A whimsical quartet of short stories, alternately humorous and moving, featuring a standout cast that includes Tamlyn Tomita (Joy Luck Club) and Sab Shimono (Suture). A successful marketing executive…
2003
Running time: N/A
A whimsical quartet of short stories, alternately humorous and moving, featuring a standout cast that includes Tamlyn Tomita (Joy Luck Club) and Sab Shimono (Suture). A successful marketing executive has her life turned upside down when she learns to take care of a mechanical infant as a dry run for adopting a real baby in "My Robot Baby." In "The Robot Fixer" the grieving mother of a teenage coma victim is determined to put together the perfect action figure collection in hopes that it will help her son's recovery.
Running time: N/A
US Premiere Inako is a young woman, leading a lonely life in a contemporary Japanese town, who finds work checking natural water sources for her uncle's company, the local government representative. She is often visited by her widowed mother, who frets over the upcoming ceremony to honor her father's death, and by her other insistent, matchmaking relatives. In the midst of this, Inako finds solace hiking through the countryside, creating her own experiments. That's where she meets Tamamiza, someone who shares her interests and who may provide an escape from her dreary isolation.
Running time: N/A
World Premiere Everyone in Reeseville knows a bit too much about everyone else's business, and there are things that should just not be public knowledge-deep dark secrets that should have been buried long agowell, someone has tried to bury them, butHaunted by his mother's death, David returns to Reeseville only to be confronted with the suicide of his father. Emotions soar into overdrive when Jason, the town sheriff, arrives. Not a big fan of the prodigal David, Jason succeeds in only escalating David's struggles with his own demons.
Running time: N/A
September, 1999: Ten wards in the California Youth Authority state prison system, with the assistance of a professor and five of his students, are given the chance to learn how to create their own films. Their crimes are various; ranging from homicide to armed robbery and assault. Hopefully, the time they will spend in O.H. Close Youth Correctional Facility will profoundly affect their lives. O.H. was recently nominated for the Harvard Kennedy School's "Innovations in Government" award, as a remarkable institution that promotes rehabilitation through education and the arts.
Running time: N/A
US Premiere Fragmented and distorted, Eduardo's daily reality is a mosaic of events that seem illogical. While riding the subway one Saturday afternoon, Eduardo begins to slip in and out of reality as he recalls the loss of his 10-year-old daughter. Pedestrians, waiters, and strangers become active participants in his dreams, which intertwine and are related to different periods of his life. Is this the portrait of a man on the brink of insanity, or are there darker forces at workand for that matter, what do those forces have to do with the loss of Eduardo's daughter?
Running time: N/A
US Premiere Berry, holed up in a snowy country home and surrounded by policemen, gets ready to blast his way out. Only five months earlier, he had been just another rich high school dropout roaming the mean streets of Amsterdam, getting his kicks from staging fake robberies, and hopping from nightclub to nightclub. That was before he met Thera, the impulsive, gorgeous model who turns his world upside down. Intoxicated with each other, the two live it up with wild, sex-filled nights in expensive hotels and make plans to travel the world.
Running time: N/A
An extremely touching journey, magnificently blending captivating drama with moments of humor, Sevan Matossian's arresting Our House follows the year-long trials of three people living in the same house, struggling to overcome mental disabilities in attempts to mainstream into society. Laura is a young woman dealing with Tourette's. A victim of sexual abuse, she is confused about her gender and is considering a sex change. Tim S. is a gentle soul who wants to be friends with everyone. He loves to sneak cigarettes and desperately wants to quit the Special Olympics. Tim W.
Running time: N/A
Nete is a 35-year-old woman who has never really been able to relate to her father, a bitter and introverted man, who has not only alienated himself from his daughter, but also disowned his son. When her father falls ill and Nete is told he has three weeks to live, she has no other choice-over his objections, she tells him that he is moving in with her. Nete's father moves in, which strains an already tenuous relationship among Nete, her professor husband, and their teenager daughter. Three weeks pass; then a month; then six months, and Nete feels that her father is never going to die.
Running time: N/A
World Premiere Being the "new hire" at a job is an all-too-familiar experience for anyone, but Gregg's first day is, in a word: strange. He quickly learns which bathroom stall leaks water on his head, organizes his Post-It-filled desk, and has awkwardly funny exchanges with his co-workers. To complicate matters, however, the mysterious remote control car zooming through the office and the vague horror stories about the man who used to have his job make the day seem a bit too out of the ordinary for a 9 to 5.
Running time: N/A
US Premiere
Ohara Koji is no ordinary Rookie. He is the Hanshin Tigers' secret weapon. Who would have thought that after two major shoulder injuries, 32-year-old Ohara could become a national sensation? Fans of the Tigers haven't a clue, however, since their favorite pitcher is the man with the mask-Mr. Rookie, Ohara's alter ego, a secret that is kept from his fans, his family, and his employer.
