Student Spotlight

FILM GUIDE

( Over the age of 18 in college or university.)

F: Family Suitable for all ages M: Mature Contains mature themes & strong language

AIN’T NO MERCY FOR RABBITS Iowa Premiere DRAMA / 16 MIN / M / USA / ENGLISH / DIRECTOR: ALIZA BRUGGER / CAST: ROBYN KENNEDY, LINDSEY MELANCON When Gramma gets sick, Roan must learn to survive on her own in a world without drinkable water.

BEA, SERIOUSLY Iowa Premiere DRAMA / 10 MIN / M / USA / ENGLISH / DIRECTOR: HANNA GRAY ORGANSCHI CAST: GIOVANNA DRUMMOND, ELIZABETH KEIFER Bea shows up at her mother’s house to decide what to do about an unexpected pregnancy.

THE BLUE DOOR World Premiere DRAMA / 10 MIN / GA / USA / ENGLISH / DIRECTOR: HARSHA GULLAPALLI A man has to let go of his present to go back to the joy of the past.

THE FORGOTTEN PEOPLE World Premiere DOCUMENTARY / 9 MIN / USA / ENGLISH DIRECTOR: CLARKE ACTIVISIM VALUES INFORMED EDUCATION STUDENTS With their home turned into a nuclear test site after World War II, thousands of people were forced to flee the Marshall Islands. Some of these families found a home in Dubuque, Iowa, yet faced new challenges like language barriers and issues with their work documentation. With funding from the Activism and Values Informed Education Clarke Compass Award, six Clarke University students interviewed members of the Marshallese population in Dubuque to share their story and raise awareness of the obstacles this vibrant community still faces today.

HELICOPTER PARENTS Iowa Premiere COMEDY / 9 MIN / M / USA / ENGLISH / DIRECTOR: PATRICK SKEYHILL CAST: JESSE TROUT, GRETCHEN HARRIS, HOWARD LEDER After arriving home from studying abroad, Eric Walters is reluctant to see his folks, Mitchell and Mary. But as he is welcomed back, Eric is met with an unusual surprise.

OST. Iowa Premiere HORROR, THRILLER / 19 MIN / GA / THAILAND / ENGLISH, THAI / DIRECTOR: ABHICHOKE CHANDRASEN / CAST: PRAPAMONTON EIAMCHAN, WIZZ INASIA, MAYTHAVEE BURAPASING A scoring assistant working on a horror feature film finds her debilitating perfectionism has manifested as the film’s malevolent spirit who will not let her live past the night unless she delivers a perfect score.

GA: General Audience Suitable for most audiences. May contain adult situations/language

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL ENTRIES IN THE JULIEN DUBUQUE FILM FESTIVAL

F: Family Suitable for all ages M: Mature Contains mature themes & strong language

THE OTHER Iowa Premiere DRAMA / 15 MIN / GA / USA / ENGLISH / DIRECTOR: NOLAN HIEU TRIFUNOVIC CAST: JOON PAUL KIM, KRISTA NICOLE OWENS, LEILA PERRY Two combatants are trapped in a mysterious hotel where they can’t die and don’t know how to leave. Stuck in a seemingly endless cycle of violence, the two combatants must change their tactics to save themselves.

RECHARGED Iowa Premiere 5 MIN / F / USA / ENGLISH / DIRECTOR: BRENCE PLATNER / CAST: MICHAEL PLATNER, BRENCE PLATNER A caring and prideful father builds a robot, hoping for it to become a prominent doctor. But as the robot grows older, it pursues its dream of being in a rock-and-roll band, forcing the father to confront his pride before his relationship with the robot is destroyed entirely.

RED WINE AND RAIN World Premiere DRAMA / 17 MIN / M/ USA / ENGLISH / DIRECTOR: JENNIFER MARIE MORGAN CAST: ELL LEE, NINA GOSIENGFIAO, KOJI NIIYA A heartbreaking infidelity brings two couples to what may be their final meeting. Will the painful end define their relationships, or will the memories of the past heal all wounds? Can you let go and hold on at the same time? An AAPI-led narrative.

SEIZURE THE DAY Iowa Premiere DRAMA / 22 MIN / GA / USA / ENGLISH / DIRECTOR: MACKENZIE HOPFAUF CAST: MADDIE CONWAY, KEVING ROMANO, TRACY REESE Aspiring chef Louisa anticipates focal resection surgery to remove the part of her brain causing her seizures. Trying to finish a scheduled list of things she would like to do before the surgery, she learns the importance of living life in the moment.

VENEERS Iowa Premiere DRAMA / 16 MIN / GA / USA / ENGLISH / DIRECTOR: MATT SCOTT JONES CAST: LANDON MOSS, ASHLEY DENISE ROBINSON, DARIAN MICHAEL GAREY Every day is a new series of performances for Trevor, because he believes that the only way to be valued is to be, at all times, the most perfect version of himself possible. It’s a gargantuan task— one that requires so much work, it’s as if he has stagehands to assist in building the facades in his apartment. Throughout the day, his world reorganizes as the people around him come and go. But the exhaustion of performing starts to erode at the perfect illusion he’s constructed.