★ Three Ladies & A Fake ID | Brandon Okumura | 2025 | English | 11 minutes | Houston Premiere Three middle-aged women get fake IDs to score a senior discount at a local restaurant. ★ More Dead Than Living | JT Doran | 2025 | English | 18 minutes | Texas Premiere A bitter, cranky widow is visited by Death, who lets him know that his time is up. He’s ready and happy to die but not without having one last “magic” adventure with his estranged daughter, whom he never got it right with. ★ Threadbeat Dad | Crystal Jin Kim | 2025 | English, Korean | 22 minutes | Texas Premiere An estranged hospice custodian fears the idea of an undignified death. He goes to bed in a suit every night in case he should die in his sleep, grows increasingly fashionable, and rockets into ludicrous fame. ★ WHAT THE HEAVEN! |(搞什么鬼) | Richard Yan | 2025 | English, Mandarin | 13 minutes | Texas Premiere When his recently deceased father returns as a ghost, a Chinese American student must help him resolve unfinished business — bridging generations, cultures, and their strained relationship — before he can pass on to the afterlife. ★ CINDY | Al Chang | 2025 | English | 21 minutes | Texas Premiere | Film Content Warning: Profanity, Violence, Substance abuse (drugs, alcohol, etc.), Content that is not suitable for children An aspiring rapper takes a vague driving gig hoping for a quiet night to himself. Instead, he meets Cindy, a bubbly and unpredictable passenger who drags him into an absurd and unexpectedly heartfelt adventure. ★ Awit Natin (Our Song) | Pacqui Pascual | 2025 | Tagalog, English | 11 minutes | Texas Premiere | Film Content Warning: Profanity When their father dies during their mother's hospitalization, a Filipino family goes to extreme and absurd lengths to hide the truth.