LATE NIGHT SHORTS 2

Includes:

CARNAL ORIENT -
DIRECTOR: Mila Zuo
PRODUCER: Camille Mana
WRITER: Mila Zuo, Angela Seo
CAST: Akemi Look,West Liang,Joey Halter,Peter Lucas,Stephan Smith Collins,Jeff Blumberg
RUNTIME: 00:08:35
COUNTRY: USA
LANGUAGE: English
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CHERRY CAKE - IN COMPETITION
Starring Olivier-award winning actor Matthew Kelly (Of Mice and Men, Stars in Their Eyes, You Bet!) and West End veteran Eve Pearce (Mike Leigh’s Topsy-Turvy, Les liaisons dangereuses), Cherry Cake is a quintessentially English short film. Set in the heart of rural England this wry film takes a peek over the garden gate of a picture perfect country cottage into a brief moment in the life of angelic 86-year old Ingrid. Whatever your reaction to this surprising and quirky film, you will never look at your grandmother in the same light again.
DIRECTOR: Jaine Green
PRODUCERS: Colin Gerrard, Jaine Green, Ramsey McBean
WRITER: Jaine Green
CAST: Eve Pearce, Matthew Kelly
RUNTIME: 00:14:00
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
LANGUAGE: English
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CITY BUS -
It's Helen’s 30th birthday. Her regular bus doesn’t arrive. The special bus that picks her up instead takes her back to her youth, to the time she betrayed the boy she loved.
Before the end of this otherworldly ride, Helen must face her regret and choose the way forward.
DIRECTOR: Lauren Hoekstra
PRODUCERS: James Franco, Rabbit Bandini Productions, Gerren Crochet
WRITER: Teresa Sullivan
CAST: Ahna O’Reilly (Fruitvale Station, The Help, Jobs), Adam Harrington
RUNTIME: 00:12:49
COUNTRY: USA
LANGUAGE: English
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IRREVERSIBLE -
Collateral damage is an innocent life extinguished. This is the everyday reality of many people around the world who are stuck in the middle of a war zone. This film tries to capture the very essence of that pain and the horror.
DIRECTORS: Negar Behbahani, Mehrnoush Aliaghaei
PRODUCERS: Negar Behbahani, Mehrnoush Aliaghaei
WRITERS: Negar Behbahani, Mehrnoush Aliaghaei
RUNTIME: 00:00:47
COUNTRY: Iran, USA
LANGUAGE: English
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MIZBRUK -
On a cold autumn night, a sordid creature visits Julie. Shaken, the young girl finds refuge in the arms of her older brother Felix. Consumed by fear, Julie asks Felix to lend her a hand to get rid of this disturbing visitor. The next night, Felix adopts the appearance of his sister to get rid of the creature.
DIRECTOR: Daniel Duranleau
PRODUCER: Sandrine Berger
WRITER: Daniel Duranleau
CAST: André Kasper, Estelle Fournier, Jean-Daniel Roy, Catherine Renaud, Jean-Robert Quirion
RUNTIME: 00:16:19
COUNTRY: Canada
LANGUAGE: French (with English subtitles)
U.S. PREMIERE
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NAKED UNDER THE LEATHER -
She protects her flesh but the leather is peeling off.
DIRECTOR: Lucas Sá
PRODUCERS: Tatiana Sato, Danielle Menezes, Railane Moreira Mourão
WRITER: Lucas Sa
CAST: Gilda Nomacce, Miriã Possani
RUNTIME: 00:20:00
COUNTRY: Brazil
LANGUAGE: Portuguese (with English subtitles)
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
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PAINTED LADY -
New Orleans, 1902. Disgraced aristocrat Louisa Lebrun and her lover meet in secret on a humid August afternoon. When a sarcastic remark shifts the tone of the intimate scene from tender to combative, what follows is sex and conversation, intellectual power struggle and erotic stimulation, conflict and catharsis as Louisa arrives at clarity and empowerment despite her fall from grace.
DIRECTORS: Zac Manuel, Jane Geisler
PRODUCERS: Milo Daemgen, Chris Haney
WRITER: Jane Geisler
CAST: Dave Davis, Megan Few
RUNTIME: 00:08:20
COUNTRY: USA
LANGUAGE: English
Programmer's Note: For Mature Audiences