DisOrient 2024

Shorts Program: Transitions

Expired March 18, 2024 6:59 AM
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5 films in package
Sunflower Girl
A 13-year-old girl has the opportunity to skateboard with her crush - at the cost of neglecting her familial duties.
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Luke and Emma and a Gas Station on Franklin Avenue
A short film that portrays the budding romance between a mixed Asian boy and a white girl in 1980s rural America, as they bond over a gas station encounter while their parents clash inside.
Mike
Hiep Nguyen, an exchange student at a Christian high school in South Dakota, stumbles into the challenge of conforming to an environment of all-white, very religious Midwesterners.
The Last September
Under the stress of applying to college, an Asian-American high schooler begins to see himself—and his Black-American best friend—in a whole new light.
20s.30s.
When his disheartened corporate girlfriend in Korea encourages him to look elsewhere for work, Tae, a naive yet ambitious student, pursues a career in architecture in America and begins a long distance relationship with high hopes.
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A 13-year-old girl has the opportunity to skateboard with her crush - at the cost of neglecting her familial duties.


Director - Holly M. Kaplan

Holly M. Kaplan is a Chinese-American filmmaker, born and raised in New York City. In 2022, Holly was chosen for NALIP & NETFLIX's "Latino Lens: Narrative Short Film Incubator for Women of Color" to fund her first solo-directing project, SUNFLOWER GIRL. Inspired and driven by ties to her mixed Cantonese heritage, Holly is invested in bringing narratives about diversity and the Asian diaspora to the forefront. She received her BA in Film & Media Arts at American University and completed a filmmaking program at FAMU International Prague. Holly has served as an apprentice to the late Independent Director/Producer Ben Barenholtz and assisted Executive Producer/Director Lisa Soper, and Director Alex Pillai on Season 1 of PRETTY LITTLE LIARS: ORIGINAL SIN (HBO Max).

  • Year
    2023
  • Runtime
    14 minutes
  • Language
    Cantonese, English
  • Country
    United States
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  • Director
    Holly M. Kaplan
  • Screenwriter
    Holly M. Kaplan
  • Producer
    Holly M. Kaplan, Seika Paradeis
  • Cast
    Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja, Cairo Zion, Fanny Lawren
  • Cinematographer
    Michael Cong
  • Editor
    Hailey Choi
  • Production Design
    Mischelle Moy
  • Sound Design
    Delu Duan
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