Shorts: NIGHT VISIONS
Night Visions is a showcase of the weird and the wacky, films that don’t easily fit into any one box. These shorts subvert the expectations and surprise audiences at every twist and turn.
Total Runtime: 72 minutes
Don’t F*ck with Ba | Better Life | Kumar Kumar | Five Star | Daddy is a Hunter | Cherry-Colored Funk
Don’t F*ck with Ba
Directed by Sally Tran
Narrative | 14 mins | English, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Vietnamese with subtitles | Boston Premiere
A rag tag group of femmes in the depths of Chinatown band together, battling a rival gang to protect their community.
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Advisory: Violence & death
Better Life
Directed by Jessica Liu
Narrative | 11 mins | English, Mandarin Chinese | East Coast Premiere
When a groundbreaking medical procedure promises to turn slackers into overachievers, aging Chinese father sees it as his last chance to achieve the American Dream-through his unemployed adult daughter.
Kumar Kumar
Directed by Kiran Koshy
Narrative | 7 mins | Indian | New England Premiere
Kumar Kumar is all alone on his birthday. His social media feed is dead. Maybe he should be too? But then, the computer dings.
Advisory: Imagery suggestive
Five Star
Directed by Kai Hamada Hasson
Narrative | 14 mins | English, Korean with English subtitles | New England Premiere | SIFF Audience Award for Best Short Winner
Winner of the 2025 Audience Award for Best Short at the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), Five Star tells the story of Soung Kang (4x Best Actor Canadian Screen Awards Winner, PAUL SUN-HYUNG LEE, Kim’s Convenience), a diligent locksmith and first-generation immigrant whose quest for a perfect score from his client Maya leads him into an unexpected adventure. Called on an unusual job – to keep Maya’s closet door shut for good – Soung discovers a dark secret that challenges him to go to extraordinary lengths to secure his five star review. At its core, Five Star is a comedic look at the obsessive lengths we go to to be successful and the trivialities that often undo us.
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Advisory: Mature Content: Violence, Strong Language, Dark imagery. Age rec – 17+
Daddy is a Hunter
Directed by Marcus Fahey
Narrative | 9 mins | English | New England Premiere
A school counselor meets with a troubled student, learning about the boy’s intense at-home life, his father’s late night desertions, and a monstrous secret beneath it all.
Advisory: Mild violence
Cherry-Colored Funk
Directed by Chelsie Pennello
Narrative | 16 mins | English | New England Premiere
A serial grifter faces the music when seemingly everyone he’s ever wronged shows up on the opening day of his dubious Italian ice business.
Advisory: Strong language
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Friday, October 17, 2025, 7:30PM until Sunday, October 26, 2025
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