Program 26
TUESDAY
OCTOBER 15, 2:00PM
The Human Fossil
United States / Animation / 6 mins
Director/Writer: Rebecca Huang
Producer: Janni
The Human Fossil is an animated short film about an alien archaeologist’s mesmerizing encounter with the relics of human civilization. While the film opens with funny and lighthearted punchlines, it elicits the following contemplations: How will we look back on our present when it becomes history; what will be left of humanity, and how do we want to be remembered?
Sure, Your Play Is Good
United States / Comedy / 22 mins
Director/Writer: Anthony Fazio
Producer: Anthony Fazio, Danicah Waldo Waldo
Cast: Anthony Fazio, Danicah Waldo, Jacob Berland
The Head of this Middle School Drama Program decides to utilize a 7th grade class to anonymously produce his own play, and hires a Camera man to document his subsequent rise as a playwright. The results are tragic.
Saving Coney Island
United States / Drama / 11 mins
Director/Writer: Mick Bongiovi
Producer: Jess Li
Cast: Marieke de Koker, Gigi Grace
An environmental activist is accused of having self-serving motives after she misses another beach clean-up at Coney Island.
Teenie
United States / Drama / 13 mins
Director/Writer: Emlyn Mileaf-Patel
Producer: Ben Hsu, Stefano Canavesio
Cast: Bill Buell, Jacob Carton
A young man cares for his grandfather during his birthday dinner.
Outcast Forest
United States / Drama / 12 mins
Director: Frank Raudsepp
Writer: Caleb Wells
Producer: Piyush Thakur, Frank Raudsepp
Cast: Caleb Wells, Sanaya Bedi Stoler
A lost Viking discovers a Saxon girl on the run from thugs and must intervene to find his way home.
Metal Hearts
United States / Romance / 16 mins
Director/Writer: DaMond Taylor
Producer: DaMond Taylor
Cast: Kate Jensen, Daniel Malysiak
In 1994 NYC, a blizzard traps two strangers in a would be screenwriter's tiny apartment. As the night unfolds, they confront their struggle for an emotional connection, past traumas and shared loneliness.