THURSDAY JULY 30, 5:30 PM
PROGRAM 3
Laemmle NOHO
For A Moment
USA | Drama | 9 minutes
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Director: Jessica Payne
Writer: Kelsey Nie
Producer: Monique Schwaneman, Kelsey Nie
Cast: Isabella Olivas
In the future, earth's population has been transferred to a virtual existence online. Only the wealthy are afforded vacations into the real world, until Erin hijacks one of the vacation bodies for themselves, living as best they can until their inevitable punishment is dolled out.
Analog Dreams
USA | Drama | 9 minutes
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Director: Benigno Alvarado
Writer: James Franklin Crawford III
Producer: Benigno Alvarado
Cast: Kelsie Oba-Spence, Maddie Halliburton, Eliana Fraser
A young woman must find a way out of her own mindscape while trying to outrun a sinister doctor and her orderly.
Afterthoughts
USA | Drama | 4 minutes
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Director: Ramana Wills
Writer: Roger Soffer
Producer: Ramana Wills, Ahava Wills
Cast: Daniel MacPherson, Zoë Bleu
Ordered to end the world, a general finds himself split between a sunlit field where a woman waits: real, remembered, or hoped for. In one world, his hand hovers above the button. In the other, he reaches towards her. To which world does he truly belong, and which will survive his touch?
Tuna on Rye
USA | Drama | 8 minutes
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Director: Richie Starzec
Writer: Nathaniel Klingher
Producer: Rhiannon Moller-Trotter
Cast: Nancy Linari, Damien Leake
Elderly couple Amy and Arthur deal with the everyday complications of Arthur’s dementia.
Amuck
USA | Drama | 20 minutes
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Director/Writer: T.J. Peters
Producer: T.J. Peters, Elisha Yaffe, Eric Sheehan
Cast: Elisha Yaffe, Kelsey Gunn, Curt Neill
A man who laments "not even feeling like the main character of his own story" suddenly finds himself aware of the camera that's watching him, eliciting a mind-bending journey of self(less) discovery.
An Effective Policy
USA | Drama | 4 minutes
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Director: Erich E Kemp
Cast: Christopher T Young, Corey Landis
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Bed/Time
USA | Drama | 11 minutes
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Director: Tamela D'Amico
Writer: Cooper Barnes
Producer: Tamela D'Amico
Cast: Cooper Barnes, Ripley Barnes, Liz Stewart Barnes
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The First Response
USA | Drama | 20 minutes
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Director/Writer: Ethan Paul Tanti
Producer: Yinka Akinlade, Annibelle Washburn
Cast: Kyle Maddox, Meredith Vancuyk, Jordan Liebowitz
Through a series of traumatic calls, a firefighter struggling with PTSD is haunted by the ghosts of the victims he could not save. When one particular accident pushes him over the edge, his fears get the most of him, and he is forced to confront his greatest challenge yet.
The Stories We Tell Ourselves
USA | Drama | 20 minutes
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Director/Writer: Kasandra Baruch
Producer: Kasandra Baruch, Mike Marasco, Brian Antezana
Cast: Ava Lalezarzadeh, Shirley Jordan, Anna Khaja
Liv is a quirky introvert who once thrived in the spotlight, until she allowed the great expectations of the world to swallow her. At this time in her life, she works as an assistant to Vera, a theater director who sacrificed much of her personal life in pursuit of artistic success. Liv now hides behind the scenes, quietly longing for the stage she once called home.