SDAFF2018 - 19th San Diego Asian Film Festival
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1. Little Forest (2018)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama
A young woman grows tired of life in the city and returns to her hometown in the countryside.
Director: Soon-rye Yim | Stars: Kim Tae-ri, Ryu Jun-Yeol, Moon So-ri, Jin Ki-joo
Votes: 3,913
2. Inventing Tomorrow (2018)
87 min | Documentary
Passionate teenage innovators from around the globe who are creating cutting-edge solutions to confront the world's environmental threats.
Director: Laura Nix | Stars: Maya Ajmera, Alma, Nuha Anfaresi, Azael Martinez de la Cruz
Votes: 195
3. Ramen Shop (2018)
89 min | Drama
A young man who is curious about his deceased parents' past takes a food journey to Singapore where he uncovers more than just delicious meals.
Director: Eric Khoo | Stars: Takumi Saitô, Seiko Matsuda, Mark Lee, Jeanette Aw
Votes: 2,451 | Gross: $0.09M
4. The Train Hamasen (2017)
8 min | Short, Adventure, Fantasy
People from different cultures and ages wait for a train to start a journey through time and space.
Director: Kuan Yuan Lai
5. Your Spiritual Temple Sucks (2017)
10 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
Mr. Chang arrives to his 'Spiritual Temple' in the afterworld, a place that represents one's destiny. To solve his marital crisis and financial problems, he summons his guardian- The ... See full summary »
Director: John Hsu | Stars: Ctwo, Paul Richard Batt, Han Chang, Kuan-Ting Liu
Votes: 30
6. The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (1985)
100 min | Music, Comedy
In 1985, Makoto Tezuka, the son of manga genius Osamu Tezuka, was still a film student with a few experimental shorts to his credit and who was entrusted with the mission to turn an album by Haruo Chikada into a musical film.
Director: Macoto Tezuka | Stars: Shingo Kubota, Kan Takagi, Kyôko Togawa, Issay
Votes: 626
The Legend of the Stardust Brothers
7. Waikiki Brothers (2001)
109 min | Drama
Members of a traveling cover band going nowhere deal with the bitterness of growing up.
Director: Soon-rye Yim | Stars: Lee Eol, Park Won-sang, Hwang Jung-min, Oh Gwang-Rok
Votes: 285
8. 1985 (2018)
85 min | Drama
A closeted young man goes home for the holidays and struggles to reveal his dire circumstances to his conservative family.
Director: Yen Tan | Stars: Cory Michael Smith, Virginia Madsen, Michael Chiklis, Jamie Chung
Votes: 2,521
9. August at Akiko's (2018)
75 min | Drama
Musician Alex sets off to an island to find his ancestral home with only childhood memories as his navigational system. As he fails to find his home, he reaches a retreat run by a Buddhist ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Makoto Yogi | Stars: Alex Zhang Hungtai, Akiko Masuda
Votes: 218
10. Between Tides (2018)
80 min | Documentary, History
The Bonin Islanders grew up on a Pacific island with a seesawing history of Japanese and American rule. This is the story of a community torn apart and re-bonded by the past.
Director: Masa Fox
11. The Big House (2018)
119 min | Documentary
The film depicts various kinds of people working in the Big House, the Michigan University's football stadium which can hold more than 100,000 people, as well as the spectators and other ... See full summary »
Directors: Markus Nornes, Terri Sarris, Kazuhiro Sôda, Britty Bonine, Alex Brenner, Catie DeWitt, Dylan Hancook, Daniel Kahn, Rachael Kerr, Sean Moore, Hannah Noel, V. Prasad, Jacob Rich, Vesal Stoakley, Kevin Tocco, Sarika Tyagi
Votes: 19
12. Bitter Melon (2018)
110 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Bitter Melon is a "home for the holidays" dark comedy where a Filipino-American family plots to kill an abusive member.
Director: H.P. Mendoza | Stars: Jon Norman Schneider, Patrick Epino, Brian Rivera, L.A. Renigen
Votes: 196 | Gross: $0.01M
13. Blowin' Up (2018)
94 min | Documentary
Working within a broken criminal justice system, a team of rebel heroines work to change the the way women arrested for prostitution are prosecuted.
