Fear Buffet: A Shorts Program
Friday, October 26
9:30PM, Bright Family Screening Room, The Paramount Center, 559 Washington Street, Boston
(T: Boylston or Downtown Crossing)
Featuring DUMPLING (dir. Wesley Du), HOW WAR ENDS (dir. Scott Eriksson), FORTUNE COOKIE MAGIC TRICK (dir. Alex Chu), MR. NAKAMURA’S ADDICTION (dir. Scott Eriksson), BLOODTRAFFICK (dir. Jennifer Thym) and DOWN UNDER (dir. Ray Arthur Wang)
Join us for some scary fun and sample tastes of horror, fear and other flavors of frightful situations in this interesting short film program.
Special Appearance by filmmakers Wesley Du (dir. DUMPLING) and Scott Eriksson (dir. HOW WAR ENDS, MR. NAKAMURA’S ADDICTION)
9:30PM, Bright Family Screening Room, The Paramount Center, 559 Washington Street, Boston
(T: Boylston or Downtown Crossing)
Featuring DUMPLING (dir. Wesley Du), HOW WAR ENDS (dir. Scott Eriksson), FORTUNE COOKIE MAGIC TRICK (dir. Alex Chu), MR. NAKAMURA’S ADDICTION (dir. Scott Eriksson), BLOODTRAFFICK (dir. Jennifer Thym) and DOWN UNDER (dir. Ray Arthur Wang)
Join us for some scary fun and sample tastes of horror, fear and other flavors of frightful situations in this interesting short film program.
Special Appearance by filmmakers Wesley Du (dir. DUMPLING) and Scott Eriksson (dir. HOW WAR ENDS, MR. NAKAMURA’S ADDICTION)
Dumpling
2011 | 17 mins | Drama Directed by Wesley Du SAMMY LEE has always been at odds with his father, KING LEE, a former professional boxer famous for killing a man in the ring. It's Sammy's 21st birthday and he secretly plans to leave his father in order to start a new life without him. But before Sammy can leave, King tries to connect with his son and make him into a man by giving him a gift that will change their lives forever. The “dumplings” are a metaphor for the family and relationship that Sammy longs to have with his father. |
How War Ends
2012 | 12 mins | Drama Directed by Scott Eriksson & Rock Chang Eighteen years after having left life under Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge, two Cambodian brothers, older brother Rithy, strong enough to be able to now live with his painful memories, and his younger brother Bunthon who is unable to function in iife because of the trauma he experienced, argue their very different ideas about how to deal with Bunthon's dark, empty life. |
Fortune Cookie Magic Tricks
2011 | 10 mins | Comedy Directed by Alex Chu A traditional Chinese father (Huang) visits his ill son (Justin) cooped up at a “discount” hospital along with Justin’s boyfriend (Chris). Believing that homosexuality can be “cured”, Huang tries to teach Justin the birds and the bees, only to be rebuffed by Chris in song. Huang then resorts to a botched Chinese exorcism that awakens zombies, whom they must defeat by setting aside their own differences. |
Mr. Nakamura's Addiction
2012 | 10 mins | Drama Directed by Scott Eriksson Mr. Nakamura (Won Lee) really loves children and the feeling he gets when children are close to him so he goes to the playground everyday to watch. He has a particular fondness for his neighbor Jason (Joseph Newcombe) who he always watches walking home from school. However, being around children makes him afraid of doing something "bad" because of an addiction he can't control. Just how far can he go in getting some sense of satisfaction before he looses control and succumbs to his addiction? |
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Bloodtraffick
2011 | 11 mins | Drama Directed by Jennifer Thym In a world torn by a war between vampires and angels, a human vigilante on the hunt for her missing sisters is lured into the den of a vampire. |
Down Under
2012 | 8 mins | Horror Directed by Ray Arthur Wang A cute young girl Nicola Radford desperately tries to escape the senseless brutality of a faceless torturer, but things are not what they seem on one hellish day in the Land Down Under. Inspired by true events, 'Down Under' is a vivid horror film set in Australia, with an unexpected revelation at the end. Brutal and concise, this suspenseful gore with a conscience and moral/ philosophical twist raises questions about violence, revenge, and justice. |