Shorts Block 4: Star of Gladness

SNACK
USA | 9 minutes | Lauren To’omalatai

On a night out with friends, Jess briefly opens up about her grandfather’s death. At home, in the kitchen looking for something to eat, she startles her grandmother and the two share a sweet moment through food and song, remembering the man they’ve both lost.

FAIR
USA | 10 minutes | Taylor Gruver

Based on the true story of one woman’s fateful day as a hired party princess at the mansion of her high school nemesis.

LAST LIGHT
USA | 16 minutes | Koa Bayani

A film crew in Hawai’i fights to get the final shot of a months-long production…thankfully, there’s ten minutes of light left and the director hasn’t finished writing the scene.

ONLY IN AOTEAROA – WĀHINE EDITION
Aotearoa | 22 minutes | Scotty Cotter, Maruia Jensen

Short, sharp, comedy skits told from a distinctly Māori perspective, with real-time conversations between characters that mirror an issue or common experience that affects Māori in a funny, feel-good fashion.

WHO’S THAT GIRL?

USA | 8 minutes | Josh Totafi

In a vibrant 1950’s high school setting in Hawaii, the Sadie Hawkins dance is fast approaching, and tensions are high as the leader of the jocks, known as “The Mynah Birds,” and the leader of the greasers, dubbed “The Red Light Runners,” vie for the attention of the charismatic leader of the popular girls, “The Puas.”