
WEDNESDAY JULY 26, 3:15PM
PROGRAM 33
SHORTLIST

Coping
USA / Comedy / 16 minutes
Director: Kaye Tuckerman
Writer: Mary McDonnell
Producer: Rebecca Knowles
Cast: Rebecca Knowles, Mary McDonnell, Jim O'Hare
How do we cope when our life crumbles around us? Maggie is a type A twenty-something who had her entire life vision boarded from age 7.

Flatulence: The Origin
USA / Sci-Fi / 13 minutes
Director/Writer: Xingyu "Harry" Chen
Producer: "Ella" Xinchen Zhang, "Jessica" Qinyue Luo
Cast: Jesse Stevenson, Adrienne Janic
A troubled corporate employee must complete a special leadership training for his long-awaited promotion after mysteriously gaining the ability to generate lethal farts.

American Sikh
USA / Animation / 10 minutes
Director/Writer: Vishavjit Singh, Ryan Westra
Producer: Vishavjit Singh
Cast: Vishavjit Singh
The animated true story of a turban-wearing American Sikh, who after a lifetime of facing prejudice, self-doubt and violence, finally finds acceptance in a superhero costume.

Mom Is Visiting
USA / Drama / 11 minutes
Director: Meixuan Li
Writer: Dongwon Oh
Producer: Meixuan Li, Bridget Gales, Dallas Gracia, Yuxing Lei, Po Wei Su
Cast: Marina Savoy, Lee Chen
When Ying, a successful voice actor in Los Angeles lets slip to her overbearing mother, Hong that she is pregnant via IVF, Hong decides to spontaneously visit to set her daughter up with a series of blind dates.

Livestream
China / Drama / 30 minutes
Director: Tanxuan Shi, Ziyuan Wang
Writer: Tanxuan Shi
Producer: Ziyuan Wang
Cast: Phoebe Gu, Arena Zhan
Isabella, an out- of- date girl group idol who is experiencing a double crisis of career and age, decides to make a comeback with live-streaming; she plans to become a Chinese head influencer by selling an emerging medical bio-sector fund in North America.