Program 29
WEDNESDAY
OCTOBER 26, 8:00PM

Great Listener
United States / Drama / 5 mins
Director: Tristan Nash
Writer: Rachel Lin
Producer: Tristan Nash, Rachel Lin
Cast: Rachel Lin, Johnny Gaffney, Min-Wen Huang
An East-Asian woman contends with what it means to be a “great listener.”

Max & Taco (Get Their Sh!t Together)
United States / Drama / 15 mins
Director/Writer: Caitlin Ferrell
Producer: Leila Chediak, Tyler St. Pierre
Cast: Hannah Shealy, Chris Ryan, Oliver Prose
Max has been sober for six months. In all that time, she hasn’t played music. On the eve of her first concert back, she loses her dog Taco. Will she relapse? Will she make it to play her concert?

Ode to Psyche
United States / Drama / 18 mins
Director/Writers: Alex Morf
Producer: D.D.R. Stewart
Cast: Will Dagger, Alex Morf, Blake DeLong
ODE TO PSYCHE captivating story of Adam Koenigsburg, a brilliant but sensitive teenager whose life is turned upside down when he follows a flyer for a scientific trial looking for “people who don’t know how to be."

The White Stuff
United States / Drama / 22 mins
Director/Writer: John M. Keller
Producer: Eléa Clair, Arta Ramadani
Cast: Zach Grenier, Majah Hype, Jonathan Duran
Syd, a college student, goes to an ophthalmologist, who tells him, bizarrely, that he can’t see race. To remedy the problem, he goes to another ophthalmologist, whose ad he sees on the subway, someone who deals with difficult-to-correct vision problems. This ophthalmologist says he can help, but it’s going to require a costly laser surgery. With the help of Fara, a girl who’s fallen in love with him largely because of his innocence, he starts to raise money for the surgery.

Draw Up and Stare
United States / Drama / 20 mins
Director: Jeremiah Kipp
Writer: Emily Donahoe
Producer: David McMahon, Emily Donahoe, Amanda Rehbein
Cast: Melissa Leo, Michael O'Keefe, Linda Powell
A fireman returns to his quiet upstate cabin after unexpected time away, only to discover that he's not alone.