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FRIDAY JULY 21, 10:00PM 
PROGRAM 11

SHORTLIST
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Priority Boarding
USA / Comedy / 10 minutes

Director: Jaime Zevallos

Writer: David Bass

Producer: Adam Feingold

Cast: Anel Lopez Gorham, Gwendolyn Smith

Ultra-woke Gamma Airlines fumbles repeatedly as it gives priority boarding status to historically marginalized groups – passengers with disabilities, women seeking abortions, BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ passengers, even women named "Karen.”

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Indulgence
USA / Drama / 16 minutes

Director/Writer: Bruce Chiu

Producer: Sotida Arpon, Wunna Myothein, Chrissy Aung

Cast: Chrissy Aung, Russell Hornsby

When Christine, a transgender woman, realizes she has been mentally manipulated by her abusive boyfriend, she must overcome her internal struggle and stand up for herself.

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Breakup Text
USA / Drama / 14 minutes

Director/Writer: Elizabeth Baudouin

Producer: Elizabeth Baudouin, Natalie Shirinian, Amanda Kozlowski

Cast: Natalie Shirinian, Amanda Grace Jenkins, Hend Baghdady

When Milla’s fiancé, Evie, suddenly leaves her, she must face the reality that their relationship is really over this time. 

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Night Swim
USA / Drama / 6 minutes

Director: Grace Potter, Emily Potter

Writer: Grace Potter, Eloise McEniry

Producer: Greer Stanley, Chad Werner

Cast: Phoebe Voss, Ryan Robinson

Night Swim is a soft and sweet queer love story that showcases the beginnings of falling for someone that feel really important. The fears and vulnerability and the joy when someone sees you fully.

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Last First Kiss
USA / Drama / 14 minutes

Director/Writer: Kacy Boccumini

Cast: Jazz Pierre, Lindsay Kopit, Sunday Jupiter

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Nana Dara is Gay
USA / Comedy / 8 minutes

Director: Andrea Maxwell

Writer: Tammy Lynne Stoner, Andrea Maxwell

Producer: Theresa Gallagher, Diana C. Zollicoffer

Cast: Theresa Burkhart Gallagher, Sheri Mann Stewart, Puppett

No amount of sweet tea and vodka will ease the tension when Nana Dara makes the big announcement to her step-children: the flamboyant, Bible thumping Miss Debbie and her "sister who's a mister", Edna ("Eddie").

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The Model
USA / Drama / 16 minutes

Director: Stephanie Owens

Writer: Cora Vander Broek

Producer: Carina Chavda

Cast: Cora Vander Broek, Helen Sadler, Elaine Rivkin

An aging figure model, pushed to a crisis of identity by her relentless art instructor and ambitious lover in the course of a sitting, must decide if she will remain a still life to please others or risk evolving to please herself.

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June
USA / Comedy / 13 minutes

Director: Lauren Stevens

Writer: Julia Ribas

Producer: Julia Ribas, Karima Karkori, Amy Lyn Williams

Cast: Julia Ribas, Nemi Brooks, Rae Rodriguez

June is a gas-station attendant, withered by the mundaneness of her central-valley life. She has recently come out as bisexual, much to the confusion of her manager Claudia who wants the best for her favorite (and only) employee.

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