SATURDAY JULY 22, 3:15PM
PROGRAM 13
SHORTLIST
Champion
USA / Drama / 13 minutes
Director/Writer: Kim J.Y. Han
Producer: D.J. Jiang, Diana Ward
Cast: Erin Yoonsuh Choi, Jacob Hojin Kim, Flora Jiwu Hwang
It's 1997, and 9-year-old Jimin just moved to California. Despite her mother’s imploring, Jimin refuses to speak to her father who stayed behind in Korea.
Nana
USA / Drama / 9 minutes
Director/Writer: Maryna Bogdan
Producer: Rob Harmon, Maryna Bogdan
Cast: Laura Bollinger, Robert Fleet, Netanel Braun
An elderly woman unexpectedly reconnects with her old flame and now must decide between holding onto the past or pursuing a second chance at love.
La Snob
USA / Drama / 20 minutes
Director/Writer: Kristina Lauren Anderson
Producer: Jerad Anderson, Jimmy Warden, Samara Weaving
Cast: Samara Weaving, Gustaf Skarsgard, Elle Lorraine
Set in 1542, Marguerite de La Rocque was judged and labeled by the French aristocracy as a snob, but after she is stranded on The Isle of Demons, Marguerite breaks free of the stereotypes that have defined her. Based on a real woman who became a legend.
All In
USA / Drama / 15 minutes
Director/Writer: Dusan Brown
Producer: Kexian Li (James Lee), Joyce Kelly-Brown
Cast: Dusan Brown, Rolando Boyce, Daniel Chernish
When an enterprising teen is left with seemingly insurmountable debt by his unscrupulous, late father, he must play poker to either make the money back and save what's left of his family... or die trying.
Carcass
USA / Drama / 17 minutes
Director: Eric Wang Schwager
Writer: Eric Wang Schwager, Cyrus Yalda
Producer: Haley Beasley, Brenden Hubbard
Cast: Phrederic Semaj, Alpha Miknas, Peter Larney
Gabriel, a medieval executioner and outcast, seeks redemption from the monster he has become when he is called upon to behead a young man.
The Garden
USA / Drama / 12 minutes
Director: Michael J. Murphy
Writer: Nakoa DeCoite, Michael J. Murphy
Producer: Mark Cockfield
Cast: Nakoa DeCoite, Jordyn Denning, Cameron Cowperthwaite
A UFC fighter is given the opportunity to go pro, but while out celebrating he gets into a street fight and accidentally kills a man.
At Home
Canada / Drama / 4 minutes
Director/Writer: Jon Joffin
Producer: Brian Dick
Cast: Bree Bryant, Jon Bryant
An old man remembers the joyous moments of his life