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12th Annual
Official
Selections
April 4-6, 2019
Worldwide Independent
Short Films
plus a Horror Fest —
at the Historic Media Theatre
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Schedule
THURSDAY NIGHT SHOWING
April 4 – 7:00pm
FRIDAY NIGHT SHOWING
April 5 – 7:00pm
FRIDAY HORROR FEST
April 5 – 10:30pm*
Stay for the Late Night Horror Fest with films that go bump in the night.
*Starts 15 minutes after the conclusion of the main program.
SATURDAY MATINÉE
April 6 – 1:00pm
SATURDAY NIGHT SHOWING
April 6 – 7:00pm
Followed by Presentation of Awards
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Media Film Festival Awards. We believe that art is a beautiful
and essential part of life. We salute all the filmmakers,
the storytellers and dreamers, who create the outstanding films
we can all experience on the big screen.
— Mary Beth Rim-Thomas
Inspiring and Cultivating the Arts in Our Community Now in our 12th year – A Celebration of Film and Community
MAC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to MAC Board of Directors The Media Film Festival is honored and excited to present this very MFF COMMITTEE MEMBERS
support local artists and integrate a wide range of arts into special event in a very special venue, the jewel of Delaware
the life of the entire community. Sara Painter, President County, the historic Media Theatre. As this weekend of short film Dave Scheivert, Chair
unfolds, it is our sincere hope that you will enjoy sitting amongst, Claude Blanchette
Bruce Davidson,
MAC’s arts opportunities draw people from across the region perhaps, your friends and neighbors as the lights dim and the big Courtney Brown
Vice President
to engage in appreciating, viewing, experiencing, learning screen comes to life. Karen Chiarini
about, and making art. Mike Berman, Treasurer Addie Ciannella
Ours is an event that celebrates the efforts of both filmmakers and
Wilbur Briones, Secretary Kevin Corcoran
Visit the MAC Gallery on West State Street, enjoy our public volunteers alike. A group of like minded individuals, working
art installation on the Plum Street Mall, check out the MAC year-round, pours over hours of submitted works of short film, Dave Decker
Courtney Brown
Music Series, attend one of our monthly 2nd Saturday which is truly an art form unto itself, in order to curate what we Mary Ann Fiebert
Openings, and see how MAC programs make Delaware Kaitlin McLaughlin know as the Media Film Festival. Chris Hansel
County a cultural destination. Liz McClearn
Caitlin McMahon We owe many thanks to the Borough of Media, the Media Theatre, Tamme McClelland
Mary Beth Rim Rhile Construction, our other generous sponsors and especially to
Craig Mikus
you. Enjoy the town of Media and all is has to offer. Enjoy this
Dave Scheivert Lisa Pietras
grand palace that is our home, and most of all, enjoy the films!
Dani Rementer
Emily Scheivert Dave Scheivert,
Michael Rhile
Chair, Media Film Festival
Cheryl Schlenker Susan Rhile
Mary Beth Rim
Becky Warda
Darryl Ridgeway
Megan Rose
Emily Scheivert
Ex-Official Members:
Brad Sukala
Brian Hall, Borough Council Brad Thomas
President & MAC’s Borough Bryan Way
Council Liaison
Liz McClearn,
Managing Director
Rick Prieur
Advisory Committee:
Robin Beaver
Judy Fowler
Brian Kors
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52019 MAC
Gallery Exhibits
The Media Arts Council has an
outstanding roster of gallery exhibits
this year. Every second Saturday of the
month there is a gallery opening with
either our gallery artists or a guest artist.
Please join us.
Regular gallery hours:
Fridays and Saturdays, 4-7pm
Sundays 12-3pm
For the latest information, please visit
our website mediaartscouncil.org.
