Program 10
SATURDAY
OCTOBER 11, 6:00PM

Headshots
United States / AI / 4 mins
Director: Zach Shukan
Writer: James Brown-Orleans
Producer: Cory Choy, Christian Cuciniello
Cast: James Brown-Orleans
In "Headshots," a veteran Broadway performer's pre-show ritual transforms into a profound confrontation between an actor and his past selves that challenges the entertainment industry's obsession with image while exploring the intersection of artistic integrity, racial profiling, and Hollywood's narrow definitions of success.

A Matter of Time
United States / Drama / 9 mins
Director/Writer: Ana Milena Rojas Alarcon, Brian Patrick Hoffman
Producer: Ashlee Espinal
Cast: Priscila Buiar, Blanca Harnett, Brielle Dardashtian
A Matter of Time is a gripping drama about Milena, a DACA recipient mother, who faces a life-altering crisis one evening when her routine with her daughter, Sofia, is disrupted by an impending ICE raid.

Dreamscape
United States / Drama / 19 mins
Director/Writer: Andrew Neymarc, Remy Neymarc
Producer: Sarah Verstraete
Cast: Grecia Tovled, Andres Delgado
A determined young undocumented dancer and her free-spirited brother secretly live beneath a grand theater, navigating the shadows of New York City. When a fateful rooftop audition catapults her into the spotlight, she must confront loss, fear, and the weight of her immigration status to claim the dream they once shared, before the system catches up to her.

A Love Letter To M
United States / Drama / 12 mins
Director: Maria McIndoo
Writer: Tom Wilton
Producer: Sara McFarlane
Cast: André Holland, Phoebe Tonkin
Set in Brooklyn, “A Love Letter to M” paints a contemporary portrait of love on Max (André Holland) and Sasha's (Phoebe Tonkin) wedding day. Poetically exploring the idea that family and belonging are choices we make, this is a modern-day love story with a happy ending.

Olive
United States / Drama / 13 mins
Director/Writer: Tom Koch
Producer: Anthony James Faure, Astrid Lark
Cast: Lesley Ann Warren, Jeffrey Farber, Tom Koch
While caring for Grandma, Sam begins to question the nature of their relationship.

She Said So
Australia / Drama / 9 mins
Director/Writer: Madeline Clayton
Producer: Francesco Raffo, Brenden Hubbard
Cast: Valeria Cotto, Banks Repeta
A persuasive teenage girl orchestrates a sleepover that tests her best friend's sexual boundaries, a testament to the unbreakable but messy nature of female friendship at odds with the internet.

Malka
United States / Drama / 16 mins
Director: Stacey Maltin
Writer: Lenny Schwartz, Seth Bisen-Hersh
Producer: Jaclyn Amor
Cast: Tovah Feldshuh, Annabelle Wachtel, Lauren Elyse Buckley
Malka, a Holocaust survivor, starts to see visions of her life at the camps during a present-day family seder. As time falls in on itself, Malka must find the hope in the present that she did in the past in order to survive.



