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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Fanny Pack
Uttera Singh / Shorts / USA / 2016 / Comedy, Family / 11 mins
A young Indian-American woman tries to catch a flight bound for New York to pursue her dreams when suddenly her overprotective, fanny pack clad father attempts to stop her in hopes of getting her to follow his plans for her instead.
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Fear
Dawn Dreyer, Andrea Love / Shorts / USA / 2016 / 8 mins
Dr. Zenglo Chen has lived with his fear since his parents were taken away during the Cultural Revolution. In this meticulous animation, Dr. Chen explains the tightrope he walks through life.
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Frequency
Alireza Ghasemi / Shorts / Iran / 2016 / 8 mins
A five-minute writing exercise on executing narrations is assigned to a class. One student, however, finds herself eerily caught up in the very story she is envisioning for the assignment.Plays In:
FOR THE FAINT OF HEART – SHORTS
Roxie Theater
March 11, 2017 5:10 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets
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Golden Golden
Erica Cho / Shorts / USA / 2016 / Drama / 14 mins
Two broke San Bernardino 20-somethings make their way out to Los Angeles to learn about their own secret desires, via a fortune teller’s conjoined crystal balls. Through different settings and musical genres, space opens up for their desires and love for one another to run free.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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GUNKANJIMA: Traveler in Time
Kiichiro Nakamura / Shorts / Japan / 2015 / Documentary, Experimental, Short / 7 mins
Gunkanjima—battleship island—once housed thousands of people. Now empty, the buildings play host to a lone photographer searching for what was lost.
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Halmoni
Anna Oh / Shorts / USA / 2016 / Asian American, Citizenship, Family, Immigration, Korean American, Undocumented / 22 mins
When he started to apply for college, Ju Hong realized that he had come to the US as an undocumented immigrant. Now an activist and DREAMer, Hong returns to South Korea after 13 years to see a grandmother who is fading away.
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Harry on the Clouds
Aya Shiroi / Shorts / Japan / 2015 / Animation, Narrative Fiction, Short / 4 mins
A heartwarming and bittersweet tale of love and loss, HARRY ON THE CLOUDS tells the story of a lamb visiting its mother on earth moments before moving on to the afterlife.
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Ignorance is Bliss
Alice Park / Shorts / USA / 2016 / Narrative Fiction, Short / 5 mins
A young woman goes through her day, completely unaware that a strange man snuck into her house when she left the door unlocked while taking out the trash. Just because danger isn’t sensed doesn’t mean it isn’t there, and by the time it is detected, it may be too late.Plays In:
FOR THE FAINT OF HEART – SHORTS
Roxie Theater
March 11, 2017 5:10 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets
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It Is What It Is
Cyrus Tabar / Shorts / USA / 2016 / 8 mins
Seeking to understand the fracture in his family, Cyrus embarks on a journey into the dark and nebulous corners of family history.Precedes: Random Acts of Legacy
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Kanon Rock
Nicholas Dobkin / Shorts / USA / 2016 / 6 mins
Watch an animated spectacle as colors and lights fly by the screen following the famous tune of Johann Pachelbel in this rock inspired film. A colorful look at the struggles of making your dreams comes true KANON ROCK strings together a magical story.
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