First Run Film Festival | Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
Dana Hammond and Family
L'Asilo di Brea - Dae Hoon Kim
16:50 min
Colonialism, Korean Civil War, Comfort Women, American Military, Adoption & Diaspora, Los Angeles Race Riots - a bastard combination of Spanish and Italian, L'Asilo di Brea means Asylum of Tar and is an indulgence in the fantasy of extinction.
Lena and Me - Blerta Basholli
15:00 min
Lena and Ardi have to get married. As immigrants in America they agree to an arranged marriage by their parents. The comic and ironic moments between them start when they make another arrangement. Until it lasts.
LET THERE BE SOL - Daniel Pfeffer
14:30 min
Marisol and Josiah are two seniors attending a Prep school in Manhattan. Although they come from very different neighborhoods, they spark a love affair that is flipped around when Sol's ex-boyfriend, Edgar, comes back home from Rikers Island.
Little Horses - Levi Abrino
17:30 min
Little Horses is a bittersweet comedy about a divorced small town postal worker, Dave, who tries to win his family back by getting his son a pony for his 8th birthday.
Little People - Maria Dyer
15:00 min
Janie and her younger sister, Boo, discover little people living in their backyard. Will the little people help their sick mother?
Lost Samurai - Angelo Perrino
9:11 min
A wannabe Yakuza gang finds out the meaning of honor and loyalty when one of their members lives is threatened by their own code of conduct. Can they break their rules to do what is right? Tetsuo is a young eager wannabe Yakuza who keeps trying too hard to impress his older friends to the point where things go horribly wrong. In the midst and chaos of getting their gang leader caught by the police, Tetsuo decides to commit seppuku. The problem is that he is too weak and he fails half way through leaving his friends with the decision of killing him or saving him.
