The 2024 Media Film Festival will take place across two weeks
March 29th and 30th at the Media Towne House
and April 4th-6th at the Media Theatre

Evening: 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Stall (MACFI) - A foreign exchange high school student is introduced to a harsh American reality.
7:47 United States
Director: Anastasia Wren Lauer
Producer: Michelangelo Bellini
Writer: Anastasia Wren Lauer
Key Cast: Jenny Peralta, Savannah Schmidt, George Bostwick, Kezia Wolf, Harper O'Neil
Executive Producers: Hezekiah Lewis, Darryl Ridgeway
Associate Producer: Caleb Lucky
Assistant Director: Pilar Puig
Editor: Michaelangelo Bellini
Cinematographer: Andrew Mlynarski
Assistant Cinematographers: Nolan Carey, Michelangelo Bellini
Production Assistant: Richard Williams

Like Dead Skin - A short animated film about forgetting.
3:33 United States
Director: Aidan Chen
Writer: Aidan Chen
Animators: Aidan Chen, Tyler Walton, Lee Tomlinson, Tristan Mowry

An After Party - While hosting a dinner party, a wife reveals to her husband that she has another man in her life, launching a long-awaited argument between the two.
9:46 United States
Director: Tucker Papa
Producer: Yoli Yang
Writer: Tucker Papa
Key Cast: David Dotterer, Sondra Weimar
Director of Photography: Juliette Ho
Editor: Tucker Papa
Composer: Stefan Thompson
Sound Designer: Olivia Weseley

Plant Baby - A struggling drug addict takes care of a plant baby, hoping that by nurturing it, he can learn to take care of himself.
6:45 United States
Director: Arabella Sharkey
Producer: Patrice Yip
Writer: Arabella Sharkey
Key Cast: Sage Guarino, Jenna Maryn Sierra
Associate Producer: Jason Parker
Associate Producer: Gabriel Silverio
Director of Photography: Yayo Vang
Unit Production Manager: Kevin Wang
Composer: Josh Allen
Sound Designer: Mason Parker
1st Assistant Camera: Anjali Rawat, Alex Muzila
2nd Assistant Camera: Aya Troyer
Gaffer: Andre Hall, Chris St Lawrence, Shaha Mag
Grip: Hudson Price, Shaha Mag
Colourist: Yayo Vang
Editor: Arabella Sharkey
Prop Manager: Patrice Yip
Plant Puppeteer: Nick Ashraf
Production Assistant: Nour Khalil

Empty Pockets - Best friends, Joan and Margot, have a heartbreaking falling out. Estranged from each other, Joan tries desperately to move on.
20:12 United States
Director: Darlene A Sacco
Writer: Darlene A Sacco
Key Cast: Shelby Hightower
Director of Photography: Wesley Mellott

Greenhouse - While housesitting his girlfriend's apartment, Stan begins to think one of her houseplants has taken on a life of its own.
15:20 United States
Director: Eddie Bick, Brian Diroff
Producer: Ian Coyle
Writer: Eddie Bick, Brian Diroff
Key Cast: Eddie Bick, Ian Coyle, Renata Rabinovich
Executive Producer: Steven Diroff
Director of Photography: Alex Nicoletti
Editor: Lana Duda
Production Design: Jaclyn Silvestri
Assistant Camera: Prentiss Donnelly, Maria Dragone, Gabby Perera
Gaffer: Matt Murray
Production Sound Mixers: Will Martinko, Stephano Saldutti
Sound Mixing: Dash Williams
Music: Anthony Massucci

Silver - Silver is a story of Mrs. Tavakoli, the inspector of a charity organization, who enters a house to check the condition of one of the applicants, the existence of a crisis makes it difficult for her to make a decision.
16:38 Iran
Director: Hamid Saberi
Producer: Hamid Saberi, Navid Rafie
Writer: Hamid Saberi
Key Cast: Raha Khodayari, Shiva Ordouei, Nazgol Sharifi, Tiam Kermanian, Neda Asadi

Order My Steps - After almost 20 years of separation, Peg, an incarcerated woman, meets with her daughter, Dorian through a family reconciliation program. As they try to connect, memory intrudes, reminding them of the addiction, neglect and betrayal that kept them apart all of these years.
18:12 United States
Director: Augusta Palmer
Producer: Eva Minemar, Dolores Diaz, Meg Grant
Writer: Kathryn Grant
Key Cast: Carla Brandberg

Man Down II - 25 years after their last encounter, Josh Raff returns to his old tennis club to prevent his former nemesis, Thomas Van Buren, from winning the club championships for a record setting 10th year in a row.
30:00 United States
Director: Josh Raff, Maura Campbell
Producer: Josh Raff, Jordan Battiste, Maura Campbell, Pablo Arraya, Nathan Markiewicz, Barry Raff
Writer: Josh Raff, Maura Campbell
Key Cast: Josh Raff, Angela Wildflower, Matthew Cherner-Ranft, Owen Bush, Mark Dang, Dennis Rowan, Barry Raff, Micki Raff, Anthony Pappagallo, Andrew Rosenbloom

Seating for these special events is limited. We recommend purchasing your tickets in advance. Discounts available when buying 3 or more tickets (across either/both weekends!)

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