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 heart break and social activism, to LGBTQ expression, the humor in everyday moments, and tales of what lurks in-between.
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Pragma
Jihyun Park / Shorts / South Korea / 2014 / 16 mins
Yoo-Hee and Joo-Yeon fell in love in high school, but their school’s persecution of gays tore them apart. When meet again years later, sparks fly.
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Rani
Hammad Rizvi / Shorts / Pakistan, USA / 2018 / Narrative Fiction, Short / 14 mins
Rani, a transgender woman and toy vendor living in the tough streets of Karachi, must fight against hardships and violence to keep the right to be the mother to an orphaned child she has grown to love.
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RUNNER
Yung-Jae Chen / Shorts / USA / 2018 / 25 mins
In San Francisco, a woman trains for the most important run of her life — a run that will ultimately make amends with her past.
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San Jose Tofu Co.
Sean Au / Shorts / USA / 2018 / 12 mins
After seven decades and three generations, Chester and Amy Nozaki discuss the decision to close the much hailed San Jose Tofu Company.
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Sanzu No Kawa: The River of Three Crossings
Cyrus Tabar / Shorts / USA / 2018 / Narrative Fiction, Short / 8 mins
A young boy struggles to overcome his sister’s death as memories and life at home haunt him.
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Soap & Shadows
Donna Mae Foronda / Shorts / USA / 2017 / 8 mins
When fog horns awaken Bethany and Craig one morning, a discussion about the powers of analog and algorithms come about via pillow talk.
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Solo
David Liu / Shorts / USA / 2017 / Short / 12 mins
Teenage saxophonist Jeffrey Lee struggles to pursue his jazz dreams as he attempts to adjust to his new life after his parents’ separation. With his musical aspirations serving as a painful reminder to his troubled father, Alex, their father-son relationship finds itself at a crossroads when Jeffrey decides to try out for the school’s jazz band.
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Space Butthole
David Chai / Shorts / USA / 2017 / 8 mins
The universe takes on its revenge after Mother Nature has been mistreated for far too long. It’s up to humanity to figure out a way to resolve all this, one butt analogy at a time.
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Strawberries Will Save The World
Yoko Okumura / Shorts / USA / 2017 / Documentary, New Media / Web, Short / 6 mins
If there was any doubt, Yuko Okumura shows up off her enthusiasm and belief that the world can be saved with strawberries.
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Sunny
Sam Chung / Shorts / USA / 2017 / Narrative Fiction, Short / 12 mins
When a Korean American boy is offered a major role in his school’s upcoming production of ANNIE, he must overcome his insecurities and other people’s doubts on his ability to effectively bring the role to life.
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