DisOrient 2024

Shorts Program: To Be Seen

Expired March 18, 2024 6:59 AM
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7 films in package
Handwritten
Jaime Sunwoo highlights the beauty of handwriting through playful paper puppetry and animation, exploring its significance in history and our modern world.
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Spit It Out
An experimental short that explores the filmmaker's lifelong struggle with a speech impediment. Shot on super 8mm film.
Thirstygirl
On a road trip with her younger sister, Charlie struggles to hide a secret sex addiction.
Bad Asian
An Asian American woman's internalized racism stands between her and a steamy one-night stand.
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Adam's Song
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No Clouds In My Summer
During a heated argument with his girlfriend, Tom's memories begin to splinter & merge with his present.
The Difference Between Us
An undocumented immigrant in Philadelphia starts to fall for a roommate she’s never met — forming a connection that will test the limits of her romantic imagination.
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On a road trip with her younger sister, Charlie struggles to hide a secret sex addiction.


Director - Alexandra Qin

Alexandra Qin is a French-Filipino-Chinese screenwriter and director with a background in software engineering and prison reform activism. She is the founder of Emergent Works, a nonprofit that teaches formerly incarcerated people to code to help them secure well-paying jobs after prison.

Alexandra's first feature screenplay, THIRSTYGIRL, was the 2022 Page Awards Grand Prize Winner as well as a 2022 Nicholl Fellowship Semifinalist. Her first short film, the THIRSTYGIRL proof-of-concept, is an official selection of Sundance 2024, among many other festivals. She is represented by Luber Roklin Entertainment.

  • Year
    2023
  • Runtime
    10 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
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  • Director
    Alexandra Qin
  • Screenwriter
    Alexandra Qin
  • Producer
    Alexandra Qin, Brooke Goldman
  • Executive Producer
    David Beazley, David Goldblum, Catherine Dupasquier
  • Cast
    Samantha Ahn, Claire Dunn, David Eves
  • Cinematographer
    Fletcher Wolfe
  • Editor
    Esteban Pedraza
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