Life Of Machine
2019 Shortfilm
Length: 6mins46secs
Director: Peter Mattson
Cast: Peter Mattson、Meredith Scardino
Hank is a simple, henpecked robot whose curiosity is piqued when he finds an old surfing manual in a dumpster on the way to his 9-5 factory job.
REWIND
2019 Shortfilm
Length: 19mins30secs
Director: Ying Liu Hatch
Cast: Yifeng Tian、Zhenyu Jiang、Juemeng Wang、Lucifer Xie、Mickey Miao、Ryan Feng
A girl receives a gift, an AI robot version of the boyfriend she just broke up with, who comes with a remote control that allows her to correct his every move. Yet there is a secret to this robot…
When Fall Comes
2019 Shortfilm
Length: 5mins59secs
Director: Yiwei Pu
Cast: Ted Chun、Cindera Che
As an old woman falls ill, her husband concocts a mysterious plan to fulfill her dream.
Gimcrack
2019 Shortfilm
Length: 9mins59secs
Director: Luis Peña
Cast: Refugio López、Grecia Balboa、Jamie Williams、Wilson Azer
Relying on no one else but each other, drug dealer Elias tries to escape the loop of his broken life caused by his junkie sister Meri.
Stray Cat Ah Q
2019 Shortfilm
Length: 5mins46secs
Director: Mulan Fu
Cast: Meng Jin、Mulan Fu、Johanna Lee
A chance encounter between a stray cat and a young girl becomes a lifelong friendship able to withstand distance and time.
The Fiddle Player
2019 Shortfilm
Length: 9mins57secs
Director: Jingnan Wang
Cast: Claire-Monique Martin、Kelsey Andrae
The Fiddle Player is a story about an exceptional violinist who cannot find a job. When she is about to give up her dream she finds hope in an old high school friend, who turns the tables on their friendship and her career.
Dear Friend Chinatown
2019 Shortfilm
Length: 5mins25secs
Director: Tian Leng
A cinematic and poetic exploration of the space and time in Chinatown of Downtown Manhattan, Dear Friend Chinatown uses the form of a postcard to a foreign friend to depict the beauty of life here.
Mistake
2019 Shortfilm
Length: 5mins54secs
Director: Bailey Liu
Cast: Phillip Guy、Gia Zinovoy
Jeff is a lonely guy with no experience in dating women. He sets out to pick up a woman in a bar. He wants to get lucky but his eagerness places him in a terrible position as he walks into a trap.
The Sorcerer
2019 Shortfilm
Length: 11mins51secs
Director: Christopher Ma
Cast: Christopher Ma- Director、Christopher Ma- Writer、Xiaoli Liu- Writer、Victoria Zhang- Producer、Anton Kurov- Producer、Natalie Dease- Production Design、Becky Baihui Chen- DP、Cabba Jiaxuan Cai- Sound
After Chinese Sorcerer Dee finds out that his friend’s fiancé is a vampire, he decides to pay a visit and save the day.
Suntanned Orange
2019 Shortfilm
Length: 21mins7secs
Director: Peiqi Peng
Cast: Lanhua Ma -Producer、Allura Grace Duffy- Producer、Qin Ziwei- Director of Photography、Peiqi Peng- Writer
In a Chinese tourist group among the heat of the Nevada desert, a teenage daughter fighting with her father encounters a mysterious woman.
RE*ARTISTS
2019 Shortfilm
Length: 14mins7secs
Director: Anthony Cheuk On, Chan
Cast: JAKE JENSON 、SCOTT ALIN、JESSICA MALKA、RYAN ALESSI、ZACHARY WESTERMAN、PRYMRR、MELANIE NICHOLSON、CHRIS YESCHENKOV
“Memory Revival” pianist Frederick confronts the “Memory Eraser” in a soul-wrenching duet that forces them both to reckon with memories of their childhood they had long-since forgotten.
Gem Gossip b4 #’s
2019 Shortfilm
Length: 12mins50secs
Director: Xiao Wang
Cast: Danielle Miele
An inside peek into a quirky collector’s world, an obsession for antique jewelry and gems, and a start of a jewelry blog that becomes a profession.
