Program 15
SUNDAY
OCTOBER 23, 10:00PM

Sinking
United States / Drama / 11 mins
Director/Writer: Dylan Huang
Producer: Alan Chan, Mengting Hong
Cast: Hiro Takashima, Moe Bertran
Sinking is a story about the inner world of a man that’s experiencing Kodokushi. Yamasaki, a nobody disconnect and forgotten by society, Isolating himself inside out, not willing to accept any helps, Sinks deeper into the void as the reality blur with his imagination and eventually is devoured by the madness he built himself.

A Best Man
United States / Romance / 13 mins
Director: Dylan Tuccillo
Writer: Adam Elliott
Producer: Joel Fendelman, Lisa Schiller, Stephen Tucker
Cast: Kelly McCready, Nathaniel Levin, Adam Elliott
On his best friend’s wedding day, Josh proves a best man can only do so much to make sure everything goes smoothly for the bride and groom.

Baby Shower
United States / Drama / 10 mins
Director: Jibran Ahmed
Writers: Jibran Ahmed, Ciara Mikesell
Alice is a young woman navigating the absurdity of her sister’s baby shower and the unbearable friends and family that attend.

Message From The Future (Machine)
United States / Comedy / 9 mins
Director/Writers: Kyle Jutkiewicz, Keith Schneider
Producer: Kyle Jutkiewicz, Keith Schneider, Myko Olivier
Cast: Nanrisa Lee, Meera Rohit Kumbhani, Ray Reynaga
In 1985, the U.S. military began working on a top-secret machine designed to send a message exactly 8 minutes and 8 seconds into the past. After 37 years of research and testing, the machine has still never worked…. Until today.

How They Met Themselves
United States / Drama / 23 mins
Director: Jesus Alarcon
Writers: Daria Markovskaya, Jesus Alarcon
Producer: Daria Markovskaya, Fernanda Curi, Andres Fernandez
Cast: Mauricio Martinez, Victoria Meade, Chris Barnett
Anton Eager can’t escape himself. He is constantly being haunted by doppelgangers of himself. The old wives’ tale his mother told him echoes in his head… First you see them, then you die. Anton is unsure whether these hauntings are real, or the product of his mind fracturing under pressure.

Last Meal
United States / Experimental / 7 mins
Director: Dion Costelloe
Writers: Deborah Rose Peña, Brendan Babinski
Producer: Brendan Babinski, Laura Barbato
Cast: Josh Phillip Weinstein, Jeph Cangé, Deborah Rose Peña
Despite achieving a life-long aspiration for exuberant wealth, Tristan is left unfulfilled. He chooses to have the last meal of his life, and is met with an unforeseen outcome.