April 12 – May 5 August 9 – September 8
Patricia Danzon, “People and the Pipeline”
Wendelin Ray and Curated by Carrie Barcomb
Carrie Barcomb Reception: 8/10
Reception: 4/13
September 13 – October 6
May 1 – 31 Amelia Cain, Lisa Carr,
MAC at the Media Upper and Laurie Doran
Providence Free Library Reception: 9/14
Lisa Marie Patzer’s
“A Reasonable October 1 – November 3
Expectation of Privacy” Photo Ex Juried
Photography Show
May 10 – June 1 Reception: 10/12
Juried Painting Show
Reception: 5/11 November 8 – December 8
Matiko Mamaladze,
June 7 – July 7 Charley Parker, and
Shannan McConnell, José Sevillano
Rick Prier, and Reception: 11/9
Keith WIllis
Reception: 6/8 December 13 – January 5
Holiday Exhibition
July 12 – August 4 Reception: 12/14
Gallery Artist Group Show
Reception: 7/13
7MyFi Program
The Media Youth Film Initiative
The Media Youth Film Initiative is one of programs and one graduate has become
MAC’s signature educational programs. In a professional actor.
partnership with the Media Youth Center,
this 10-week program teaches area high MyFi is made possible through generous
school students the art of storytelling gifts from the PA Council on the Arts, a
through film. state agency funded by the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania and the National
Under the mentorship of filmmakers Endowment for the Arts, a federal
Hezekiah Lewis and Darryl Ridgeway, agency; the Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith
students learn everything from pitching Memorial Fund; Congregation Ohev
their scripts storyboarding to directing, Shalom and the Rotary Club of Media.
producing, lighting, cinematography,
Find out more about MyFi by visiting:
sound and editing. MyFi alumni have
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MEDIA FILM FESTIVAL 2019 Selections
SCHEDULE OVERVIEW
THURSday NIGHT, Friday NIGHT, Saturday MATINÉE
APRIL 4, 7:00 pm APRIL 5, 7:00 pm April 6, 1:00 pm
MyFi: Two Birds 12:30 MyFi: Closeted 9:35 Bella’s Journey 3:19
The Ghost and Ivan 9:24 Due Process 8
the Writer 14 Going Forward 15 Fishnet and the Fish 8:37
Why We Fight 8:59 The Curse 7:30 Spark 16
Highway Tea 2:28 Ways to Look at Who Said You
Cycle 14:07 the Moon 17:09 Can’t Dance 11:43
Justin Geller – Thought It I N T E R M I SSI ON
Hooked 4.8
Would Be a Good Story 6:16 Redcoats 18:49
Utopia 16:11 MyFi: Internally You 3:46
I N T E R M I SSI ON
Wonderwall 7
I NTER M I SS I O N
The Amazon 13:32 Runo 4:22
Broccoli 3:30 Sac de Merde 13:27 OK Grey 8:57
The Custer Wolf 9:44 Waiting for Hope 3:38 Insurance Can
The Mayor of Graterford 40 Nevada 15 Be Sometimes a
Dangerous Game 16:50
9862 11:33
Core 18:55
Friday Horror Fest
10:30 pm
Content Advisory
The views expressed herein When the main program concludes, Saturday NIGHT,
are those of the filmmakers;
they do not necessarily
chaos reigns! Join the crew from Viva
APRIL 6, 7:00 pm
Video on a terrifying journey through
reflect the views of any other the festival’s most unsettling shorts.
agency, organization, or company.
*Starts 30 minutes after the conclusion MyFi: Acceptance 9:43
of the main program.
Can Dolls Be My
Neighbor 3:48
Parental Advisory Zebra 4:45
Little Fig 19:00
Some films are not appropriate The Helping Hand 10
for young audiences. Radio Moon 17:09
Striges 5:54
The Five Minutes 9:06
Vonnis 8:35
Swimming 15
One Dark Night 18:36
The Peephole 8:05 I N T E R M I SSI ON
I Am Not A Monster 17 Kitchen Sink Classic 3
Burn Time 6:67 Are You Volleyball?! 15
The Replacement 15
Still Life 2
The Last Well 20
11THURSDAY, April 4 7:00 pm
THURSDAY
Two Birds Media Youth Film Initiative (12:30, USA)
In Matt’s life, sometimes making the right decision can be so hard.
