WEDNESDAY JULY 24, 5:30 PM
PROGRAM 39
The Pier
USA / Drama / 11 minutes
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Director/Writer: Winnie Kemp
Producer: Winnie Kemp, Chica Barbosa
Cast: Tiffany Chu, Alex Kemp
In a future world where efficiency and utilitarianism rules over all, one of the last humans on earth is sent back in time to steal a lost work of art considered the most beautiful painting of all time. Inspired by Chris Marker’s 1962 masterpiece, La Jetee, THE PIER is an experimental short film that explores both the limitations and limitless imagination of artificial intelligence in storytelling by utilizing AI creative tools in the production process.
HOME
USA / Drama / 16 minutes
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Director/Writer: Al Chang
Producer: Ruby Chang, Al Chang
Cast: Theresea Bome Kim, Angie Jho Lee, Kang Kim
Seo-won navigates a fragmented reality filled with emotional encounters and haunting memories, seeking solace and clarity in her search for home.
Any Sign At All
USA / Drama / 9 minutes
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Director/Writer: Faryl Amadeus
Producer: Kim Griffin, Becca Flinn White
Cast: Jeanine Mason, Katy Sullivan
Clutching at straws and running on fumes, a desperate young woman’s indecision about the future of her unborn child has her looking for signs from the universe. Stranded at a crossroads, will the future finally reveal its plan?
Flatters
USA / Drama / 12 minutes
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Director: Dennis L Flippin
Writer: Doug Wyckoff
Producer: Doug Wyckoff, Teresa Wyckoff, Mike Sena
Cast: Doug Wyckoff Wyckoff, Teresa Wyckoff
Georgia organized a group to travel to the ends of the earth. She wants to prove once and for all that the earth is flat.
Irma
USA / Drama / 13 minutes
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Director/Writer: Roger Torres
Producer: Phateka Malahleha, Melissa Valdiviezo
Cast: Maria Jimena Gastelum, Christina Mauro, Jazmene Valenzuela
When Melissa’s unstable mother Irma tries to break into her new home, she must decide if protecting herself and her daughter is worth the price of abandoning her mother forever.
Jeremy
USA / Drama / 30 minutes
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Director: Chloe Mondesir
Writer: Paquita Hughes
Producer: Paquita Hughes
Cast: Duane Finley, Sushana Watkis, Caroline Onwuzu
Loyalty is tested in the streets of a small, factory town when a beloved local man, Jeremy, begins to develop a close bond with an outsider possessing deep pockets, upsetting the brotherly bond he shares with Zaybo, his childhood best friend, who also happens to be the most dangerous yet respected man in the city