Program 35
WEDNESDAY
OCTOBER 16, 10:00PM
Open Mind Open Heart
United States / Animation / 4 mins
Director: Avery Pendleton
A meetcute story between two high-school girls with superpowers.
Hong Kong Ballet: Tutu Academy
United States / Dance / 3 mins
Director: Dean Alexander
Producer: Karen Lam, Erin Winebrenner, Jake Lefebure
Cast: Yonen Takano, Zhang Xuening, Luis Cabrera
At “Tutu Academy”, the viewer discovers a school where students learn the vocabulary of ballet and the tutu is the centerpiece of their culture. Like any school, there are a variety of personalities represented by our characters.
I Heard a Fly Buzz
United States / Drama / 11 mins
Director/Writer: Hsi Cheng
Producer: Pranavi Davuluri, Hsi Cheng
Cast: Lily Speiser, Brett Lowell, Lee Rubin
Inspired by a poem by Emily Dickinson. "I Heard a Fly Buzz" is a film about unrequited love and the significance of spiritual liberation once everything comes to an end.
Costume Party
United States / Drama / 8 mins
Director: Rachel S Bass
Writer: Matthew Brennan
Producer: Carley Santori, Matthew Brennan
Cast: Nancy Kimball, Matthew Levine
As a local costume shop goes out of business, the owner exchanges a moment of contemplation with one of her last customers.
Bloody Loafers
United States / Comedy / 10 mins
Director/Writer: Vanessa CJ
Producer: Dominique Carrieri
Cast: Mahayla Laurence, Liz Demmon, Rachel Horwitz
A woman’s anxiety about not being “gay enough” comes to life as a hyper-femme alter ego who tortures her with accusations of faking her queerness to seem more interesting.
The Last Hurrah
United States / Romance / 14 mins
Director: Stephanie Halovanic
Writer: Julia Rehwald
Producer: Trevor McGhie
Cast: Julia Rehwald, Jess Gabor
When Kit spends one last night with her best friend, she discovers what it really means to say goodbye
Bodega
United States / Romance / 10 mins
Director/Writer: Sharik Geneve Atkinson
Producer: Jaqueline Easter, Sam Katz
Cast: Ocean VanExel, Zoe Dumm, Carlos Rodriguez
When two queer girls connect at a deli, the line blurs between innocent attraction and unsettling obsession.
Flicker
United States / Romance / 10 mins
Director/Writer: Samantha Coulter
Producer: Kayleigh Arnold, Samantha Bergeson
Cast: Zoe Dean, Sylvie Tamar, Kin'e Diallo
After getting stood up by her situationship, a young woman meets a potential new suitor outside of a Brooklyn house party.
Home Conversation Practice
United States / Experimental / 10 mins
Director/Writer: Zhiying Huang
Producer: Kaiqi
Cast: Zoe Liu, Haoqing Geng
A wall estranges two neighboring women, yet the desire for touches transcends the concrete divide and reaches the unknown other — through an intricate maze of sounds behind the wall, they expose their entangled existence to each other, until one's sudden retreat, haunted by the spector of fear for intimacy in the postmodern era.