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Screening 3 Films:
Gyre (17:26)
Dreams, reality, sex and sexuality blur leaving Lex stranded in her own nightmares (or are they realities?) in Gyre.
Writer/Director
Lindsay Morrison
Lindsay Morrison
Producers
Tiffany L. Gray
Andrew Allen
Tiffany L. Gray
Andrew Allen
Cinematographer
Katie Wincor
Katie Wincor
Editors
Michael La Breche
Erika Edgerley
Michael La Breche
Erika Edgerley
Composers
Alexis Marsh
Sam Jones
Alexis Marsh
Sam Jones
Production Designer
Jane Parrott
Jane Parrott
Sound FX Designer
Seryna Thai
Seryna Thai
1st Assistant Director
Li Lu
Li Lu
Eddie Puzynski (17:00)

Writer/Director
Jeremy Michael Cohen
Jeremy Michael Cohen
Producers
Nick Lazo
Ian Ward
Ross Cohen
Nick Lazo
Ian Ward
Ross Cohen
Editor
Matt MacDonald
Matt MacDonald
Cinematographer
John DeFazio
John DeFazio
Sound Designer
Sean Higgins
Sean Higgins
Production Sound Mixer
Jesse Rosenman
Jesse Rosenman
Re-Recording Mixer
Sung Rok Choi
Sung Rok Choi
Production Designer
Susannah B. Lowber
Susannah B. Lowber
Composer
Thomas Parisch
Thomas Parisch
Music Supervisor
Jay MacLeay
Jay MacLeay
Willowbrook (16:00)
In 1964, a young pediatrician begins his residency at Willowbrook State School in Staten Island, only to discover that the institution is conducting Army-funded experiments on developmentally disabled children. Based on true events.
Director
Ross Cohen
Ross Cohen
Writer
Andrew Rothschild
Andrew Rothschild
Producer
Jeremy Cohen
May Iosotaluno
Ross Cohen
Jeremy Cohen
May Iosotaluno
Ross Cohen
Associate Producer
Aaron Acosta
Aaron Acosta
Associate Producer
Jordan Ledy
Jordan Ledy
Director of Photography
James G. Wall
James G. Wall
Editor
Evan Schrodek
Evan Schrodek
Sound Designer
Sean Higgins
Sean Higgins
Sound Mixer
Sung Rok Choi
Sung Rok Choi
Casting Director
Cymbre Walk
Cymbre Walk
Composer
Assaf Rinde
Assaf Rinde
Paulie (10:56)
A short comedy about Paulie, a child prodigy who goes on a quest to take down the school bully after the bully beats him in the big essay contest.
Director
Andrew Nackman
Andrew Nackman
Writer
David J. Lee
David J. Lee
Producers
Chris Abernathy
David Haskell
Chris Abernathy
David Haskell
Cinematographers
Chris Kurose
Alex Parker
Chris Kurose
Alex Parker
Sound Designer/ Production Sound Mixer/ Post-Production Sound
Erika Edgerley
Travis Laughlin
Erika Edgerley
Travis Laughlin
Editors
Dave McCracken
Joel Townsend
Dave McCracken
Joel Townsend
Production Designers
Maria Dirolf Kali Heitholt
Maria Dirolf Kali Heitholt
Canto de Familia (18:58)
A lyrical Journey into the lives of a young mariachi family in East Los Angeles, whose dream of keeping Mariachi music alive goes beyond their family and into their community.
Director
Lindsey Villarreal
Lindsey Villarreal
Producers
Sabrina Chammas
Monely Soltani
Sabrina Chammas
Monely Soltani
Cinematographer
Zack Haskell
Zack Haskell
Production Sound and Sound Design
Jorge Ramirez- Martinez
Lori Webster
Jorge Ramirez- Martinez
Lori Webster
Editors
Alexandre Peralta
Faroukh Virani
Alexandre Peralta
Faroukh Virani
Additional Music
Rebecca Nuñez
Rebecca Nuñez
Animator
Andrew Chittenden
Andrew Chittenden
In Brotherhood (42:40)
In 1957 Alabama, a black nursing student and a pedigreed Army Sergeant, who's secretly a member of the Ku Klux Klan, fight their attraction and the confines of society as the FBI wends its way into their lives.
Executive Producer
Garen Thomas
Garen Thomas
Co-Executive Producer
Stephen Parsey
Stephen Parsey
Supervising Producer
JC Elizondo
JC Elizondo
Directors
Nabila Lester (Act I)
Stephen Parsey (Act II)
Devin Law (Act III)
Nabila Lester (Act I)
Stephen Parsey (Act II)
Devin Law (Act III)
Writers
Jenna Hicks
Brandon Lange
John Nordlinger
Eduardo Presa
Shannon Rose
Annabel Seymour
Kevin Smith
Garen Thomas
Joseph Umana
Bryce Woodworth
Jenna Hicks
Brandon Lange
John Nordlinger
Eduardo Presa
Shannon Rose
Annabel Seymour
Kevin Smith
Garen Thomas
Joseph Umana
Bryce Woodworth
Production Designer
Michelle Waring
Michelle Waring
Casting Directors
Karen Corneille
Cachet Lamar
Karen Corneille
Cachet Lamar
Producers (Act I)
Cleary Clark
JP Jacobsen
Lawdan Pahlavan
Cleary Clark
JP Jacobsen
Lawdan Pahlavan
Producers (Act II)
Margo Companie
Margo Companie
Producers (Acts II & III)
Kevin Kobori
James Ward
Kevin Kobori
James Ward
Cinematographers
Tim Wen (Act I)
Hannah Vollenweider (Act II)
Ryan Griswold (Act III)
Tim Wen (Act I)
Hannah Vollenweider (Act II)
Ryan Griswold (Act III)
Editors
Daniel Gross (Act I)
Win Thu (Act II)
Kyle Stallman (Act III)
Daniel Gross (Act I)
Win Thu (Act II)
Kyle Stallman (Act III)
Post Production Supervisor
Davern Wright
Davern Wright
Supervising Sound Editor
Abby Potts
Abby Potts
Supervising SFX Editor
Brian Bibbo
Brian Bibbo