Executive Producer: Hezekiah Lewis
Director/Writer: Jake Nicastro
Director of Photography/Post Production:James Ziegler
Assistant Director: Winston Bickhardt
Grips: Nicole Oronzio, Hope Hickson
Sound: The Allen Brothers
Cast: Vinchenzo Mocco, Gary Gustin,
Rachel Kelly, Liz McClearn
The Ghost and the Writer Comedy (14:00, USA)
A withdrawn young writer struggles to adjust to life with his roommate: the ghost of an
early 20th-century actor.
Director/Executive Producer/Writer: Christina Tucker
Producer: Nadia Zoe
Editor: Chloe Lind
Cinematography: Rachel Klein
Cast: Adler Roberts, Tristan Miller
Why We Fight Documentary (8:59, USA)
A documentary that addresses concerns Delaware County citizens have regarding
Sunoco’s Mariner East pipeline.
Director/Producer/Writer: Hugh Brownstone
Director: Claudia Brownstone (nee Davis)
Cast: Eve Miari
Highway Tea Comedy (2:28, USA)
A silent era, Theatre of the Absurd, tale of a budding romance between rich and poor, upper
and lower class, retold over a quintessential British High Tea ritual.
Director/Co-Producer/Writer: Milton Adamou
Co-Producer: Randal Kirk
Cast: Jason Markoff, Paige Emerson
Cycle Drama (14:07, USA)
A single mom and recovering drug addict has been clean for 8 months when her ex,
who she has a restraining order against, returns and tempts her back to using.
Director/Producer/Writer: Christopher Romano
Producers: Geraldine Romano, Teresa Babback
Cast: Mary Sack, Brian Anthony Wilson,
Cameron Scoggins, Anthony Marconi
...continued 13THURSDAY, April 4 7:00 pm
THURSDAY
Justin Geller – Thought It Would Be a Good Story
Documentary (6:16, USA)
Justin is diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia at 30 and is to undergo experimental
cancer treatment. His doctor convinces him to donate sperm prior to treatment.
What Justin thought would make a funny story ended up differently.
Director/Producer: Jon Rehr
Assistant Director: Katherine Veri
Director of Photography: James MF Powers
Cast: Justin Geller
Utopia Drama (16:11, Iran)
A college age, traditional, Iranian girl, Shiva, returns home to find her sister, Nasrin, has
committed suicide. In seeking answers as to why, Shiva’s traditional values are challenged
as she realizes and is confronted by the abuse of women in her country.
Director/Producer/Writer: Mahdi Ghorbani
Cast: Behnaz Mohammad Hoseini
INTERMISSION
Broccoli Comedy (3:30, Germany)
Broccoli is all that is left in the refrigerator. So, order a pizza.
Director/Writer/Producer: Ivan Sainz-Pardo
Cast: Patrick Finger
The Custer Wolf Animation (9:44, USA)
A storyteller reflects back on the nine-year reign of the Custer Wolf in Custer, SD, and its
tragic death. It was believed that the wolf was responsible for the death of $25,000 worth
of livestock between 1911 and 1920.
Director/Writer: Chris Heady
Producers: Xperimental Puppetry Theater, Center for Puppetry Arts
Writer: Dixon Merritt
Cast: Kurt Dise
The Mayor of Graterford Documentary (40:00, USA)
This documentary tells the story of Tyrone Werts, a former lifer at Graterford prison.
It chronicles the incident that led to his incarceration and the injustices of the Pennsylvania
justice system. As an inmate, Tyrone became known as the “Mayor” of Graterford.
Director: Jack McCarthy
Writers: Jack McCarthy, Briggs, Mroz, Lindsey Walsh, Mike Zawisza
Producers: Matthew Marencik, Stephen McWilliams, John O’Leary
Cast: Tyrone Werts, John Pace, Ed Rendell, Mark Singel, John Wetzel,
Jennifer Storm, Ernie Preate, Bradley Bridge, Joe Betz,
Tom Arvanites, Jake Dolan, Jason Dawkins
15FRIDAY, APRIL 5 7:00 pm
FRIDAY
Closeted Media Youth Film Initiative (9:35, USA)
Eva’s seemingly normal day takes a life-threatening turn.
