Dreams are a way to express memories of the past, anxieties in the present, and hopes for the future. This program of short films looks at a collection of dreams that many share.  

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ONE CAMBODIAN FAMILY PLEASE FOR MY PLEASURE

2018 | Narrative, Drama | USA | 12 min | English

Directed by A.M. Lukas

Starring Emily Mortimer

2019 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize Nominee

In 1981, a Czechoslovakian woman (Emily Mortimer), herself a refugee from a war-torn country, writes a letter requesting that a Cambodian family be rescued from the violence and unrest in their native land and delivered to her adopted home in Fargo, North Dakota. Based on a true story.

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KIM CHI

2018 | Narrative, Drama | USA | 14 min | English, Japanese, Korean with English subtitles

Directed by Jackson Segars

2018 SXSW Film Festival Selection!

During a tense and melancholy visit with the family of his Korean American fiancee, a Japanese American man bonds with her ailing grandfather over a shared language and hobby.

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RED CHIMERA

2018 | Experimental, Drama | USA | 8 min | English

Directed by Jen Frisch-Wang

After mysteriously aging 60 years overnight, a young-girl-turned-older-woman struggles to reconcile her love of art with the "model minority" pressures placed on her by society and family.

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BUFFALO NICKEL

2018 | Narrative, Comedy | USA | 15 min | English

Directed by Youthana Yuos

Starring Rukhmani K. Desai, Hayley Keown

A desperately lonely Indian American woman accidentally becomes "besties" with a social media influencer who may have an ulterior motive in befriending her.

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ONE SMALL STEP

2018 | Animation, Drama | USA, China | 8 min | English

Directed by Bobby Pontillas and Andrew Chesworth

Written by Shaofu Zhang, Trent Correy, Bobby Pontillas, Andrew Chesworth

2018 Academy Award Best Animated Short Nominee!

A Chinese American girl, supported by her shoemaker father, pursues her dream of becoming an astronaut into college and beyond.

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SPEAK EASY, B

2018 | Experimental, Drama | USA | 15 min | English

Directed by Becca Park

A visit to a therapist prompts a young queer woman struggling to cope with depression and heartache to embark on a surreal journey through the desert inside her mind.

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COWBOY JOE

2018 | Narrative, Drama | USA | 6 min | English, Chinese with subtitles

Directed by Jingjing Tian

In New York City, a Chinese American man defies both his father and the world by assuming an identity no one expects or affords him.

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ELLA

2018 | Narrative, Drama | USA | 16 min | English

Directed by Dan Chen

Marooned in middle America, a high school recluse and a college dropout experience alienation, othering, and companionship.

Location:

Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

164 N State St, Chicago, Illinois 60601

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August 23, 2020
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