IN WONDERLAND
USA 13 MIN
DIRECTOR Andrea Camacho McCracken
SCREENWRITER Nora Alameddin
PRODUCER Shuqi Li
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Ellin Aldana
EDITOR Guanqing Lin
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Cyrum A. Ramirez, Mehdi Bennani
When Nina, a resilient and tenacious eight-year-old Mexican girl is granted asylum in the U.S. and forced to stay in the custody of her estranged aunt, she rejects her new family and escapes inside the fantasy world of her book, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”
COLORS OF SOLACE
USA 17 MIN
DIRECTOR Davis Northern
SCREENWRITER Kenya Cummins, Davis Northern
PRODUCER Tata Chen
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Nan Li
EDITOR Guanqing Lin, Ivanka Lawrence
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Camila Rodriguez
COLORS OF SOLACE is a story about a black cop wrestling with his identity and the redemption he finds in this struggle when he is tasked with helping his son harness his own inner powers.
HOT SODA
USA 14 MIN
DIRECTOR Nello DiGiandomenico
SCREENWRITER Nello DiGiandomenico
PRODUCER Olia Zimarova, Yulia Safonova
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Matt Smith
EDITOR Jiehan Mercury Song, Chris Spatola
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Armaan Pujani
When the company fracking their hometown is approved to double their operations, a restaurant family is at odds when the CEO and his bodyguard come in to dine.
FULL MOON
USA 9 MIN
DIRECTOR Shrayek Kapil
SCREENWRITER Justin Horowitz
PRODUCER Joe Gonzales, Dahlia Hamdan
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Matt Smith
EDITOR Stanley Joseph
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Noel Dombrowski
It’s a full moon outside and Mikey just wants to spend his night alone on the couch with some chicken. But when he comes home to a surprise birthday party thrown by his girlfriend, he becomes conflicted about revealing his secret identity as a werewolf.
PAEONIA
USA 16 MIN
DIRECTOR Pedro Henrique Xavier Buson
SCREENWRITER Pedro Henrique Xavier Buson, Yuzhong Philip Ge
PRODUCER Bohan Crystal Yang, Yuzhong Philip Ge
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Augusto Garcia
EDITOR Edward Sun
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Yijie EJ Li
Fai is a guilt-ridden scientist conducting genetic experiments on a deserted desert planet to create a species of peony that can survive the harsh environment. His life changes when a mysterious man arrives at his base claiming to be his brother.
CAIRN
USA 19 MIN
DIRECTOR Joshua Nathan, Gia-Rayne Harris
SCREENWRITER Anna Vecellio
PRODUCER Xuepeng Laze Huang
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Akanksha Shyam
EDITOR Jessica Petersen
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Masha Lyass
In contemporary Georgia, a new groundskeeper Ada is surprised by a weekend getaway of the owner Wyatt and his friends. After discovering a bloody earring and a massive field of cairns, Ada suspects Wyatt of causing harm.
