Filmmakers show us their vision of what our malleable realities can become and what possibilities we may evoke.
After Dark sets no barriers as it takes a look at the dark side of those realities.
Total Runtime: 74 minutes
The Phoenix | Biased | Meantal Health Girls | Eyes on Me | Big Trouble in Little America | A Father’s Son
All Shorts Program available on-demand in the U.S. from October 20, 12:00AM until Monday, October 31, 2022, 10:00PM ET. The content must be started within the designated viewing window. Once started, you have up to 24 hrs to finish playing the content or until the end of the viewing window – whichever comes first.
The Phoenix
Directed by Regina Pigsley
Drama| 15 mins | English | New England Premiere
After successfully acquiring superpowers, a young girl attempts to fix her parents’ marriage. In the end, she learns that superpowers can’t fix everything.
Biased
Directed by Andrea Lwin
Comedy, Drama | 9 mins | English | Boston Premiere
After the sudden death of a tenant, an inept L.A. property manager accidentally creates a competition by scheduling two couples to view the newly-available apartment at the same time, while his cleaning lady frantically tries to wipe away evidence of the dead body. Biased challenges the viewer to consider their own biases and asks, “Which couple would you choose?”
Meantal Health Girls
Directed by Tess Paras
Comedy | 4 mins | English | East Coast Premiere
Run-ins with the popular girls at school are the worst but can sometimes be… helpful?
Advisory: Strong language
Eyes On Me
Directed by Andy Nguyen Zhao
Thriller, Mystery | 8 mins | English | East Coast Premiere
A young Asian-American nurse is tasked to take care of an estranged blind patient and soon realizes that this isn’t an average house call.
Advisory: Violence
Big Trouble in Little America
Directed by Qiyue Sun
Comedy, Romance| 9 mins | English, Chinese with English Subtitles | World Premiere
Haunted by wet dreams on her newly bought mattress every night, ‘Chinese Girl’ goes on a journey to cleanse herself of the spirits with help from her Chinese heritage.
Advisory: Mature content, Sexual references
A Father’s Son
Directed by Patrick Chen
Crime Thriller | 29 mins | English, Chinese with English Subtitles | Boston Premiere
A story-spinoff based on author Henry Chang’s crime novel series of NYPD Detective Jack Yu. Set in the early ’90s when local street gangs terrorized Manhattan’s Chinatown, our story centers on Jack Yu investigating the murder of a teenage boy involved in a turf war. Amidst the broad distrust and racial divide between the Chinatown community and NYPD, our lone lawman searches for a nondescript immigrant family to deliver a shattering message that also brings forth his own conflicted relationship with Jack’s father.
Advisory: Strong language, violence
