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CAAMFest 2015

Shorts

They may be short, but they pack a punch! One of the gem’s of festival is it’s imaginative and talent filled shorts program. This year, emerging and established filmmakers converge, bringing films that highlight love and loss, complex family dynamics, issues of home and land, and visions of the future. Whatever your taste, there is bound to be a short for everyone.


  1. Dead Meadows

    Jaime Lastimosa / Shorts / Philippines / 2013 / Bay Area Connection, Music Video / 3 mins
    When the world finally ends, this is the music video you will want playing out the human race.
    Plays In:
    TALES OF TOMORROW (SHORTS)

    Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
    March 13, 2015 9:40 pm Not Available

    Plays In:
    TALES OF TOMORROW (SHORTS)

    Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
    March 15, 2015 2:40 pm Not Available


  2. Deconstructing My Depression

    Sally Tran / Shorts / USA / 2013 / Bay Area Connection, Family, Gay/Lesbian / 9 mins
    Mental illness is often an ignored issue in communities of color — passed off as an issue experienced only by the rich and the privileged. In this personal narrative, filmmaker Sally Tran breaks down her struggles with depression — as a first-generation Vietnamese American and as a member of the queer community.
    Plays In:
    OUT/HERE (SHORTS)

    Castro Theatre
    March 15, 2015 12:00 pm Not Available


  3. Distance Between

    R.J. Lozada / Shorts / USA / 2014 / Documentary, Short / 9 mins
    Filmmaker R.J. Lozada has offered to be a sperm donor for a lesbian couple wanting to conceive. Knowing that he might not play an active part of the child’s life, this documentary serves as a sort of love letter to the child, in an attempt to establish a paternal bond.
    Plays In:
    OUT/HERE (SHORTS)

    Castro Theatre
    March 15, 2015 12:00 pm Not Available


  4. Employed Identity

    Bao Nguyen / Shorts
    EMPLOYED IDENTITY explores the phenomenon of Vietnamese abroad returning to the country of their parents’ birth, to find both themselves and successful careers. This year's EMPLOYED IDENTITY features Ham Tran, director and writer of HOLLOW, a feature film filled with horror and vengeance.

    Precedes: Hollow

    Precedes:
    Hollow

    Pacific Film Archive
    March 13, 2015 8:50 pm Not Available

    Precedes:
    Hollow

    Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
    March 14, 2015 9:15 pm Not Available


  5. FALLING (SHORTS)

    Shorts / 90 mins
    FALLING is heartbreak and hilarity, a kiss in the dark, a riot of sound and color. From the glance across a room to the end of the line, these tales touch on what it really means to trip and fall into love.

    In This Program: After Us, Comfort Girls, If You Lived Here, You’d Be Home Already, Miss Guidance – EP 4: Persevering, Next Like, No No, Homo, The Seed of Need, Touch Of Essence, Tramp

    FALLING (SHORTS)

    Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
    March 14, 2015 9:40 pm Not Available

    FALLING (SHORTS)

    Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
    March 16, 2015 9:30 pm Not Available

    FALLING (SHORTS)

    New People Cinema
    March 20, 2015 9:20 pm Not Available


  6. FAMILY TIES (SHORTS)

    Shorts / 96 mins
    In a whirlwind of doubt, rejection, trust and love, these shorts express the struggle and joy that come out of reconnecting with family. With a few autobiographical stories like GIAP’S LAST DAY and narratives like MAMA TANG, histories emerge between generations of disconnect and silence.

    In This Program: Cold Spring, Giap’s Last Day at the Ironing Board Factory, Jaya, Mama Tang, My Father, Francis, To Sit With Her

    FAMILY TIES (SHORTS)

    Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
    March 14, 2015 2:40 pm Rush Only

    FAMILY TIES (SHORTS)

    Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
    March 18, 2015 7:10 pm Not Available


  7. Finger Running

    Diana Li / Shorts / USA / 2014 / Bay Area Connection, Experimental, Short / 9 mins
    Two women run their fingers through eachother's hair in an experimental performance that mimics gestures of desire and intimacy.
    Plays In:
    OUT/HERE (SHORTS)

    Castro Theatre
    March 15, 2015 12:00 pm Not Available


  8. FLIPSIDE (SHORTS)

    Shorts / 93 mins
    Bold and eye-opening, this mosaic of films takes you to the “Flipside.” These films powerfully illustrate unconventional perspectives, illuminating life’s complexities for all its joy and grief. Created with surprising empathy, these directors assure you that many things, and people, are more than what they seem.

    In This Program: D.Asian, Dandekar Makes a Sandwich, Give It Up, Hypebeasts, My Hot Mom Gandhi, N. King, The Other Side, Woman In Fragments

    FLIPSIDE (SHORTS)

    Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
    March 14, 2015 12:15 pm Not Available

    FLIPSIDE (SHORTS)

    Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
    March 18, 2015 9:25 pm Not Available


  9. Giap’s Last Day at the Ironing Board Factory

    Tony Nguyen / Shorts / USA / 2014 / Culture, Documentary, Independent, Reality / 25 mins
    Coming from a trialing childhood, Tony Nguyen tracks back to his small hometown to reconnect with his Vietnamese mother. As he documents his and his mother’s journey, contrasting rural American imagery with Vietnamese subjects, the film captures the refugee history of adapting to life in the US.
    Plays In:
    FAMILY TIES (SHORTS)

    Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
    March 14, 2015 2:40 pm Rush Only

    Plays In:
    FAMILY TIES (SHORTS)

    Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
    March 18, 2015 7:10 pm Not Available


  10. Give It Up

    Justin Tan / Shorts / USA / 2014 / Drama, Narrative, Short / 5 mins
    A comedian’s job is to make people laugh. But a comedian’s life is mostly far from cheerful. Justin Tan stars and directs himself in a brutally honest depiction of a performer’s struggles and the hope that some good might come out of it.
    Plays In:
    FLIPSIDE (SHORTS)

    Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
    March 14, 2015 12:15 pm Not Available

    Plays In:
    FLIPSIDE (SHORTS)

    Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
    March 18, 2015 9:25 pm Not Available