Presented by the Langara Film Arts Program

This summer, as part of Langara’s Film Arts Program, a group of 31 students from the writing, directing, and acting streams came together to create (10) ten bold, original 9-min short films.

In their own words: “These stories come from a wildly diverse crew of filmmakers — representing Mexico, South Korea, Ukraine, Hong Kong, India, Taiwan, the United States, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Peru, Brazil, Japan, Iran, Indonesia, and Canada. We span generations too — from fresh-out-of-high-school teens to seasoned adults — all brought together by the slightly delusional, totally unshakable belief that telling stories is worth everything…”

This year’s lineup dives into cosmic raptures, homelessness, the fierceness of motherhood, and the goodness of the human heart. Expect social media meltdowns, conspiracy theorists canceling themselves, disaster weddings, high-stakes raids, alien identity theft, Jesus Christ trying to get a job, strip club camaraderie, and an animatronic Santa Claus who will kill you good and dead.

The point is: we didn’t hold back — and it shows.

The evening’s festivities will include a short intermission.

Tuesday, August 19
Doors 5:00 pm | Event 6:00 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.

Tickets and entry is FREE and available to the public on August 12.
Reserve seats HERE

List of films:

AND COUNTING…
Directed by Barbara Costa, written by Angela Nevy, co-produced by Britain Gill.
Starring Ingrid Suarez, CJ Jensen, Soomin Park, Britain Gill, Dani Lopez, and Joshua Fill.

BABY SHARK
Directed by Rhonda Dent and written by Edemilson C. Morais, co-produced by Ann Wu and Joshua Fill.
Starring Celia Chen, CJ Jensen, Soomin Park, Joshua Fill, Dani Lopez, Duncan Nicholson, and Golnaz Fakhari.

LAST NIGHT AT WORK
Directed by Lilou Maillot, written by Meredith Lingerfelt, co-produced by Logan St. Germain.
Starring Honoka Fukuda, Ingrid Suarez, Dani Lopez, Celia Chen, and Soomin Park.

MIRACLE BOOK
Directed by Kalaiselvan Dharmaraj, written by Gil Setyawibawa, co-produced by Soomin Park.
Starring Soomin Park, Duncan Nicholson, Logan St. Germain, Celia Chen, Poppy Darch, Adrian Chao, and Preston Schwartz.

NEET
Directed by Alex Sturman, written by Leon Andreassen, co-produced by Dani Lopez.
Starring Soomin Park, CJ Jensen, Dani Lopez, Celia Chen, and Ingrid Suarez.

RAID
Directed by Iryna Shtunder, written by Rod Campbell, co-produced by Honoka Fukuda.
Starring Britain Gill, Logan St. Germain, Duncan Nicholson, Joshua Fill, Adrian Chao, and Honoka Fukuda.

THE RETURN
Directed by Kevin Keegan, written by Corey Morrell, co-produced by Ingrid Suarez.
Starring Britain Gill, Dani Lopez, Honoka Fukuda, Adrian Chao, and Golnaz Fakhari.

SANTA’S SLAY
Directed by Brook DeSchutter and written by Corey Morrell, co-produced by Celia Chen.
Starring Honoka Fukuda, Logan St. Germain, Britain Gill, Ingrid Suarez, and Adrian Chao.

TIME TRAVEL IS EASIER
Directed by Jacob Moy, written by Preston Schwartz, co-produced by Adrian Chao.
Starring Ingrid Suarez, Logan St. Germain, Joshua Fill, Celia Chen, Dani Lopez, and CJ Jensen.

ZEN OF PETTY REVENGE
Directed by Tierney Grattan, written by Golnaz Fakhari, co-produced by CJ Jensen.
Starring Adrian Chao, Honoka Fukuda, Duncan Nicholson, and Soomin Park.

* All ages welcome! Must be 19+ w/ID for bar service.
* Sorry, Rio Theatre Groupons and passes are not valid for this event.
* Box office opens 60 minutes before showtime (subject to availability).
* Seating: GA in the balcony, Assigned seating on the main floor.
* We recommend arriving at least 30–45 minutes early to allow time for check-in, finding seats,
and grabbing concessions.

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