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Program 35
WEDNESDAY
OCTOBER 16, 10:00PM 

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Open Mind Open Heart

United States / Animation / 4 mins

Director: Avery Pendleton

A meetcute story between two high-school girls with superpowers.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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