WHEN BIG PEOPLE LIE
USA 13 MIN
DIRECTOR Gianfranco Fernandez-Ruiz
SCREENWRITER Gianfranco Fernandez-Ruiz, Pablo Cervera
PRODUCER Gus Murray, Kouxiao Amy Zhang
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Miko Malkhasyan
EDITOR Ziyang Guo
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Nymisha Gummadi
Hurt by his mother’s lies on the whereabouts of his biological father, an eight-year-old must choose between outing her to U.S. immigration or lying to save her sham marriage.
THE WITCH PRICKER AND THE HARE
USA 16 MIN
DIRECTOR Brynn Mitchell
SCREENWRITER Brynn Mitchell, Mashael Alqahtani
PRODUCER Anna Bohannan
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Zach Morrison
EDITOR Phoebe Fu
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Jose Daniel
During Scotland’s witch trials in the 17th century, an infamous witch pricker struggles to execute a particularly clever witch when their true identity is at risk of being exposed.
LIKES
USA 19 MIN
DIRECTOR Shuyue Su
SCREENWRITER Leqi Kong, Shuyue Su
PRODUCER Zhen Lou
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Tu Do
EDITOR Sige Feng
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Emily Li
A teenage Chinese girl who fantasizes about being a sexy anime character wants to impress her classmates in a talent show, only to discover the truth of her innocent belief through a scam.
THE HICKS HAPPY HOUR
USA 16 MIN
DIRECTOR Kate McCarthy
SCREENWRITER Kate McCarthy, Michael Kefeyalew
PRODUCER Cameron Wen
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Ariano Trevino Angelone
EDITOR Jin Suk
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Yun Gu
In 1972, the ever-smiling mother of a wholesome family band struggles to keep their TV variety show going when her estranged husband doesn’t turn up to the taping.
WHAT IF WE COULD STAY
USA 15 MIN
DIRECTOR Stephen Steelman
SCREENWRITER Sasha Das
PRODUCER Bridger Zadina, Hector Martinez
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Sam David Zhang
EDITOR Hamish McLean
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Mackenzie McMahon
A loveless Entity, forced to body-hop between people experiencing alcoholic blackouts, meets a fellow wanderer who embraces the chaos. Before the booze fades and sobriety separates them forever, can Entity accept their fate?
