Wednesday, November 13, 2024 | 5pm to 8:30pm
Hunter College – Hemmerdinger Screening Room
921 Lexington Avenue, East Building, Room 706, Manhattan
RSVP: Shorts Panorama | Short Film Premieres
Note: Pre-registration and ID required for entering the campus.
This co-sponsored screening of short films is part of the 18th Annual Korean American Film Festival New York (KAFFNY), running from November 13 to 15, 2024. Showcasing a diverse selection of short films that will leave you inspired and entertained, get ready to immerse yourself in a world of creativity and storytelling with filmmakers from around the globe. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to connect with fellow film enthusiasts and celebrate the art of short filmmaking. After the screening we will have a Q&A with many of the filmmakers.
Shorts Panorama (5:15pm – 6:45pm)
Christmas Lights
Directed by Cameryn Koike (6:04)
A family of cats struggling with their finances is disappointed when their Christmas lights burn out, but then get some unexpected help. WINNER: Best Film (Hawai’i International Film Festival ‘Ōpio Fest) , WINNER: Spirit of Eleanor $200 Award (OK2BX Film Festival of Texas), SEMI-FINALIST (New York Shorts Awards), FINALIST (Directed by Women / Turkey)
Zavet
Directed by Slav Velkov (5:50)
A young man lost in the wilderness struggles to escape the memories of his Bulgarian past.
Revolving Door
Directed by Jiyeo Park Kim (10:00)
Through the eyes of a young nurse, we navigate the thin line between life and death, finding solace and connection in the delicate moments of birth and passing.
Blue Hour
Directed by Esther Um (6:20)
A young Korean American boy encounters difficulty as he attempts to draw a portrait of his busy blue-collar immigrant father for a school assignment, leading the boy to confront his father in a dream-scape like world of his own imagination.
Fair
Directed by Taylor Gruver (10:00)
Based on the TRUE STORY of one woman’s fateful day as a hired party princess at the mansion of her high school nemesis:
Sarah has returned home to Hawai’i and finds herself confronted with an imperative question: What if life hasn’t turned out so “happily ever after” after all? FAIR is a 10-minute film that questions societal expectations internalized by women and asserts that a real-life “Fairy Tale Ending” might not be what you expect.
Roots and Wings Ep 2: Irene Yoo
Directed by Yadao, Michelle Sampior, Irene Yadao (7:16)
Roots & Wings is a three-part food doc series that profiles WOC chefs who use food as a conduit for cultural awareness and as a means of perpetuating their cultural traditions.
Roots + Wings Ep 2 features chef, recipe developer, writer, culinary historian and founder of Yooeating Irene Yoo, whose pop-ups in New York offered a decidedly new take on Korean home cooking and street food.
THESE KIDS DON’T GET IT, MA.
Directed by June Jung (6:28)
A trans woman attempts to translate a poem to her mother over the phone. Subtitles escape containment. Diegesis explodes.
Short Film Premieres (7pm to 8:30pm)
KOREAN AMERICAN WITCHES SOCIETY *New York/East Coast Premiere
Written by Jennifer Kim and Directed by Michael K.Y. Yip (12:59)
A lonely, anxious girl wishes to save her cancer-stricken father and befriends the granddaughter of a Korean shaman. Together, they create a secret witchcraft ritual which leads to unexpected consequences.
KOI *New York/East Coast Premiere
Directed by Taige Shi (17:49)
A newly-divorced Chinese immigrant and his son move to the Great Lakes area. The father, Lee Huan, starts a fishing business that catches only Asian Carp in the local river. However, the son, Lee Long, can’t fit into the new environment and doesn’t understand his dad’s motives. With help from Uncle Kuan, a family friend and biologist, the father and son must confront their differences once and for all.
Watches *World Premiere
Directed by Byungseon Kong (16:33)
An Asian American boy asks his older, troublesome friends to rob his home where he lives with his abusive father.
Into the Emerald Sea *New York/East Coast Premiere
Directed by Asuka Lin (20:14)
From the ocean, Suzu returns to their quiet seaside town in Japan, where their grandmother has reincarnated into a sea turtle. Both must undergo their own process of reconnection to each other and with themselves.
A loose retelling of the Japanese fisherman folktale Urashima Taro — but really, it’s about missing your grandma after you left for America.
Organizer
Korean American Film Festival New York
Co-Sponsors
Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY
Asian American Studies Program & Center at Hunter College/CUNY
