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Graduate student in directing Mark Columbus&#039; short film &quot;Guests&quot; stars &quot;Modern Family&quot; star Rico Rodriguez as Charlie Foster, who struggles to mature quickly when his father is diagnosed with cancer. (Courtesy of Mark Columbus)

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UCLA student&#8217;s past fuels success at film festival

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Mark Columbus saw a piece of himself reflected in the troubled expression of Charlie Foster, the protagonist of his latest short film, “Guests.” The film, based on Robert Boswell’s short story of the same name, centers on Charlie’s struggle to mature quickly when his father is diagnosed with cancer.

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UCLA student’s past fuels success at film festival

By Savannah Tate

Sept. 8, 2014 5:46 a.m.