MONDAY

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The 50+ time award-winning short film MONDAY follows a day in the life of a young hustler who ‘code-switches’ through disparate cliques while being everyone's one-stop-shop for all things illicit. His reasons for the hustle aren’t apparent, but as he maneuvers through his neighborhood, he’ll confront racism as well as question the morality of his occupation.

Starring: Kevin David Lin, L.A. Williams, Diamonique Noriega, Steve Castillo, Joe Cadiff, Alexis Clayton, Sarah Johanna Jewell, Lawrence Johnson, Intae Kim, Jefferson Cox, Grace Shen

Executive Producers: Joshua Falcon, Brian Burgett, Dinh Thai
Producer: Brian Burgett - DP: Adriaan Kirchner
Editor: Matt Detisch - Music: Greg Johnson, Joshua Falcon
Wardrobe: Natalie Borraez - H&MU: Arlene Medina
Written and Directed by Dinh Thai

— 50+ Awards —

HBO VISIONARIES - 1st PLACE
NBCU SHORTS - Outstanding Director, Actor, Next Generation Filmmaker
NFMLA - Best New Filmmaker Of The Year
NYTVF - Best Direction
CATALYST - Best Short
CHICAGO INT'L TV FESTIVAL - Gold Plaque
ONE SCREEN - Best Direction
THE WEBBY AWARDS - Nominee Video Best Writing, Honoree Video Comedy Longform
IFS - Best Indie Short
INDY FILM FEST - Best Short
SEATTLE ASIAN AMERICAN - Best Narrative Short
MCMINNVILLE FESTIVAL - Grand Jury Prize, Best Story
FIRST GLANCE - Best Director, Cinematography, Editing
ASIANS ON FILM - Best Drama, Director, Actor

JASON SONDHI // Short of the Week
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The result is a film that ably inserts contemporary themes around diversity into a highly enjoyable crime-story format, raising thoughtful questions about racial identity but packaging them into a short that takes cues from classics ranging from Goodfellas to Beverly Hills Cop. It’s also the rare film that is equally satisfying as a self-contained story as it is a pilot, with a winning milieu and story breadcrumbs we’d be happy to follow in future installments. Kwan in particular is a fascinating cinematic creation, and Lin provides the character an inherent charisma that is hard to not be enamored by.
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Kat Ascharya // Omeleto
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Kwan is a young hustler living in Los Angeles, a veritable one-stop shop zipping around on his bike for any illegal or stolen good you could want. Drugs, bikes, laptops, phones: name it and Kwan can get it for you. Always out to make a score that he can parlay into profit, he knows everyone and everything, blending into one clique or group to the next.
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