Filmmakers in attendance
Oh Lucy!
RT 22 Mins
Director: Atsuko Hirayanagi
Writer: Atsuko Hirayanagi
Producers: ATSUKO HIRAYANAGI, MASUMI SOGA, PERRY LOONG, KEN NATSUHARA. Executive Producers RAZMIG HOVAGHIMIAN MICHAEL CHUA
Starring: Kaori Momoi, Miyoko Yamaguchi, Billy Scott
Description: Setsuko, a 55-year-old single 'office lady' in Tokyo, is given a blonde wig and a new identity, “Lucy,” by her young unconventional English instructor. “Lucy” awakens desires Setsuko never knew she had. When the instructor suddenly disappears, Setsuko must come to terms with what remains – herself.
CO Premiere
You Have a Problem
RT 9 Mins
Director: Lena Tsodykovskaya
Writer: Joshua Cohen
Producer: Joshua Cohen
Starring: Denis - Rodion Dolgirev Sasha - Denis Demin Galina - Elena Zolotareva Semyon - Anatoliy Bogard Karina - Olga Mokshina Olechka - Olya Titova Father Alexey - Mikhail Kukushkin
Description: You Have a Problem follows Denis, a TV-obsessed Russian teenager, as he struggles to convince his family to throw an intervention for his older brother’s drinking problems. The only thing is, none of them have an idea of what an intervention actually is.
U.S. Premiere
reConception
RT 12 Mins
Director: Joe Petrilla
Writer: Joe Petrilla
Producer: Kit Bland
Starring: Jonah Landow, Kit Flanagan, Tom Morrissey, Kyle Sutton, Demetrius Constant, Ashton Woerz, Brett Kaminsky
Description: A hell-bent bunch of boys break into an abandoned cargo trailer. Their conquest is interrupted by the owner of the vehicle's unexpected return.
CO Premiere
Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution
RT 14 Mins
Director: Matthew VanDyke
Writer: Matthew VanDyke
Producers: Matthew VanDyke and Nour Kelze
Starring: Nour Kelze, Omar Hattab (Mowya)
Description: A short film about the Syrian struggle for freedom as experienced by a 32 year old rebel commander, Mowya, and a 24 year old female journalist, Nour, in Aleppo, Syria. The film clearly and concisely shows why Syrians are fighting for their freedom, told through the emotional words of two powerful characters whose lives have been torn apart by war.
Karl Manhair, Postal Inspector
RT 22 Mins
Director: Chandler Kauffman
Writer: Chandler Kauffman
Producers: Bob Aumer, Yori Tondrowski, Dustin Pownall, Brittany Rostron
Exec. Prod: Hillary E. Cutter, Chandler Kauffman
Starring: Geoffrey Cantor, Amy Rutberg, Peter McRobbie, Michael Somerville
Description: A dark comedy about a down-and-out Postal Inspector struggling with his increasing irrelevance in the world. After taking to heart the advice of his new-age “life coach”, Karl finds himself embroiled in the most bizarre case of his career, but one that just might lead to renewed purpose in life.
World Premiere
Picnic
RT 11 Mins
Director: Kim Gualino
Writer: Kim Gualino
Producers: Giuseppe Petitto, Kim Gualino
Starring: Francesca Viscardi Leonetti, Alessia Valente
Description: An on the road family drama that narrates the journey of a woman and a small girl towards a mysterious destination.
CO Premiere
Intersection
RT 19 Mins
Director: Brendan Beachman
Writer: Brendan Beachman, story by Joshua Krenz
Producers: Nickol Matallana, Brendan Beachman
Starring: Terry Serpico, Zachary Sherman
Description: Two road construction workers fla
