SUNDAY JULY 30, 7:45PM
PROGRAM 55
SHORTLIST
New in Town
USA / Drama / 13 minutes
Director/Writer: Hyejin "Grace" Park
Producer: Ziyu "Arwen" Wang, Dongcheng "Jeffery" Jiang
Cast: Celeste Den
After losing her house, a failed cooperation woman, Laura purchases a tent and enters a tent town, starting a houseless life.
Random Check
Kuwait / Drama / 13 minutes
Director: Monique Sorgen
Writer: Sara Al Roshoud
Producer: Sean Akers
Cast: Reid Miller, Sara Al Roshoud, Sandra Saad
When Sara, who wears a hijab, arrives on an international flight to San Diego for Comic Con, she is held up for hours by Homeland Security during a “random” check.
Dixieland
USA / Drama / 17 minutes
Director: William Hellmuth
Writer: J. Scott Worthington
Producer: William William, J. Scott Worthington
Cast: Tony Todd, Philip Orazio
After his regiment is destroyed, a Black Union physician flees into the Virginian woods, stumbling on a Confederate soldier hiding in a cave; they share a fire, and try to find a moment of understanding before the sun comes up.
Resurrektor
USA / Horror / 17 minutes
Director: Angad Aulakh
Writer: Angad Aulakh, Taylor Sardoni
Producer: Guy Kent, Angad Aulakh, Oleg Romanov
Cast: Taylor Cooper, Guy Kent, Lestonja Diaz
Two sisters, separated by tragedy. A grieving husband, haunted and devastated, looking for answers. An innocent victim, caught in the web of desperation. To what lengths would you go to bring back someone you love?
The One We Hide
USA / Drama / 15 minutes
Director: Stephanie Johnson
Writer: Joe Johnson
Producer: Stephanie Johnson, Joe Johnson
Cast: Eric Lynch, Heather Medway
A little girl is missing in the vastness of Griffith Park. An unlikely encounter between an FBI agent and a concerned family friend leads to a twisty conversation, where both of them are keeping secrets from the other.
Nowhere
Armenia / Drama / 11 minutes
Director/Writer: Garin Hovannisian
Producer: Alec Mouhibian, Garin Hovannisian
Cast: Karen Khachatryan, Ripsime Nahapetyan, Arman Navasardyan
In the city of Nowhere, shadows dream of a life without their human masters.