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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. Touch Of Essence

    Darren Kwan / Shorts / USA / 2014 / Narrative, Short / 21 mins
    Kathy and Andy began as college sweethearts many years ago. When Andy's heart condition threatens to end his life, Kathy sets out to find an herb that could save him. She faces a threatening wilderness, while Andy confronts his own dangers.
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    FALLING (SHORTS)

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

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    FALLING (SHORTS)

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

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    FALLING (SHORTS)

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

  2. Trails

    Cyrus Tabar / Shorts / USA / Experimental, Independent, Short / 4 mins
    In multi-hyphenate Tabar’s hypnotic, near psychedelic study of modernity and landscape, the view from a Tokyo-Kyoto bullet train is abstracted through flashes of color and an original drone soundscape.
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    PLAYTIME (SHORTS)

    Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
    March 15, 2015 5:00 pm Not Available

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    PLAYTIME (SHORTS)

    Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
    March 16, 2015 5:20 pm Not Available

  3. Tramp

    Wooseok Shin / Shorts / South Korea / 2014 / Short / 5 mins
    A man in Seoul prepares for a day of begging in the city's subterranean tunnels. He never expects to encounter someone from his past...
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    FALLING (SHORTS)

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

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    FALLING (SHORTS)

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

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    FALLING (SHORTS)

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

  4. Treasure Island

    Elizabeth Lo, Melissa Langer / Shorts / USA / 2014 / Documentary, Experimental, Short / 7 mins
    TREASURE ISLAND explores how children living in public housing on a former naval base have created fantastical stories about the real dangers they face due to the radiation buried beneath their homes. Ethical, class, and environmental issues in San Francisco begin to surface through this collision of fantasy and realism. Directed by local filmmaker Elizabeth Lo.
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    THE HOME PROMISED (SHORTS)

    Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
    March 15, 2015 12:10 pm Not Available

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    THE HOME PROMISED (SHORTS)

    Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
    March 17, 2015 5:45 pm Not Available

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    Two Juliets of Verona

    Ken Ochiai / Shorts / Japan / 2014 / 15 mins
    Verona Girls’ High School has been holding its legendary theater festival for 120 years. Julie and Yuri are competing with each other to appear as the star of the play. When they find out the school will become co-educational and a male transfer student appears, the battle intensifies.
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    SHORT SHORTS (SHORTS)

    Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
    March 14, 2015 5:10 pm Not Available

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    SHORT SHORTS (SHORTS)

    Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
    March 19, 2015 5:10 pm Not Available

  6. Vimana

    Faroukh Virani / Shorts / USA / 2014 / Short / 17 mins
    In the year 2021, India is on the verge of colonizing a new homeworld, but their advance team of astronauts remains suspended above the planet caring for their ailing captain. Once word comes from Earth that they are now the only hope for a fresh start, the remaining crew must make a terrible choice.
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    TALES OF TOMORROW (SHORTS)

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

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    TALES OF TOMORROW (SHORTS)

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

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    Woman In Fragments

    Quan Zhou / Shorts / China / 2014 / Narrative, Short / 20 mins
    Anne’s life is consumed by dancing, but she struggles to harness and evoke that passion. A family emergency strikes and suddenly she discovers strength unbeknown to her, in this poignantly cinematic mother-daughter story.
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    FLIPSIDE (SHORTS)

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

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    FLIPSIDE (SHORTS)

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