Director: Stephanie Wang-Breal | Stars: Kim Affronti, Eliza Hook, Susan Liu, Toko Serita
Votes: 55
14. A Bread Factory, Part One (2018)
122 min | Comedy, Drama
After 40 years of running their community arts space, The Bread Factory, Dorothea and Greta are suddenly fighting for survival when a celebrity couple--performance artists from China--come ... See full summary »
Director: Patrick Wang | Stars: Tyne Daly, Elisabeth Henry, James Marsters, Shershah Mizan
Votes: 466 | Gross: $0.02M
15. A Bread Factory, Part Two (2018)
115 min | Comedy, Drama
At The Bread Factory, they rehearse the Greek play, Hecuba. But the real theatrics are outside the theater where the town has been invaded by bizarre tourists and mysterious tech start-up ... See full summary »
Director: Patrick Wang | Stars: Tyne Daly, Wayne Fugate, Bela Quines, Phil Helm
Votes: 342
16. Buffalo Boys (2018)
TV-MA | 102 min | Action, Drama, History
Two brothers named Jamar and Suwo came back to the land of Java to avenge their father, who was a Sultan, after years of exile in America.
Director: Mike Wiluan | Stars: Yoshi Sudarso, Ario Bayu, Pevita Pearce, Tio Pakusadewo
Votes: 1,316
17. Call Her Ganda (2018)
93 min | Documentary
When Jennifer Laude, a Filipina trans woman, is brutally murdered by a U.S. Marine, three women intimately invested in the case--an activist attorney, a transgender journalist and ... See full summary »
Director: PJ Raval | Stars: Naomi Fontanos, Jennifer Laude, Julita Laude, Virginia Lacsa Suarez
Votes: 209
18. Love & Busking (2018)
85 min | Drama, Music
Fiction And Other Realities is the story of Bobby Choy (playing himself), a Korean American residing in New York City, who feels like a stranger in the country he was born in. After his ... See full summary »
Directors: Bobby Choy, Steve Lee | Stars: Lim Hwa-young, Danny Cho, Todd Goble, Seong-woo Lee
Votes: 15
19. Fish Bones (2018)
82 min | Drama, Romance
During winter break, a young woman struggles with her sexuality as she's torn between family expectations and her own desires.
Director: Joanne Mony Park | Stars: Borah Ahn, Danny Ballester, Clarissa Burnett, Jino Chun
Votes: 31
20. Havana Divas (2018)
90 min | Documentary
The story focus on Caridad and Georgina, who had learned the art of Cantonese Opera in Havana as a young age and performed as divas for over a decade before their lives were changed by Fidel Castro's revolution.
Director: S. Louisa Wei | Stars: Caridad Amaran, Georgina Wong Guitierrez, Franco Yuen, Yin-Fei Siu
Votes: 30
21. Late Life: The Chien-Ming Wang Story (2018)
99 min | Documentary, Sport
The first and only Taiwanese player for the New York Yankees, Chien-Ming Wang held many titles: American League Wins Leader, World Series Champion, Olympian, Time 100 Most Influential, and ... See full summary »
Director: Frank W Chen | Stars: Chien-ming Wang, Neil Allen, Brian Cashman, Billy Connors
Votes: 523
22. Leitis in Waiting (2018)
72 min | Documentary
The story of Joey Mataele and the Tonga Leitis, an intrepid group of transgender women fighting a rising tide of religious fundamentalism and intolerance in the South Pacific Kingdom.
Directors: Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu | Stars: Joey Joleen Mataele, Eva Baron, Hon. Frederica Tuita Filipe, Princess Salote Lupepau'u Tuita-Taione
Votes: 43
23. Origin Story (2018)
106 min | Documentary
Twenty years after learning about her biological father, Kulap Vilaysack finally asks the questions that will lead her to him.
Director: Kulap Vilaysack | Stars: Kulap Vilaysack, Scott Aukerman, Casey Wilson, June Diane Raphael
Votes: 217
24. Yat ga dai sai (2018)
100 min | Comedy
Director: Sze-Chit Lee | Stars: Chloe Chan, Yuen Chau, Man-Chung Lam, Sze-Chit Lee
Votes: 39
25. Unlovable (2018)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A sex and love addicted woman learns what real intimacy is when she starts making music with a reclusive man.
