A potent mix of horror and comedy, “Don’t Tell Your Parents” will have you screaming with laughter!
Total Runtime: 84 minutes
Stitched | SHE (Snake) | Lullaby | Learning English | A Family Guide to Hunting (form) | Mosquito Lady
All Shorts Program available on-demand in the U.S. from Friday, October 18, 7:30PM until Monday, October 28, 2024, 12:00PM 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.
- Friday, Oct. 18 - Oct. 27
- Virtual On-Demand
Stitched
Directed by Lorena Lourenco
Narrative| 15 mins | English/Hindi/Tamil | New England Premiere
A South Asian diasporic woman, tired of dating people who can’t keep up with her mutable cultural identity, decides to “frankenstein” together the ideal partner.
Advisory: Blood, gore
She (Snake)
Directed by Renee Zhan
Narrative | 15 mins | English, Mandarin with English subtitles | Subtitles | New England Premiere
Fei Li is the top violinist in her elite youth orchestra. When another Chinese violinist arrives to challenge her place, Fei’s internalized racism and anxieties grow to take monstrous physical form. They whisper to her, urging her to be the best, no matter the cost.
Advisory: Some violence
Lullaby
Directed by Chi Thai
Narrative | 15 mins | Vietnamese with English subtitles | New England Premiere
A refugee is forced to confront her guilt.
Advisory: Mature themes of horror
Learning English
Directed by Jean Liu
Narrative| 11 mins | English/Mandarin with English Subtitles | New England Premiere
Hannah’s first week in the US isn’t going as expected. Rejected by everyone she meets, it seems nobody has time to practice English with her. When she is propositioned by a couple looking for a phone sex participant, she uses the conversation as an opportunity to expand her vocabulary.
Advisory: 13+ Strong sexual language
A Family Guide to Hunting (form)
Directed by Zhao Wang
Narrative| 14 mins | English, Korean with English Subtitles | New England Premiere
When Eva, a doomsday prepper, takes her uptight Korean-American parents and all-American boyfriend on a bonding hunting trip, things go from bad to grisly.
Advisory: Gunfire, sex, partial nudity, language, violence
Mosquito Lady
Directed by Kristine Gerolaga
Narrative| 13 mins | English, Tagalong with English Subtitles | New England Premiere
Terrified of telling her parents that she’s pregnant as restrictions to abortion access worsen, a desperate teenager seeks the help of a reclusive neighbor who her parents warned her about.
Advisory: 16+ Mature themes of horror, gore, abortion, terror
