THURSDAY JULY 20, 3:15PM
PROGRAM 3
SHORTLIST
Folsom
USA / Drama / 21 minutes
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Director/Writer: Marlonino Banut
Producer: Urvashi Bhasin, Francisco Simplico
Cast: Evan Francis Mao, Rebecca Gomberg, Michael Hirano Culross
Francis, the lead trumpet of a college jazz band, is paired with his ex-girlfriend, Lani, to perform a duet at the upcoming jazz festival.
Venus of Tomatoes
USA / Drama / 11 minutes
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Director/Writer: Piper Samuels
Producer: Sofia D'Annunzio, Lukas Lane
Cast: LouLou Brazill, Marco Bizio
Penny, a feisty young feminist, is trying to purchase a tomato for her mother. Jude, the smartass store clerk, is too busy sketching his "magnum opus" to bother.
Instant Noodle
USA / Drama / 14 minutes
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Director/Writer: Michelle Sastraatmadja
Producer: Jiayun Li, Nidhi Kulikarni
Cast: Bree Mignano, Jenny Januszewski, Jeff Lawless
Having just lost her Indonesian mother less than a year ago, MARIANNA, a biracial Indonesian woman, comes home to Pasadena for her, Caucasian, DAD's birthday.
Judy-ism
USA / Comedy / 11 minutes
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Director: Emily Lerer
Writer: Emily Nash
Producer: Emily Nash, Sheri Effres, Nicole Friedberg, Sara Appelbaum
Cast: Emily Nash, John Noble Barrack, Jonathan Fishman, Sheri Effres, Stephanie Sherry, Olivia Nielsen, Ruari Marie, Tessa Michaelis
While at her wedding cake tasting, Judy, a self-proclaimed "Jew-ish" woman, tastes a piece of Jewish apple cake and is catapulted back in time to just before her dreaded bat mitzvah in a reverse 13 Going on 30 Jewish nightmare
Mother's Tongue
USA / Drama / 16 minutes
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Director/Writer: D. Wilmos Paul
Producer: Austin Oggletree, Edward Johnson
Cast: Abdoul Lamine, Vivia Armstrong
Junior, an African teenager, ashamed of his accent, enrolls in a creative writing club thinking he can make it through the semester without speaking… until he’s faced with his worst fear.
How to Deal With Fame
USA / Drama / 21 minutes
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Director/Writer: Tiffany Ike
Producer: Noura Alavi, Matthew Morris, Rebecca Murga
Cast: Alexis Peters, Nicole Danielle Watts, Jaquai Wade
A masculine-presenting actress has been given the role of a lifetime as the star in a Broadway-bound production, where she plays a character that dresses and presents quite the opposite of her.