SHORTS! CINEMASIA MIX

Program SHORTS! CinemAsia MIX
2 April - 17.45 hours - Rialto Amsterdam

6ft. in 7min
Rafael Del Toro, US 2005, 14 min.
English without subtitles

A dark comedy about an East Indian guy who, thanks to his parents' traditional ways, has never had a normal American childhood. Today, on Rajeev's 18th birthday, his parents have a surprise for him that is bound to leave him floored.

Numbers
Cheng Hsiao-Tse, Taiwan 2005, 28 min.
Chinese with English subtitles

A man gets the numbers for the lottery in his dreams.

How's Life?
Tommy Yu, Taiwan 2005, 30 min.
Chinese with English subtitles

A middle-aged fat guy, who does not know why he lives, wants to commit suicide but is foiled by a pesky encylopedia saleswoman .

Gembos (The Standoff)
Vanni Jamin, Indonesia 2004, 16 min.
Indonesian with English subtitles

An unfortunate event takes an unsuspecting nasi goreng vendor to a local auto-mechanic shop. His encounter with the mechanic leads to a series of moneymaking contests between the two until an unlikely customer determines the outcome of this rivalry.

Lua - animation
Claire Tscheiller & Magali Bouchet, France 2004, 5 min.
No dialogues

A beautiful animation about a rice plantation in Vietnam with swaying rice fields and farmers.

G23
Anthony Chen , Singapore 2005, 20 min.
Chinese/Tamil with English subtitles

A story about emotional suppression in urban Singapore . A young Chinese ticket seller in a Singporean Bollywood theater is intriqued by the people who come to his theater.