Executive Producers: Hezekiah Lewis, Darryl Ridgeway
Producer/Writer: Sloan Glover
Director: George Hollyer
Cinematographer: Julia Roth
Assistant Director: Danielle Ridgeway
Editors: George Hollyer, Sage Glover
Sound: Josh Lindy
Cast: Madalyn St. John, Sheilah Renninger, Danielle Ridgeway,
James Ziegler, Zachary Allen, Tyler Allen
Ivan Drama/Satire (9:24, Greece)
A solitary dinner for two in a dehumanized society that has a craving for relationship and
connectivity.
Director/Producer: Panagiotis Kountouras
Producers: Eleni Afentaki, Christos Stergioglou, Taxiarchis Deligiannis,
Vasilis Tsiouvaras
Writers: Taxiarchis Deligiannis, Vasilis Tsiouvaras
Cast: Christos Stergioglou
Going Forward Documentary (15:00, USA)
Malcolm Kenyatta is a third-generation activist and an openly LGBT candidate of color running
for State Representative in the 181st district of North Philadelphia. The film follows Malcolm as
he campaigns on election-day.
Director: Tim Harris
Director of Photography: Ian Mosley-Duffy
Cast: Malcolm Kenyatta, residents of the 181st district of PA
The Curse Drama, (7:30, USA)
An eager young man goes to a Halloween party for a hookup, when a witch’s curse convinces
him that he wants something more.
Director/Writer: Dave Berenato
Producer: Moira McFadden
Cast: Jay Renshaw, Ryan Rimas, Kurt Koehler, Kevin K. Tran
The Ways to Look at the Moon Sci-Fi Drama (17:09, USA)
Sensing their relationship is drifting apart, an artist attempts to reconnect with an
astronomer but gets lost in a universe of her own making.
Director/Writer: Katherine Clark
Producers: Amy Frear, Adrian Colón
Executive Producer: Kinohi Nishikawa
Cast: Amy Frear, Tony Bolante, Kelvin Smith
...continued 19FRIDAY, APRIL 5 7:00 pm
FRIDAY
INTERMISSION
Internally You Media Youth Film Initiative (3:46, USA)
A journey in Daniel’s everyday life with his battle against schizophrenia.
Executive Producers: Hezekiah Lewis, Darryl Ridgeway
Writer/Director/Editor: Nicole Oronzio
Producer: Sloan Glover
Directors of Photography: Julia Roth, Hope Hickson
Assistant Director: Hope Hickson
Sound: Danielle Ridgeway
Editor: Joanie Levis
Cast: Dylan Gleason, Gunnar Funk, Sheilah Renninger,
Samantha Angelina
Wonderwall Romantic Drama (7:00, Ukraine)
A young man’s heart is broken by the death of his love. He finds solace in the Chernobyl
exclusion zone. That solace allows him to move forward with his life.
Director/Producer/Writer/Editor: Alexander Denysenko,
Cast: Oksana Slyxhuk, Vasily Pimenov
The Amazon Drama (13:32, France)
Elie, 30, lost a breast fighting cancer. She decided not to have reconstructive surgery.
At a party, she falls in love with a man she thought she wouldn’t see anymore and has to face
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Mayor: Robert A. McMahon
Sac de Merde Romantic Comedy (13:27, USA)
Council President: Brian C. Hall, Esq. Mazel Mankewicz is an unlucky-in-love yet eternally optimistic New Yorker who thinks she has
Council Vice President: Amy Johnson finally found the man of her dreams. As it turns out, he might just be full of shit. Based on a
true story.
Director: Greg Chwerchak
Council Members Writers: Greg Chwerchak, Gabrielle Berberich
Kevin Boyer Producer: Jenny Jump Studios
Cast: Arielle Haller-Silverstone, David Fumero
Sayre Dixon
Lisa Johnson Waiting for Hope Comedy (3:38, USA)
Peter Williamson When a young woman summons her deceased boyfriend’s spirit back from the dead, the
conversation doesn’t go as she planned.
