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shareThe hustle is real… and really chaotic in these shorts. Palms sweat in the worlds of rare coin dealers, NY Fashion Week, office acapella, a missing guitar, murky avatars, elder care, and a bank robbery gone wrong.
In this program
WE BUY GOLD
Directed by: Albie Smith-Chang, David Huang | 13 mins
Two coin dealers race across New York City’s Chinatown in an attempt to score a very profitable deal.
SCRATCH
Directed by: Aliya Kamalova | 11 mins
A lonely woman aspires to be a beatboxer and join her company’s acappella group.
COPY, SAVE
Directed by: Alyssa Loh | 16 mins
Two teen sisters discover each other’s secret internet cash schemes. As the girls test their boundaries online, they’re drawn into the murky morals and strange thrills of hypercontemporary digital life.
THE CURFEW
Directed by: Shehrezad Maher | 19 mins
When Ayaan becomes a temporary caregiver for his grandmother, they find themselves adrift in the gulf of a language barrier. In the silence, specters of a colonial past shift how he sees strangers and himself.
FABRIC
Directed by: Frank Sun | 15 mins
Amid the chaos of New York Fashion Week, Mack, an ambitious photographer, meets Vanessa, a model whose spotlight is beginning to fade. What begins as a casual exchange evolves into a quiet power play as the two navigate a night of favors and unspoken bargains in the superficial world of fashion.
GETAR HERO
Directed by: Teddy Stern | 16 mins
On a crowded Bombay platform, a cowboy wakes to find his guitar and wallet gone. Struggling to keep his job and his dignity, he navigates the city, tested and rebuffed at every turn. Chance encounters lead to unexpected connections, culminating in a dreamlike tribute that hints at the deeper currents of the cowboy’s journey.
VETERANO
Directed by: Patrick Epino | 10 mins
It’s 1981, San Francisco. An aging Filipino World War II veteran dusts off his pistol and hits the streets on an unspoken mission. When he enters a bank, he must make a moral choice that could cost him everything.
Dates & Times
UltraStar Cinemas Mission Valley
Fri, Nov 13
4:00 pm
