MAY 7 - 9:00 p.m. - Directors Guild of America, Theater 2
What if one could just rekindle love with an old flame on
the strength of a gift falafel sandwich and a lingering
look? Or what if one could spend the most romantic evening
with her true love, only to snap to the reality that she's
just being paid for a night of sex? Love, it seems, is actually
never what we ever hope it to be...
TRT: 96 minutes
GUY NIGHT OUT
(United States, 2005) Dir.: Tom Huang
A guy goes to a bar to meet a girl...but
mostly in his head.
Video, 5 minutes, color, narrative
SAME TIME LAST YEAR
(United States, 2005) Dir.: Long Phan
Jilted by his love Chris searches for
an explanation to why his girlfriend Michelle left him without
either explanation or trace. Complicating this mystery is
Chris' inability to recall any part of the last six months
of his life. Soon after a seemingly fruitless excavation
of the city of Los Angeles and every other physical location
the two lovers had shared, Chris finds Michelle. What she
reveals begins in him a long meditation on the dangerous
relationship between memory and love.
Video, 16 minutes, color, narrative
THE PERFECT DATE
(United States, 2005) Dir.: Jonathan Lim
A young couple arrives home for a nightcap
to a romantic evening. However, this party is not what it
seems...
Video, 8 minutes, color, narrative
TONY HEARD A GUNSHOT
(United States, 2005) Dir.: Takahiko Katayama
Tony, a night club bouncer, gets off
work and makes his way home where his wife, Jen, awaits
his return. The night seems to be going just as usual until
something goes horribly wrong: a gunshot rings out and hits
Tony in the chest. On the verge of death, Tony foresees
what he is truly going to miss-Jen and their baby yet to
be born.
Video, 17 minutes, black & white, narrative
AUDREY KEIKO AZUMA
(United States, 2005) Dir.: Stann Nakazono
A young Japaness American woman goes
through an extreme makeover.
Video, 8 minutes, color, narrative
THE HILL
(Canada, 2004) Dir.: Deborah Chow
A contemporary, revisionary fable about
Jack and Jill and what really happened on the hill. Jill
suspects that there may have been more to the fall than
Jack claims, and determines to uncover the truth. Past and
present become intertwined as they reconstruct the fall,
and it soon becomes clear that Jack has his story, Jill
has her story, and neither and both are true.
Video, 12 minutes, color, narrative
TUNNELS
(United States, 2005) Dir.: Jay Hubert
Kazu and Miho, a couple of Korean decent
who faced discrimination growing up in Japan, save up their
money and go to Hawaii for college, where Miho excels in
painting and Kazu in soccer. Kazu used violence to deal
with discrimination, but after getting hurt in several fights
and seeing visions of himself traversing a tunnel, he promised
Miho he'll stop fighting. Kazu's biggest problem now is
figuring out how to pop the big question to Miho. But just
when it looks like the fairy-tale ending is in sight, past
discrimination returns to plague the couple.
Adapted from actor London Kim's short
story "What Does Your Soul Look Like?", CHICK PEAS observes
the difficulties of Holden, a young man who has a hard time
revealing his true feelings to an ex-girlfriend, all the
while obsessing over whether he should get back with her
in the first place.
