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2016 San Diego Asian Film Festival

SHORTS: SECRET RICE POISON

Asian American Panorama / 97 mins

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


  1. CARNAL ORIENT

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

  2. 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.

  3. GOOD CHEMISTRY

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

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.


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SHORTS: SECRET RICE POISON

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

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