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Clowning Time

Directed by Matt Oflas
After his mentee, Bubbles, dies in a trick-gone-wrong, park-clown Honky B. Honky delivers a bitter eulogy that recounts memories of how their relationship changed from fondness and pride to resentment and jealousy. At the end of the eulogy, a weeping Honky concludes that Bubbles was the only one who understood him most. As he saunters away from the podium, clowns start bursting out from inside the casket in clown-car fashion; Bubbles emerges at last from the casket—executing his “greatest trick of a lifetime” to restore his friendship with Honky.

Matt Oflas is a Filipino American filmmaker, proudly from the Bay Area, CA. Born in the Philippines, and having grown up in diverse places such as Tokyo and San Francisco, he has fostered a goal to translate this diversity onto the screen with authentic, vulnerable stories about human connection. He graduated from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts in 2023 with a degree in Film and Television Production. During his time at school, he served as president of the school’s Asian Pacific Cinema Association for two years, where he advocated for greater AAPI representation in the industry, building a community of minority filmmakers and encouraging them to share their cultures and bring their stories to life.

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Shorts Program IV – Outside the Box

Outside the Box centers on stories that address issues of personal identity and subverting social perceptions and expectations.

Dates & Times

AMC Theater Plaza Bonita, Westfield

October 3, 2024
4:30 pm