TUESDAY
JULY 26, 3:15PM
PROGRAM 28
SHORTLIST
Worthless
USA / Drama / 9 minutes
Director: Nikola Kitanovski
Writer: Sharon Paul, Kenneth Carter
Producer: Kenneth Carter, Nikola Kitanovski, Rex Glensy
Cast: Ross Forte, Sharon Paul, Martin Thompson, Nick Waaland, Vivian Rubio
On the surface, Cody Ryan has it all. Good looks, a successful career, and all the trimmings of a good life. But underneath lies a darkness that Cody must face in order to really start living.
El Paso 11:55
USA / Drama / 19 minutes
Director/Writer: Keith Jardine
Producer: Keith Jardine
Cast: Keith Jardine, Brendan Fehr, Tait Fletcher, Cowboy Cerrone
A man carrying a dangerous bag seems to be in way over his head when he's confronted by an array of colorful and dangerous characters.
Cure
USA / Drama / 20 minutes
Director/Writer: Tianyu Tina Gu
Producer: Jiarui Guo, Lakme Iyengar, Esther Regen
Cast: Yi Liu, Eric J Zheng, Rayve Zen, Xinyao Lin
THE CAPITAL 2029: An alternative world where every citizen is imprinted with a barcode. Anyone, who wants to fight against this National Surveillance System, is either fled or jailed. A wounded prisoner escapes. He looks for help in a community hidden from THE CAPITAL.
Desert Dream
USA / Drama / 20 minutes
Director: Jiayu Liu
Writer: Jiayu Liu, Daniel Cubitt
Producer: Junho Park, Yuky Shen
Hyunsoo is an exchange student in America. He comes to America with an imaginary image of the country. Rather than seeing the reality of modern American small town life, he inhabits an imagined world where he is a cowboy living in the badlands. His quirky fantasy leads him into trouble and he faces a deportation from the land of his dream. Desert Dream captures his final adventure in America.
Stupid Cupid
USA / Drama / 11 minutes
Director: Marco Bottiglieri
Writer: Ashley Maure Felkner
Producer: Ashla Soter
Cast: Skyler Bible, Ashley Maure Felkner, Jessica Legrair
A woman has a date with fate.