Shorts Program: Rapid Eye Movement

String Phone | 6 min | Kazuhito Nakae | Japan | MiniDV | 2008

Nico’s boyfriend has gone abroad. They are rarely able to connect by phone. One day, Nico finds a string phone for an international call.

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Tea and Remembrance | 7 min | Ron Yuan | USA | DigiBeta | 2008

The audition room is a minefield for three Asian actresses who are expected to be Asian in ways that make them uncomfortable. When the humiliations mount, they transcend their professional rivalry in one gleeful act of solidarity. (Adult Content and Violence)

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Ragin’ Asian | 5 min | Angela Ngo | Mini DV | 2008 | ROP Film!

Local filmmaker Angelo Ngo in person!

In this 6-hour shootout film from the summer Pan Asian Rites of Passage Program, a girl discovers the wonderful and dark powers bestowed on her when she eats rice.

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Copy & Paste | 12 min | Beth Tsai | USA| MiniDV | 2008

This experimental short is about perceptions and memories. The female protagonist goes through different sections of her life, trying to recapture her lost memory.

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Yamanote Line |15 min | Ark Mu | USA/Japan | Digibeta | 2008

Two men come to Tokyo for different reasons. One rides the train of Yamanote Line everyday, and the other tours in all the bars in town. What do they really want from this city? .

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Permute | 5 min | Lydia Fu | Canada | DVD | 2008

Canadian Director Lydia Fu in person!

Our existential heroine, Lulu attempts to discover a cryptic fate that she is only able to solve through the oblique vignettes of a film noir cityscape. Lulu journeys through a surrealist world fraught with mystery, anxiety and apprehension.

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Double Features | 13 min | Chihiro Wimbush | USA | Digibeta | 2009 | World Premiere!

Director Chihiro Wimbush in person!

One night at an art-house cinema, a brokenhearted young man waits for a date that never shows and a lonely projectionist mourns the past while dreaming of a better future. Together, they find that at the movies, anything can happen.

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I Don’t Sleep I Dream | 17 min | JP Chan | USA | BetaSP | 2009

Director JP Chan in person!
Nominated for Third Eye Award!

A woman leaves the scene of a horrific car accident she’s caused, only to realize she’s left a part of herself behind. (Some adult content)