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DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 5 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. Trailer

THE LAST BUTTERFLY

DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 3 Novelist Xiaodie returns to the home where she lost her mother years ago. As her sister lays dying, she comforts Lei, her niece, with stories of the Hmong deity “Mother Butterfly.” Trailer

JAMILA

DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 3 The morning of a wedding, a Palestinian American teenager begrudgingly accompanies her aunts to a salon. She is overwhelmed by her eclectic family who challenge her assumptions about culture and femininity. Trailer

LITTLE BIRD

DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 3 Linh, a disillusioned Vietnamese woman carrying out evictions for a landlord, is instructed to evict Vietnamese refugees. She must decide whether to follow through with their eviction or reject it in solidarity. Trailer

THE HICKS HAPPY HOUR

DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 5 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. Trailer

FCBK

DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 2 An abortion clinic medical assistant, Tati, must train the naive new hire, Kucera. As the two butt heads, Tati must keep her from quitting before the end of the day. Trailer

IN FOREIGN

DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 3 In 1962 California, a pregnant Jamaican psychic realizes she’s being forcibly admitted to a psychiatric ward by her husband. Seeing the future won’t help her here...but looking to the past might. Trailer

FRANCIS

DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 3 After skipping her father’s funeral, 28-year-old Francis Zapata, the youngest of three, dives into reviving the family business – a failing movie theater where her fingerprints have adorned the walls since the tender age of five. Trailer

FOWL PLAY

DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 4 Julia, a strong-willed single mother, is determined to provide Thanksgiving dinner for her children at all costs. However, the pursuit quickly spirals into a chaotic fiasco. Trailer

DO US PART

DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 2 Tyler starts to spiral further into his eating disorder when Patrick, the first guy he's been in treatment with, makes him work for his approval. Trailer

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