Director: Suzi Yoonessi | Stars: Charlene deGuzman, John Hawkes, Melissa Leo, Paul James
Votes: 576
26. White Rabbit (I) (2018)
TV-MA | 71 min | Comedy, Drama
A dramatic comedy following a Korean-American performance artist who struggles to be authentically heard and seen through her multiple identities in modern Los Angeles.
Director: Daryl Wein | Stars: Vivian Bang, Nana Ghana, Nico Evers-Swindell, Tracy Hazas
Votes: 392
27. Big Brother (2018)
TV-14 | 101 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A soldier-turned-high school teacher uses unusual methods to reach to a class of poor students, while dealing with a greedy entrepreneur and his gang of fighters as well as the government.
Director: Ka-Wai Kam | Stars: Donnie Yen, Joe Chen, Ming-Kit Lok, Kang Yu
Votes: 3,567 | Gross: $0.09M
28. Brother of the Year (2018)
124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Jane lives with her brother Chut with her being the only one doing everything around the house. But Chut will need to learn to take care of himself when Jane is about to get married and move to Japan
Director: Witthaya Thongyooyong | Stars: Sunny Suwanmethanont, Urassaya Sperbund, Nichkhun, Manasaporn Chanchalerm
Votes: 1,945
29. Dead Pigs (2018)
Not Rated | 122 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A bumbling pig farmer, a feisty salon owner, a sensitive busboy, an expat architect and a disenchanted rich girl converge and collide as thousands of dead pigs float down the river towards a rapidly-modernizing Shanghai.
Director: Cathy Yan | Stars: Vivian Wu, Haoyu Yang, Meng Li, Mason Lee
Votes: 1,820
30. Dear Ex (2018)
TV-MA | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A teenage boy and his mother are further driven apart when they find out that his father's life insurance policy is to be received by his lover.
Directors: Chih-Yen Hsu, Mag Hsu | Stars: Roy Chiu, Ying-Hsuan Hsieh, Spark Chen, Joseph Huang
Votes: 7,402
31. Go-Go Sisters (2018)
118 min | Comedy, Drama
Go-go sisters brings together two parallel stories about young ambitious teenage girls and middle-aged women who have experienced life's sweet spiciness.
Director: Quang Dung Nguyen | Stars: Hong-Anh, Hoang Yen Chibi, Thanh Hang, Hoàng Oanh
Votes: 480
32. Graduation (II) (2018)
82 min | Drama, Family
Hae-Rang is a production design major student in her final year of university. One day after shooting graduation photos, she comes home to find out that her mom - who she's lived with her ... See full summary »
Director: Joan Ji Yey Hui | Stars: Huiseung Choi, Gyeonghui Kim, Sora Kim, Taekyung Lee
33. How Long Will I Love U (2018)
101 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A woman from 2018 and a man from 1999 wake up in the same bed. They discover they can time travel using the bedroom door, and make changes to their eras, but that their destinies may not be in their own hands.
Director: Lun Su | Stars: Jiayin Lei, Liya Tong, Hao Chen, Ming Fan
Votes: 1,273 | Gross: $0.75M
34. A Land Imagined (2018)
95 min | Drama, Mystery
A lonely construction worker from China goes missing at a Singapore land reclamation site, and a sleepless police investigator must put himself in the mind of the migrant to uncover the truth beneath all that sand.
