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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From Tonga
Huay-Bing Law / SHORTS / United States / 2015 / Documentary, Family, Reality, Short, Student / 13 mins
Director Huay-Bing Law’s endearing documentary, FROM TONGA, is a slice of life for a high school football team in Euless Texas. Explore time on and off the field for several students who live in a city with a large Polynesian presence and influence.
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Grandfather Paradox
Shannon Browning / SHORTS / Australia / 2015 / Short / 8 mins
Echoing buddy comedies of the 1980s, this hilarious short about an Australian genius who must rescue his friend from a time loop he himself created revels in all its cheesy, implausible glory.
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Home is a Hotel
Kevin Wong / SHORTS / USA / 2015 / Documentary, Short / 11 mins
In San Francisco’s iconic Chinatown, Huan Di attempts to make a proper life for herself and her daughter in a single room occupancy hotel. She illustrates the experience of living in an 8’x10’ room, a basic type of housing that is steadily disappearing for SF’s struggling working class.
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Horoscope
Maya Rudolph / SHORTS / China / 2014 / Coming of age, friendship, women / 16 mins
Set in Beijing, director Maya Rudolph’s HOROSCOPE follows two school friends on their daily bus ride to class. They meet a unique passenger, who adds a new dimension to their commute and friendship.
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In Search of America Inshallah
Danish Renzu / SHORTS / United States / 2014 / Short / 25 mins
Travelling from Pakistan to L.A., Shaheen hopes to find her husband who left for America and better opportunity many years ago. Lost in an unknown land, her path intersects with the stories of three other people earnestly attempting to be themselves and to be happy.
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It Runs in the Family
Joella Cabalu / SHORTS / Canada, Philippines, United States / 2015 / Short / 45 mins
Premiering in the Bay Area and directed by local Joella Cabalu, IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY is an intimate portrait of acceptance within the modern queer family. Cabalu follows her LGBTQ family members’ lives as she learns from hearing about their experiences how to build more meaningful, respectful relationships.
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Jinju
Crystal Kim / SHORTS / United States / 2015 / Drama, Family, Short / 10 mins
A mother deepens the connection with her daughter through dealing with her unrelenting sulking throughout the day. Pearl continues to give her mom grief until a precious heirloom is destroyed. Filled with moments of regret and forgiveness, JINJU illustrates that, sometimes, we forget our parents were once children too.
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Kimi Kabuki
Yoko Okumura / SHORTS / USA / 2014 / Narrative Fiction, Short / 19 mins
When a desperate housewife prepares to confront her husband at an adult entertainment expo, she finds unexpected comradeship in her surroundings. With Jo Mei of A PICTURE OF YOU (CAAMFest, 2014).
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Lovebites
Andrew Chung / SHORTS / Canada / 2015 / Short / 12 mins
Carolyn and Maddy are two against the world, literally. Escaping through a zombie-infested wilderness, their relationship frays.
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Machine with Wishbone
Randall Lloyd Okita / SHORTS / Canada / 2008 / Experimental, Narrative
Machine with Wishbone is an entirely live action movie shot without special effects, featuring the work of internationally celebrated artist Arthur Ganson.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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