SHORTS: SECRET RICE POISON

SHORTS: SECRET RICE POISON

UltraStar Mission Valley
Friday, November 4, 2016 4:00 pm Buy Tickets

Description

Insanely restless shorts that mix horror, fantasy, music, and video game-like thrills and leave you wondering what’s in the water. Did we mention… a giant samosa?

In This Program

CARNAL ORIENT

Mila Zuo / USA / 2016 / 8 mins
Perversity and chopped pork are the Specials of the Day at this made-to-order restaurant.
SAMEER AND THE GIANT SAMOSA

Faroukh Virani / USA / 2016 / 5 mins
A man’s covert love for other people’s samosas drives a deep fried wedge in his relationship.
GOOD CHEMISTRY

Kazu Takeda / USA / 2016 / 6 mins
Not even a love for chemistry can help this blind date gone bad.
UMISHU

Ken Yoshioka / Japan / 2016 / 15 mins
Man walks into a bar. He orders a glass of the sea, the ocean waters from home. In this gorgeous short from Japan, a mysterious pirate bartender pours a glass of memory and helps him find the way.
MANGO STICKY RICE

Mallorie Ortega / USA / 2016 / 15 mins
In this musical comedy and furry good time, a besotted waiter watches the lady of his lyrics meet all her online dates in his restaurant.
WAN MEI (PERFECT)

Yiyi Yin / USA / 2015 / 15 mins
Holy mother of twisted dark revenge tales! Things get bloody weird as tables turn between a couple and their mannequin.
DIAN

Tamara Shogaolu / Indonesia / 2015 / 19 mins
Merging fantasy and horror, a woman’s desperate journey to bear a child takes her into mysterious dimensions.
THE MAN FROM DEATH

Stephen Reedy / USA / 2016 / 14 mins
High octane free-for-all showdown that crashes video game graphics, special effects, bleeding eyes, cosmic backdrops, kung fu, western, and paranormal genres in one breathless psychedelic action sequence after another.