Director: Siew Hua Yeo | Stars: Peter Yu, Xiaoyi Liu, Yue Guo, Jack Tan
Votes: 1,520
35. Men on the Dragon (2018)
92 min | Sport
A group of four telecommunications employees at Pegasus Broadband, headlined by Francis Ng in his most charming role in recent memory, begrudgingly join the company dragon boat team hoping ... See full summary »
Director: Sunny Chan | Stars: Faith Lee, Francis Ng, Chan-Leung Poon, Ho-Yat Tse
Votes: 431
36. Mori, the Artist's Habitat (2018)
99 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Vegetation thrives in painter Morikazu's garden, which is home to creatures that serve as models for his paintings, including numerous bugs and cats. A sweet and heartwarming day begins for... See full summary »
Director: Shûichi Okita | Stars: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Munetaka Aoki, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Yoichi Hayashi
Votes: 479
37. Mr. & Mrs. Cruz (2018)
TV-14 | 116 min | Drama
The story of Raffy and Gela who find themselves taking off for Palawan to escape the not so great realities of their current lives and catch up on their respective me-time. But as fate ... See full summary »
Director: Sigrid Andrea Bernardo | Stars: Ryza Cenon, JC Santos, Lui Manansala, Dido de la Paz
Votes: 91
38. One Cut of the Dead (2017)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Things go badly for a hack director and film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie in an abandoned WWII Japanese facility, when they are attacked by real zombies.
Director: Shin'ichirô Ueda | Stars: Takayuki Hamatsu, Yuzuki Akiyama, Harumi Shuhama, Kazuaki Nagaya
Votes: 29,768
39. Sunset in My Hometown (2018)
PG-13 | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Hak-soo has challenged TV audition program for 6 years but never gets into the finalist. On the day he fails his 7th audition, he receives a call from his hometown that his father is in the... See full summary »
Director: Lee Joon-ik | Stars: Kim Go-eun, Shin Hyeon-bin, Park Jeong-min, Joon Go
Votes: 439
40. Xiao Mei (2018)
95 min | Drama, Mystery
Xiao Mei is a girl, frail and mysterious. And now she is missing. Through the interviews and memories of nine individuals who all had connections to her, the puzzle of Xiao Mei's life is ... See full summary »
Director: Maren Hwang | Stars: Yi-Wen Chen, Kuan-Ting Liu, Lin Na-Dou, Chien-Ho Wu
Votes: 227
41. 3 Faces (2018)
100 min | Drama
Three actresses at different stages of their career. One from before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, one popular star of today known throughout the country, and a young girl longing to attend a drama conservatory.
Director: Jafar Panahi | Stars: Behnaz Jafari, Jafar Panahi, Marziyeh Rezaei, Maedeh Erteghaei
Votes: 4,798 | Gross: $0.07M
42. Jiang hu er nü (2018)
Not Rated | 136 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A story of violent love within a time frame spanning from 2001 to 2017.
Director: Zhangke Jia | Stars: Tao Zhao, Fan Liao, Zheng Xu, Casper Liang
Votes: 10,621 | Gross: $0.42M
43. Dead Souls (2018)
495 min | Documentary, History
A dozen aging survivors are interviewed from Jiabiangou, a complex of three work camps in Northwest China where supposed rightists were sent for re-education in the 1950s and 1960s under Mao Zedong.
Director: Wang Bing
Votes: 379
44. Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018)
TV-MA | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Detective Dee is forced to defend himself against the accusations of Empress Wu while investigating a crime spree.
Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Ethan Juan, Mark You-Ting Chao, Carina Lau, Kenny Lin
Votes: 3,039 | Gross: $0.26M
45. A Family Tour (2018)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama
A filmmaker who has been living in exile in Hong Kong visits a festival in Taipei to present a film has been banned in Mainland China.
Director: Liang Ying | Stars: Nai An, Joe Cheung, Zhe Gong, Chih-Ju Lin
Votes: 432
46. Grass (2018)
66 min | Drama
In a small Café, Min-hee Kim plays a guest who prefers to observe but not interact with the other guests herself.
Director: Hong Sang-soo | Stars: Kim Min-hee, Joobong Kee, Ahn Jae-hong, Jung Jin-young
Votes: 1,451 | Gross: $0.01M
47. Killing (2018)
Not Rated | 80 min | Action, Drama
Set during the tumultuous mid-19th century Edo period of Japan, Killing is the story of a masterless samurai or ronin named Ikematsu Sosuke. As the prevalent peace and tranquility are sure ... See full summary »
Director: Shin'ya Tsukamoto | Stars: Sôsuke Ikematsu, Yû Aoi, Ryûsei Maeda, Shûji Ôtsuki
Votes: 1,308
48. Ryuichi Sakamoto: async Live at the Park Avenue Armory (2018)
65 min | Documentary, Music
In April 2017 Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto made a guest appearance in the Veteran's Room at the Park Avenue Armory in New York. Stephen Nomura Schible recorded this concert with his camera.
