Shorts Competition
We are proud to present all of our Documentary, Live Action and Animated shorts nominees. Recipient(s) of the Festival’s Golden Reel Award for Narrative Short Film will be eligible for consideration in the Animated Short Film/Live-Action Short Film category of the Academy Awards®, subject to compliance with Academy® guidelines.
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CYPHER
Lawrence Le Lam / Shorts Competition / Canada / 2017 / Drama, Music, Social Issues / 20 mins
A Korean-American high school student finds himself drawn to post-riot LA’s underground hip hop scene, where he discovers a platform to confront his painful past.Plays In:
My So-Called Adolescence
Regal L.A. LIVE - Theatre 14
Monday | May 7, 2018 6:30 pm Rush Only
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DEAR MOTHER
Matthew Kaundart / Shorts Competition / USA / 2018 / Documentary, Experimental, LGBTQIA+, Social Issues, Women / 5 mins
Mother we need to talk.Precedes: CHINA’S FORGOTTEN DAUGHTERS
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DECODING DARKMATTER
Crystal Waterton / Shorts Competition / USA / 2017 / Comedy, Documentary, Experimental, Human Rights, International, LGBTQIA+, Satire, Social Issues, Women / 21 mins
Go behind the scenes with transgender poetry act, DarkMatter, as they tackle organizing the NYC premiere of "It Gets Better," a transgender activist play.
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THE DUWENDE
Odin B. Fernandez / Shorts Competition / Australia, Philippines / 2016 / Arthouse, Drama, Family, Fantasy, International, Mystery, Student, Thriller / 11 mins
A father searches for his young daughter who was believed to be taken by the mythical duwende.
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ELLA
Dan Chen / Shorts Competition / USA / 2017 / Adventure, Coming of Age, Drama, Social Issues, Women / 16 mins
During a small town game of Fugitive, a teenage boy confronts his feelings for his older brother's girlfriend.Precedes: THE FEVER AND THE FRET
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END OF THE LINE
Jessica Sanders / Shorts Competition / USA / 2018 / Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Human Rights, Social Issues, Women / 14 mins
A lonely man goes to the pet story and buys a tiny man in a cage.Precedes: WHITE RABBIT
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FAKEAPINO
Jeremy Sistoso / Shorts Competition / USA / 2017 / Comedy, Drama, Pacific Islander, Social Issues / 16 mins
A boy of mixed white and Filipino descent struggles to understand his identity through the perception of those around him.Plays In:
Dislocated Self And Beyond (Rescheduled)
Regal L.A. LIVE - Theatre 12
Wednesday | May 9, 2018 9:30 pm
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FIFTEEN YEARS LATER
Manish Dayal / Shorts Competition / USA / 2018 / Action, Drama, Human Rights, Social Issues, Thriller / 18 mins
Two young and promising men independently deteriorate psychologically and professionally post-9/11. Their lives come face to face fifteen years later when their tragedies ultimately align.Precedes: CORRIDOR FOUR
Precedes:
CORRIDOR FOUR
David Henry Hwang Theater @ East West Players
Saturday | May 5, 2018 12:30 pm
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FIRST BLOOM
Tingting Liu / Shorts Competition / China, USA / 2017 / Animation / 5 mins
Sometimes difficulties in life become a huge wall. We might get hurt and struggle, but we still fight to live and bloom.Plays In:
Itsy Bitsy Shorts
Tateuchi Democracy Forum @ JANM
Saturday | May 5, 2018 10:00 am Rush Only
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FIRST GENERATION
Jeannie Nguyen / Shorts Competition / USA / 2017 / Comedy, Coming of Age, Drama / 9 mins
My-Linh, a young misled girl, must decide how she will fit into the two worlds that she inhabits.
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FRENCHIES
Kuan-Fu Lin / Shorts Competition / Taiwan, USA / 2017 / Fantasy, Satire, Social Issues / 12 mins
A fantasy satire about the contradiction between an anxious guy and his new neighbors, the Frenchies, who have heads that resemble French bulldogs.Plays In:
Dislocated Self And Beyond (Rescheduled)
Regal L.A. LIVE - Theatre 12
Wednesday | May 9, 2018 9:30 pm
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FUNDAMENTAL
Shih-Chieh Chiu / Shorts Competition / Taiwan / 2017 / Animation, Satire, Social Issues, Student / 7 mins
A story of a teenager who discovers the strange and terrifying reality behind fundamentalism.Plays In:
My So-Called Adolescence
Regal L.A. LIVE - Theatre 14
Monday | May 7, 2018 6:30 pm Rush Only
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FUTURE PERFECT
Abigail Prade / Shorts Competition / Netherlands, USA / 2017 / Arthouse, Women / 13 mins
A series of vignettes detailing the hopes and dreams of the patients and workers in a plastic surgery clinic in Seoul, South Korea.
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A GENTLE NIGHT
Qiu Yang / Shorts Competition / China, France / 2017 / Arthouse, Drama, Women / 15 mins
In a nameless Chinese city, a mother with her daughter missing, refuses to go gently into this good night.
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GRAY UMBRELLA
Mohammad Poustindouz / Shorts Competition / Iran / 2017 / Drama, International, Philosophical / 8 mins
A man has a permanent habit until he meets a man with an umbrella.Plays In:
Forever Alone (Or Not)
David Henry Hwang Theater @ East West Players
Sunday | May 6, 2018 4:30 pm Rush Only
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