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TUESDAY JULY 25, 1:00PM 
PROGRAM 27

SHORTLIST
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The Magic Words
USA / Drama / 8 minutes

Director/Writer: Jeffrey Limoncelli

Cast: Rhys Jackson Becker, Leo Brien

Just before his First Communion, a devout Catholic boy rehearses a major Bible reading — until his brazen bully shows up with a surprise.

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Behind That Vacant Look
USA / Drama / 28 minutes

Director/Writer: Andrew Han

Producer: David Cahill, Giovanna Vicini

Cast: Tae Hee Chang, Sung Sim

BEHIND THAT VACANT LOOK is a contemplative, poignant short following Steven, a young Korean-American man, as he struggles with the weight of his headstrong grandfather’s sudden diagnosis with Alzheimer’s disease.

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To The Lights
USA / Drama / 17 minutes

Director/Writer: Emily Ji-Ae Kim

Producer: Jesse Gi, Lindsay Wolf, Emily Kim

Cast: Alyssa Kim, Jongman Kim, Caleb Jeon

When a young girl is faced with a chance to escape North Korea, she must confront her loving father devoted to his nation.

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Work Life
USA / Comedy / 13 minutes

Director: Kevin Ung

Writer: Matthew Stewart

Producer: Raphael Buisson Enlas, Kateryna Kurganska Gorbanov

Cast: Mary Ann Pianka, Sam Masto, Sam Masto

Four corporate co-workers unknowingly cross paths during a chaotic weekend that leaves their lives intertwined through improbable twists of fate.

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Catching the Bus
USA / Comedy / 8 minutes

Director: Sean Branney

Writer: Rebecca Wackler, Eddie Levi Lee

Producer: Wackler Wellness, Rebecca Wackler

Cast: Jeff Doucette, Rebecca Wackler, Tina Preston

Being fed up with seeing the elderly as the butt of fart jokes, sex jokes, and taking forever to cross the street jokes in American cinema and television, writing partners Eddie Levi Lee and Rebecca Wackler decided to write their own version of being old in the USA. 

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Morendo
USA / Drama / 8 minutes

Director: Brandon Hill

Writer: Zachary Patterson

Producer: Lydia Gallegos

Cast: Dareionte' Kinder, Nicole Shadi Tchounga, Frederick Irvin

When the son of a prolific jazz composer must take care of his dying father overnight, he attempts to reconnect with his estranged dad by writing his final piano ballad in their last moment together.

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Candy House
USA / Drama / 10 minutes

Director: Yiqing Hu

Writer: Yiqing Hu, Preston T. Francis

Producer: Austin Mack, Romario Norvil

Cast: Shauna Couch, Nicholas Garabedian, Nicholas Garabedian

Emma visits a candy house to meet a love-transferring magician with hopes of winning her crush's heart. However, she got trapped in an endless love cycle.

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