
SUNDAY JULY 20, 2:45 PM
PROGRAM 24

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.