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Shorts Programs

Our Shorts Programs range over a wide scope of stories and expressions. From stories of distinctly local flavors to tales from faraway worlds, our selection of shorts offer a variety of urban, rural, and alternative perspectives.

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Across the Dinner Table

Program Across the Dinner Table Dumplings. Sausage. Ice cream. Food is a universal language shared amongst cultures and generations. Join us as we…
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Armed With a Camera vol. 2020

Program Armed With a Camera vol. 2020 Visual Communications is proud to debut the projects from this year’s Armed With a Camera (AWC) Fellowship. Each…
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Art & Craft

Program Art & Craft Ranging from a fly-fisher fighting for conservation, to a beloved L.A. Chinatown bakery, to traditional Japanese flower arranging;…
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Cinema Musica: Movements

Program Cinema Musica: Movements Movements in rhythm, mass, body, and life. This program is composed of a mosaic mix of short films…
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Connections

Program Connections Unexpected connections bring surprising lessons of life, loyalty, and love. This program connects you to a dysfunctional group…
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Dead to Me

Program Dead to Me From professional mourners to a withering town, this program invites you to embrace death with open arms. What…
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Digital Histories 2020

Program Digital Histories 2020 Always a must-see at LAAPFF, the Digital Histories world premieres center the unique voices and perspectives of older…
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Episodics

Program Episodics From secret thoughts as a rideshare passenger, to the nonfiction portraits of artists in New Zealand, to a…
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HBO APA Visionaries 2020

Program HBO APA Visionaries 2020 With the theme of “Breaking Barriers,” the 4th HBO Asian Pacific American Visionaries short film competition drew a…
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I Want You To Know

Program I Want You To Know From standing up to a bully to confessing his feelings for a friend, these narrative works show that…
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Intimate Truth

Program Intimate Truth Throughout our lives we each carry quiet reflections about the events that shape us. These filmmakers bring their…
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Juke In The Box

Program Juke In The Box From an epic tale set in a world of demons and ghosts, to a married couple's racy date…
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Kids Shorts

Program Kids Shorts A magically inventive and wondrously bright journey through time and place, this collection of films transports and transforms…
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Kuwentuhan

Program Kuwentuhan In Tagalog, kuwentuhan means to “tell a story to someone." This program centers on the stories by Filipina…
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#LIFE 2020

Program #LIFE 2020 From difficult family lessons to professional development, this is a cinematic reflection of life captured through the lens…
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Looking For Home

Program Looking For Home What do borders mean when it comes to family identity and security? — Eseel Borlasa
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Momentum

Program Momentum One makes a decision through the strength or force gained by a series of events in their life.…
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Okaeri Voices: An Oral History Project

Program Okaeri Voices: An Oral History Project What was it like to be gay and Japanese American decades ago? — Barney Cheng
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Pacific Cinewaves

Program Pacific Cinewaves From a young Samoan woman stricken with bleeding stigmata, to a documentary portrait on Native Hawaiian slam poet…
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Rebel Revel

Program Rebel Revel Refugees, Drifters, Matriarchs, Charlatans, Survivors, and the Supernatural unite! Here, the square pegs all fit. The streams all…
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The Female Gaze

Program The Female Gaze What happens when women make films about women? This eclectic collection of films show both the pleasure and…
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The Space Between 2.0

Program The Space Between 2.0 Inquiries into the physical and emotional spaces that connect and divide human beings. // Selected explorations of social…
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The Story Continues

Program The Story Continues Carrying a legacy founded 19 years ago in Visual Communications’ Armed With a Camera (AWC) Fellowship program, these…
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UndocuCinema presented by the Undocumented Filmmakers Collective

Program UndocuCinema presented by the Undocumented Filmmakers Collective Films from the Undocumented Filmmakers Collective, who center the expertise of undocumented people not only as sources of…
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Windows

Program Windows Now, more than ever, we need windows to other cultures and countries to bridge understanding and compassion. This…
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WWYD (What Would You Do?) 2020

Program WWYD (What Would You Do?) 2020 Life is a series of reflection and choices, measuring the possible impact of what's to come. From a…