SHORTS: ANIMAL INSTINCTS

In these shorts, there’s no accounting for the drive that makes our characters lash out against the hands they’ve been dealt.

THE CHICKEN OF WUZUH

Sungbin Byun / South Korea / 2015 / 12 mins
A girl who has a crush on her teacher decides to get the class’s attention.
CREASED

Jade Justad / USA / 2016 / 16 mins
The Asian American girl in an all-white high school, Kayla thinks the solution to casual racism is eyelid surgery.
MOVE OUT NOTICE

Leon Cheo / Singapore / 2016 / 13 mins
A daughter wants to move out but mother feels otherwise, so they face off via post-it notes and word magnets.
RETRIEVER

Joo Hwan Kim / South Korea / 2016 / 25 mins
A homeless illegal immigrant scrapes out a living stealing dogs and selling them on the black market until he bonds with a Golden Retriever.
THE WALTZ

Trevor Zhou / USA / 2015 / 11 mins
A woman secretly takes waltz lessons in hopes of spicing up a stale marriage.
FANNY PACK

Uttera Singh / USA / 2016 / 10 mins
A young woman is ready for the world, but not if her fanny pack-toting father has anything to say about it.
PAPER TIGER

Chu-Jen Wu (Marshall) / USA / 2015 / 12 mins
After witnessing a scene of violence, a monk skilled in martial arts rethinks his place in the marketplace for exoticism.