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Sometimes, the act of preparing the New Art Film Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/span> results in a circumstance that ultimately does not allow us to play a piece that would have been right at home in our program. The last-minute inclusion of a teaser for the dramatic short WORDS<\/strong>, as an example, gave us a way to help spread the word for its creator, Jarrod Finn<\/strong> of Malachi Entertainment<\/strong><\/a><\/span> in Urbana<\/strong>, even though the NAFF submission period had long been closed. With his first effort as director, writer, and producer now completed and streaming online, C-U Blogfidential<\/span><\/strong> encourages our dearest viewers to take a look. WORDS<\/strong> examines \u201ca young writer\u2019s battle with depression and anxiety disorder,\u201d per the official logline, \u201cand how her writing and community help guide her out of her darkness,\u201d apparently drawing from Finn\u2019s own personal struggles along these lines. Days are filled with internal and irrational upheaval for lead character Jordan (Kimmy Schofield<\/strong>), toggling between solitary moments of unease, votes of confidence and support from her mother (Cara Maurizi<\/strong>) and friends (Dominique Allen, William Anthony Sebastian Rose II<\/strong>), and abstract nightmare moments staged like a theatrical play. Luckily, the light at the end of the dark tunnel Jordan regularly finds herself in can shine brightly with the proper positives in place…<\/p>\n