Festival Program
This year’s festival consists of two shorts programs, each one followed by a short Q&A session with filmmakers. There will be a 30-minute intermission between the programs.
FIRST PROGRAM (starts at 5PM)
Solo 36‘ dir. by Bum Soo Park and Namgeon Kim
An improv dance class instructor finds herself alone when she empowers her student, who she has come to love, to love someone else.
The Chestnut Tree dir. by Hyun-min Lee
Set to music by Chopin, this charming story centers around a little girl and her mother as they revisit memories under the Chestnut Tree.
The Postcard dir. by Josh Kim
A post office clerk mistakenly thinks that a customer is trying to get her attention by writing open love letters on postcards he sends out, but they are actually meant for someone else.
Mirage dir. by Youngwoong Jang
A bio-mechanic robot must fill his glass chest with water in order to sustain his life.
Texas Girl dir. by Hyung Hyup Kim
This is a story of a woman who discovers true freedom in the face of abandonment.
Ming Dynasty’s “Rice Fields” dir. by Eubin Kim
Music video of “Rice Fields” from Ming Dynasty’s Yellow Tiger album.
Scenes from Make Yourself At Home dir. by Soopum Sohn
A Korean woman moves to New Jersey with her new husband, bringing her shamanistic past to the neighborhood.
Scenes from Ultimate Christian Wrestling dir. by Jae Ho Chang
A group of disenchanted former pro-wrestlers find a new way to combine their passion with ministry.
SECOND PROGRAM (starts at 8PM)
Love In the Summertime dir. by Paul Wie
In the summer after their sixth grade year, Andrew and his friends experience the joys and pains of first love.
Monsters dir. by Thomas Ko
Detective Michael Nakagawa faces a devastating case with no traces or witnesses.
The Unbearable Heaviness of Nagging dir. by Jeong-Yeol Choi
Mom’s preaching continues this morning, like always.
Their Circumstances dir. by Jihyun Ahn
A story about a day’s events which happen to one innocent family.
red, state dir. by Sun Young Kim
red; state is an illustration of an imagined American tragedy that becomes a catalyst for a triumphant social demonstration that eventually led to the national action and attention toward civil and equal rights for African-Americans.
Mouse Trap dir. by Woon Han
A man is like a mousetrap and the city is like a minefield.
Chemical Fiction dir. by Thomas (Hyungkyun) Kim
A fatal fight between a virgin ghost and a Kung-Fu exorcist.
Grandma and Wrestling dir. by Hyung-Sup Lim
Hyung-Sup rediscovers his grandma as they spend a short time together watching wrestling.
Passing dir. by Esther Chung
Another day for another girl…
Scenes from The Trouble with Romance dir. by Gene Rhee
In this atypical comedy about sex and relationship, a quartet of vignettes on a disparate group of Angelenos exploring the challenges and heartaches that come with falling and staying in love.
