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SORORITY COURT
University Sororities are supposed to be institutions of sisterhood and friendship. However, Writer/Director Emily Draper brings a comedic twist to the lives of sorority sisters

SHAYLA
Shayla Cambray (Keira Davies) is desperate for a break. A shy African American high school student, she is simultaneously ignored and targeted, subject to daily

ACROSS FROM
Mei’s (Erin Luo) idea of the American Dream comes crashing down when her landlady, Mrs. Xu (Mingjie Zhai), comes knocking to collect long overdue rent.

THE MOURNING OF
Grief can be a destabilizing force, all-consuming and hard to face. Once the funeral is over, how do you begin to move on? What do

UP/DOWN
The afterlife is a trippy, wild adventure in Michael Cooke’s short Up/Down, where your soul’s transfer to Heaven or Hell (or as it’s referred to

29 PALMS
Do things ever really get better? Thrown out without context, that’s a heavy-handed question to be asked by anyone, but it’s the pressing matter on

BEFORE FIREWORKS
Before Fireworks is a touching short film about compassion and unexpected filial affection. Neighborhood thieves Ziyuan He (Qi) and Youjie Lee (Forest Lin) find themselves

JUDGMENTAL PRICK!
There’s more than meets the eye in Rolando Zee’s newest venture. To those keeping up with the world of creatives geared towards LGBTQ storytelling, Zee’s

LOVER’S APPETITE
In the wake of violent crime, justice is the best we can do. That is unless you can get a little street justice. But vengeance