BAAFF SHORTS PROGRAM: Altered realities [10/21/21]

ALTERED REALITIES
100 Minutes

Thu, Oct 21 @ 12:00 am – Sun, Oct 31 @ 10:00 pm

Just in time for Halloween, Altered Realities takes a look both outward and inward, at futuristic worlds ahead of us… and at what happens when the simmering tensions we’ve left behind boil over. From spooky ghost bride flick Koreatown Ghost Story to noir Manzanar love story The Loyal Betrayal, sink your teeth into a delicious dose of darkness with a side of intrigue.

The Discovery
Directed by Jill Von Dae
Sci-fi | 15 minutes
One day, on a mission, a peculiar piece of Captain Halser’s past catapults him into a chase for truth, leading him to find the true nature of his mission – one that puts him not on any other planet at all, but rather close to home.

The Loyal Betrayal
Directed by Tom Huang
Noir | 15 minutes | 13+ (Sexual situations, violence)
A man is caught in a web of love, murder and betrayal in this film noir set in the Manzanar Internment Camp during World War II.

Unfit
Directed by Will Kim
Animation | 4 minutes | 13+ (Strong graphics, violence)
“Unfit” is about our desire to hide from the unfit society until we realize hiding and escaping make us even more furious, rejected, lonely, and unfit.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/577777247

Money Cat
Directed by Connor Kurth and Thomas Ireton
Horror | 15 minutes
When a financially-strapped couple encounters a mysterious Money Cat, one of them touts it as a good luck charm while the other remains a skeptic. They’re both surprised when good fortune seemingly befalls them, but everything comes with a price.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExqKiPT_O7M

The Mark
Directed by Devin E. Haqq
Horror | 15 minutes | 13+ (Psychological horror)
In English and Japanese with English subtitles
A young single mother struggles against ominous forces, whom she believes are bent on taking her infant daughter.

Receiver
Directed by Cavan Campbell
Horror | 15 minutes | 13+ (Psychological horror)
Who is going to defend Sriyani when she is hypnotized by a caller on her phone tonight? RECEIVER is a chamber horror film about toxic masculinity, isolation, and the commodification of empathy.

Koreatown Ghost Story
Directed by Minsun Park & Teddy Tenenbaum
Horror | 15 minutes | 13+ (Violence, graphic images, psychological horror)
In this supernatural horror tale based on a Korean ritual starring Margaret Cho and Lyrica Okano, a woman entertains a macabre marriage offer that would let her pursue her dreams, for better or for much much worse.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsBcI6jJFkk

All Shorts Program available on-demand in the U.S. from October 21, 12:00AM until Sunday, October 31, 2021, 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.

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