International Program
November 10 - 15, 2020
The Mark
USA / Suspense / 15mins
Director/Writer: Devin E. Haqq
Producer: Korey Jackson
Cast: Catherine Curtin, Kana Hatakeyama
A young single mother struggles against ominous forces, whom she believes are bent on taking her infant daughter.

The Present
Palestine / Drama / 24mins
Director/Writer: Farah Nabulsi
Writer: Hind Shoufani
Producer: Ossama Bawardi, Farah Nabulsi
Cast: Saleh Bakri
On his wedding anniversary, Yusef and his daughter, Yasmine, set out in the West Bank to buy his wife a gift. Between the soldiers, segregated roads and checkpoints, how easy would it be to go shopping?

Time & Days
Italy / Drama / 20mins
Director/Writer: Alessia Buiatti
Producer: Massimo Belluzzo
Cast: Sara Lazzaro, Emma Frison
"One day you and I will go away together." "Where do you want us to go?”
Daniele and Caterina have a friendship beyond definition, living between sky and sea, at the precious age of eleven.

Unpot
USA / Short / 26mins
Director/Writer: Huieun Park
Producer: Mead McCormick, Kristopher Wile
Cast: Jongok Yeon, Greena Park
"unpot" features Kyung-Ja, a woman iwith Alzheimer's disease, and describes her last day before she is sent to a nursing home; this is her last day outside of confinement. For her children and others around her, she is a problematic old lady, but she has her own world and her last desires.
Untitled (Sans Titre)
France / Romantic Comedy / 24mins
Director/Writer: Clément de Dadelsen
Producer: Clément de Dadelsen, La Compagnie de la Flibuste
Cast: Arthur Provost, Bérénice Coudy
Jules is about to publish his first novel but cannot find the right title with his publisher. He therefore decides to go to Lisbon to convince the greatest title writer to find him one for free. The old man finally accepts but offers him a very strange deal...

What's This Country Called Now?
USA / Drama / 37mins
Director: Joseph Pierson
Writer: Joseph Pierson, Aida Cerkez
Producer: Joseph Pierson, Damir Ibrahimovich
Cast: Zrinka Cvitesic, Rade Serbedzija
"What’s This Country Called Now?" is based on the experiences of Aida Cerkez, a Bosnian woman who worked as a reporter throughout the Siege of Sarajevo. She spent four years enduring incessant bombing and sniper fire, and sharing Sarajevo’s story with the world.

Wichita
USA / Drama / 6mins
Director: Sergine Dumais
Writer/Producer: Bo Price
Cast: Maxim Roy, Jeremy Sisto
Sara is in bed with her lover when her husband calls. When he asks for something in his sock drawer, she runs home, stalling for time, asking endless questions about Wichita, Kansas.

The Worcester 6: Heroes Remembered
USA / Documentary / 21mins
Director/Writer: David Shilale
Writer: John Murnane, Michael Middeleer
Producer: Eric Skvirsky