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shareLike gravity bending light from a distant star, shorts that explore the narrative-push and pull of the land we live on.
In this program
WE WERE HERE
Directed by: Pranav Bhasin | 11 mins
In a crumbling Indian town, three retired men protest machines replacing human jobs by pretending to be household appliances.
A SWIM IN THE DESERT
Directed by: Coffee Kang | 10 mins
Struck by a spectacular scene of shimmering water, K can no longer close her eyes. After a series of encounters with water on K’s journey to a cure, she finds a gathering at a drained lake and starts to swim together as the night falls upon them.
SEE THROUGH THE HOLLOWED BLUE HELLEBORE
Directed by: Jiayi Chen | 17 mins
Shot in the remote wilderness of southeastern Alaska, the summer light scatters across river rocks, moss, and lichen, flickering on a land breathing under its own memory, drawing on oral narratives tied to glaciers and intertwined with echoes of Tlingit language.
GOLDEN ISLAND
Directed by: Arief Budiman | 22 mins
Playful doc by and about two friends from Papua New Guinea with very different backgrounds, memories and histories who create a short film using an archive filled with utopian imaginations and the ironic reality of Javanese people and military subjection.
INCIDENT ON THE MOUNTAIN
Directed by: Savunthara Seng | 21 mins
Three men orbit a mysterious helicopter crash that occurred years ago high in the mountains. As two men make their way up the slopes, an achar (shaman) deep within the forest recounts ancient rain rituals.
NO-DA-JI LAND
Directed by: Izzy Lee | 10 mins
In an abandoned mining village, haunted by the faded traces of gold rushes and buried money scandals, time becomes fluid and an old tunnel serves as a portal across timelines. Three characters find themselves wandering between past and present, waiting for something to set them free.
Dates & Times
UltraStar Cinemas Mission Valley
Wed, Nov 11
4:00 pm