Director: Stephen Nomura Schible | Star: Ryuichi Sakamoto
Votes: 153
49. Shoplifters (2018)
R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Kirin Kiki, Mayu Matsuoka
Votes: 86,526 | Gross: $3.31M
50. Vision (I) (2018)
109 min | Drama
Frenchwoman Joan is a world traveller and chronicler. She travels, sees, experience and writes. She lands in the forest and hills near Nara, Japan and meets Satoshi. Despite the mysterious ... See full summary »
Director: Naomi Kawase | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Masatoshi Nagase, Takanori Iwata, Minami
Votes: 856
51. Foreboding (2017)
140 min | Sci-Fi
Something's wrong and Etsuko is one of the first to notice. It's not just the sky that looks different, Etsuko suddenly begins hearing strange noises and an increasing number of inexplicable things are happening around her.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Kaho, Shôta Sometani, Masahiro Higashide, Ren Ôsugi
Votes: 389
52. Anote's Ark (2018)
77 min | Documentary
A look at the devastating effects that climate change has on the people living on Kiribati, a low-lying atoll in the Pacific.
Director: Matthieu Rytz | Stars: Anote Tong, Tiemeri 'Sermary' Tiare, Ato Raatati Garstang, Berenike Temerawa
Votes: 137
53. Asako I & II (2018)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Romance
Asako lives in Osaka. She falls in love with Baku, a free-spirit. One day, Baku suddenly disappears. Two years later, Asako now lives in Tokyo and meets Ryohei. He looks just like Baku, but has a completely different personality.
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Stars: Masahiro Higashide, Erika Karata, Sairi Itô, Kôji Nakamoto
Votes: 5,303 | Gross: $0.02M
54. Father to Son (2018)
115 min | Drama
A man suffering from a serious illness decides to go to Japan to look for his father who abandoned him 50 years ago.
Director: Ya-chuan Hsiao | Stars: Michael Jong-Quin Huang, Aria Wang, Meng-Po Fu, Kaiser Chuang
Votes: 364
55. Girls Always Happy (2018)
117 min | Drama
Girls Always Happy confronts the contemporary city life with a brand new perspective, and portrays with astonishing precision, the spectacle of mutual repulsion, hatred, and harm in a ... See full summary »
Director: Yang Mingming | Stars: Nai An, Yang Mingming, Xianmin Zhang, Qinqin Li
Votes: 139
56. Minatomachi (2018)
Not Rated | 122 min | Documentary
Forsaken by the era of modernization of post-war Japan, Ushimado, a town so beloved by film director Shohei Imamura that he set two of his films there ("Black Rain", "Dr. Akagi"), is ... See full summary »
Director: Kazuhiro Sôda | Stars: Waichiro Murata, Kumiko Komiyama, Kiyoko Kashiwagi
Votes: 261
57. Long Day's Journey Into Night (2018)
Not Rated | 138 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A man went back to Guizhou, found the tracks of a mysterious woman. He recalls the summer he spent with her twenty years ago.
Director: Bi Gan | Stars: Tang Wei, Jue Huang, Sylvia Chang, Hong-Chi Lee
Votes: 9,416 | Gross: $0.50M
58. Nervous Translation (2017)
90 min | Drama
Eight year-old Yael, shy to a fault, lives in her own private world. One day she finds out about a pen that can "translate" the thoughts and feelings of nervous people.
Director: Shireen Seno | Stars: Jana Agoncillo, Angge Santos, Sid Lucero, Nafa Hilario-Cruz
Votes: 126
59. The Return (II) (2018)
85 min | Documentary, Drama
Two Danish-Korean adoptees return for the first time to the country they were once born in. Confronted with the spirit of their Motherland and the personal stories of the fellow adoptees ... See full summary »
Director: Malene Choi | Stars: Thomas Hwan, Karoline Sofie Lee
Votes: 186
60. Signal Rock (2018)
130 min | Drama
Intoy takes care of his parents when his sister moved out to work overseas. Since he lives in a remote area in Samar, the only way he could contact his sister is by going to strange rock formations on the island.
