Hypnocus-Pocused

Two brothers, one car, and a strange Japanese friend are perfect ingredients for a thriller about a hypnotism that goes awry.

Victor Tadashi Suárez
Fiction | U.S.A. | 2011 | 0:11:37

Only Child

“Only Child” is a five-minute experimental film about the internal challenge of a Chinese toy painter as she is swept into a moment of artistic inspiration.

Christian Gossett
Fiction | USA | 2012 | 0:06:00

Radius Square Times Heart

Ken, a Japanese scientist, invites Michelle, an American anthropologist, home for dinner after a Tango lesson. Can he win the lady’s heart?

Yasu Suzuki
Fiction | U.S.A. | 2009 | 0:33:06

The Mud

A grieving young couple suffer each other’s company in a stale seaside home. One night, a feral mud-creature appears in their kitchen. Upon washing her, they discover a malleable innocent, fit to become a lady! Maybe.

Brooke Bundy , Kira Pearson
Fiction | USA | 2012 | 0:17:00

UGUISU

A Brooklyn diner waitress finds a way out after she came across two mysterious customers: a distressed young artist and an enigmatic Japanese old man.

Kosuke Furukawa
Fiction | U.S.A. | 2009 | 0:23:23

A Furtive Tear / Una Furtiva Lagrima

The last journey of a fish as it sings its own requiem, from its sale at the fish market all the way into the frying pan.

Carlo Vogele
Animation | USA | 2012 | 0:03:08

The Hirosaki Players

The NY premiere of a Japanese play becomes a tug of war between an up-and-coming playwright/director and his famous and uncooperative actor.

Jeff Sousa
Fiction | U.S.A. | 2010 | 0:19:21

Curfew

At the lowest point of his life, Richie gets a call from his estranged sister, asking him to look after his nine-year old niece, Sophia, for a few hours.

Shawn Christensen
Fiction | USA | 2011 | 19:42

Found

Alex has always known he was adopted, but now an unexpected discovery stirs his desire to uncover even more. The most important woman he's never met... his birth mother.

Anthony Bushman
Fiction | USA | 2012 | 0:18:00

Penny Dreadful

The story of a kidnapping gone horribly wrong.

Shane Atkinson
Fiction| USA | 2012 | 0:17:43

Prix du Public (Audience Award) - International Competition at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
Audience Award – International Competition at Vila do Conde – Portugal