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The Oracle

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United States202618 minEnglish
Oracle

When an atheist psychiatrist hypnotizes his con artist patient, a message from his long-dead twin emerges. It could be the perfect con, or it could be proof that reality is far stranger than he would like to admit.

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When an atheist psychiatrist hypnotizes his con artist patient, a message from his long-dead twin emerges. It could be the perfect con, or it could be proof that reality is far stranger than he would like to admit.

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Screening Times

This film is a part of a shorts program. Please go to the program page to view available screening times.

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Credits

  • Director(s)

    JJ Adler

  • Screenwriter

    JJ Adler

  • Producers

    JJ Adler

    Jon Cohen

    Jon Wolf

  • Cinematographer

    Damian Acevedo

  • Production Designer

    Grace Alie

  • Composers

    Frans Mernick

    Nicholas Coty Brown

  • Colorist

    Ayumi Ashley

    Rare Medium

  • Sound

    Sydney Galbraith

    Circonflex

  • Visual Effects

    Gareth Parr

    ARC Creative

  • Principal Cast

    Kurt Fuller

    Brandon Scott Jones

    Luka Jones

    Karen Maruyama

    Susan Berger

Meet the Artist

Panelist Name

JJ Adler

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JJ Adler is an award-winning New York–based writer-director-producer who got her start directing for The Onion. She’s directed TV and short films and is a prolific comedy commercial director. In 2020 she co-founded commercial production company Ruckus Films. Adler holds an MFA from Columbia University.

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