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Program 20
MONDAY
OCTOBER 13, 2:00PM

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Lingua Villosa Nigra

United States / Drama / 11 mins

Director/Writer: Harrison Sloan Gilbertson

Producer: Mia Rose Kavensky

Cast: Janiva Taupule

Taking place over the course of a day in New York City, the film follows THE PERSON (played by nine different actors) as they attend a doctors appointment where they are diagnosed with the condition Lingua Villosa Nigra.

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Come Back To Me 

United States / Drama / 8 mins

Director/Writer: Shihan Tan

Producer: Carrie Tang

Cast: Yimeng Duan, Jiayi Li

Living in New York, Hong receives the news of her mother’s passing in China during pandemic lock down, her daughter’s unusual behavior seems to transport her back to their old house in Jiangxi, which is slated for demolition, unveiling a chapter of memories long obscured by dust.

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Outsighter

United States / Drama / 14 mins

Director/Writer: Lucie Reese

Producer: Lucie Reese

Cast: Lucie Reese, Caroline Joseph, Christian Page

After witnessing a traumatic event, a young woman turns to a mysterious guide who offers passage to the past or the future. Desperate to escape her reality, she makes an irreversible choice and steps into the unknown: the future...becoming an "outsighter.”

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So You Remember to Miss Me

United States / Drama / 16 mins

Director/Writer: Nan Li

Producer: Historia Yi Wang, Jianan Ni

Cast: Heather Lynn Wong, Teresa Ortega

Sienna, a woman scarred by domestic violence and cultural dislocation, hires Edith—an inexperienced assassin—to kill her abusive ex. When the plan unravels, the two women are forced into an uneasy alliance, embarking on a tense, cross-country pursuit that becomes a deeper journey through memory, identity, and survival.

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Weighted

United States / Drama / 7 mins

Director/Writer: Martin Eaton

Producer: Martin Eaton

Cast: Hudson Koonce, Ben Lewis Dougherty

Teenage Macauley reminisces over fond years spent weightlifting with his dad in their garage gym, before his body was attacked by multiple sclerosis. He returns to attempt one ill-conceived bench press and prove he’s still a man… and a son worthy of his father’s love.

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So Long, My Friend

United States / Drama / 13 mins

Director/Writer: Xiaoxing Chen

Producer: Xiaoxing Chen, Margarita Mina

Cast: Kimi Handa Brown, Spencer Cramer

A girl has to go on a trip with someone who broke her heart.

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On Purple

United States / Drama / 10 mins

Director/Writer: Joe Quartararo

Producer: Thomas D White

Cast: Amie Mackenzie, John L Payne, Melissa Hurst

After coming home to find her partner in a bad mood, a poet shares her daily writing, only to be given a poem in return.

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