SHORTS
This year’s Shorts program is a buffet of tasty morsels that range from stories of American identity, life in the schoolyard and family ties to LGBTQ expression, complicated relationships and thinking outside of space and time. Get ready for a feast of the senses!
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Christmas in America
King Lu / SHORTS / USA / 2015 / Narrative Fiction, Short / 9 mins
Director King Lu brings to us a story that many viewers will feel sympathetic and nostalgic toward. CHRISTMAS IN AMERICA tells the story of a Chinese immigrant family trying to make the best of the holidays for their youngest child as they deal with the hardships of being financially unstable.
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The Detached
Tatsu Aoki / SHORTS / USA / 2014 / Experimental, Short / 13 mins
Filmed on Angel Island, THE DETACHED is a collaboration between director Tatsu Aoki and dancer/producer Lenora Lee, featuring Lenora Lee Dance.
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Do Not Think For a Moment
Adria Siu & Vivian Wang / SHORTS / USA / 2015 / Bay Area Connection, Documentary, Experimental, Gay/Lesbian, Short, women / 3 mins
Bay Area directors Adria Siu and Vivian Wang challenge stereotypes of gender, sexuality and race in DO NOT THINK FOR A MOMENT. The subjects, three Asian American women, share their experiences, frustrations and identity amid the backdrop of San Francisco’s Castro District and other neighborhoods.
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Donut Shop
Robert Riutta / SHORTS / USA / 2015 / Short / 15 mins
For some, immigration means running away from something dreadful while also leaving behind something precious. Oakland, CA, donut shop owner Sam shares his story of loss and perseverance during and after the Khmer Rouge genocide.
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Dreality
Derrick Wong / SHORTS / USA / 2015 / Bay Area Connection, Experimental, Short / 11 mins
A man daydreams of an alternative to his 9 to 5 lifestyle. Slowly, he loses touch with what his reality was in the first place.
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Eclipse (ruby)
Viet Le / SHORTS / USA, Vietnam / 2015 / Gay/Lesbian, Short / 5 mins
Released on the 40th anniversary of the Vietnam War and now making its Bay Area premiere, local filmmaker Viet Le’s ECLIPSE (RUBY) is multisensory poetry expressed through a trans lens. Le’s expression-filled film rides waves of movement and meaning, accompanied by music from controversial, legendary musicians Dai Lam Linh.
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Escape
Zia Islam / SHORTS / United States / 2014 / Drama, Short, Thriller / 15 mins
Two paramedics are on standby for an illegal immigrant police raid. Tense and uneasy, they find themselves at odds choosing between following orders and risking their freedom and livelihoods to help keep a family together.
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Fish in Barrel
Randall Lloyd Okita / SHORTS / Canada / 2009 / Experimental, Narrative
Fish in Barrel depicts a young man facing his demons as his struggle erupts into visions that question what lies below the surface.Plays In:
In Conversation with Randall Okita
Gray Area Foundation for the Arts
March 12, 2016 12:30 pm Not Available
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Flip Flops
Haolu Wang / SHORTS / China / 2015 / Narrative Fiction, Short / 16 mins
Ana is fighting with Thomas. After a nap on the beach, she can't find him. What has happened to her boyfriend?
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For the Love of Unicorns
Genevieve Erin O'Brien / SHORTS / USA / 2014 / Family, Gay/Lesbian, Short / 5 mins
A queer, Asian American, gender non-conforming utopia lies at the heart of Genevieve Erin O’Brien’s FOR THE LOVE OF UNICORNS. The film represents this message through an adorable story of a young girl’s trip to a carnival and her hopes to see her favorite animal there — a unicorn.
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