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CAAMFest 2016

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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    Portrait as a Random Act of Violence

    Randall Lloyd Okita / SHORTS / USA / 2013 / Experimental, Reality, Short, Social Issue
    Portrait as a Random Act of Violence incorporates performance and sculpture to examine themes of harm, protest, and destructive and restorative transformations.
    Plays In:
    In Conversation with Randall Okita

    Gray Area Foundation for the Arts
    March 12, 2016 12:30 pm Not Available

  2. PORTRAITS FROM THE SCHOOLYARD

    SHORTS / 91 mins
    From pride and joy to fear and anger, everyone faces these emotional swings as they grow into themselves. PORTRAITS FROM THE SCHOOLYARD is a collection of diverse moments and experiences that magnifies the lives of students in and out of class.

    In This Program: America 1979, Study Abroad 2: The Daydreaming Bunny, From Tonga, Born With It, Horoscope, Pioneer High

    PORTRAITS FROM THE SCHOOLYARD

    Alamo Drafthouse
    March 16, 2016 6:20 pm At Rush

  3. RELATIONSHIP STATUS: IT’S COMPLICATED

    SHORTS / 84 mins
    Status updates hide the pain and, often, stupidity that is the search for love. This quest leads us through the most ridiculous, and possibly dangerous, situations. RELATIONSHIP STATUS: IT'S COMPLICATED explores the many ways that finding love today is much like the first human's quest for fire — pretty insane.

    In This Program: Flip Flops, Lovebites, Mush, One-minded, Pop, Tourists, White Fetish

    RELATIONSHIP STATUS: IT’S COMPLICATED

    Roxie Theatre
    March 13, 2016 9:40 pm Not Available

  4. ROOTS

    SHORTS / 100 mins
    This family of short films digs down to the roots of bonds between relatives across all generations. Tender, reflective, happy and even difficult moments between siblings, parents and grandparents reveal the foundations of family that tie each character together from womb to tomb.

    In This Program: Adrift in Sunset, Ba, The Boardwalk, Christmas in America, Jinju, Parachute Girls, Visiting Mum

    ROOTS

    Roxie Theatre
    March 13, 2016 4:30 pm Not Available

  5. Study Abroad 2: The Daydreaming Bunny

    Yung-Jen Yang / SHORTS / USA / 2015 / Animation, Narrative Fiction, Short / 21 mins
    Xiaotong is an art student working tirelessly on her art in hopes that her mother will finally accept her dreams as real.
    Plays In:
    PORTRAITS FROM THE SCHOOLYARD

    Alamo Drafthouse
    March 16, 2016 6:20 pm At Rush

  6. THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

    SHORTS / 86 mins
    At times, the situations we find ourselves in may change everything we know to be true — whether we can suddenly defy the laws of physics or begin to feel as if we’re living in a real-life dream. If you squint at it just right, anything is possible.

    In This Program: Amar, BRITNEY-holics Anonymous: A SPEAR-itual Awakening, The Detached, Dreality, Grandfather Paradox, Kimi Kabuki, Wan Mei (Perfect)

    THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

    Roxie Theatre
    March 11, 2016 10:00 pm Not Available

  7. Tourists

    Shaun Seneviratne / SHORTS / USA / 2015 / Drama, interracial, mature, Relationship Drama, Romance, Short, Transnational / 15 mins
    What will happen to a young couple's relationship when she leaves and he stays?
    Plays In:
    RELATIONSHIP STATUS: IT’S COMPLICATED

    Roxie Theatre
    March 13, 2016 9:40 pm Not Available

  8. Visiting Mum

    Cassandra Nguyen / SHORTS / Australia / 2014 / Short / 20 mins
    Lee takes on all the responsibility when he and his younger brother, Jesse, lose their mom. He becomes distant without having the time to properly grieve, but when Jesse comes with him to visit their mom, Lee learns more about love and loss through bonding with his brother.
    Plays In:
    ROOTS

    Roxie Theatre
    March 13, 2016 4:30 pm Not Available

  9. Wan Mei (Perfect)

    Yiyi Yin / SHORTS / USA / 2015 / Short / 15 mins
    An unfaithful woman. A man who realizes he has been betrayed. A mannequin??? Things go from worse to worse in this short about love in all its forms.
    Plays In:
    THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

    Roxie Theatre
    March 11, 2016 10:00 pm Not Available

  10. We are Mangos

    Jeepneys / SHORTS / USA / 2014 / Gay/Lesbian, Short / 4 mins
    Musicians, artists, rappers and cosmic sisters Jeepneys and Low Leaf dance and play in different dimensions in the music video for their collaboration, WE ARE MANGOS. Neon shapes, pulsing beats, psychedelic unitards and, of course, vibrant mangoes fill your eyes and ears with a sensory celebration.
    Plays In:
    THE OUT(ER) LIMITS

    Alamo Drafthouse
    March 12, 2016 9:20 pm At Rush

    Plays In:
    THE OUT(ER) LIMITS

    New Parkway Theater
    March 19, 2016 5:20 pm Not Available