Director/Producer/Writer: Frank Battaglia
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Producer:
Chloe Carroll
Wesley Mellott
Cast: Jim Schubin, Chloe Carroll, David Dotterer
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Nevada Drama (15:00, Spain)
A hotel room in Nevada. Elsa is employed to carry out a plan. Mrs. Taylor is her employer.
What secret evil is being exterminated?
Director/Writer: Javier Kühn
Producer: Jon FernandezFRIDAY NIGHT HORROR FEST, APRIL 5 – 10:30 pm
Zebra Horror (4:45, Australia)
Two blood-spattered little old ladies skulking through the bush, a real-life supermodel, and
FRIDAY HORROR
tapioca pudding collide.
Director: Peter Spann
Producer: Triona Maddick
Writer: Holly Hargreaves
Cast: Ellie Gonsalves, Jill McKay, Corinne Sennitt
The Helping Hand Horror (10:00, USA)
A couple uses modern technology to raise their child to the detriment of their own well-being.
Director/Writer: Brenden Hubbard
Writer: Brian Barnes
Producers: Damon Russell, Shawn Christensen, Darcy Trunzo,
Aaron Russell, Sarah Moyer, Clifford Miu, Linhan Zhang
Cast: Ryan Willard, Jennifer Finely, Sadie Williams, Chris Lee
Striges Horror (5:54, USA)
Blood is drawn in the middle of the night when a newly married couple awakens to a horror
that has entered their home.
Producer/Director/Writer: Gregory Vogt
Producer: Nick Zarzeczny
Cast: Andreas O’Rouke, Jess Uhler
Vonnis Young Filmmaker Horror (8:35, Belgium)
A solitary farmer on a desolate scrap of land gets a second chance with his wife and child.
It may not be the reunion he hoped for.
Director/Writer: Walt Bladt
Cast: Joke Sluydts, Dimitri Duqunoy, Tibe Boone
One Dark Night Horror (18:36, USA)
Dad spins a decades-old tale during a family campout.
Director/Producer/Writer: Michael Trainotti
Producer: Maureen Trainotti
Cast: Nathan Caywood, Sabrina Howells, Fletcher Harden,
Louise Harden, Brian Palatucci, Grant Housley
The Peephole Horror (8:05, Mexico)
A man is taking a nap on his couch. He hears screams and looks to see what is happening.
He opens his door to help but encounters the unexpected.
Director/Producer/Writer: Enrique Manzo Escamilla
Producer: Stephanie Felix
Cast: Sidney Robote, Khristian Claussen, Genaro Mejía
...continued
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I Am Not a Monster Young Filmmaker, Horror (17:00, Ireland)
Ambrose Mordrake, born with a violent, mind-controlling deformed growth on the
FRIDAY HORROR
back of his head, unexpectedly returns home for his brother’s engagement dinner.
Ambrose attempts to insert himself back into the family life, who keep him at an arm’s
distance. In order to fit in with his family’s image, Ambrose must battle his inner and
outer demons in a bloody and tragic fight for control of his mind.
Director: Grace Quilligan
Writer/Producer: Conor Patrick Byrne
Producer: Rachel McGill
Cast: Tony Doyle, Geraldine McAlinden, Mark Lawrence,
Catriona Loughlin
Burn Time Horror (6:27, New Zealand)
Set in 1985, Burn Time depicts a nightmarish version of the worst sunburn imaginable,
caused by a fictional rogue solar event.
Director/Writer: Peter Haynes
Producer: Hweiling Ow
Cast: Britt Scott Clark, John Hawkesby (voice)
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Bella’s Journey Animation (3:19, USA)
One woman’s journey into knowing herself.
Director: Mary Beth Rim
Producers: Hamme Productions and Brad Thomas
Sound: Jason Morgan, Sara Painter
Due Process Young Filmmaker, Drama (8:00, USA)
An overburdened social worker fights to bring justice to a mother and her unborn child.
Director/Producer/Writer: Gabriel P Braden
Cast: Carolette Phillips
Fishnet and the Fish Drama (8:37, Iran)
A young boy who works for a fishmonger is ill-treated. This does not affect his
compassionate nature.
