Turkey Rice / Stray Dogs
Special Screening
Schedule
Nov 15, 2026 @ 11:00 AM
Turkey Rice
11 min | Drama | 2026 | USA | English
Synopsis:
Alone in his dim Los Angeles apartment, Han, a young immigrant isolated from the world for sixteen months, prepares turkey rice—a humble dish his mother taught him and his last connection to home. When his estranged older brother Ze, a Wall Street high-flyer, arrives unannounced, one bite brings memories of their mother and home rushing back. But where Han finds comfort and belonging, Ze sees a lucrative business opportunity. Over a single meal, buried resentments resurface as the brothers clash over ambition, belonging, and one unsettling question: Can you put a price on the taste of home?
Director
Pin Chih Wu
Pin Chih Wu is a Taiwanese filmmaker based in Los Angeles who transitioned from a career in architecture to pursue screenwriting and directing in midlife. Grounded in his experience navigating spatial design and cross-cultural transition, his work explores the delicate tension between ambition and belonging, identity, and cultural heritage. His short film Turkey Rice, which he wrote and directed, brings these themes to life through an intimate story of two estranged brothers sharing a single meal, exploring family, memory, and what remains priceless across borders.
Stray Dogs
13 min | Drama | 2026 | USA | English
Synopsis:
An actor steps onto a bare stage for an audition and becomes Dante — a homeless fast-food worker in a ridiculous uniform, unseen by the city around him. In a raw, poetic monologue, Dante rails against exclusion and poverty and demands answers from a God who never replies — questioning why a benevolent God allows such suffering, and whether peace bought by looking away is peace at all. When the final line lands, the lights reveal his "home" was only a set.
Director
Rafaela Sakaguchi
Rafaela Sakaguchi is a Brazilian-Japanese director and production designer exploring identity, memory, and belonging through culturally layered narratives, symbolic imagery, and emotionally resonant worlds.
Director
Carla Curado
Carla Curado, a Brazilian former marketing manager turned writer and creative director, merging strategic thinking with cinematic storytelling.