In the Frontier The Flower is Quiet
2019 Shortfilm
Length: 9mins321secs
Director: Jiin F, Chang
Cast: Bright Chang、Morning Chang、Slade Hallett、Sydney Winn、Cailey Winn、Liang Chiu
A cold winter in northeastern China, Russian Soldiers cross the border and storm the small village of Jiangdong. A Chinese father sacrifices himself so that his young daughter and son can live another day. A miraculous lone yellow chrysanthemum survives in the snow, and gives her the strength to […]
New Year’s Eve
2019 Shortfilm
Length: 21mins31secs
Director: Yuhaojie Zheng
Cast: QI SUN、GRACE CHANG、LEANN LEI、JIZHONG “JAMIE” ZHANG、ZITA BAI、SHUANGCHENG SUN、HUANZHANG ZHANG
After openly defied his mother by choosing Kung Fu school over college, a 19-year-old boy comes home for Chinese New Year and finds everything changed.
Dante Falls
2019 Shortfilm
Length: 14mins54secs
Director: Nancy Lin
Cast: Tricia Fukuhara、Daniel Chung、Noveen Crumbie、Jesten Mariconda
Spunky teen Nova Dante has one job: caretaker to the Dante family cemetery and the ghosts that live within. With her parents away, Nova must balance her work and personal life as she and her inattentive Shinto priest boyfriend accidentally release evil ghosts that threaten to take over the world.
Searching for Liang Zhu
2019 Shortfilm
Length: 29mins10secs
Director: Weng San Sit
Cast: Lydia Look
Filmed in China, Mexico and the United States and utilizing archival footages, Searching for Liang Zhu journeys into spaces that are echoing with the story of the Butterfly Lovers; a Chinese legend about a woman named Zhu Ying-tai who dressed as a man in order to have an education. The story is embodied and […]
The Dragon Dream
2019 Shortfilm
Length: 10mins23secs
Director: Sophie Cheung
Cast: Raymond Kwai、Bonnie Chang、Huaiyi Tsai、Chester Wai
The Dragon Dream tells the story of Asian American college student Sam. He lives in two parallel yet conflicting societies: American at school, and Chinese at home. He tries to live up to his parents’ expectations while withholding his inner emotions.
The Blessing
2019 Shortfilm
Length: 5mins42secs
Director: Liann Kaye
Cast: Ryan D. Wright、Yoko Hyun
When a timid, midwestern boy decides to propose to his girlfriend, he has to go through her immigrant, Chinese mother first.
What The Hell
2019 Shortfilm
Length: 11mins
Director: Dede Harlan
Cast: Dede Harlan
What The Hell is a story about two neighbors who don’t get alone with each other end up killing themselves into a heaven and hell transfer station, where they are told only one person can go to heaven, and they have to make a choice.
My Declaration
2019 Shortfilm
Length: 21mins53secs
Director: Jiayi Li
Cast: Burtis Cutler
An old cowboy Burtis is tired and lose the passion of life. He tries to looking for a person to making a duel for meaning of existence. When the critical moment come, a real choice will be made by himself.
NEST
2019 Shortfilm
Length: 19mins5secs
Director: Yunting Chen
Cast: Benjamin Leleu、Rodrigo Obregon、Lauren Faulkner
A 18 years old boy who lives in a small town wants to be an artist by following his father’s step, he needs to make the decision while he’s facing the fare of the unknown future.
The Last Ride
2019 Shortfilm
Length: 22mins32secs
Director: John Jiang
Cast: Lawrence Chen、Jing Zheng
Wu is a tightfisted taxi driver who worships his money. Intrigued by a generous offer for fare, he steps on the journey with his wealthy passenger. This is their ‘last ride.’
Antigone
2019 Shortfilm
Length: 23mins44secs
Director: Michael Justin Lee
Cast: Amanda K. Morales、Marlain Angelides
A modern reinterpretation of the ancient Greek tragedy about family honor and a young woman’s devotion to her departed brother
Unbridgeable Distance
2019 Shortfilm
Length: 12mins39secs
Director: Aisha Li
Cast: Lucy Lu
Chinese immigrant Lucy Lu finds it difficult to thrive in America when half of her heart is an ocean away. Finding joy in life’s simple pleasures, Lucy attempts to continue the journey alone.
Currency of Dreams
2019 Shortfilm
Length:10mins
Director: Angela Chen
A portrait of 3 Taiwanese people and what they sacrifice in order to pursue their dreams.