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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FINALISTS & WINNERS OF THE
1ST ANNUAL COMEDY SHORT CUTS DIVERSITY FILM FESTIVAL



A NINJA PAYS HALF MY RENT Directed / Writer / Producer: Steven Tsuchida
Writers: Arron Ginsburg & Wade McIntyre
Cast: Timm Sharp, Steve Yeager, Shin Koyamada & Anthony Liebetrau

A young man, Barry, learns to live with a Ninja. Crossing cultural divides, Barry and the Ninja develop a strange bond that leads to an unexpected end.



PRIA (ONLINE AUDIENCE AWARD)
Director: Theodore Bezaire
Writer: Amarpal Dhillon
Producer: Gerry Lattmann
Cast: Natasha Chandel, Kyle Buchanan & Jessamine Fok

Pria is a South Asian teenager who is experiencing her first real crush. She has the same problems as any other teenager, but of course in her mind those problems are exaggerated. Pria would like to approach the object of her affection but is too self-conscious about her heavy South Asian accent. In the end Pria comes to realize that her differences really don't matter and she had nothing to worry about.



QUEST FOR LENGTH
Directed by Gene Rhee
Writers: Gene Rhee & Roger Fan
Producers: Gene Rhee & Roger Fan
Cast: Bree Turner & Roger Fan

A hilarious and insightful look on one man's journey to increase the size of his penis. This film follows around "Roger Fan" as he explores America's fascination of "bigger is better" with a mold of his male member. Together and with the support of his loving girlfriend "Bree Turner", Roger explores his options for penile.



AFTERSCHOOL'D
Directed by Peter Alton
Writer / Producer: Joe Hernandez-Kolski
Producers: Damon Young & Peter Alton
Cast: Joe Hernandez-Kolski, Darrion Pollard, Loren Rubin, Manny Bravo & Pat Towne

You think you got what it takes to teach Hip-Hop to middle school kids? Joe thinks so. But his boss doesn't. Hip-Hop is a multi-million dollar industry and Joe's not about to let his students get left behind. Joe learns, however, that teaching is tougher than it looks.



VIRUS (BEST CHARACTER & MOST CREATIVE)
Director / Writer / Producer: Laura Hayes
Cast: Laura Hayes

Distraught and despondent 'Miss Laura' Hayes pours out her feeling and emotions about one who has become part of her life, part of her family. Waiting for his return seems like an eternity.




OSAMA BIN LADEN: BEHIND THE MADNESS
Director / Writer: Ben Koldyke
Producer: Jef McClure
Cast: Ben Koldyke, Bobby Nish, Christopher Lawford, Osama Bin Laden, Terence Hines & Tiffany Paul

In January of 2002 an LA based film crew was hired by an unidentified client for a one-day video shoot. Upon their arrival on the set, they were told - at gunpoint - to simply do their jobs and not ask stupid Western questions and they would make a great deal of money...because that's all they care about anyway.




EQUAL OPPORTUNITY (BEST FILM)
Director: Howard Duy Vu
Writer: Sameer Asad Gardezi
Producers: Camille Mana
Cast: Alanna Ubach, Aldis Hodge, Assaf Cohen, Camille Mana, Felix Pire, Joey Gnoffo, Michael Goldstorm, Skyler Stone & Tom Lenk

When a group of diverse co-workers retreat to the break room for a routine mid-day snack, a quarrel about who gets the last pineapple-flavored water turns to a heated passive-aggressive battle among man, woman, white, black, yellow, brown, purple and little.



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