
SUNDAY JULY 23, 7:45PM
PROGRAM 20
SHORTLIST

Closing Time
USA / Drama / 17 minutes
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Director/Writer: Russell Goldman
Producer: Jake Katofsky, Liz Maupin
Cast: Caleb Foote, Terry Hu, Demi Adejuyigbe
An estranged friend surprises his old college buddies with an unusual reunion.

Backlog
USA / Drama / 18 minutes
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Director/Writer: Jacqueline Elyse Rosenthal
Producer: Robin Wang, Marian Cook, Josh Powell
Cast: Jill Renner, Avis Murphy, Natalie Woodard
The true story of a young collegiate woman who tried to find justice for three years for her shelved rape kit—only to become the key witness in the Senate hearing to end the rape kit backlog. Can she trust the system that betrayed her?

A Bad Romance
USA / Comedy / 14 minutes
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Director/Writer: Bex Bradshaw
Producer: Stephanie Bignault, Han Yan
Cast: Katie Hall, L.A. Williams, Beau Marie
When Maggie, a love-starved hopeless romantic, meets Melvin, a double dealing loser in an online forum for the lovers of classic romantic cinema, she's hopeful he’s her real life Romeo.

Fancy Dan
USA / Comedy / 6 minutes
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Director/Writer: Andrew Jasperson
Producer: Will Robdell, Guss Murray
Cast: Anthony Guerino, Alyssa School
Two Ventriloquist Dummies fall for each other at a dive bar, forcing their operators to play wingmen, until an unexpected tragedy reveals the true feelings at play.

Backlogged
USA / Drama / 8 minutes
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Director/Writer: Keena Ferguson
Producer: Greg Osayunde
Cast: LaNisa Frederick
How far is too far? A woman's past decision tears her family apart when she is forced to see her past actions as criminal.

Hospitality
USA / Suspense / 6 minutes
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Director: Mike Williams
Writer: Jason Rothberg
Producer: Mike Williams, Jason Rothberg
Cast: Nell Sherman, Jesi Le Rae, Stephen Friedrich
Two small time crooks in a tumultuous relationship collide with another, far more experienced and violent couple on-the-run, during a home invasion gone wrong.

I'm On Fire
USA / Drama / 24 minutes
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Director: Michael Spiccia
Writer: Tom Bean, David Stern
Producer: Thomas R Burke, Isabel Stanfield, David Zander
Cast: Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Lillo Brancato, James DiGiacomo
It’s summer. Danny’s twelve, drifting into adolescence, just getting interested in girls, with no idea how to talk to them. He spends his days making mixtapes that he trades with his cousin Luca.