COPING FOR THE BEST SHORTS

We all use coping mechanisms at some point to get through this modern life. These stories capture characters at both their best and worst, while they cope in unique ways and find support in others and within.

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Two people on a first date mask and ignore their insecurities until an event forces them to say what they''re ...
11 min | Erin Brown Thomas | | HAWAI''I PREMIERE | English
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ELECTRA

Electra rethinks her 10th birthday, mixing memories with dreams. Isolated in her fantasy world full of busty d...
27 min | Daria Kashcheeva | | HAWAI‘I PREMIERE | English
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GOOSE QUEST

When Goosie's hamster, Nibbles, dies, the young goose will go on a quest to find the restart button....
17 min | Clarisse Chua | | HAWAI'I PREMIERE | English
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PLAY DATE

Two estranged mothers reunite to make sense of their daughter's last play date....
13 min | Laura Campbell, Amberlee Colson | | HAWAI''I PREMIERE | English
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THE LOOMING CLOUD

After the death of their mother, siblings Maya, Jake, and Chloe return to their childhood-home for the last ti...
17 min | Matthew Tyler | | HAWAI''I PREMIERE | English | Closed Captions
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WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU

‘What Happened To You’ is a short documentary that tells the stories of Tom Jorza and Sebastian Scales. Fr...
25 min | Alec Goldberg | | HAWAI''I PREMIERE | English
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