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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susaneLand
Andrew Olsen / Shorts / USA / 2017 / Short / 20 mins
Brushing off everyday niceties and using human nature as the ultimate punchline, susaneLand is full of twisted comedy gold. Dive into five dark, surreal, and hilarious vignettes, elevated by stellar performances that make it perfectly acceptable to laugh at this series of unfortunate-yet-silly events.
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Three Boys Manzanar
Preeti Deb / Shorts / USA / 2018 / 7 mins
Akemi Ooka and her grandfather, Mas Ooka, share stories from the past of their trip to Manzanar, a former Japanese internment camp in Inyo County, California, where as kids, Mas and two friends were captured in a famous photograph in front of barbed wire fencing.Precedes: The Registry
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Tigerstyle
Rachel Lattin, Jordyn Romero, Eliott Powell, Riani Singgih & Paloma Young / Shorts / USA / 2017 / Short / 10 mins
Glasgow-based brothers, Raj and Pops who make up the music duo Tigerstyle try to stay true to their Sikh roots in their mission to produce and promote hip-hop Bhangra fusion music. With all the hustle needed to maintain a production, Raj must find the balance between maintaining his life amid a career that is in a constant state of evolution.
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To Be Fiona
Fiona Lu / Shorts / USA / 2017 / Animation, Short / 6 mins
When young Fiona consults her older self on how to grow up as quickly as possible to deal with her issues, adult Fiona knowingly reassures her that everything will turn out just fine.
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The Troubled Troubadour
Forest Ian Etsler & Sébastien Simon / Shorts / South Korea / 2016 / 23 mins
A wandering musician finds himself on a journey filled with mysticism, ghosts, and finding peace at death’s door.
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A Vacation in Hollywood
Mukesh Vidyasagar / Shorts / USA / 2017 / Short / 4 mins
While vacationing in Hollywood, a young actress is stunned by what she finds in the apartment complex she’s staying in.
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White Tunnel
Lan-Chi Chien & Chin Wei Chang / Shorts / Japan, Taiwan / 2016 / Short / 22 mins
As a taxi driver takes four estranged siblings to visit their mother on a rainy April day, chaos ensues in the perpetual silence among them.
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Whitman, Alabama
Jennifer Crandall / Shorts / USA / 2017 / 6 mins
In part 10 of a 52-part series called WHITMAN, ALABAMA, we meet Han and Dang, owners of Viet Cuisine in Huntsville, Alabama, and their daughter Eva. As they read a verse of Walt Whitman's poetry, their daily life at the restaurant unfolds before our eyes.
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Woke
Venk Potula / Shorts / USA / 2017 / 11 mins
Passionate debate ensues as an African American activist takes a chance opportunity to engage with a Pakistani American wannabe rapper. When art collides with identity, how do you stay aware of the world?
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Wonder Buffalo
Christine T. Berg / Shorts / USA / 2017 / Narrative Fiction, Short / 18 mins
Disgusted by an arranged engagement put together by her egotistical mother, a Thai American teen runs off to a local cosplay con, where she discovers acceptance and confidence cosplaying as her favorite superhero.
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