Director/Writer/Producer: Ali Nikfar
Cast: Mohammad Sarvari, Hoiat Souraki, Ahmad Ghorbani,
Abbas Barouni, Ali Kargar, Ehsan Ahmadzadeh,
Fatemeh Derakhshan, Hamid Barouni
Spark Romantic Comedy (5:00, USA)
A soon-to-be lawyer and her unemployed neighbor find themselves drifting aimlessly in
and out of each other’s lives as they both search for a way forward.
Director/Writer: Tommy Butler
Cast: Matteo Scammel, Phoebe Schaub, Chris Reed
Who Said You Can’t Dance Documentary (11:43, USA)
If you think that a wheelchair user is incapable of dancing, think again. This documentary
brings wheelchair users and standing partners together. Whether the wheelchair user
chooses to dance competitively or not, the activity puts them in a world without limits.
Director/Producer: David Block
Cast: Melinda Kremer, Robert Hansberry, Noni Ade, Leah Godbolt,
Joanne Henry, Dejua Tiller, Jessica Constanzi, Mike Doherty
Hooked Animation (4:50, USA)
Addiction through the eyes of an addict.
Writer/Producer: Tamara Campbell
Sound: Lea McNamara
Redcoats Historical Drama (18:49, USA)
Three British soldiers pillage the home of a woman, her daughter, and two grandchildren
during the Revolutionary War. The soldiers get more than they bargained for in this short
with a twist.
Director/Writer: Amy Tiehel
Producer: Tammy Tiehel-Stedman
Cast: Amy Tiehel, Shay Guthrie, Kathleen Morris, Chase Gray,
Richard Lyntton, John Jezior, Chris Boylan
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INTERMISSION
Runo Animation (4:22, Canada)
In a time before music, a wise old wizard builds a harp from the jaw of a monster and brings
magic to the world.
Director/Producer/Animator: Joakim Juti
OK Grey Comedy (8:57, USA)
A malfunctioning smart assistant sets out on an epic quest to find the music in its heart and
become the only one ever needed.
Director/Producer/Writer: Benjamin T. Wilson, Garrett J. Langer
Producer: Peter J.S. Regan
Cast: Richard Cavallucci, April Yanko, Luke Carter
Insurance Can Be Sometimes a Dangerous Game
Thriller (16:50, France)
Paul owns an art gallery in a small town. The gallery is actually a façade for insurance scams.
David enters the gallery to engage Paul in a scam. This time, however, it is not what
Paul expected.
Director/Writer/Producer: Daniel Jenny
Cast: Bernard Le Coq, Fanny Cottençon, Thomas Chabrol
“9862” Thriller (11:33, United Kingdom)
When a tentative insurance salesman accepts an invitation from a beautiful stranger, he quickly
discovers that nothing is quite as it seems.
Director/Writer: Giles Greenwood
Producer: Jonathan Blagrove
Executive Producer/Writer: Jonathan Digby
Cast: Jon Digby, Amber Anderson
Core Drama (18:55, USA)
Gil and Room have been dating for two years. Gil has identified as a gay male his whole life.
Gil realizes he may be attracted to women. He meets Yuma and questions what he wants.
Director/Writer: Joyce Lim
Producer: Jake Hatfield
Cast: Jimmy Bonilla, David Osorio, Janelle Bullock
Content Advisory
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necessarily reflect the views of any other agency, organization, or company.
33Saturday NIGHT, APRIL 6 7:00 pm
SATURDAY
Acceptance Media Youth Film Initiative (9:43, USA)
A life discussion about acceptance into the “friendly” American Culture.
Director/Editor: Sage Glover
Writer/Producer: Sloan Glover
Cinematographers: Julia Roth, Hope Hickson
Assistant Camera: Joanie Levis
Sound: Sloan Glover, Danielle Ridgeway
Cast: Ayan Goran, Sheila Renninger, Max Guthrie, Nicole Oronzio, Olamide
Olaniyi, Andrew Buchan, Sally Selim, Iftekhar Hussain, Dr. Katera Moore
Can Dolls Be My Neighbor Documentary (3:48, USA)
In 2001, Ayano Tsukimi moved back to her childhood home, Nagoro, Shikoku, to find that
only 40 people were left in the once vibrant village of 350. She started making life-size dolls
from clothing and memories of her former neighbors.
