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5 Shorts | Total running time 80 mins
This program of five shorts features the often over-looked Tiger Dads: empowering, persevering, and transcendental souls who take on the important role of guiding the young. These dynamic relationships shape both parties as they grasp their dreams and futures.
A SCENE AT THE SEA
Director Jaehee Lee | South Korea | 22 mins | Korean w/ES
A blind elderly man’s deep, nostalgic attachment to the sea begins to worry his son. The son must find a way to balance his concern for his father with his father’s devotion to the sea.
FATAKRA
Director Soham Mehta | USA |19 mins |English
A young Indian father and immigrant to the US finds he has much to make up for when he is finally reunited with his wife and young son. The reconciliation begins with an extraordinary lesson from the warrior hero Arjuna.
MASALA MAMA
Director Michael Kam | Singapore | 8 mins | Tamil and Hokkien w/ES
An aspiring comic book aficionado develops an unlikely friendship with the owner of a small grocery store after his failed attempt at thievery.
GRANDPA’S WET DREAM
Director Chihiro Amemiya | Japan |16 mins | Japanese w/ES
In this short documentary, an elderly Japanese man’s memorabilia reveals his lifelong secret: a hidden life as the adult video star Shigeo Tokuda.
GRAVEHEART
Director Yin Jill Lei | China | 15 mins | Mandarin w/ES
A troubled man is in denial after discovering that his quiet life as the groundskeeper for a gravesite is a sham. In this short film from writer/director Jill Lei, it isn’t ghosts that haunt the graveyard but the living who are unable to move on.
