#SOHO9 SHORTS: "Spring Street Series"

Ann Dowd, John Doman. Angela Cohen
Synopsis:   Based on a true story, when Grace, a woman with multiple psychiatric diagnoses, returns home to live with her aging parents, it threatens the sanity and lives of everyone involved. Without Grace journeys through the devastating dynamic of mental illness infiltrating a family and the parents' ultimate struggle to let go of their child.

 
"LOST & FOUND"  (US)   22 mins  l  Drama  l  NORTHEAST Premiere
Directed by:  Kristin Haggi
Written by:   Nick Job 
Produced by:   Candy Nairovy, Clyde Baldo, Natalie Roy, Renee Stork, Shannon Hamm (executive producer)
Stars:   Clyde Baldo, Natalie Roy, Renee Stork, Shannon Hamm 
Synopsis:   As the patriarch slips further into dementia and the prodigal daughter is forced to come home after her own domestic crisis, a family fights to rekindle the unbreakable bonds that hold them together.
 

 
"CHOSEN"  (US)   14 mins  l  Drama  l  NY Premiere
Director: Debra Markowitz
Written by: Shari Umansky
Produced by: Shari Umansky, Debra Markowitz & Adam Broder (executive producer) 
Stars: Cathy Moriarty, Arash Mokhtar
Synopsis: A drug addict wakes up from a near fatal overdose to find out he might be a direct descendant of Jesus Christ.
 

 
"THE DUWENDE"  (Australia/Philippines)   11 mins  l  Drama  l  NORTHEAST Premiere
Written & Directed by:  Odin B. Fernandez
Produced by:  King Palisoc
Stars:   Sue Prado, Arnold Reyes
Synopsis:    In rural Philippines, a local man searches for his missing daughter while his wife believes she was taken by the mythical duwende.

 
"DRESSED"  (US)   8 mins  l  Drama, LGBTQ
Directed by:  Sydney O'Haire
Written by: Abigail AccetturaProduced by: Sydney O'Haire
Synopsis:   After her engagement collapses, Mags’ mourning is interrupted by her little sister, recently out and seeking Mags’ support at a Pride protest. With every day a reminder of her own failed relationship, Mags must decide what it means to support the people she loves.
 

 
"DEATH BY SCRIPT"  (US)   10 mins  l  Drama  l  NORTHEAST Premiere
Written & Directed by:   Jason Kessler
Produced by:  Brittney Shepherd, Jason Kessler, Sarah Spurger, Will Conant
Stars:   Jonathan Flanders
Synopsis:    A Hollywood script reader comes across a script that may or may not cause the horrific death of anyone who passes on it.
 

 
"SAM DID IT"  (France)   10 mins  l  Drama  l  NORTHEAST Premiere
Written & Directed by:   Dominic Burgess
Produced by:  Dominic Burgess,  Ari Schneider, Casey Graf, Natalie Britton
Stars:   Dominic Burgess,  Harley Jane Kozak, Alfred Molina
Synopsis:   Sam loves his job working in a morgue, almost as much as he loves his celebrity idol, Alfred Molina (playing himself). So, when Alfred Molina arrives on Sam’s cold hard slab (a potential victim of some nefarious seals), Sam’s world is thrown into chaos and despair. SAM DID IT is a dark comedy that explores how a fan’s world can be impacted by the loss of their favorite idol.
 

 
"TRASHY" (US)  4 mins  l  Comedy, Drama  l  WORLD Premiere
Written and Directed by: Kevin P. Alexander
Produced by: Daniel Schloss
Stars: Cameron Scoggins, Clea Alsip
Synopsis: A man inadvertently insults his date while attempting to give her a compliment and suffers the consequences.
 

 
"MORTAL WOUNDS" (US)  14 mins  l  Action, Drama  l  WORLD Premiere
Director:  Frank Dale Arroyo
Written by:  Neil Holland & Leon Hendrix III
Produced by:  Sibyl Santiago, Neil Holland (executive producer)
Stars:  Neil Holland, Noël Elie, Clark Middleton
Synopsis:  Glover is a precise and clinical hit man for the Russian Mafia. Weary of his work and ready to start a new life, he arrives at his latest job only to find a competing killer has come for the same target. Now stuck battling with Bea, a fiery self-made woman, he finds that in order to move forward he must let go of his past.

 
"LOVE & OTHER STUFF"  (Zimbabwe)  7 mins  l  Comedy, Drama  l  US Premiere
Directed by:   Joe Ferrera
Written by:  Liz Farahadi
Produced by: Aradhana Tayal
Stars:   Cameron Jack, Liz Farahadi
Synopsis: Love and Other Stuff is an original short film which throws out preconceived concepts of gender. A "noir" comedic take on life; we pull back a curtain on suburbia, crumbs, relationships, status, obsessions, sensuality, jam, desire, and consequences of working from home.

 

  
SCREENING FOLLOWED BY Q & A
WITH FILMMAKERS & CAST IN ATTENDANCE