A ROADSIDE BANQUET
USA 16 MIN
DIRECTOR Peiqi Peng
SCREENWRITER Peiqi Peng
PRODUCER Ziqi Gao
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Tianyi Liu
EDITOR Christine Ho
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Yijie EJ Li, Ye Yara Wang
Eleven-year-old Chinese girl Mai attends her baby brother’s first birthday party, where she gradually realizes everyone only has eyes for her new brother.
DAD’S JOURNAL
USA 19 MIN
DIRECTOR Henry Choa
SCREENWRITER Henry Choa
PRODUCER Bohan “Crystal” Yang
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Mufeng Han
EDITOR Chris Spatola
PRODUCTION DESIGNER John Huang
Charlie finds his long-absent father’s journal and goes hunting for answers with the help of the family dog.
CARCASS
USA 17 MIN
DIRECTOR Eric Wang Schwager
SCREENWRITER Eric Wang Schwager, Cyrus Yalda
PRODUCER Haley Beasley
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Logan Floyd
EDITOR Christine Ho
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Abbie Vance
Gabriel is an outcast from society forced to serve as executioner after being branded a thief. When Travis, a young street urchin, is arrested, Gabriel is forced to examine his role in the system. Will he be able to break the cycle and save Travis or meet the fate that all those branded face?
CAROLINE
USA 11 MIN
DIRECTOR Jack Highberger
SCREENWRITER Jim Bulluck, Jack Highberger
PRODUCER Jim Bulluck, Findlay Brown
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Keith Nixon
EDITOR Aaron Dsouza
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Rachel Miu
A young auto mechanic learns his mother has unexpectedly died, forcing him to pick up her car and complete a series of painful, yet banal tasks that sets the stage for a confrontation with the past.
BIENVENIDO JUANITO
USA 16 MIN
DIRECTOR Anna Lo Westin
SCREENWRITER David Orantes, Anna Lo Westin
PRODUCER Zixin Cindy Zhang
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Augusto Garcia
EDITOR Lari Stang
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Yibo Kou
Three years after being separated following an attempted border-crossing, Fernanda is reunited with her 12-year-old son Juan. But the small child she knew is now a teenage boy.
THE BULLFIGHTER
USA 16 MIN
DIRECTOR Giselle Bonilla
SCREENWRITER Giselle Bonilla, Cesar Jaramillo
PRODUCER Colt Kozal, Wuliang Zhang
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Sharon Pulwer
EDITOR Alejandra Armijo
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Eleanora Figueroa-Steiner
A farcical comedy about ex-bullfighter, Felipe Fernando de la Fernand, a once extraordinary figure now trapped in an ordinary world. He gets a job as a parking attendant to stage one final bullfight… triggering a past he’s yet to reckon with.
