Program 35
WEDNESDAY
OCTOBER 14, 8:00PM

Sogna
Italy / Drama / 13 mins
Director/Writer: Julie Casamonti
Producer: Andrea Poli
Cast: Antonio Pisu, Viola Massai, Aleksandria Georgieva Bivolarska
Sogna is a short film dedicated to children of war.
Set in World War II Tuscany, Anna, nine years old, flees with one shoe alongside her sister and her father. Between reality and surreal dreams unfold a child’s experience of trauma and displacement.

Hydrogen Balloon
United States / Drama / 12 mins
Director/Writer: Xinyu Li
Producer: Xinyu Li, ZIkun Deng
Cast: Yuhao Shi, Lei Zhou, Ryan Ma
A Chinese young man who lives in Brooklyn reconnects with his home while looking for a hydrogen balloon with an old man who spends his whole life picking pine cones.

Amish Ammayi
United States / Comedy / 17 mins
Director/Writer: Jasmine Rao
Producer: Jasmine Rao, Mariam Bakishvili
Cast: Rizwan Manji, Sunita Param, Sadithi De Zilva
A young Indian American animator, exhausted by rejection in the modern world, attempts a “reverse Rumspringa” after falling for an Amish man and his way of life, and must survive a visit from her achievement-minded immigrant parents or risk her chance to finally thrive.

Creators
United States / Comedy / 15 mins
Director/Writer: Nik Sysuev
Producer: Thomas Hartmann
Cast: Matthew Garry, Joshuah Arizmendi
A struggling content creator chasing viral fame gets in over his head after turning a stranger's darkest moment into clickbait.

Desi Dad
United States / Comedy / 15 mins
Director: Yoni Lamm, Mookie Thompson
Writer: Mookie Thompson
Producer: Yoni Lamm, Mookie Thompson, Nimesh Patel
Cast: Sameer Naseem, Gabe Pacheco, Paris Sashay
An overwhelmed new father of chaotic twin toddlers experiences the challenge of a lifetime when his wife goes on a business trip and leaves the three of them home alone for the first time.

It's Not the Water
United States / A.I. / 7 mins
Director/Writer: Brian Dorrington Jr.
Producer: Brian Dorrington Jr.
A weary passenger aboard a nearly empty 1880s steamship becomes convinced that something in the water is driving men overboard. As strange events mount inside his cabin, John clings to that explanation even as a demonic presence suggests the real danger may be much closer than the sea.
