FRIDAY JULY 21, 10:00PM
PROGRAM 11
SHORTLIST
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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").
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.
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.