Director: Chito S. Roño | Stars: Christian Bables, Jomari Angeles, Francis Magundayao, Kokoy De Santos
Votes: 94
61. Sir (I) (2018)
99 min | Drama, Romance
A prosperous young Indian man falls in love with his servant, a widow with the dream of becoming a fashion designer.
Director: Rohena Gera | Stars: Tillotama Shome, Vivek Gomber, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Rahul Vohra
Votes: 8,564
62. Ten Years Japan (2018)
98 min | Drama
Five short 'film' stories of how 5 different directors imagine Japan to be in 10 years from now.
Directors: Akiyo Fujimura, Chie Hayakawa, Kei Ishikawa, Yusuke Kinoshita, Megumi Tsuno | Stars: Jun Kunimura, Hana Sugisaki, Taiga Nakano, Masaki Miura
Votes: 207
63. Ten Years Taiwan (2018)
108 min | Drama
What will our lives be like 10 years from now? Five up and coming Taiwanese directors each offer their own take answering this question. In 2028, Taiwan is suffering from nuclear waste ("... See full summary »
Directors: Pei-Ju Hsieh, Kek Huat Lau, Po-shun Lu, Lekal Sumi, Rina B. Tsou | Stars: Helena Hsu, Yi-ching Lu, Yu-Chieh Cheng, Vera Chen
Votes: 141
64. Ten Years Thailand (2018)
95 min | Drama
Four Thai directors imagine their nation a decade from now, in visions surreal, satirical, and dystopian.
Directors: Aditya Assarat, Wisit Sasanatieng, Chulayarnnon Siriphol, Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Stars: Kidakarn Chatkaewmanee, Sakda Kaewbuadee, Banlop Lomnoi, Nantarat Sawaddikul
Votes: 313
65. The Third Wife (2018)
R | 96 min | Drama
In 19th century rural Vietnam, May is ready to become the third wife of a wealthy landowner. Little does she know that her hidden desires will force her to decide between living in safety and being free.
Director: Ash Mayfair | Stars: Hong Chuong Nguyen, Long Le Vu, Nu Yên-Khê Tran, Maya
Votes: 2,304 | Gross: $0.08M
66. Haenyeo: Women of the Sea (2013)
12 min | Documentary, Short, History
Haenyeo refers to the women free-divers of Jeju Island, South Korea who for centuries have collected sea food without the use of scuba equipment. This short documentary provides a portrait ... See full summary »
Directors: Alex Igidbashian, Daye Jeong, Kevin Sawicki | Star: Chuwar Park
Votes: 8
67. The Realm of Deepest Knowing (2017)
4 min | Animation, Short
One digs beneath the surface of the other to reach the deepest place of his heart during struggles. It lightens up the darkness. They fulfill one another within the sense of oneness.
Director: Seung-hee Kim
Votes: 11
68. Changyou's Journey (2018)
6 min | Animation, Short, Biography
A young animator crafted this labor of love to inspire his father during his long battle with cancer and to pay tribute to the life he led, beginning with his childhood in rural China. A story of grief, perseverance, and enduring hope.
Director: Perry S. Chen
69. To Be Fiona (2017)
6 min | Animation, Short, Drama
Fiona received a surprise visit from the younger version of herself, the eight year old little Fiona who wanted to grow up and get rid of her childhood 'problems.'
Director: Fiona Lu | Stars: Timothy Yang, Miaojuan Chen
70. Sonder (III) (2018)
13 min | Animation, Short, Drama
For years, Finn and Natalie walked the same path. But when their time together comes to an end, Finn finds himself lost in a mysterious land. Paralyzed by the fear of moving on, he is at ... See full summary »
Director: Neth Nom | Stars: Mike Forst, Jessica Kitchens
Votes: 45
71. My Father's Room (2016)
9 min | Animation, Short, Crime
She was abused by her father during childhood. Since he left, the pain and anger had begun to fade. One day, unexpectedly, she was struck by a revelation about her father's life that cast her feelings about him into confusion.
