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SUNDAY JULY 20, 2:45 PM 
PROGRAM 24

TICKETS
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Honey Bee
USA | Drama | 18 minutes
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Director: Maggy Torres-Rodriguez

Writer: Desiree Carcamo

Producer: Zade Akkad

Cast: Emily Trujillo, Maynor Alvarado, Alessandra Perez

A father reaches out to his estranged daughter. As his daughter reflects on their history, she struggles with whether to meet her father or not. The memories are both good and bad.

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Abel
USA | Sci-Fi | 12 minutes
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Director/ Writer: Matteo Leva

Producer: Matteo Leva, Colby Parada, Dylan Janson

Cast: Nicholas Storm Barnett, Mary Storm, Ron Bottitta

A medical engineer at a futuristic brain chip company battles between the sanctity of his job and the impending death of his father.

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ReCovering
USA | Drama | 18 minutes
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Directo: Ryan Biel

Producer: Lisa Mamazza

Cast: Vernee Watson, Travis Wolfe Jr.

Omar and Michael are teenage aspiring archeologists who make a discovery meant to be kept from the general public. They grapple with the choice of revealing it to the world for fame and recognition or to keep the discovery hidden, in the name of tradition.

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Kind Mother
USA | Drama | 15 minutes
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Director/Writer: Clare O'Connor

Producer: Emma Sofia Fazzuoli, Clare O'Connor, Geoffrey Prather

Cast: Kristin Carey, Clare O'Connor

​An estranged mother arrives at the silent retreat that her daughter is attending. When the two women engage in an unusual - and fantastical - power struggle, limits are tested, generational trauma is brought to light, and together they must grapple with mortality and forgiveness.

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In Your Dreams
USA | Drama | 14 minutes
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Director/Writer: Chantelle Barry, Shaun Paul Piccinino

Producer: Scott William Whyte, Chantelle Barry, Shaun Paul Piccinino

Cast: Chantelle Barry, Josh Keaton, Nikolai Nikolaeff

After the loss of her father, Adi feels like a stranger in her own life, stuck in a dead-end relationship and disconnected from who she once was. Her only comfort lies in vivid dreams of a man named Lucas—until the day she unexpectedly meets him in real life, forcing her to confront what she’s truly searching for.

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Neuro-Convergent
USA | Sci-Fi | 13 minutes
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Director: Jonathan Shroyer, Joseph Aceves

Writer: Jonathan Shroyer

Producer: Cienna Acevado, Gabriel DiMilo

Cast: Shadia Martin, Sam Huntsman, Cienna Acevado

A technologist (Ruby) uses a self-developed, neuralink-type process to cure her epileptic seizures and stutter, but she pushes the tech too far when she uses it to reduce her boyfriend's shyness and aversion to conflict. Instead of helping, the process turns him into a murderous psychopath.

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