Louis Vuitton Hawaii International FIlm Festival 2008

13 OR SO MINUTES - Lawrence and Hugh, who have just met, both have girlfriends and are both straight … 13 or so minutes later, however, things have changed.
Director: Branden Blinn, USA, 2008, 13 min.

BOOKIE – Set in the swinging nightclubs of 1963 Seattle, a bookie risks everything for a down-on her luck waitress.
Director: Tran Quoc Bao, USA, 2007, 19 min.

CHORDS - After falling out with a friend over a boy, one girl discovers that the things we love the most are the things we lose the easiest.
Director: Sara Wolkowitz, USA, 2008, 22 min.

CIRCLES OF CONFUSION - The filmmaker parallels her experience upon returning to New Orleans with filmmaker Stevenson Palfi, who committed suicide after Hurricane Katrina.
Director: Phoebe Tooke, USA, 2008, 11 min.

HANS GOES TO KOREA – Hans, a loser out of luck and love in Germany, gets hooked on K-dramas and tries his luck to find his true love in Korea. Beware of the bi bim bap!
Director: Jay Hubert, South Korea, 2008, 17 min.

NOISE – When three men steal a bag containing a bomb from the local train, they are forced to embark on a ride across the city trying to find an empty place to blast the bomb in peace.
Director: Krishna DK and Raj Nidimoru, India, 2008, 14 min.

ONE OF THE LAST – 78-year-old Mauro Selvetti, an Italian peasant farmer, offers anecdotes and advice against the beautiful backdrop of the Italian landscape.
Director: Paul Zinder, Italy, 2007, 12 min.