SHORTS PROGRAM

The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night

Director: Fawzia Mirza
Year: 2021
Country: USA
Running Time: 11 Minutes

Noor decides to bring her partner, Luz, home for Christmas to meet her family, but her older sister surprisingly shows up causing havoc and tension.

Ezra

Director: Joshua Hernandez
Year: 2022
Country: USA
Running Time: 10 Minutes

A chronically ill dancer finds tranquility in nature while on a camping trip with their boyfriend. 

Lucky Fish

Director: Emily May Jampel
Year: 2022
Country: USA
Running Time: 8 Minutes

While eating dinner with their families at a Chinese restaurant, two Asian-American teenagers meet in the bathroom to admire the fish tank and each other.

Chaac and Yum

Director: Roberto Fatal, XAV S-F
Year: 2022
Country: USA
Running Time: 10 Minutes

On the dancefloor, two people are transported to a different space and time where they become the Mayan deities of rain (Chaac) and corn (Yum).

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Firsts

Director: Jesse Ung
Year: 2021
Country: New Zealand
Running Time: 17 Minutes

After chatting on an app, Steven, a shy and inexperienced man, decides to invite Andrew over, so they can get to know each other better.

F^¢K ‘€M R!GHT B@¢K

Director: Harris Doran
Year: 2022
Country: USA
Running Time: 12 Minutes

After a night of partying, Sammy’s boss demands he take a random drug test, so he must avoid and outwit her to keep his job.