Director, Producer, Writer, Editor: Claire He
Composer: Luke Standridge
Cast (Voice): Hiroshi Watanabe, Hitomi Miller, John Bohn,
Junko Cheng, Kento Matsunami, Megumi Kabe
Little Fig Drama (19:00, USA)
A Syrian graduate student living in Los Angeles copes with the nightmares of his past through
an unlikely friendship with a kindhearted yoga instructor.
Writers/Directors/Producers: Dave Patten, Britt Robertson
Music: Harlan Hodges
Cinematography: Grant Bell
Cast: Wesam Keesh, Bardia Seiri, Elisa Perry, Harlan Hodges
Radio Moon Drama (17:09, France)
Sibyl works as a nighttime radio host giving advice to call-in listeners. One caller, Michel,
makes her question choices she is making in her own life.
Director/Writer: Pierre Gaffié
Producer: Marilia Deloison
Cast: Marilyne Fontaine
The Five Minutes Drama (9:06, USA)
A businessman calls his dead wife by using a phone booth that is able to contact dead people.
He is given only 5 minutes.
Director: Shange Zhang
Writer: Nicole DeLaura
Producer: Xiaoyuan Xiao
Executive Producer: Maggie Zhang
Cast: Demi Ke, Eon Song, Zhan Wang, Andu Sun, Tian Tian
Swimming Comedy (15:00, United Kingdom)
A Welsh endurance swimmer trains for the challenge of his lifetime. Does he really know the
true distance?
Director/Producer/Writer: J.J. Jarman
Director/Producer: Jimmy Taylor
Producer: Zander Sharp
Editor: Adam Baranowski
Cinematography: Tom Read
Cast: Christopher Pegler-Lambert, Amy Harris ...continued 35Saturday NIGHT, APRIL 6 7:00 pm
SATURDAY
...continued
INTERMISSION
Kitchen Sink Classic Comedy (3:00, USA)
Trying to get a man’s attention can sometimes prove difficult. A smart woman knows the
most effective way.
Director/Writer/Producer: Lauren Shein
Cast: Lauren Shein, Ward Sorrick
Are You Volleyball?! Drama (15:00, Iran)
A group of asylum seekers arrive at a border crossing but are not allowed to go any further.
The asylum seekers and border soldiers conflict with each other until a young boy becomes
the catalyst for a better understanding of each other.
Director/Writer: Mohammad Bakshi
Co-Director: Saeid Ahanj
Producer: Nima Rabiei
Music: Behnood Yakchali
Cinematography: Mehdi Amiri
Cast: Ebrahim Amoure, Yasamin Solhi, Hamed Nadri,
Naeem Sheikh Mahboubi, Mehdi Hosseini, Mohsen Dadash Zade
The Replacement Sci-Fi (15:00, USA)
On election night, a janitor feels cheated out of a life he might have lived when his own clone
becomes President. Not all in society feel the same way about clones.
Director/Writer/Producer: Sean Miller
Producer: Naz Kahn
Co-Producers: Mike McNamara, Brian Levin, Boris Wexler
Cast: Mike McNamara, Cecilee Von Rhea, Kylan Conroy, Jeff Garretson
Still Life Animation (1:42, USA)
A short film celebrating the art that keeps us sane even when life makes us crazy.
Director/Producer/Writer: Jennifer Dean
Producers: Katherine Pulido, Eric Rice
Cast: Katherine Pulido, Eric Rice
The Last Well Dystopian (20:00, Croatia)
It is 2037 and Europe is in total ruins. The owner of the last well of natural pure water takes
in a mother and her daughter after tragedy strikes. When the well runs dry, the man must
make the ultimate deal.
Director: Filip Fikovic
Writer: Velimir Grgic
Executive Producers: Tamara Babun, Katarina Prpic
Music: Anja Papa, Luka Vidovic
Cinematography: Tomislav Krnic
Cast: Alen Liverić, Mia Biondić, Ozren Grabarić, Ida Rogić
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