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SUNDAY JULY 23, 7:45PM 
PROGRAM 20

SHORTLIST
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Closing Time
USA / Drama / 17 minutes

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.

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Backlog
USA / Drama / 18 minutes

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?

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A Bad Romance
USA / Comedy / 14 minutes

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. 

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Fancy Dan
USA / Comedy / 6 minutes

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.

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Backlogged
USA / Drama / 8 minutes

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.

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Hospitality
USA / Suspense / 6 minutes

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.

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I'm On Fire
USA / Drama / 24 minutes

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.

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