Director: Nari Jang
Votes: 16
72. Jeom (2018)
4 min | Animation, Short
A strange and wonderful story about a special connection between father and son.
Director: Kangmin Kim
Votes: 61
73. Space Butthole (2017)
8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
In the annals of mankind, we will realize that humans have been mistreating Mother Nature for far too long. It was only a matter of time before the universe blasted back. Please join us in ... See full summary »
Director: David Chai | Stars: Sophia Aceves, Youri Dekker, Ryan Eways, Kay McDonald
74. The starry night (2017)
10 min | Animation, Short, Adventure | Completed
An old man and his dog 'Black' go on a journey to the island which was the old man's hometown in the starry night. Old man and Black meet a beautiful woman when they arrive at a silent beach.
Director: Jonghoon Lee
Votes: 5
76. Come & Take It (2018)
Documentary, Short
"Come and Take It" captures Jessica Jin's transformation into one of America's most irreverent anti-gun violence leaders, creating what some people are calling The Great Texas Dildo Revolt.
Directors: PJ Raval, Ellen Spiro | Stars: Elyse Avina, C.J. Grisham, Jessica Jin, Ana Lopez
77. Gaze (2017)
15 min | Short, Drama
On her way back from work a woman witnesses something happening in the bus and she has to decide if she reveals it or not.
Director: Farnoosh Samadi | Stars: Pedram Ansari, Babak Karimi, Javad Nazari, Amirreza Ranjbaran
Votes: 195
78. Yasamin (2018)
14 min | Short, Drama, History
An eleven year old girl named Yasamin has just moved from Iran to Los Angeles amidst the Iranian Hostage Crisis; however, her navigation of the trials and tribulations of assimilation are learned through the waxing of a single unibrow.
Directors: Julia Elihu, Ashton Tu | Stars: Roxana Mousavi, Mana Monshian, Firouzeh Farah, Ava Lalezarzadeh
Votes: 11
79. Down There (2018)
11 min | Short, Drama
A blissful night is unexpectedly interrupted by the sound from downstairs. Different reactions are triggered as well as the relentless indifference.
Director: Zhengfan Yang
Votes: 11
80. Lily's Pain Store (2018)
25 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
A girl goes to a Store of Pain, purchases and experience all kinds of pain, in search for the most unique one that will fulfill the emptiness in her heart, only to find the dark secret of ... See full summary »
81. Tungrus (2018)
13 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy
In a cramped suburban apartment in Mumbai, an eccentric patriarch and his family consider killing and eating their hell-raising pet rooster, so that they can reclaim their normal lives.
Director: Rishi Chandna | Stars: Aasim Bharde, Celestine Bharde, Nusrat Bharde, Sameer Bharde
Votes: 190
82. Babylon (I) (2017)
20 min | Short, Sci-Fi
Two young girls travel through time to assassinate a barangay dictator to revise history. This is Babylon.
Director: Keith Deligero | Stars: Patricia Zosa, Ryles Cameron, Nicole Blackman, Rya De Guzman
Votes: 19
83. Knock, Knock, Knock (2018)
15 min | Short, Drama
Knock, Knock, Knock follows Hana, a young woman who confines herself to a tiny box-like room. She interacts with the world by listening through the thin walls that separate her from her ... See full summary »
Director: Arom Choi | Star: Yoon-geum Seon-ah
84. A Farewell (2017)
13 min | Short, Drama
When her grandfather's death reveals her family's hidden Muslim past, a young Beijing girl goes in search of her roots despite her family's disapproval.
85. Good Hands Good Feet (2018)
13 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Ex-lovers reunite, they must work together to seize the opportunity that will allow them to redeem themselves.
Director: Marshall Law | Stars: Chen-Lin Wang, Meng-Lin Yang
86. Monogamish (2018)
14 min | Short, Drama
Monogamish follows Sagar and Nishi, a sexually fluid Indian pair exploring the dynamics of an unconventional relationship.
Director: Nardeep Khurmi | Stars: Sachin Bhatt, Nishi Munshi, Evan Todd
Votes: 27
87. Clique Bait (2018)
15 min | Short, Drama
Set in the international school community of Hong Kong, a high school girl spreads a video sexualizing her childhood friend and classmate.
