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shareA shorts playlist for the yearners. Whether hormonal teenager, sad faced ghost, or trans hairdresser, loneliness fuels these six stories of hijinks, insurgencies, long urban strolls, or hands held on a bad day.
In this program
We Are Kings
Directed by Frank Sun
To impress his peers, a teenager bootlegs films in the back of a Chinese restaurant. But priorities shift when his crush orders a burger from his mom.
Puberty for Humans
Directed by Wester Demandante
Poor Late Bloomer Linus—no marketable robo parts for the workforce. In a world where robo-puberty dictates your cog in the machine of progress, what’s a guy with all flesh and no function to do?
Zari
Directed by Shruti Parekh
On the eve of her sister’s wedding, Neelu struggles to meet her family’s standards of femininity. Until one day in the sari store, she meets Zeyb, a melancholic store clerk with a secret.
The Truck
Directed by Elizabeth Rao
A post-Roe America leaves a Chinese American girl desperate for the morning after pill, relying on an unsettling trucker as a last resort.
A Place to Belong
Directed by Theingi Win Tin
Ko Nge’s salon is a place where she can freely exist with her trans sex-worker friends. A portrait of Ko Nge’s daily life in Myanmar, her graceful aging as a trans woman, bittersweet memories of a past love, and her tenderness as a pillar in her community.
Why Can’t We Just Be Ghosts?
Directed by Patrick Jang
A wordless ghost and his best friend explore despair, friendship, and being okay.
The Orange
Directed by Seakleng Song
After Chay offers childhood sweetheart Lyer a projectionist job, the two wander Phnom Penh, where beginnings and endings are blurred by the changing skyline.
Dates & Times
UltraStar Cinemas Mission Valley
Fri, Nov 7
4:00 pm
