Join Steven Wood as he prepares his famous 3-layer lasagna, featuring a step by step recipe that’s sure to impress at your next dinner party. Just don’t plan on leftovers, they’ll be fighting for the last bite! <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/5a60618aed1c86d3e530d2e4175ee0c4.jpg" style="display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px;" width="151">Director BiographyJoe DeMarchi is a recent graduate from the film program at KU. I have worked on several student films in different roles. My interest is in camera but I am open to working in any position! I am freelancing as a PA in the KC area and am excited to gain more professional experience!

Lasagna

An unusual road trip takes a turn for the worse as two fearless women risk it all for what’s right, presenting a frighteningly real future possibility. Exceptional and convincing performances by the talented cast: Tara Bissett (Quantico), Shoshana Wilder (Transplant), Shawn Baichoo (The Punisher) and Gerardo Lo Dico (Confessions).&nbsp; <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/c6741dd661084ebb319ec6f8d6baa59e.jpg" style="display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px;" width="150">Director BiographyCanadian born actor/writer/director Dawn Lambing hails from Brevard, North Carolina with this, her directorial debut.

Roed

In the land occupied with the sprayers army, no one has the right to grow any kind of plants either in public or private. So many of the people and soldiers do not even know how a plant grows or what it looks like, until one day one of the soldiers finds a seed buried deep down in the dust and his curiosity is just the beginning of something extraordinary, something big, something revolutionary. <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/514484bc90041f6b89ddc9e24153ab03.jpg" style="display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px;" width="150">Director BiographyFarnoosh Abedi was born in 1985 in Isfahan/ Iran. He has made more than 20 animated short films, a TV series, documentaries and one animated feature. His films have been presented and screened in more than 200 domestic and international film festivals.

THE SPRAYER

Inspired by Canada’s now-annual record-breaking wildfire seasons, the award-winning Dragon Fruit is set in a smoggy, hellish world where the atmosphere itself has become toxic to breathe, and the gap between the rich and poor has never been worse. Drinking water is scarce, militarized police roam the streets terrorizing regular people, and greed is the only ideology everyone understands. Told largely without dialogue, the film follows one mother as she struggles to grow a small plant sprout into a fully ripened dragon fruit. <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/686069e33e577d6e9660a39e9983d98f.jpg" style="display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px;" width="150">Director BiographyJ.Brown is a director, producer, and animator based out of Vancouver, BC. He has nearly 20 years of experience working in television, feature film, and video games, working on massive titles like Stranger Things, The Mandalorian, and The Avengers movies. He created all costumes, props, and visual effects for the film in his apartment on his own. Partly to save money, and partly because there was a pandemic and he had nothing else to do. He also built two sets, acted as locations manager, and played the character of Mr. Mystery Meats, because after all this work, there’s no way he wasn’t gonna be in this thing. Identifying marks include a rattlesnake tattoo on his arm and a beard on his face. So far, he is bald. Director StatementYou get an idea you’re so excited about, you feel like running. But then it’s harder than you think. There’s a pandemic. And a miscarriage. You lose your job. But you’re still alive, so you work harder. You get other jobs. You turn 40. You keep making things, you work so hard. You work all the time, you’re so tired. You have to see it through—the only way out is through. The work never ends. You turn 41. You’ve tried your best. You’re nearly done! You feel alive! You don’t know what it cost you, but you feel it. In your back. In your heart. You wonder if it was worth it, but that’s not up to you. You feel silly. It’s only a short film. Whatever. You lose your job again, but now you don't know if you can stand another. Dragon Fruit is about being consumed by your side hustle during a terrible time. This film is about how it felt to make it.

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DRAGON FRUIT

n a violent, dystopian future, a single mother attempts to grow a dragon fruit sprout so she can one day sell it for cash.

How far would you go for a hug? — A young man uses a magic potion to turn himself into a ghost, now, with his new-found abilities he flies miles away to the house of a person he loves. Longing for a hug, he possesses a gift. Sadly, when the morning comes, he must return home, faraway from his person. <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/4f726c6d035ea5e83defa855eefc7dc1.jpg" width="150" style="display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px;">Director BiographyCarlos Lerma is a Mexican award-winning writer/director and bestselling author. Best known for his internationally recognized films, which include “Treasure Haunt” (2023), and “Faraway Fiesta” (2023). Additionally, he has published illustrated poetry books, including "Underdog Days" (2022), which is an English translation of one of his Spanish best-selling books.

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