DEADLY DUELS XII (12:46)


Comedy
A deeply religious kid suspects that his big sister is possessed and goes to extreme lengths to save her.
Directors
Justine Beed
Assistant Directors
Stephanie Peraza
Writer
Nick Grant
Producer
Stella (Tianyu) Shi, Yingu Chen
Cinematographer
Eva (Qiong) Wu
Production Designer
Frank Tianzhi Duan, Diana Mir-Mohammad-Sadeghi
Editor
Jennifer Yi, Yuhan Huang
Sound
Kevin McAuliffe, Shufan Zhang

Dead Pet Shark (13:09)


Comedy
A child comes to terms with death when he attempts to resurrect a dead shark he discovered on the beach.
Director
Misha Gankin
Assistant Directors
Stephanie Peraza
Writer
Misha Gankin
Producer
Dasha Pimenov, Sonia Bhatia
Cinematographer
Harnish Ambaliya
Production Designer
Tristan St. Germain
Editor
Sonya Novikova
Sound
Jon Lewis

Pickled (TV Pilot) (33:01)


Comedy
Afer his robot dog startup publicly implodes, high profile tech CEO Alex Dudek, 34, has to move back in with his parents, but he finds a new field to conquer (and a new arch-nemesis) when they introduce him to Pickleball.
Director
Nico Abesamis, Liam McEneaney, Jessica Redish, Fernanda Tapia
Assistant Directors
Kaylee Hayes, Yilin Xu
Writer
Sandi Johnson, Sarah Evie Barry, Kaitlyn Calta, Phoebe Lai, Adrienne Picciotto, Adam Yuster
Producer
Hailee Chu, Cooper Roth, Sandi Johnson
Cinematographer
Wubetu Shimelash
Production Designer
Maya Channer
Editor
Matthew Berger, Abby Lutes, Thalia Bosman, Zizhong Jiang, Sophia Marriott, Han Tan, Zefaan Kanwar
Sound
William Byun

Dear Mr. Hitman (13:32)


Comedy
An empty nester with more than a little time on her hands discovers that her husband has been cheating with his secretary. Instead of hiring a lawyer, she hires a hitman.
Director
Lauren Blazey
Writer
Julia Byers
Producer
Sonia Bhatia, Polina Uzornikova
Assistant Directors
Samuel Haskin
Cinematographer
Yuhan 'Max' Huang
Production Designer
Sarita Cronyn-Lloyd, Jake Nicastro
Editor
Aanchal Ramchandani, Divyansh Singh
Sound
Yu Hsuan Ting, Julia Byers

Curtains (11:13)


Comedy
A type-A opera assistant director has 15 minutes to get a singer on stage whose difficult behavior forces her to make the biggest decision of her life.
Director
Ophelia Wolf
Assistant Directors
Bissa Burr
Writer
Joanna Fernandez
Producer
Adrienne Picciotto, Alexander McNab
Cinematographer
Sabatino Ciatti
Production Designer
Molly Miller
Editor
Gregory Roberts
Sound
Vincent Essid

Last Words (17:30)


Comedy
All Melanie wants is a final moment with her grandfather... But he's in a shitty mood, her family won't get off her back, and she wants to kick the living shit out of them all.
Director
Inez Franco
Assistant Directors
Lauren Blazey
Writer
Inez Franco
Producer
Tyler Coon, Mike Werner
Cinematographer
Thom Kristensen
Production Designer
Becca Meza
Editor
Aric Lopez
Sound
Kevin McAuliffe

30 Yards (5:57)


Comedy
Buster tries to break the world record for the most suitcases carried to a train.
Director
Kevin Remy
Assistant Directors
Karim-Eldin El-Alfy
Writer
Kevin Remy
Producer
Neil Zafar Haeems, Joshua Ebrahimi
Cinematographer
Christy Chen
Production Designer
Diana Mir-Mohammad-Sadeghi, Tristan St. Germain, Yao Wen
Editor
Clarinda Blais
Sound
Alisina Saee-Nazari, Amenda Lee, Kevin RemyProduction

Royal Foot Guards (13:53)


Comedy
Desperate to finally past the test to become a Royal Foot Guard at Buckingham Palace, Chester Popplestone must surrender his delightfully cheery nature and embrace the world for what it is.
Director
Pranay Mathur
Assistant Directors
Olivia Brancato
Writer
Levi Elias
Producer
Billy Tsiolis, Joe Grode
Cinematographer
Ian Jackson
Production Designer
Riley Levine
Editor
Sam Abunassar, Devyn Dyett
Sound
Keith Berlanga, Jason Liu

The Case of the Missing Afikomen (12:43)


Comedy
After their passover seder, a young precocious Jewish boy-detective competes against his brother in a race to find the traditional hidden Afikomen, all while trying to distract himself from the absence of his sick father, in a series of decisions made by the audience.
Director
Zane Swift
Assistant Directors
Morgan Montgomery
Writer
Sydney Sheren, Zane Swift
Producer
Eduardo Maia, Brandon Walsh, Lamont Lamar
Cinematographer
Arman Khaghani
Production Designer
Diana MMS.
Editor
Peter Rocca
Sound
Tristan St.Germain

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