#SOHO8 8th Edition: SOHO International Film Festival

DAY 3 : Saturday, June 17, 2017 l 11:00AM l Aud. 1 #SOHO8 SHORTS: “MERCER STREET SERIES” SHORT "DANNI" (US) 25mins l Drama l New York Premiere Director: Peter Jensen Wri en by: Diane Reilly Stars: Jeana Reilly 'aka' Diane Reilly, John Moran, Don Draxler Synopsis: DANNI goes on a journey to explore rela onship addic on and seeks to ﬁnd out at what cost does one become "clean" ‐ or not. SHORT "SOLO" (US) 5mins l Drama l Animated Director: Brendan Kirschbaum Synopsis: Backstage, a nervous elephant prepares for his trumpet solo. SHORT "UNCLE SILAS" (US) 15mins l Drama l Northeast Premiere Wri en & Directed by: Sayra Player Stars: Kevin Kane, Sayra Player, Khalil Muhamman, Nick Basta Synopsis: Maureen, exhausted from child birth, must summon a mother's strength to ﬁght for redemp on or choose to let go from a dangerous, self‐destruc ve force: her family. A brother and sister stripped to their most bare and piercing, the two confront choices as only siblings can. SHORT "WARM SPRINGS" (US) 15mins l Drama l New York Premiere Director: Sean Wang Wri en by: Jon Caren Stars: Bradley Bundlie, John E. Cusack, Daniel Donovan, Carl Ryan Wendling Synopsis: Naive and impressionable, six year old Ryan wants nothing more than to be accepted by his older brother, Van, and his two friends Kevin and Richie; to Ryan, Van and his friends are gods. When Van, Kevin, and Richie steal some ﬁreworks and sneak oﬀ one day to go set them oﬀ, Ryan forces them to bring him along — and their reck‐ lessness combined with Ryan’s over‐eagerness to grow up places Ryan in harm’s way. SHORT "MANTIS" (US) 4mins l Drama l World Premiere Director: Chris an LaMorte Wri en by: Dylan Gantz Stars: Mollie Downes, Joseph Mazzei, April Andre Synopsis: Man s explores the interac on between a testosterone‐fueled young man and an independent, experienced young woman during a friendly night of 'Ne lix and chill'. The ﬁlm presents this through that of a dark, thriller‐esque aesthe c in order to shed light on the human predator‐to‐prey sexual pursuit. SHORT "DEADBEAT" (US) 14mins l Drama Director: Jesse R. Tendler Wri en by: Robert Mosca, Eric Grsan Stars: Mike Starr, William Jousset Synopsis: A er more than 20 years with no contact, Ryan visits his dying, absentee father, Mickey, in the hospital. Though at ﬁrst it seems that a poignant reconcilia on may be possible between the young man and the former junkie who abandoned him, it turns out Ryan has other inten ons for the encounter. We don’t make movies to make money, we make money to make more movies. – Walt Disney 5

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