director: Daniel Lafrentz
Writer: Chris Grillot, Ezra Herz
Producer: Griff Jones, Geoffroy Faugerolas
Cast: Linc Hand, McKinley Belcher, Mark McCullough
A pair of mismatched U.S. Marshals – a reformed outlaw and a free man of color – is sent to the Kansas frontier to uncover the fate of a Marshal who went missing while escorting a member of a notorious gang to his hanging. But when the Marshals find the condemned man alone and barely alive, the obvious answers don’t hold water and all the evidence points to something much darker and more sinister.

Just A Drill
United States / Drama / 11 mins
Director/Writer: Julianne Donelle
Producer: Sabrina Stoll, Megan Jordan
Cast: Sally Pressman, Jackson Pace, D.J. Blickenstaff
Determined to follow the rules in an active shooter drill, an overworked teacher in an underfunded classroom battles the impossible choices a leader must make when the drill becomes a horrifying reality.

Evelyn x Evelyn
United States / Drama / 14 mins
Director/Writer: Eric Pumphrey
Writer: Nathan Adloff, Trudy Shelf, Lucy Sullivan, Dari Burkett
Producer: Angelo Pullen, Tommy Savas, Luke Baybak
Cast: Natalie Paul, Jocko Sims
Set in 1956, an African American couple struggles with the death of their child.
With Evelyn, her depression is dramatized and amplified by the use of an ever-increasing Greek chorus (played by multiple African American women). As her sorrow grows, so do the amount of women representing her emotions.

Moth
United States / Drama / 17 mins
Director/Writer: Shu Zhu
Writer: G. Wilson, Shu Zhu
Producer: Shincy Lu, Shincy Lu
Cast: Jeanie Lim
An Asian-American actress struggles to revive her career in the sexually commodified entertainment industry. In the wake of an impending transformation, we observe the banality of her daily routine as her mental state slowly deteriorates.

Love You Tyler
United States / Comedy / 9 mins
Director: Ari Itkin, Devon Diffenderfer
Writer: Devon Diffenderfer
Producer: Devon Diffenderfer, Julia Faller
Cast: Devon Diffenderfer, Ryan Pater
When Luke starts to talk about his new girlfriend, Tyler, who happens to have the same name and career as his roommate, things get a little awkward.

'Til Death
United States / Dramedy / 7 mins
Director/Writer: Asha Flowers
Producer: Efuru Flowers, Patrick Pierre
Cast: Tamala Jones, Sherman Augustus
After killing his wife, a man learns he will be haunted by her extremely angry and unforgiving ghost for the rest of his life.