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Program 20
MONDAY
OCTOBER 12, 2:00PM

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On Tiptoe

Japan / Drama / 9 mins

Director/Writer: Hiroki Kamada

Producer: Hiroki Kamada, Sky Maxine, Suyeol Jang

Cast: Annie Tanaka, Toru Uchikado, Seita

In a world where walking on tiptoe is the norm, a woman begins to question what it means to belong.

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Graduation

Hong Kong / Drama / 12 mins

Director: Nayon Lee, Alicia Tang

Writer: Nayon Lee

Producer: Caitlyn Tang

Cast: Ryan Tang, Freya Bargo, Bianca Lau

Graduation is a 2026 Hong Kong drama short and the debut film of Nayon Lee and Alicia Tang. Set within an upper-middle-class Hong Kong household, the film examines the often-invisible labor of domestic helpers through the lens of a family disrupted by the sudden death of their helper during the week of their son’s graduation.

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Kyoumu (A Dream of One’s Home)

Japan / Drama / 21 mins

Director: Anshool Pradhan

Writer: Anshool Pradhan, John Kenta Ozai, Sam Woolf

Producer: Jinny Jin, Anshool Pradhan, John Kenta Ozai

Cast: John Kenta Ozai, Sam Woolf

Kyoumu is a bilingual romantic horror set in the small mountain town of Maebashi, Japan—the home of John, a Japanese-American boy obsessed with traditional values.

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Break A Leg

China / Drama / 13 mins

Director/Writer: Jiaxin Xu

Producer: Lei Shi

Cast: Guanyu Lin, Yuchen Chen

​Under the heat of a summer basketball court, Jae, an ambitious teenage girl is eager to win every game before she moves away from her friends. However, the more she tries to control, the more likely she is to be influenced by others. Jae is repeatedly frustrated. Finally, her long suppressed dissatisfaction leads to a break out in front of her closed ones, forcing her to confront her the quiet cost of growing up.

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The Greatest Joy in the World

China / Drama / 13 mins

Director: Yumiao Xing

Writer: Jeff Chiyang Zhang, Yumiao Xing

Producer: Xilong Wang

Cast: Yi Ding, Junhao Zhang, Jing Hu

An ambitious high school girl who loves drawing enrolls in an intensive art training program, where the pressure to become the best gradually transforms her passion into obsession.

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The Mine

China / Drama / 14 mins

Director: Shijun Liu

Writer: Shijun Liu, Luwen Shao

Producer: Peter Hu, Jiahe Li, Ming Wu

Cast: Zhenjun Yang, Baoshan Song, Junqing Guo

In a small village near Xuzhou, an old Taoist priest, Ma Fugui, is asked by local villagers to find a boy lost in an abandoned coal mine. His ritual unexpectedly succeeds, bringing back not only the boy but also a fleeting sense of faith to the community.

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