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A HEART FELT watch on Dramafever.com
Director JINGYANG CHENG
USA | 13 min | English
Setting off to his heart donor’s family with his long-estranged son, Mr. Thomas is going to discover a fact that forces him to confront his prejudice and reevaluate his relationship with his son.
Love, Interrupted
AN AMERICAN MOSQUE
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/34718497[/vimeo]Director DAVID WASHBURN
USA | 19 min | English, Pakistani w/ES
In Yuba City, California, the arson of a mosque built with the dedication and commitment of the time-honored Pakistani community has remained unsolved and a open wound. This documentary revisits the incident and offers both a hopeful and cautionary tale post-9/11.
This American Life
ASCENCION, THE watch on Dramafever.com
Director GERSHON SNG
Hong Kong | 6 min | Mandarin w/ES
A beggar comes upon a box with the power to change his life for the better. However, to his horror upon witnessing the box’s power, his fellow beggars plot against him to obtain it.
For Youth By Youth
BIG CITY, SMALL TOWN
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/27128159[/vimeo]Director STEFANOS TAI
USA | 14 min | English
This mini documentary is one 16-year-old’s account of the unsettling changes his neighborhood has undergone as a result of the real-estate and economic downturns. The film shows the broader human impact of New York City’s residential rent laws in protecting many of its oldest and most established communities.
For Youth By Youth
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.
When We Were Young Crossing Borders
COMRADES
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/31220601[/vimeo]Director PAOLO BITANGA
USA | 8 min | English
Fourth-graders Ronald and Diego are best friends and comrades in a roleplaying war-game until betrayal blurs the lines between real and make-believe.
When We Were Young
DOL
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/23904100[/vimeo]Director ANDREW AHN
USA | 11 min | English, Korean w/ES
Nick is a Korean-American gay man in LA. On attending ‘dol’, the first birthday ceremony of his baby nephew, Nick finds himself yearning for a life just beyond reach.
Love, Interrupted
FIRE IN OUR HEARTS watch on Dramafever.com
Director JAYSHREE JANU KHARPADE
India | 27 min | English, Marathi w/ES
Jayshree was born to an indigenous family who have been disenfranchised at the very bottom of India’s social and economic ladder. With courage and conviction, Jayshree illuminates the tenacious efforts of the tribal union for equal rights to education and worker dignity.
For Youth By Youth
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Director ALEX CHU
USA | 10 min | English, Cantonese w/ES
A traditional Chinese father makes desperate efforts to “cure” his gay son’s homosexuality, but is interrupted by the sudden attack of zombies. This comically absurd, disturbingly hilarious short plays with the stereotypical representation and storytelling.
Love, Interrupted
HOMECOMING QUEEN, THE watch on Dramafever.com
Director RAMMY PARK
USA | 12 min | English, Korean w/ES
In her oppressively small Korean-American community, 17-year-old Grace’s affair with her classmate’s father cuts too close to home. When her rebellion implodes, she must choose between secret guilt or revealing the truth.
When We Were Young This American Life
HOW TO EAT YOUR APPLE watch on Dramafever.com
Director ERICK OH
USA | 2 min
There’s an apple, how are you going to eat it?
When We Were Young
I AM AN ASIACAN
Director JESUS OLVERA
USA | 10 min | English
Director Jesus Olvera captures how a Mexican teen overcomes his insecurities and struggles by joining the “Asiacans”, a dance club that previously was all Asian.
For Youth By Youth
LAST MARBLE, THE watch on Dramafever.com
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.
Crossing Borders
LOVE EARTH
Directors CHIEN-CHUN TSENG & YU-HSUAN TSENG
Taiwan | 3 min
Using found objects and recyclables, this animation presents imaginative scenes of natural landscapes and animals through the eyes of children, reminding us to cherish the Earth we inhabit.
For Youth By Youth
LOVE LIFE, LIVE YOUR DREAM
Director ANTHONY ANGLIN JR.
USA | 5 min | English
This short documentary interweaves interviews and live performances of the young artist Craig Furnivall, based in San Diego, who talks about how music is the passion and aspiration of his life.
For Youth By Youth
LOVE, NY watch on Dramafever.com
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.
Crossing Borders
MOTHER’S MILK (SUA ME)
Director ANDY DEJOHN
USA | 18 min | Vietnamese w/ES
Anh is a young girl living in the Vietnamese countryside with her mother and little sister. When Anh’s mother falls ill, she must learn to cope with her new found duties and take care of her ailing family.
When We Were Young
MY SPIRITUAL MEDICINE watch on Dramafever.com
Director LIANG CHENG
China | 35 min | English, Mandarin, Japanese w/ES
Two white-collar clerks sets up a private radio program in the buzzling Shanghai. An Otaku lady lives in isolation. As the random fates of individuals are linked and changed by the radiowave, love, in all possible forms, burgeons.
Love, Interrupted
ODIUM watch on Dramafever.com
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.
Crossing Borders This American Life
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, Interrupted Crossing Borders
OUT OF THE SHADOWS watch on Dramafever.com
Director JAMES TARLTON
USA | 20 min | English, Korean w/ES
When Jin, a North Korean teenager in LA, is selected for the green card lottery, he faces the risk of deviating from his familial ties and friendships. Even worse, he fears disclosing the illegal immigration status of his family.
This American Life
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHQEsazK66k&list=UUo_BZ8B8eu2OGz7tp2gPc0w&index=1&feature=plcp[/youtube]Director CRAIG ROSENTHAL
China/Singapore | 9 min | Mandarin, Shanghainese w/ES
Every weekend in Shanghai’s famous Peoples’ Park, parents hang posters to match their unwed children. But when true love is at stake, sometimes even the best-laid plans have a peculiar way of coming undone.
When We Were Young
TELEGRAM MAN, THE
Director JAMES KHEHTIE
Australia | 14 min | English
Adapted from a short story by John Boyne, the award-winning author of “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas”, this short demonstrates how war inexorably spreads beyond the battlefield to a rural Australian town.
When We Were Young
TWO SECONDS AFTER LAUGHTER
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmWNOqcIHQ8&feature=share&list=UUx5wOrqgX-imptCqwwIDmLg[/youtube]Director DAVID ROUSSEVE
Indonesia/USA | 16 min | English, Indonesian w/ES
Weaving stunning cinematography, traditional Indonesian dance, Sundanese music, and an emotionally potent narrative, TWO SECONDS AFTER LAUGHTER is a conversation on the nature of memory, and the joys and emotional dislocation experienced by immigrants.
WAKING UP watch on Dramafever.com
Director YUTA OKAMURA
USA | 11 min | English
Jake (Tadamori Yagi) works at a crematory and burns bodies every day. They mean nothing until he recognizes one: his former art professor. By facing the death of his former art professor, Jake re-examines his life as well as the dreams he gave up on years ago.
This American Life
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