TUESDAY JULY 25, 7:45PM
PROGRAM 30
SHORTLIST
Tsehai
USA / Drama / 15 minutes
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Director: David Ramos, Sarah Shuman
Writer: Sarah Shuman
Producer: Grace Ramos, Sam Reid, Athena Saxon, Hannah Roberson
Cast: Maryna Bennett, Scott Kuza, Mimi Mekonnen
In mid-2000s SoCal, as her auntie’s wedding approaches, a biracial teenager tries to keep the peace between her clashing Ethiopian mother and White American father.
The Buyers
USA / Drama / 8 minutes
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Director: Felicia Manning
Writer: Samantha Wilson
Producer: Felicia Manning, Jessica Barr
Cast: Marissa Pistone, Michele Karpel, Will Roberts
A new homeowner grows suspicious of a neighborly couple eager to help her unpack.
Jackie & Marilyn
USA / Drama / 15 minutes
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Director/Writer: Hollin Haley
Producer: Clark Mathis
Cast: Haley Ramm, Alisha Soper
Jackie & Marilyn is based on the true allegations that Truman Capote arranged a meeting between Jackie Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe the night before the press conference where Marilyn was set to expose her affair with President Kennedy to the entire world.
Mendo's Carousel
USA / Drama / 13 minutes
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Director/Writer: David Michael Maurer
Producer: Laura Boersma, Randy Sosin
Cast: Edi Gathegi, Todd Grinnell, Otmara Marrero
After the death of her father, a troubled young woman robs a dry cleaning shop, but a secret from the past forces her to the precipice of truth and denial.
Rear
USA / Drama / 20 minutes
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Director/Writer: Edward Worthy
Producer: Edward Worthy, Telon Weathington, Danielle Worthy
Cast: Fadhia Carmelle Marcelin, Erika Hoveland Johnson, Christian Coston Payne
When a teacher leaves bruises on a child, an objecting mother unintentionally starts a debate on the use of school corporal punishment in her southern black community.
The Anne Frank Gift Shop
USA / Comedy / 15 minutes
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Director/Writer: Mickey Rapkin
Producer: Noam Dromi, Greg Zekowski
Cast: Ari Graynor, Chris Perfetti, Kate Burton
A dark comedy about anti-Semitism that aims to meet young people where they live. And it’s sadly right on time.