Program 15
SUNDAY
OCTOBER 11, 4:00PM
The Pandemic Monologues
United States / Drama / 21 mins
Director: Keith Contreras-McDonald
Writer: Jill Johnson Mann
Producer: Jill Johnson Mann, Cynthia Gibb
Cast: Charlie Watson, Matthew Bukzin, Sophie Jasmin Walther, Lai-Ling Bisset, Juniper Feifer, Sophia Yanni, Brigg Liberman, Wynston Browne, Phoebe McCance, Sasha Wilker, Bella Reganato, Claire Behrman, Anne Elliot, Simone Albaridi, Gavin Kizner, Alec Civisca, Michele Feinberg, Lindsay Czarniak, Ella Sawala, Vivienne Phillips
It's June of 2020, three months after the world shut down. The isolation is crippling, especially for teenagers. A group of theater kids, grappling with the inner turmoil triggered by their stages going dark, hatch a plan to gather and tell their pandemic stories on film. Making art feels like a last desperate gasp for air in their suffocating Covid existence. But if their parents find out, lockdown may turn into a prison they'll never escape.
Bigfeels
United States / Comedy / 15 mins
Director: Andrew John Schilling
Producer: Emma Eitel, Alexander Heap, Bastion Hamilton
Cast: Hunter Termine, Brielle Klemonski, Henri Douvry
After being abandoned by their father on a winter camping trip, siblings Beck and Lexi must mend their relationship when a sought-after cryptid enters their lives.
Desperately Seeking Commitment
United States / Drama / 16 mins
Director/Writer: Finise Avery
Producer: Connor Lawson
Cast: Margherita Barbieri, Tyler Ham Pong, Ioanna Enescu
Sophie, an unconventional and endlessly optimistic romantic, believes that love is destined but she’s not
waiting around for it. After a momentary spark on a New York City subway, she becomes convinced that Mark, a handsome stranger is her soulmate.
Lazy Mary
United States / Drama / 10 mins
Director/Writer: Tom Fama
Producer: Tom Fama, Andrew Galanter, Fulvio della Volta
Cast: Analise Scarpaci, Fulvio della Volta, Phyllis Pastore
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Rockabye Birdy
United States / Drama / 17 mins
Director/Writer: Chayale Akselrod
Producer: Jonathan Mizrahi, Isabella Bahl
Cast: JoHannah James, Jenny Martel, Norm Magnusson
Upon receiving a letter from the boy she gave up for adoption years ago, a sheltered young woman embarks on a desperate journey across rural upstate New York to find him.