THURSDAY JULY 20, 7:45PM
PROGRAM 5
SHORTLIST
Leonetty
USA / Drama / 12 minutes
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Director/Writer: Logan Jackson
Producer: Dante Sims, Eboni Robinson
Cast: Joshua Ikpeama, Avery Jade
New school, new living arrangement, new friends, all things that come with relocation. New Orleans, Louisiana, in a small rural neighborhood which is predominantly African American.
Pick Me Up
USA / Drama / 8 minutes
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Director/Writer: Allison Tolman
Producer: Allison Tolman, Erin Doyle Cooper
Cast: Toby Meuli, Dezi Salinas
When a wayward substitute teacher finds himself in the company of a young boy in the school’s pick up lane at the end of day, he is surprised to find that this chance meeting is exactly what he needed.
Our Boat
France / Drama / 15 minutes
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Director/Writer: Gigi Dia
Producer: Gigi Dia
Cast: Gigi Dia, Susan Elle, Emily Gardt
Los Angeles, CA, 1968. When a French modelʼs fiancé disappears during a sailing trip, her plans for the future are turned on their head.
Pillow Fortress
USA / Drama / 19 minutes
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Director/Writer: Zander Coté
Producer: Jean des Forêts
Cast: Tim Nordwind, Anna Seregina, Alex Karpovsky
When Lana brings her new boyfriend Bart on a visit to Tommy’s house, it doesn’t take long for the two men to realize that they knew each other as young children.
Our Beloved Mephistolic Oak
USA / Drama / 7 minutes
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Director/Writer: Jerome Dustin Marshall
Producer: Ellie Jepperson, Jerome Dustin Marshall
Cast: Loren Hayes, Michelle Timm, Becca Maddy
Being a maid of honor is a real sacrifice.
Bienvenido Juanito
Sweden / Drama / 16 minutes
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Director: Anna Lo Westlin
Writer: David Orantes, Anna Lo Westlin
Producer: Cindy Zhang
Cast: Nitzia Chama, Rocío López, Ricardo Gonzalez
Three years after being separated following an attempted border-crossing, Fernanda is reunited with her 12-year-old son Juan.
Hangman
USA / Drama / 15 minutes
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Director: Megan Brotherton
Writer: Sarah Rodenbaugh, Dayna Schaaf, Sascha Alexander
Producer: Sarah Rodenbaugh, Kelsey Goldberg, Alexander Billet
Cast: Sarah Rodenbaugh, Bonnie Helman, Suzy Nakamura
A recently widowed woman works through the complexities of grief with the help of friends, strangers and Tupperware.