
MONDAY JULY 24, 5:30PM
PROGRAM 24
SHORTLIST

Yellow Wallpaper
USA / Drama / 18 minutes
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Director/Writer: Ricky Rhodes
Producer: Maggie Brown, Walter Haas, Jordan Henderson
Cast: Marina Elana, Quenten Kirby, Allison Shrum
In 1892, a woman suffering from postpartum depression is misdiagnosed with hysteria by her physician husband and forced into the controversial rest cure treatment, where she spirals into madness.

The Plug
USA / Comedy / 11 minutes
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Director: Emma Pasarow
Writer: Anabel Pasarow
Producer: Jordan Cipolla
Cast: Anabel Pasarow, Liz Mitts, Aiyana White
After her ex-boyfriend texts her asking for a drug hookup, Rachel jumps at the chance to help him, going to extraordinary lengths... even though they haven't spoken in months and she doesn't do drugs.

The Next One
USA / Drama / 12 minutes
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Director: Karl Gillick
Writer: Mark Stuver
Producer: Anthia Gillick, Karl Gillick
Cast: Anthia Gillick, Adam Cardon, Slate Douglas
An assassin travels back in time to the 1890’s old-West to prevent the biological event that threatens to destroy her Utopian future. Instead she not only discovers that it’s already happened, but that she is to blame.

Inganmi
USA / Drama / 15 minutes
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Directo: Sara Chung
Writer: Sara Chung, Gina Kim
Producer: Sara Chung, Cailey Beck
Cast: Elizabeth Chung, Grace Chan, Raymond Ko
Time moves slow, fast. A Korean-American woman who chose to follow her dreams now finds herself an undecorated writer at age 32, living a life far from what she had pictured.

The Basics of Love
USA / Drama / 18 minutes
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Director/Writer: Joshua Nathan
Producer: Xixian Wang
Cast: Ashley August, Jake Millgard
After getting caught amidst a robbery on New Year's Eve, Liz and Lefty, co-workers in the city sanitation department, are caught off-guard by feelings for one another that they didn't know they had. Will they work up the courage to tell each other?

Les Câlins Cheaps (Cheap Hugs)
Canada / Drama / 15 minutes
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Director: Sarah Baskin
Writer: Sarah Baskin, Valéry Lessard, Bryan Fitzgerald
Producer: Sarah Baskin, Valéry Lessard, Bryan Fitzgerald
Cast: Miryam Magri, Sarah Baskin, Valéry Lessard
Two strangers, reeling from the loss of their mutual friend, find themselves in an unexpected moment of connection on the streets of Montreal.