5 short films | trt 58min
This showcase of five short films demonstrate the power of cinema to cross geographical borders and language barriers. A mix of serious drama, light comedy, and heartwarming romance that will carry the audience across the emotional spectrum in less than 60 minutes.
ODIUM
Director NEALE HEMRAJANI
USA | 6 min | English, Arabic
A trigger-happy American soldier serving in Iraq must come to terms with his own humanity when he is forced to face off against an enemy, who stands to lose all that he has already lost.
THE LAST MARBLE
Director MANJARI MAKIJANY
India | 8 min
In the bustling streets of India, a nine-year-old street kid makes things out of metal scrap and junk. This heartwarming short takes us on his adventure to find the last piece, a marble, to complete his precious creation.
BLEACHED
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/17138437[/vimeo]
Director JESS DELA MERCED
USA | 14 min | English, Tagalog w/ES
Swayed by the prospect of attention from both her image-obsessive mother and a cute boy, Lenny, a Filipino-American girl, concedes to using a skin lightening cream at the price of her identity.
ONCE
Director JIE CHEN
USA | 15 min | Mandarin w/ES
Spanning 10 years, ONCE tells the story of the first love between two girls in Beijing, who must learn to face reality.
LOVE, NY
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/24599627[/vimeo]
Director VINCENT LIN
USA | 15 min | English, Korean w/ES
Hyun (Jae Suh), a lost tourist in New York City stumbles in a vacant bar owned by George (Randall Park). When George discovers it is her last night in New York and she hasn’t done anything a tourist should have done, he takes her on an adventure neither will forget.