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MONDAY JULY 24, 1:00PM 
PROGRAM 22

SHORTLIST
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Go Dani Go
USA / Drama / 11 minutes

Director: Chelsea Patricia Ramirez

Writer: David Willner

Producer: Trey Sutton, Justine Beed

Cast: Samantha X, Laura Diaz, Karyme Valeriano

A spunky girl helping her mother in the fields must choose between putting soccer or family first.

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Drone
USA / Animation / 15 minutes

Director: Sean Buckelew

Cast: Jim True-Frost, Mo Collins, Finn Wittrock

A malfunction at a CIA press event causes a Predator drone installed with an ethical AI personality to go rogue as it attempts to understand its purpose in the world.

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CrabDance
USA / Drama/ 3 minutes

Director: Zilong Wang

Writer: Zilong Wang, Yuchan Deng

Producer: Melody Sui

Cast: Liesl Kesuma

A girl has grown up so fast when she didn’t even realise it. In the meantime, the place she has been living in has a big change.

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A Long Awaited Conversation.
USA / Drama / 15 minutes

Director/Writer: Connor Haddad

Producer: Justin Winick, Connor Haddad

Cast: Callie Skopelitis, Reid Schmidt

A young man and woman have a difficult conversation over dinner; however, both the reality of their relationship and their surroundings may not be what it seems.

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The Rewrite
USA / Drama / 9 minutes

Director/Writer: Ken Aguado

Producer: David Olano, Guillermo Casarin

Cast: Chris Geere, Chris Webster

Darkly comic noir, set in Hollywood in the late 1940s. A British screenwriter asks his estranged writing partner to read a letter that turns out to be a suicide note. But tempers flare and old wounds re-surface when the estranged partner insists on a major rewrite.

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The Colorblind Detective
USA / Drama / 22 minutes

Director: Darren Kelley, Lucky Atkare

Writer: Darren Kelley

Producer: Darren Kelley

Cast: Darren Kelley, Anne Allaire, Darren Kelley

A modern noir comedy with a different perspective. A visually impaired detective attempts to put right a femme fatale and her simple case, both of which are out of his league.

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Dr. Z and the Fear of Desire
USA / Drama / 12 minutes

Director/Writer: Orhan Ymeri

Producer: Shailene Leventian, Orhan Ymeri

Cast: Kesia Brooke, Michael Claridge

In this suspenseful tale, a young hitman named Donald reaches out to Dr. Z, a seasoned therapist, for help in dealing with the guilt he feels after an accident during one of his jobs. Intrigued by his case, Dr. Z becomes increasingly involved with Donald's work, ultimately leading him to take on another job.

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