Home
- where the biggest of battles and the pettiest of squabbles are
fought. Yet home is where we seek strength, and stability. What happens
when those fundamental needs are not met? The following short films
examine what happens when the definition of home is jeopardized and
where we land after the turbulent storm. Followed by Q&A.
Janie has a perfect life as an only daughter in a loving family. Her
life, however, gets completely shattered when Ben, her little brother
she never knew existed, unexpectedly shows up to live with her family.
With her mother in the hospital and a husband who she suspects is in
love with another woman, trying to stop smoking is not easy for Andrea
Ng. Sometimes, the only thing to do when the world comes to an end is
to start again at the very beginning.
When their van breaks down in the middle of nowhere en route to a
funeral home to deliver a dead body, two brothers are forced to
confront the distance between them. How does one measure the spaces
between family members?
Dolores, a housemaid and her husband Ambo, a gardener, are hired to
maintain a beautiful yet lonely mansion while its owners are away on a
long vacation. Distant yet together the two discover intimacy within
the walls of someone else's home.
DIRECTOR: Nicolas Panoutsopoulos
USA | 2005 | 17mins
With a dreamer father and a realist mother, little Alejandro learns
that money can change everything after a bittersweet afternoon
adventure picking berries by the Los Angeles river.
When two and two do not make four, a child learns to listen to her
instinct. Soyoung runs into her father driving around with a woman from
his old high school. What do the hair clips in the back seat mean?
