Program 41
THURSDAY
OCTOBER 16, 8:00PM

White Nights
United States / Drama / 11 mins
Director/Writer: Elizaveta Dyachkova
Producer: Ryan Rosenthal
Cast: Ara Kocharyan, Svietlana Atrashkovitch
Childhood friends Ksyusha and Ilya reunite in a new country after years apart. As Ksyusha laments a lack of care among lovers, Ilya realizes he wants to fill that gap. The two must perform a careful dance to figure out if their friendship can triumph through these heavy feelings.

World
United States / Comedy / 12 mins
Director/Writer: Sin Young Kim
Producer: Anooya Swamy, Jack Auen, Vincent Accettola
Cast: Joss Gyorkos
Jamie, a 30-year-old PA with a tic, wakes up late one day on his way to a shoot, only to find that his tic alters the very fabric of the world’s end.

The Ferberizing of Coral
United States / Comedy / 11 mins
Director/Writer: Patrick Flynn
Producer: Maureen Monterubio
Cast: Mitzi Akaha, Theo Stockman, Carly Ciarrocchi
Caitlin and Kevin are vexed by their child and their parents through their baby monitor as they try to teach their infant daughter to soothe herself.

Buick
United States / Drama / 12 mins
Director/Writer: Michael Godere
Producer: Sam Rockwell, Mark Berger, Zachary Spicer
Cast: Maliq Johnson, Brody Orofino, Jarrett Austin Brown
In 1990s New Haven, three teenagers spend Friday night driving around playing the new Brand Nubian album. When they decide to see a late movie, it ends in violence.

The Alpaca Connection
United States / Drama / 18 mins
Director/Writer: Tom Brown
Producer: Tom Brown, Cullen Golden
Cast: Jefferson Randall, Nick Pearl, JP Weinstein
In 1976, two rising film producers celebrate the success of their Cold War spy thriller but panic when their elusive screenwriter disappears. They soon discover the script reveals Top Secret information, putting their careers and lives in danger.

Bolbol
United Kingdom / Drama / 19 mins
Director: Lucianna Kyriacou
Writer: Isabella Soraya
Producer: Isabella Soraya
Cast: Mahnaz Afshar, Isabella Soraya, Golnar Aria
Bolbol tells the story of three generations of Iranian women under one roof in London. Maryam dedicates her life to care for her elderly mother Maman Joon who has dementia while simultaneously raising her teenage daughter Sadira who struggles with her Iranian-British identity.



