
SATURDAY JULY 26, 1:00 PM
PROGRAM 57

Every Little Thing
USA | Drama | 15 minutes
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Director/Writer: Teagan Burgess
Cast: Sofia Bateman, Rosemary Vaswani, Cecilia Cueva
This 15-minute film follows Phoebe, a teenage girl navigating the challenges of misophonia (a sensory disorder in which certain sounds trigger strong emotional or physical responses) while working with a therapist to manage her condition.

Left Unsaid
USA | Drama | 4 minutes
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Director/Writer: Jonathan Trail
Cast: Jonathan Trail, Donald Trail
On a boy's birthday, his father attempts to spend time with him. The son neglects to connect with his father until it's too late.

Chemtrails
USA | Drama | 7 minutes
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Director/Writer: Kat Dubrow
Producer: Kat Dubrow
Cast: Chance Challen, Eric Miller, Jason Fay
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The Photographer
USA | Drama | 4 minutes
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Director/Writer: Gracen Matai Meyers, Jacob Kautzky
Producer: Gracen Matai Meyers, Jacob Kautzky, Richard Stark
Cast: Eden Leshem, Ryder Hajek, Jacob Kautzky
The Photographer is a moving piece about a young artist mourning the loss of a loved one, struggling between inspiration and despair as she searches for how best to honor him. It’s a beautiful poetic work about grief and the transformative power of art.

Glue
USA | Drama | 7 minutes
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Director/Writer: Maya Napoli-Grover
Producer: Ben Nakhuda, Jack Sadow
Cast: Juno McGinnis, Ned Hosford
A dad and daughter struggle to communicate while she grapples with bulimia.

The Parallel
USA | Drama | 5 minutes
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Director: Eden Leshem, Olivia Sobolevsky
Writer: Eden Leshem, Olivia Sobolevsky, Rose Weisner
Producer: Eden Leshem, Olivia Sobolevsky, Richard Stark
Cast: Eden Leshem, Olivia Sobolevsky
A cinematic short film thriller inspired by the Steven King movies of the 80s. A high school student finds herself trapped in a world where everyone has vanished.

The Worst That Could Happen
USA | Drama | 7 minutes
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Director/Writer: Vaughn Eknoyan
Cast: Kameron Johnson, Niko Chakos, Nick Conocenti
When Ralph Anderson reluctantly rejects a part of a dish served by a prestigious American restaurant, neither him nor his friend Hunter find themselves prepared for what comes next.
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El Deseo (The Wish)
USA | Drama | 10 minutes
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Director/Writer: Francesca Varese
Producer: Francesca Varese
Cast: Patricia Riggen
A terminally ill woman returns to the beach of her youth and remembers her first love in this emotional tale of magic, love, and sacrifice.

Kinesthesia
USA | Drama | 9 minutes
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Director/Writer: Aidan Rutman
Producer: Aidan Rutman
Cast: Josephine Reitman, Aryan Simhadri
Anastasia experiences the five senses for the first time. When confronted with the complexities of human emotion, she realizes that she must make a difficult choice

Instant
USA | Drama | 10 minutes
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Director/Writer: Hudson Hillin
Producer: Hudson Hillin
Cast: Mollie Garner, Hudson Hillin
For teenage photographer Bennett, memories were made to be captured. For Grace, they were meant to be lived.

Why Can't We Just Be Ghosts?
USA | Drama | 8 minutes
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Director/Writer: Patrick Jang
Cast: Daniil Domanin, Alexander Ikizyan, Maya Grover
A depressed ghost and his friend contemplate what it means to be alive in this thought-provoking satire.