SHORTS: CLEARING CUSTOMS

Digiplex Mission Valley
November 8, 2013 5:50 pm

From werewolf hotels to Cannes, we smuggle in the very best film morsels from around the world.

Draft Day

Josh Kim / Thailand / 2013 / 9 mins
Born as males, two transgender women take their turns in the Thai draft lottery.
New Year’s Eve

Eileen C. Hsu / USA / 2013 / 6 mins
As the clock ticks, a younger brother tries to convince his sibling to loosen up.
Psychedelic Family

Akio Hiramatsu / Japan / 2012 / 27 mins
After agreeing to run away with his mother, a teenager’s perspective will never be the same again.
Made in Chinatown

Kevin Lau / USA / 2013 / 17 mins
Young seamstress mulls over the consequences of her pregnancy.
More than Two Hours

Ali Asgari / Iran / 2013 / 15 mins
Young Iranian couple anonymously – and illegally – seeks medical help.
Memory Blocks

Jessica Liu / Singapore / 2013 / 10 mins
Singaporean friends are bound by their waning adolescence and a retro beat.
Honeymoon Suite

Zao Wang / China / 2013 / 14 mins
On the night of a full moon, a hotel clerk gets a most unusual assignment.