SUNDAY
JULY 24, 1:00PM
PROGRAM 15
SHORTLIST
A Home Invasion
USA / Thriller / 8 minutes
Director: Maddie Downes
Writer: Evan Marshall, Maddie Downes
Producer: Jessica Bishop, Aaron Hammersley, Evan Marshall, Maddie Downes, Laila Archuleta
Cast: Evan Marshall, Jessica Bishop, Scoober
A bitter couple's marital turmoil turns into a perverse standoff when they unite to defend their home from an intruder at any cost.
String of Fate
USA / Fantasy / 15 minutes
Director/Writer: Bruce Chiu
Producer: Sotida Arpon, Dylan Chow
Cast: Larry Leong, Hana Wu, Ran Wei, Viet Dang, Dylan Chow
To save his dying wife from the curse, Luke must train himself and go back in time to kill his wife's past self, a deadly assassin.
Kevin
USA / Comedy / 9 minutes
Director/Writer: Sheri Effres
Producer: Sheri Effres, Gary Rake
Cast: Billy Vera, Sheri Effres, Cal Gibson, Malcolm Kelner, Ryan Q. Tran
Cal reluctantly attends a memorial for his eccentric neighbor's loved one.
Memoir of a Lonely Cloud
USA / Drama / 18 minutes
Director/Writer: Yeajoon Cho
Producer: Yeajoon Cho, Christian Kamaal, Zander Padget, Peter Filimaua
Cast: Anna Greene, Charles Curtice
After attempting suicide, a young woman contemplates trying the deed again – until she meets a young man with a strange vigor for life, in turn teaching her to love her own. But little does she know that his time left is limited...
Dominate
USA / Drama / 6 minutes
Director/Writer: Kateryna Kurganska Gorbanov
Producer: Don John
Cast: Cynthia Aldrich, Erin Grant
An abused woman finds empowerment through a very unlikely and strange occurrence at a hair salon.
The Studio Assistant
USA / Drama / 14 minutes
Director/Writer: Glenn Kimball
Producer: Katrina Rotondo, Glenn Kimball
Cast: Leila Almas Rose, Toni Romano, Nicole Pasquale, Patrick Perlaky
The wishful assistant to a prominent painter plots her revenge when the painter claims credit for the assistant’s stunning creations.
Lift
USA / Drama / 23 minutes
Director/Writer: Charles Burmeister
Producer: Rose Donahue
Cast: Mark Kelly, Leonora Pitts
A struggling actor, who works as a late-night Lyft driver to support his young family, finds himself fighting for survival so that he can return to the difficult home life that, only an hour ago, he wished he could escape.