SHORTS: BEST OF ASIAN ANIMATION

SHORTS: BEST OF ASIAN ANIMATION

UltraStar Mission Valley
Sunday, Nov 12, 2017 5:50PM

Description

Memories of childhood and visions of the timeless come to life through diverse animation styles in this series of shorts from Japan, Taiwan, India, and the United States.

In This Program

ELECTRIC CHARM

Yukai Du / United Kingdom, USA / 2017 / 3 mins
When you realize that trying to be that girl isn’t going to cut it anymore, you start to feel free and “oh so fine.”
TRAVELLING THROUGH BRUSH AND INK

Annlin Chao / Taiwan / 2017 / 3 mins
A modern boy is filled with wonder and curiosity as four fantastically painted Chinese landscapes come to life.
SCENT OF GERANIUM

Naghmeh Farzaneh / USA / 2016 / 5 mins
Like a re-potted bushel of geraniums, it takes time to adapt to a new environment and feel at home.
WHAT A PEACEFUL DAY

Eden Chan / Taiwan / 2016 / 4 mins
What was supposed to be a peaceful camping trip turns into an epic fight for the justice of a cute, helpless deer.
TOUGH

Jennifer Zheng / United Kingdom / 2016 / 5 mins
A girl tries to understand her Chinese identity through conversations with her mother about the Cultural Revolution and leaving home.
THIS MIGHT NOT MAKE SENSE NOW, BUT DON’T WORRY, IT WILL.

Ji Sub Jeong / USA / 2017 / 1 mins
The rawness of depression represented through stark contrasts of silence and the black abyss.
OPAL WALTZ

Vincent Tsui / USA / 2017 / 4 mins
The moment before a bubble bursts isn’t always terrifying. Sometimes it means being one step closer to a long-anticipated release.
I FEEL NAKED

Maureen Kuo / USA / 2016 / 4 mins
Technology and social media are the 21st century’s version of security and saving face. But what happens when they’re gone?
RRRRRAAAAAMMMMM

Salman Chow / USA / 2017 / 2 mins
Take a trip through an intense, hyperactive, and psychedelic world.
PANDA

Shen Jie / China / 2017 / 3 mins
If love-making requires severing, would that still be considered love-making?
SEMBLANCE

Yan Dan Wong, Annalotta Pauly / Malaysia, Sweden / 2017 / 3 mins
As you loop around this alternate reality, how do you find your way back home?
THE ART OF APING

Ananya Anil / India / 2017 / 5 mins
Sometimes the difference between the “modern man” and the “ape man” is arbitrary.
NEGATIVE SPACE

Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata / France / 2017 / 6 mins
While most fathers and sons bond over sports and cars, this particular pair bonds over packing and suitcases.
MAGNITUDE RITUALS

Donghyun Lee / South Korea / 2017 / 1 mins
Shamanistic practices and infographic measurements intertwine to bring attention to rare recent tectonic movements in South Korea.
ELSEWHERE

Junyi Xiao / USA / 2017 / 6 mins
Security over risk? Or freedom over obedience? And at what cost?
WHITE TUNNEL

Lan-chi Chien, Chin-wei Chang / Japan, Taiwan / 2016 / 22 mins
A humble taxi driver proves to be more filial to a deceased elderly woman than her own grown children are.
CRUSHED IN SPACE

Janice Chun / USA / 2017 / 6 mins
A young astronaut falls into the friend-zone with her fellow coworker and long-time college crush.
TINY LISA

Louise Pau / USA / 2017 / 1 mins
Are you warm, are you real, Mona Lisa?