Shorts Program: Road Less Travelled

RAIN | 15 min | Thomas Takemoto-Chock | USA | Beta SP | 2008

Nominated for Third Eye Award!

A sheltered young girl, lost and confused at her mother’s funeral, must come to accept a difficult truth and learn to say goodbye in her own way.

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Popsicle Stick | 13 min | Zooey Park | USA | MiniDV | 2008

Alex and Megan go out on a second date. What are they thinking?

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Three Bullets | 7 min | Ron Yuan | USA | DigiBeta | 2008

After the brutal murder of his partner, an undercover detective must recover a book of codes. Time is of the essence. Armed with only three bullets, he must go against eight fully armed assassins to obtain the book. The battle of wits, brawn and bullets begins (Adult Content and language, violence)

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Residue | 15 min | Nathaniel Nuon | USA | Beta SP | 2008

Co-Producer/Director/Writer/Actor Jared Davis in person!

Six years after the CIA's involvment in Cambodia in 1970, a young man sets out on a personal war against the ones he feels are responsible for what is happening in his country. (Adult Content and violence)

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Memory Block | 5 min | Hari Alluri | Canada | DigiBeta | 2008

Director Hari Alluri in person!

In this poetic and powerful short, a group of youth witness a racialized incident of police brutality on a Halloween night in Vancouver. (Adult Content)

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Never Again | Jason Mak | 5 min | USA | mini DV| 2008 | ROP Film!

Middle School and High School Students from the Pan Asian Rites of Passage Program (ROP) collaborated to make this film about the Japanese American Memorial in downtown Eugene, which remembers the legacy of Japanese American internment during World War II.

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Bittersweet | 5 min | Justin Cheung | USA | MiniDV | 2008 | ROP Film!

Local filmmaker Justin Cheung in person!

A young immigrant girl struggles with her new life and finding friends in America.

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My Life in Pink & Brown | 5min | Jazmyn Joseph | USA | MiniDV | 2008 | ROP Film!

Local filmmaker Jazmyn Joseph in person!

A young Filipino American girl documents her family’s reaction to her coming out as a lesbian.

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The Other Way Round | 14 min | Geoffrey Quan | USA | DigiBeta | 2008

Nominated for Third Eye Award!

On the eve of her deportation, Lucie tries to pull together a last minute green card wedding to Ben, the fiancé of her best friend, Mona. But when old feelings and rivalries surface, Lucie must choose between saving herself and everyone else. (Adult Content and Language)

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Parallel Adele | 16 min | Adele Pham | USA | MiniDV | 2008

Nominated for Third Eye Award!

Two half Vietnamese documentary filmmakers, both named Adele, weave a shared narrative of mixed Asian experiences through interviews with 7 other mixed race subjects.