Director: Anna Mikami | Stars: Anson Dcosta, Yuyu Kitamura, Anna Mikami, Yeena Sung
88. Night Fat (2018)
8 min | Short, Drama
An old loner and a pizza delivery boy take a trip to the supermarket one night.
Director: Dolan Chorng | Stars: Cooper Chow, Chase Offerle
89. The Tree (III) (2017)
14 min | Short, Fantasy, Mystery | Completed
Director: Chuhao Liu | Stars: Tian Guan, Qingyingge Luo
90. Koreatown (2018)
12 min | Short, Drama
A young man working as a doumi (a korean host/escort) at a karaoke bar in Los Angeles has an unexpected encounter with a woman who hires him for the night.
Director: Grant Hyun | Stars: Crystal Lee, Donna Lee, Sun Ho Yoo
Votes: 10
91. Cosmic Dental Associates of Clifton, NJ (2018)
3 min | Short, Comedy, Sci-Fi
A mock-commercial for a New Jersey dental practice specializing in Astro-Dentistry.
Director: J.P. Chan | Stars: Katherine Harber, Andrew Lubrano, Jo Mei, Edward O'Blenis
92. Aliens of Extraordinary Ability (2018)
14 min | Documentary, Short
An Alien of Extraordinary Ability is an alien classification in the US, but the feeling as an stranger sometimes exists within all of us. The filmmaker morphed into the body of an alien and... See full summary »
Director: Molmol Kuo | Star: Molmol Kuo
93. Manong ng pa-aling (2017)
15 min | Short, Drama
The film revolves around the incredible story of man and his natural relationship with the ocean. Because of his old age and physical frailty, Manong decides what he will do next after ... See full summary »
Director: E Del Mundo | Stars: Filboy Jillona, Jeremy Banda, Tali Jilona, Jeramil Banda
Votes: 19
94. okaasan (mom) (2018)
18 min | Short, Drama, Family
After the loss of a beloved family member, a daughter returns from far away to her mother's home in Japan; mother and daughter attempt to work past the guilt and distance in order to reconnect, each in their own ways.
Director: Kana Hatakeyama | Stars: Kako Hatakeyama, Kana Hatakeyama
95. Just a Kid from Seattle (2018)
19 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy
In the wake of his mother's passing a seventeen-year-old Filipino kid comes of age, finding a new love for his hood in Seattle, Washington.
Director: Jonathan Augustavo | Stars: Carlin James, Ryan J. Lewis, Raz Simone, Bill Steamboat
Votes: 6
96. The Pilgrimage (2018)
19 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
When his hippie dad, Larry, shows up and announces he is walking across the country for world peace, Coben's carefully manicured life is thrown out of whack.
Director: Kevin Duncan Wong | Stars: Alfonso Faustino, Diogo Hausen, Eugene Young
97. Kun' di man (2017)
20 min | Short, Romance
Kun' di man (If Not) is a story about two old blind people who sing in MRT stations.
Director: Phyllis Grae Grande | Stars: David Alcovendas, Cindy Alcovendas, Dylan Ray Talon, Roy Requejo
If Not
98. Uninvited (I) (2017)
20 min | Short, Comedy, Drama | Completed
Jungho's mom came up to Seoul and visits Jungho's place in a sudden and Jungho's not comfortable with her visit.
Director: Seung Yeob Lee | Stars: Sum Lee, Jinseung Moon, Keunyoung Kim
Votes: 26
99. Salamagan (2018)
13 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Ana loves her Filipino Catholic family. But does she want to come out to them? No freaking way. But when Ana's hoarder Auntie needs help cleaning out her home, she enlists her girlfriend ... See full summary »
Director: Elisa Oh | Stars: Jiavani, Olga Natividad, Joi Orbe Brown, Lys Perez
Votes: 8
100. Finding Home (2017– )
20 min | Documentary
Two weeks after the events of 'Finding Me: TRUTH', Greg begins to reflect on his actions. In the midst of his introspection he discovers his true feelings for the man he hurt.
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