DRAMA SHORTS
Highlighting the award-winning films including the Jury Awards for Best Short Film, HAKUUMACAATO and Most Innovative Short Award, LADIES, GENTLEMAN, AND EVERYONE IN BETWEEN this series of outstanding dramatic shorts is sure to wow. Also featuring winners of our Audience Favorite awards KAMA'AINA (Child of the Land) and AYENEH. Watch out for the bonus film WE’RE NOT HERE.
KAMA’ĀINA (CHILD OF THE LAND)
Kimi Howl Lee; 2020 USA; 17 min.
A queer 16-year-old girl, must navigate life on the streets, until she finds refuge at Hawaiʻi’s largest organized homeless encampment.
AYANEH
Nicholas Greinacher; 2019; Switzerland; 14 min.; in English, German, and Arabic with English subtitles
When a young woman moves to Switzerland with her conservative Muslim family, she finds herself interested in more than just swimming laps and must decide what is worth sacrificing for her newfound freedom.
Subtitles for non-English dialogue
WE’RE NOT HERE - BONUS
Bonnie Moir; 2019; Australia; 11 min.
Anton, a closeted right-wing Finnish politician, meets his secret lover, Ryan, for a weekend getaway in the Mediterranean.
THE PASSING
Nichola Wong; 2019; United Kingdom; 15 min.
A wordless glimpse into one mortician’s macabre experiences.
Fully subtitled
HAKUUMACAATO
Kulan Farah; 2019; Australia; 17 min.; in English and Somali with English subtitles
Somali refugee Liban struggles to love and understand his son Imran, who has adopted more Western values.
Subtitles for non-English dialogue
LADIES, GENTLEMEN, AND EVERYONE IN BETWEEN (Sayidaati, saadati, wakull man baynahum)
Jad Wadi; 2019; Lebanon; 10 min.; in Arabic with English subtitles
This experimental animation challenges the gender binary as the director navigates their city as male, female, and neither.
Fully subtitled
CONTENT WARNINGS: DEATH, MATURE LANGUAGE