TUESDAY
JULY 26, 8:15PM
PROGRAM 34
SHORTLIST

Dictionary
USA / Drama / 5 minutes
Director/Writer: Elena Viklova
Producer: Elena Viklova, Alexandre Casanova
Cast: Aishwarya Sonar, Mona Sishodia, Sapra
Seven stages of love as experienced by a woman eager to find her own definition of it.

If I Go, Will They Miss Me
USA / Drama / 13 minutes
Director/Writer: Walter Thompson-Hernández
Producer: Stuart Andrew McInyre
Cast: Anthony Harris Jr., Anthony Harris Sr.
On January 14th, 2020, a Delta Airlines Boeing 777 jetliner headed to LAX dumped jet fuel on several Southeast Los Angeles elementary schools. In spite of these dangers, Lil’ Ant’s twelve year old imagination is boundless.

A Ghost Story
USA / Drama / 17 minutes
Director/Writer: Melissa Ann Bruning
Producer: Melissa Ann Bruning, Derek Alan Cecil, Sarah Demeestere
Cast: Derek Alan Cecil, Ed Begley Jr, Adrienne S Wells, Parker Queenan, Clay Searcy
A World War II veteran on his deathbed tells a hospice therapist about his ghost.

Suck Hard
USA / Comedy / 12 minutes
Director/Writer: Eva Neuwirth
Producer: Joss Utting
Cast: Arya Desai
Reeling from an earth-shattering break up, seventeen year old Zoe must confront all that is left of her first love - a cardboard box of stuff. As Zoe prepares to meet up with her ex one last time to return his things, Zoe enlists her three best friends to help her execute a questionable plan.

The Baby Next Door
USA / Drama / 22 minutes
Director: Alec Gibbons
Writer: Alec Gibbons, Ricardo Bravo
Producer: Alec Gibbons, Ricardo Bravo
Cast: Isaac Jay, Simone Lewis, Adam Peltier, Rachelle Carson-Begley
A spitfire, fast, fever dream of a short. A man stressed out by his job, his recent breakup, and insomnia inducing cries of a baby next door struggles to keep it together while self-medicating with drugs as a grisly secret is slowly revealed.

Fog of War
USA / Drama / 22 minutes
Director/Writer: Steven Lundgren
Producer: Pam Robison
Cast: Michael Vlamis, Michael Trevino, Jack Forcinito
October 20th 1918 - The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, WWI Enlisted TOMMY ATKINS is not cut out for war. He is nearly paralyzed by fear, yet he is ushered into battle, where he gets shot in the abdomen. He is dragged into safety by his brother, HARRY ATKINS. Harry patches him up and waits for him to get rested up before trying to catch up with his Division that has moved on past the German frontlines. Tommy thumbs an unopened TELEGRAM, seemingly scared to open it.