INDIE SHORT FEST

The Tellurian Saga

The Tellurian Saga is a stop-motion animated short film that was originally released in two parts (“Frostilicus” and “Ultra Poseable”), as music videos for electronic music duo, This Week in the Universe.
Directed by Beau Golden, Casey Golden and Adam Barnard (Australia)

Exchange Students

A group of international students cannot leave their classroom and choose to spend their remaining time in the company of books, and one another.
Directed by Andrew Burton (USA)

Somewhere Between

On one side, Farrahn is a disciple. On the other side, she lives in a ‘double-life’ because she is a homosexual. Her life battles between back and forth. But, she is still on the way to find the truth of life.
Directed by Shuo Wang (USA)

The Angels

A man named Joe, who moves to Los Angeles with the dream of becoming a film director. As soon as he arrives, he hates LA. Everything is fake: the people, the industry, the city. Joe tries to work on his new script but he has writer’s block. Tired of working his minimum wage job and not having the motivation to keep on going, he meets a girl named Chloe Burbank. They fall in love; Joe shares with Chloe his passion for film. They both explore the city, watch movies and grow together. Time goes by and Chole falls out of love with Joe. They break up and Joe goes through a major depression. Then one day he finds inspiration in his heartbreak, and he writes a story about Chole. At the end he realizes that Chole was not just a person that he fell in love with, it was also the city he lived in.
Directed by Atlante Guajardo (USA)

Ribbons

Lucy is a studious high school junior who dreams of attending the Sadie Hawkins dance with Tomás, a classmate who keeps to himself and sits behind her in Spanish class. After devising a way to get his attention, the two strike up a flirtatious friendship. Days later, Lucy finally works up the courage to ask him to the dance, only to have her worst fear become a reality. From then on, Lucy is unable to face Tomás, making their time during class unbearable for them both… that is, until Lucy learns something about Tomás that allows her to see him, and her own pain, in a different light.
Directed by Marcela Cantú Serrano (USA)

I See You

This documentary is about the daily life of Tibetans. Their devotion and persistence for faith. Their innocence and kindness. Hope to restore a real Tibet.
Directed by Xiwen Zhang (China)

Where is Happiness

An Asian girl came to Los Angeles to achieve her American dream, but the reality is not as she wished,She is sad and disappointed, she doesn’t know where to go.
Directed by Xiwen Zhang (USA)