Program 10
SATURDAY
OCTOBER 22, 10:00PM

Donnie Dix
United States / Music Comedy / 4 mins
Director: Sascha Taylor Larsen
Producer: Oliver Finley
Cast: Eli Cusick
Donnie Dix questions his morality after a heroic act.

When Time Was On Our Side:
United States / Drama / 15 mins
Director: Matthew Scheffler, Jesse Wekerle
Writer: Matthew Scheffler
Producer: Matthew Scheffler, Matt Ruscio, Jesse Wekerle
Cast: Matthew Scheffler, Benjamin Bardach
Unearthed PSAs from 1970 reveal that long before it was a crisis, the environmental movement was a grassroots campaign, full of hope, naivety… and bees.

What a Harvest
United States / Thriller / 15 mins
Director: Austin Rivera Davison, Matt Shapiro
Writers: Austin Rivera Davison, Matt Shapiro
Producer: Matt Shapiro, Austin Rivera Davison, Matt Shapiro
Cast: DeMorge Brown, Sydney Lovering
A father tries to connect with his video game obsessed daughter, until he learns she hasn’t been eating her meals.

Absolute Power
United States / Drama / 20 mins
Director: Isaac Suero
Writer: James Roche
Producer: James Roche
Cast: Wesley Volcy, JD Martin, Emma Orelove
A Monopoly-like board game with allegorical lessons turns a dinner party on its head.

Birth of Venus
United States / Drama / 8 mins
Director: Clemy Clarke
Writer: C.C. Kellogg, Clemy Clarke
Producer: C.C. Kellogg
Cast: Lamia Lazrak, John Living, Kristin Winters
Brooklyn, 2019. Samira connects and reconnects with Marie and Jake in a hazy swirl of half remembered encounters. Inspired by Titian's Venus of Urbino (1534) and Botticelli's Birth of Venus (1486). Part of ongoing short film series Nudes The Anthology.

Hi, I'm Elsie
United States / Drama / 14 mins
Director/Writer: Lisa Younger
Producer: Lisa Younger
Cast: Eleni Kanalos, Evan Hall, Jerzy Gwiadowski
A woman wakes up in a public park and spends her day searching for connection in a series of encounters with exes, friends, and strangers.