The fourth of four curated collections offering a wide variety of short films hailing from the San Francisco Bay Area.

A twelve-year-old Asian American boy wants to be a hero, so he tries to become the thing he knows all heroes need to be… White.
This film screens as part of the collection "Strictly Local 4"

White Now Please

What's black and white and dead all over?
Something is rotten in Booneville. The Mayor turns up dead, and Detective Humphrey Trowell is uncovering a thicker and thicker web of lies. Will anyone come out of this wreckage alive? 
This film screens as part of the collection "Strictly Local 4"

The Times We Were Living In

Director’s Statement: During the pandemic, I locked down quite strictly as I take care of my mother. Unable to perform or produce shows live, I started making short dance and character study films around the public areas of my apartment building, my own apartment, and the gardens of friends. Many of them are “masked.” They are The Isolation Dances, and this example is “Forest Creatures” (taken from the Yma Sumac title of the soundtrack I used for it, “Chuncho (Forest Creatures)”).
This film screens as part of the collection "Strictly Local 4"

Forest Creatures

When a father's nighttime picnic with his child is interrupted by a group of thugs, it turns out that being at the wrong place at the wrong time can actually be a good thing…
This film screens as part of the collection "Strictly Local 4"

No Trophies

Bobby, a Filipino-American, realizes that his long time girlfriend, Rachel, isn’t feeling herself. As a romantic gesture, he offers to cook for her but just doesn’t know what to cook. That is, until a phone call from his mom sparks a nostalgia for a certain Filipino dish, sinigang. “Sinigang” is a short film that highlights the beauty of Filipino food and how cooking from the heart can suddenly change your life for the better.
This film screens as part of the collection "Strictly Local 4"

Sinigang

What would happen if you gave the Jolly Chimp toy the Ludovico's Technique from A Clockwork Orange? 
This film screens as part of the collection "Strictly Local 4"

Skinaffect - Monkeytruck

A motorist is haunted by a wayfarer he has accidentally wronged.
This film screens as part of the collection "Strictly Local 4"

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