Digital Program 7

De Closin Night
United States / Drama / 20 mins
Director: Shicong Zhu
Writer: Ella Rouwen Chen
Producer: Ella Rouwen Chen, Brielle Yuke Li
Cast: Ella Rouwen Chen
Siyi, a Chinese student in an American theater school, has been putting in more effort than her American peers to practice for the first role she gets in college. Yet her professor is rescinding the offer because of her accent. To win back the opportunity for the closing night, Siyi determines to rid her accent by speaking English only from now on, even when she video chats with her mom. As she grows obsessed with the accent practices, Siyi’s attempt to better her craft has shifted into the faltering of her identity.

Escalation
Italy / Horror / 15 mins
Director/Writer: Christian Bachini
Producer: Christian Bachini
Cast: Christian Bachini, Lucy Chun Yan, Giulia Serafini
In the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Chris, a paranoid and self-centered man, is happily avoiding all human contact, preferring to escape from reality in whatever's on TV. When a friend reaches out to him to confront him about his past promises, Chris has to decide what kind of person he is inside, or it may just eat him...alive.

Ethan Art Venture
United States / Animation / 11 mins
Director/Writer: Nuria Dixon
Producer: Nuria Dixon, Jessica Jordan, Vanessa Carmona
Cast: Ethan Dixon, Sharland Hendrix, Hemsley Morris
Ethan’s Art-Venture is an animated, mixed with Live-Action, short film about an autistic, illustrator who on his 9th birthday, is given a gift that allows him access to a powerful, imaginative, inner realm: a completely animated world. Every year, Ethan represents the school at the National Art Conference.