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shareNarrative Shorts 8 captures the fragile line between reality and imagination, faith and doubt, creation and destruction. Each film explores the moments when people and sometimes animals see their world differently for the first time.
In Caught in the Frame, the quiet rhythm of a transit hub turns surreal as commuters’ inner lives are revealed through an unreliable narrator. Exhibition follows an artist facing the death of his passion until a child rekindles his spark. Family Sunday moves through the tense underworld of Mexico City, where unpaid debts and loyalty collide on an ordinary afternoon. The Singers transforms a classic Russian tale into a haunting sing-off that connects the broken and forgotten through song.
In Rocked by the Wind, a teen’s musical dreams are tested by a typhoon and the pull of home. Uncaged dives into the mind of a young athlete caught between fame and fear. Koko Suzanne mixes realism and folklore as a girl fights to protect her grandmother from accusations of witchcraft in Kinshasa. And in Amen, pigs raised in a monastery awaken to the truth of their existence, leading to a darkly comic revolt.
Narrative Shorts 8 is a striking blend of the poetic, the political, and the deeply personal….stories that challenge what we believe about power, truth, and the imagination.
In this program
Caught in the Frame
Directed by Shaobo CHEN
At the transit hub, every waiting soul carries an untold saga. The voiceover narrates each commuter’s tale—only to reveal reality inverted.
Exhibition
Directed by Tea' Vincent
Exhibition follows an artist going through his first death, the loss of passion. Critics scrutinize the artist, suffocating each of his artistic breaths. The artist is saved when he encounters a child, a reminder of his childhood, and ultimately his passion.
Family Sunday
Directed by Gerardo Del Razo
In a peripheral zone of Mexico City, the collection of money from merchants and residents of the area is an everyday occurrence. On a sunny Sunday, in a housing unit located in one of these areas, a merchant has not paid his fee and the hired killers have come to give him an ultimatum.
The Singers
Directed by Sam Davis
A genre-bending film adaptation of a 19th-centuryShort story written by Ivan Turgenev, in which a lowly pub full of downtrodden men connect unexpectedly through an impromptu sing-off.
Rocked by the Wind
Directed by Hsiao-Shan Huang
Yearning to connect with his bandmates and wanting a break from chores, high school senior Shuan headed to the city, to escape the familiar expectations of his family, only to be caught in a typhoon later that day. Navigating the fierce storm became an unexpected test in his pursuit of his dream.
Uncaged
Directed by Jay Richardson
In a metaphorical therapy session, a young athlete confronts the mental toll of NIL deals. Struggling with survivor’s guilt and the pressure to succeed, he must turn doubt into action before it consumes him.
Koko Suzanne
Directed by Zach Bandler
Based on true events, a young girl’s life is turned upside down when her grandmother’s strange behaviour sparks fears of witchcraft. As her family struggles to reconcile illness with the supernatural, she must navigate the streets of Kinshasa in order to protect the grandmother she knows and loves.
Amen
A group of pigs are raised peacefully in a monastery when, one day, one of them finds out the truth behind their existence. Thus he decides to free his friends.
Dates & Times
Hi-Pointe Theatre
November 10, 2025
5:00 pm
