after dark shorts
Friday, October 25, 2019, 9:30pm
From a dark comedy about a teenager fitting into a new school to a group of misfits roaming around the streets of New York City at night, "After Dark" provides snippets of all dark matters in our lives.
Secret Lives of Asians at Night | The Visit | Albatross Soup | Stucco | Gong Ju | Go To Sleep: A Lao Ghost Story
|
secret lives of asians at night2019 | USA | 18 mins | Noir
Directed by KEFF What does the "model minority" do after dark? (A screwball noir in 5 languages.) |
|
THE VISIT2018 | USA | 15 mins | Horror
Directed by Roxy Shih A pregnant woman and her husband visit her lonely, aging grandmother in the rural mountains of Taiwan only to witness the older woman's mysterious disappearance. |
Albatross soup2018 | USA | 7 min | Documentary Puzzle
Directed by Winnie Cheung A dizzying descent into deductive reasoning animated from illustrations by celebrated Toronto artist Fiona Smyth, "Albatross Soup" is a hybrid documentary film based on an entertaining yet disturbing lateral thinking puzzle. |
stucco2019 | USA | 18 mins | Short
Directed by Janina Gavankar and Russo Schelling J is trying and failing to move forward as the scars of old relationships keep her trapped inside her new home. |
|
gong ju2018 | Canada | 11 mins | Drama
Directed by Jeremy Wu After a cruel incident, Korean student Gong Ju is forced to attend school abroad in hopes she changes her violent ways. |
go to sleep: a Lao ghost story2019 | USA | 15 mins | Horror/Supernatural
Directed by Phet Mahathongdy A middle-aged Laotian refugee struggles with his harrowing past, failing marriage, and demanding career when he is haunted by mysterious supernatural entities from his homeland known as Phi. |
|
Co-presented by:
|
