
FRIDAY JULY 25, 7:45 PM
PROGRAM 55

Seeking Sugar
USA | Drama | 19 minutes
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Director/Writer: Sam Coppola
Producer: Faoilean Cosgrove, Nick Harper, Ethan Hahn
Cast: Jeannie Elise Mai, John O'Hurly, Molly B. Thomas
After Baby's best friend Gigi, dies, Baby takes her place as the head girlfriend of a group of sugar babies working for Billionaire Arnold Harris. Baby struggles to grapple with her role in Gigi's death and how to move forward without her.

Before They Joined Us
Canada | Drama | 9 minutes
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Director/Writer: Arshile Khanjian Egoyan
Producer: Arshile Khanjian Egoyan
Cast: Lorie Berberian, Ava Andreakos, Linda Gizirian-Karam
The manifest danger a young Taline escapes during the Lebanese Civil War is subsumed by the psychological threat of the end of the world as predicted by her aunts in Montreal, Canada.

The Ballad Of Isabel Winslow
USA | Drama | 16 minutes
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Director/Writer: Jeffrey Cohen
Producer: Teferi Dejene
Cast: Nathan Vincenti, Robert Hadlock, Shelley Q
In 18th century England, penniless con artists Isabel Winslow and John Banterbury scheme to rig a high-stakes card game against the fiery young aristocrat Lord Benedict. As tensions rise, the con spirals into a lethal fencing duel, where betrayal and deception threaten to destroy them all.

I Came with Earrings
USA | Drama | 11 minutes
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Director: Jonathan Caren
Writer: Jonathan Caren, Hahn Ponder
Producer: Andrew Carlberg, Toby Louie
Cast: Hahn Ponder, Bebe Neuwirth, Marcia DeBonis
This is a personal story inspired by the real-life video that Hahn Ponder uploaded to YouTube intended for her unknown birth mom in Vietnam…. It all begins when Leah’s adoptive mom gifts her a pair of diamond earrings that force her to overcome more than just a brown belt test.

People & Things
Poland | Drama | 20 minutes
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Director: Damian Kosowski
Producer: Jerzy Kapuściński, Magdalena Tomanek
During two days, Olena will not only find out if her husband is alive, but in addition to confronting the past, she also will be faced with the most important one - the present.

Homecoming
USA | Drama | 20 minutes
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Director: Quinn Sheehan-Hipple
Writer: Quinn Sheehan-Hipple, Oliver Heffron
Producer: Corrine Dye, Stephen Fitzgibbon
Cast: Felix Mallard, Zoe Bullock, Camilla Monet
1970s. It’s been six years since the disappearance of Tom Winters, the son of the Winters family, a notoriously rich family living in upstate New York. Barbara Winters, the matriarch of the family, mourns the loss of her son and recent death of her husband. She wishes to move on with her life by selling the family business, a once-great corporation in decline.

Whispers A Julian Lennon Retrospective
USA | Documentary | 11 minutes
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Director: Anna Mak Civetta
Producer: Anna Mak Civetta
Whispers: A Retrospective” offers an intimate look at the inspiration behind nearly 200 breathtaking images, revealing the stories and emotions that define his artistry. A stunning tribute to creativity, this documentary invites you to see the world through Julian’s lens in a way that will move and inspire.