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shareLike a hangry, mighty-morphin Mother Nature, these shorts put the wild in wilderness, and consider the mysteries of the land we inhabit — from two cities’ uncanny ties to sand, the snarly and gnarly vibes of tropical apocalypse, a mother desperate to delay sunrise, and a Singaporean cemetery bursting with life and traffic jams.
This screening is part of our FREE Films at 4 series.
Co-presented by Bionic Sisters Productions
In this program
Spirited City
Directed by Ang Siew Ching
A provocative look at Singapore’s Bukit Brown cemetery as it is continually reshaped, recataloged, and redescribed as a nexus of both literal traffic and trafficking.
Birth
Directed by Jin-young Lee
In this inventive and witty experimental short, dead stars, rebirth, and cosmic dust haunt a former astronaut who believes she might be an alien.
This Is a Story Without a Plan
Directed by Cassie Shao
A feeling of liberation and a confection. A world of upside down trees and mold on bathroom tiles. Two people witness an explosion, but everything is fine in this mixed media short filled with visual and visceral emotions.
Sunflowers were the first ones to know…
Directed by Chidananda S Naik
To thwart a prophecy, an elderly woman steals the village rooster to stop the arrival of morning. Meanwhile, her son and grandson dress up as beasts to find her and bring back the day. In the darkness, questions are asked, tensions rise, and a prophecy is announced. A simple yet profound story of fate and family.
Sandcastles
Directed by Carin Leong
A look at two Singapores — one in Michigan buried beneath shifting sand dunes as a result of deforestation, and the other, the Asian island country where its government imports sand to expand its footprint against rising sea levels.
120,000 lumens
Directed by Scott Oshima
A meditative portrait of Japanese American Cultural & Community Center in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo — its serene beauty, teeming with the imagery, sensations, and echoes of generations of Japanese Americans that embody its spaces.
Lonely Island
Directed by Kristie Kish
Desperation turns to selfishness as a starving man exploits the one creature helping him survive, only to find that nature always reclaims what’s hers.
Crazy Lotus
Directed by Naween Noppakun
The latest and hottest tech of this season is a pair of very chic Distant Heart Glasses that will give you the rainbow cyberpunk escape of your infinite dreams.
