Program 34
WEDNESDAY
OCTOBER 14, 6:00PM

Thank You
Canada / Thriller / 8 mins
Director/Writer: Alexander Sharp
Producer: Jeremy Kulyk, Jacob Straat, Jared Selcer
Cast: Blake Stadel
The lives of four strangers are forever changed by an act of kindness.

Aqueduct
United States / Drama / 27 mins
Directo: Travis Burgess
/Writer: Travis Burgess, Braeson Herold
Producer: Gabe Munitz-Alessio
In Aqueduct, two half-brothers who have never met are brought together by the death of the father they never shared. Set against the charged, unpredictable world of the racetrack, buried truths surface and tensions sharpen, forcing them into a reckoning neither asked for. It's about inheritance without intimacy and identities shaped in absence. It asks a simple but urgent question: what can an older brother pass on to a younger one before his time runs out?

Moss
United States / Drama / 15 mins
Director/Writer: Yi Cheng Lin
Producer: Yi Cheng Lin, Jean Juan
Cast: Kate Reilly, Evan Boon, Cameron Reese
After Jie’s death, Jess receives a mysterious call from him, only to realize he has returned not to be saved, but to help her burn the bridges that have kept her anchored to him.

Elements of Endearment
United States / Comedy / 16 mins
Director/Writer: Zack Travis
Producer: Xun Zhuo, Quinn Villarreal
Cast: Salomé Sloane, Marcel Simoneau, Mariano Flores
Ophelie speaks three languages, but love isn't one of them. Across five chapters shaped by the elements of the Chinese Wuxing, she forages for romance in New York City. The deal breakers are small: warmongering tennis partners, dead bamboo plants, VR headsets in the bedroom. Nothing you couldn't live with, if you could live with it. What's it like to be in your element?

Glass Stars
United States / Drama / 10 mins
Director/Writer: Lucien Stonely Pelsinski
Producer: Lucien Stonely Pelsinski, Michael Guigliano, Sia Mehta
Cast: Michael Jennings, Sabrina-Belle Dorrien
GLASS STARS seeks to outline how grief is processed, and how objects that are left behind by loved ones are interpreted by those still in possession of them. Castor's bittersweet remembrance and feelings of intense loneliness drive the story, which is connected to a gift that is given by Castor's partner.

Blue
United States / Drama / 11 mins
Director/Writer: Alec Trent Dominguez
Producer: Faraz Ahmad, Clementine Dow, Alec Trent Dominguez
Cast: Christopher LeMonda, Raye Levine Spielberg, Tai Zaken
In a quiet town, Alex (Christopher LeMonda) revisits the trauma of a childhood encounter with a stranger at a gas station. Through therapy, Alex begins to confront the fear that has tormented him since his youth
