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Program 35
WEDNESDAY
OCTOBER 14, 8:00PM 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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