Student Shorts
Program 1
Louis B. Mayer Theatre
Tue., April 4, 5:00 pm

Lucky - Dir. Avie Luthra
The Saviour - Dir. Peter Templeman
Queen of Cactus Cove - Dir. Anna Christopher
Wentworth - Dir. R. Stephen Suettinger

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Expiration Date
Carlson Family Theatre
Tue., April 4, 7:00 pm

USA, 93 Min.,
Los Angeles Premiere

Director: Rick Stevenson
Writer: Rick Stevenson
Producer: John Forsen
Starring: Robert A. Guthrie, Sascha Knopf, Dee Wallace Stone

Charlie Silver Cloud III is a young man with a deadline. His father and grandfather were both killed by milk trucks on their 25th birthdays and he's about to turn 25. Nothing can protect him from this unfortunate family curse--death by milk truck. With his fate sealed, Charlie Silvercloud III begins preparations: he breaks things off with his girlfriend, reserves a grave site, picks out a coffin, returns his library books. But just when his life and death are in order, he meets a girl who won't let him die in peace.

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Eve of Understanding
w/The Christmas Tree
Louis B. Mayer Theatre
Tue., April 4, 7:15 pm

USA, 93 Min.,
West Coast Premiere

Director: Alyson Shelton
Writer: Alyson Shelton
Producer: Jen Prince, Alyson Shelton
Starring: Rebecca Lowman, Bellamy Young, Daniel Magill, Mark Reeb, Jennifer Harlow, Kit Gwin, Tom Procida

Donna can’t seem to get her life together. Chain-smoking…bad haircut…she feels it’s all gone wrong. When Donna’s mother, Eve dies, her sister Lisa inherits everything of value. All Donna gets is a list of addresses and a trunk full of odds and ends. Each item on the list is a memento from her mother’s life, to be delivered to the significant people of her past. Her mother’s dying wish sends Donna on a road trip from Texas to Arizona to make peace, uncover secrets, and find some understanding in the life she's been dealt.

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Tre
Carlson Family Theatre
Tue., April 4, 9:15 pm

USA, 110 Min.,
West Coast Premiere

Director: Eric Byler
Writer: Kimberly Wolter-Rose
Producer: Phillippe Diaz
Starring: Daniel Cariaga, Kimberly Wolter-Rose, Erik McDowell, Alex Koromzay

Tre is an egotistical, overly laid back son of wealthy parents who overstays his welcome at engaged friends Gabe and Kakela's home. As Gabe takes off during the day to work, Kakela's attempts at writing are undermined by Tre's constant obnoxious and intentional interruptions at home. Sexual tension mounts between Kakela and Tre as they exchange a tirade of disagreements and fights. Gabe is eventually left in the background and Kakela begins to doubt her future marriage as Tre poses questions to Kakela about her true ambitions in life. Once Tre has spoken the unspeakable, he and Kakela decide to make a deal, the result of which will change their lives forever.

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Turntable
Louis B. Mayer Theatre
Tue., April 4, 9:30 pm

USA, 88 Min.,
Los Angeles Premiere

Director: Robert Patton-Spruill
Writer: Robert Patton-Spruill
Producer: Patricia Moreno
Starring: Will Lyman, Heather D. Lee, Russell Jones, Tony Todd, Lonnie Farmer

DJ Spyder, a lonely, moody DJ, hides out at the local nightclub. What no one knows is that Spyder's brothers are back in town and about to botch a drug deal their incarcerated father set up. Spyder knows he can't change the past and knowing that doesn't make it hurt any less or feel any better. His brothers may be on the run from gangsters, but Spyder hides from his tragic past and the possibilities of life, rather than risk causing pain or hurt again. The only way an emotionally dead man can feel is through the music...and the music still plays, because what goes around comes around.

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