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26, Best Korean Girl
Brazil, 2009, 8 min.
Besieged with phone calls from her mother who's trying to match her up with a suitable mate, a young Korean woman deals the pressure in her own unique way.... more
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Andheri
India, 2008, 20 min.
Working as the maid -- and essentially slave -- to a cantankerous older woman for years in the teeming city of Mumbai, Anita finally makes up her mind to escape her predicament. But can she deal with the real world that lies outside the gilded cage in which she's been trapped for so many years?... more
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Boy Meets Boy
South Korea, 2008, 14 min.
A not-so auspicious meeting provides the catalyst for this dazzlingly inventive tale of a young man who finds himself attracted to forbidden fruit.... more
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Connections International
Singapore, 2009, 11 min.
A Russian mail-order bride finds her husband-to-be isn't quite what she expected.... more
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Delilah, Before
Singapore, 2009, 9 min.
A small quite moment in the life of a young woman whose daughter is being cared for by her grandmother becomes a major milestone as one mother learns to let go of a daughter who needs to be a mother herself.... more
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Diana
United Kingdom, 2008, 11 min.
In the immediate wake of Princess Diana's tragic death, Mohit, a pre-op transsexual who had idolized the princess, calls home hoping to reestablish a connection with his disapproving mother.... more
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Double Happiness
Singapore, 2009, 9 min.
A young woman, bought as the new wife for a middle aged man, finds a kindred spirit waiting for her at home.... more
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Found
Canada, 2009, 7 min.
An impressionistic journey told through old photos, text, animation and home movies, begins when Toronto poet Suvankham Thammavongsa discovers her father's discarded scrapbook that documents the family's escape from Laos in the 1970s.... more
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Homecoming
Singapore, 2008, 16 min.
Returning home to Singapore from an extended trip to Barcelona in preparation for his mandatory military enlistment, a young man finds himself changed by his experiences in the gay life of the vibrant Spanish city.... more
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Intersection
India, 2008, 8 min.
A group of young street children brave the crush of New Delhi traffic to perform for coins.... more
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Joyce Agape
Taiwan, 2009, 8 min.
A rousingly inspiring story of a troupe of wheelchair bound dancers.... more
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Kavi
India, 2008, 18 min.
This award-winning short explores the story of young Kavi, a boy toiling with his family in a slave labor camp in contemporary India, forced to pay his father's debts through backbreaking work in an outdoor brick factory.... more
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Master of His Domain
Singapore, 2009, 8 min.
One young boy's search for privacy is fraught with well-meaning interruptions from his dead grandparents.... more
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Playing House
South Korea, 2008, 12 min.
This haunting story of a young girl who inhabits the empty former apartment once shared by her sparring parents is a psychological horror story about family dysfunction.... more
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Rare Fish
Indonesia, 2009, 11 min.
The measure of life in a small, remote fishing village is tested when a young boy strives to catch up to the adults.... more
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Teleglobal Dreamin' (Work in progress)
Philippines, 2009, 18 min.
Rosa, a call center agent in Davao City, Phillippines, plays host to Dale, a small-time actor turned corporate-trainer visiting from the States. But Rosa's efforts to impress both her friends and Dale have disastrous results.... more
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Tongzhi in Love
China, 2008, 30 min.
Gay life in the city of Beijing is the subject of this fascinating exploration encompassing a disparate circle of not-so-closeted gay men in contemporary China. And while gay sex is still forbidden by the authorities, the extent to which it is practiced bears little relation to that official stance.... more
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Toshi
United Kingdom, 2009, 14 min.
Awkward and socially inept, Toshi finds himself shut out of his colleagues' fun while on a business trip in London -- but Toshi's about to have some fun of his own.... more
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War of the Wolves: Reunion
USA, 2008, 13 min.
During the last violent days of feudal era Japan, a young Samurai is forced to choose between loyalty to his clan and loyalty to his brother, a former rebel warrior, as the two face off at a remote country estate where his brother is hiding out with a princess he's saved from the rebel forces.... more
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