6ft. in 7min
RAFAEL DEL TORO (DIRECTOR/WRITER)
CAST – Yousef Gaffary, Naheed Khan, R. N. Rao, Rajiv Surendra, Mohammed Chaudhry, Richard Holland and Joe Glass.
6ft in 7min is a short dark comedy about Rajeev Reddi, an East Indian guy who, thanks to his parents’ traditional ways, has never had a normal childhood. Today, on Rajeev’s 18th birthday, his parents have a surprise for him that is bound to leave him floored.
The Road
OWEN THOMAS (DIRECTOR/WRITER/PRODUCER)
CAST – Christopher Michael Holley, Danton Mew, Ariele Senara, Virginia Buckner, Matt Buckner, Owen Thomas, Kimberly Chong, and Yvonne Koenig.
Karma, condensed. A group of seemingly random people help Karma along, passing through many hands.
Little Bones
FABIAN MARQUEZ ((DIRECTOR/WRITER)
CAST – Leslie Montano, Jose Compre, Raul Martinez, Crash, Cesar Diance, Christian Diance, Frank Alvarez, Kevin Hernandez, Anthony "Citric" Campos, Radha Nilia, Cesar Garcia and Roy Garcia.
Deep in the heart of East L.A., a Latino boy has fallen asleep over his open geometry book. His chatty sister rudely awakens him on behalf of their father - an OG gangster with a broken leg - and the boy discovers that he is being sent out on a late-night errand to buy a carton of cigarettes. To make matters worse, his father can only give him a fraction of the forty-five dollars needed to buy the carton and informs the boy that he must 'make it work.' He explains to his father that he has a Geometry the next day, but Papi is unyielding and points to the door: 'Go.' What follows is a surprising journey as the studious young boy cloaks himself in the uniform of the street and traverses the late night world of a predominately Latino 'barrio.' As he goes from neighbor to neighbor and, finally, a scary, back-alley dice game, what started off as a dangerous errand transforms into a rite of passage. When Bones returns to face his father, it's not with the eyes of a boy, but with those of a man. Comical, and sometimes harrowing, LITTLE BONES is an authentic story of a boy whose life is pulled in two divergent directions, and we're left with the question of which one he will ultimately choose: the world of the street, or the world of the classroom?
Strange Faculty
MARTY JOHNSON, WILL LUERA & MARK ODLUM (CREATORS/PRODUCERS) and
JOHN DABROWSKI (DIRECTOR)
CAST – Will Luera, Mark Odlum, Marty Johnson, Rachel Bitney, Greg Bornstein, Cathleen Carr, Paul Dome, Harry Gordon, Kevin Harrington, Pat Healy, Sharon Leckie, Don Schuerman, Elyse Schuerman and Brandon Taylor
Strange Faculty follows three deeply flawed teachers who receive superpowers – very limited superpowers – when they’re struck by lightning mid-carpool. Their experience en route to a faculty party changes them forever: Mark is given the power to levitate objects with his mind, but only when they are within five inches of his hand. Will can read people’s minds and predict the future, but just a few seconds ahead of real-time. And Marty is able to turn lights on and off with her mind – only novelty lights.
Tough Crowd
IMAN ZAWAHRY (DIRECTOR/WRITER)
CAST – Liz Torres, Iris McQuillan-Grace, Stephanie DelRosario, Carly J. Bales
Jihad, a young Muslim college student follows her dream of becoming a stand up comic despite her family's disapproval. Her sister believes that it goes against her family's tradiion. Jihad decides to pursue her dream anyway and enters a multicultural fest, which allows her to show her talent. Her arch-nemesis, Rivka, a successful stand-up comedian, tries to shake Jihad's confidence. Jihad is able to recompose herself with ther help of her best friend, Alexis. When Jihad steps onto stage she realizes that Rivka has stacked that audience full of Jewish students. Jihad hesitates, but finds the courage to go on with the show when her sister, Layla comes to give her support. Jihad not only wins over the audience, but also the support of Layla.
The Don of Virgil Jr. High
DEON HAYMAN (DIRECTOR/WRITER)
CAST – Wendy McKinney, Mecca Dickerson, Lalanya Masters, Joi Osmanski, Alice Kim
A nerdy Jr. High School student finds fame and popularity when hustling banned sodas and snack at school.
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