Shorts
Get ready for a feast of the senses! This year’s Shorts program is a buffet of tasty morsels that range from stories of finding your place and family bonds, to LGBTQ expression, the obstacles of love and the varying effects of anxiety.
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Ku Kanaka/Stand Tall
Marlene Booth / Shorts / USA / 2016 / 30 mins
Kanalu Young, professor, activist, and chanter, inspired Native Hawaiians to reclaim their sense of worth by the daily practice of Hawaiian language and culture.Precedes:
Visions in the Dark: The Life of Pinky Thompson
New People Cinema
March 19, 2017 5:40 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets
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The Last Tip
Patrick Chen / Shorts / USA / 2016 / Drama, Romance / 5 mins
Produced within 24 hours before the official closing of 69 Bayard Restaurant, filmmaker Chen Xi Hao pays tribute to the long-time establishment through the eyes of a loyal patron reminiscing his fondest memories in the eatery as he takes his last meal.Plays In:
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE…MAYBE – SHORTS
Roxie Theater
March 10, 2017 9:40 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets
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The Lookout
Brian Redondo / Shorts / Greece, USA / 2016 / Short / 13 mins
The Aegean Sea is the site of the dramatic escape of people fleeing war in Syria and elsewhere. A volunteer on the island of Lesbos collects detritus from boats full of refugees, explaining what they are escaping and where they are going to.
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Love Comes Later
Sonejuhi Sinha / Shorts / India, USA / 2015 / Short / 10 mins
An official selection of the 54th Semaine de la Critique of the Cannes Film Festival, LOVE COMES LATER follows the plight of a hotel maid who discovers she is undocumented.
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Our Time
Arpita Kumar / Shorts / USA / 2016 / Bay Area Connection, Short / 11 mins
Technology plays a significant role in the unfolding family rupture and dynamics between Maira and her mother as she discovers fragmented recordings of her parents through the mobile devices around her home; which forces her to confront a reality that would prompt her to grow up.
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Pages
Tatsu Aoki & Melody Takata / Shorts / USA / 2016 / 15 mins
PAGES is a meditation on the emergence of Japanese modernist and experimentalist art movements.Precedes: Light
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Paint Your Life Away
Brandon Gong / Shorts / USA / 2016 / 8 mins
Time is of the essence as a young woman paints out her memories, dreams and disappointments through the form of a self-portrait painting.Plays In:
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE…MAYBE – SHORTS
Roxie Theater
March 10, 2017 9:40 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets
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Pria
Yudho Aditya / Shorts / Indonesia / 2017 / 22 mins
In a time of great expectation and pressure stemming from the traditions of his upbringing, Aris—a gay Muslim teenager living in rural Indonesia—finds himself increasingly drawn to his well-traveled English teacher despite his upcoming marital preparations to a woman he harbors no romantic feelings for. With his whole life planned out for him by his parents, Aris struggles with the conflicting notions of tradition, duty and his own personal idea of happiness.
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Queen of Earth
Chelbert Dai / Shorts / USA / 2016 / 7 mins
After the collapse of civilization and forgoing the natural world, a 10-year-old girl finds herself alone in an ethereal existence as she waits for her parents’ return.
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