Yen And Ai-Lee
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Directed by Tom Shu-Yu Lin
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Yen returns to her Hakkanese village in Kaohsiung after serving eight years in prison. Amidst her attempt to reconcile with her widowed mother, the enigmatic and urban Ai-Lee enters. As their fates intertwine, how will they inevitably confront their truths?
FESTIVALS & awards
Busan International Film Festival - Jiseok Competition
Step Into The River
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Directed by Weijia Ma
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Lu and Wei live in a village in rural China. They often go to the nearby river to play with their fathers. The river has a special meaning for them because China's one-child policy has led to some parents drowning their newborn there.
FESTIVALS & awards
94th Academy Awards Best Animated Short Film - Shortlist
Chicago International Film Festival Silver Hugo Winner - Best Animation Short
Palm Springs International Short Fest Winner - Best Animation Short
San Francisco International Film Festival
The Last Day Of Patriarchy
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Directed By Olmo Omerzu
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Should all men's dying wishes be granted?
FESTIVALS & awards
Czech Lion Awards Best Short Film - Nomination
Guanajuato International Film Festival
Indy Shorts International Film Festival
Ljubljana International Film Festival Winner - Best Short Film
Zagreb Film Festival
Bipolar
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Directed by Queena Li
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In Lhasa, a young woman encounters a lobster that will change her life.
FESTIVALS & awards
Rotterdam International Film Festival
New Directors/New Films
Camerimage Winner - Cinematographer’s Debut Award
Shanghai International Film Festival
Dial Home
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Directed by César Martínez Barba
The telemarketing industry in Tijuana employs deportees from the U.S. who are attempting to create a new life.
FESTIVALS & awards
SFFILM Jury Award Winner - Short Documentary
Camden International Film Festival
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
Double Exposure Film Festival
Shorts México
NFFTY Jury Award Winner - Best Documentary
The Last Ferry From Grass Island
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Directed by Linhan Zhang
A Hong Kong hitman retires as a fisherman on the peaceful Grass Island. One day, his Chinese apprentice arrives, tasked to kill him before the last ferry departs.
FESTIVALS & awards
Cinéfondation, Festival de Cannes
Tribeca Film Festival Special Jury Mention
Palm Springs International Short Fest
Aspen Film Fest
Stockholm International Film Festival
Raindance Film Festival
Encounters Film Festival
Blackheads
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Directed by Emily Ann Hoffman
A woman copes with bad therapy, heartbreak, and blackheads.
FESTIVALS & awards
Palm Springs International ShortFest
SXSW Film Festival
Atlanta Film Festival
Montclair Film Festival
Dirty
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Directed by Matthew Puccini
Marco cuts class to spend the afternoon with his boyfriend, Graham. Things do not go as planned.
FESTIVALS & awards
Sundance Film Festival
SXSW Special Jury Recognition
Pearl
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Directed by Yuchao Feng
In a desolate Chinese fishing village, a single mother gives her 6-year-old daughter one final lesson.
FESTIVALS & awards
Tribeca Film Festival Special Jury Mention
Melbourne International Film Festival
Short Shorts Film Festival
Hollyshorts Film Festival
Ah Gong
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Directed by Clifford Miu
Eleven year old Chris arrives at the hospital only to realize that his mother and uncles have decided to pull the plug on his beloved grandfather.
FESTIVALS & awards
Palm Springs International Short Fest
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Foyle Film Festival
Dinner With Stranger
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Directed by Linhan Zhang
One restaurant, two people, four nights. A love story that never happened.
FESTIVALS & awards
Cartagena Film Festival
Sun Valley Film Festival
Death Metal Grandma
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Directed by Leah Galant
Ninety-five-year-old Holocaust survivor Inge Ginsberg attempts to break out as a death metal singer by entering America's Got Talent.
FESTIVALS & awards
Aspen Film Festival
SXSW
DocNYC
The Helping Hand
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Directed by Brenden Hubbard
The Helping Hand explores the ties between technology and a growing family. With a new baby at home, young parents adopt a hi-tech monitoring system. Will it be an answer to their woes or have they invited a monster into their home?
FESTIVALS & awards
Fort Myers Beach Film Festival Winner - Star Achievement Award
Marina del Rey Film Festival Winner - Jury Award
Asian Film Festival Winner - Jury Prize
Bargain
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Directed by Clifford Miu
A superstitious Chinese student locks herself into a lease at a luxurious New York apartment, only to realize that her bedroom was the site of a recent homicide.
FESTIVALS & awards
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Nevada
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Directed by Emily Ann Hoffman
In this stop-motion animated comedy, a young couple's romantic weekend getaway is interrupted by a birth control mishap.
FESTIVALS & awards
Palm Springs International Short Fest
Edinburgh International Film Festival Winner - Best Animated Short
Sundance Film Festival
Atlanta Film Festival
brooklyn Film Festival
Porcupine
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Directed by Clifford Miu
To protect her infant son on New Year's Eve from an impending intruder, a young widow asks the 911 operator for permission to shoot.
FESTIVALS & awards
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Jie Jie
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Directed by Fiona Feng-I Roan
Embarrassed by her un-american look, Fen betrays her younger sister on their first day at church, fueling an unprecedented outburst since their immigration.
FESTIVALS & awards
Short Shorts Film Festival Tokyo Winner - Audience Award
Melbourne International Film Festival
Palm Springs International ShortFest
HBO APA Visionaries - 2nd place, Best Short
Kaohsiung Film Festival Special Mention
Taipei Film Festival
The Final Wish
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Directed by Linhan Zhang
When the older brother suddenly recovers from his injury, he faces the choice of living in permanent limbo or reviving his brother by handing himself over to Grim Reaper.
FESTIVALS & awards
Sundance Ignite Fellowship