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PBIFF: HEART (1:30), MAKE -UP (14 min) and KILO (40 min)

HEART (1:30) This film was a semifinalist in the Stand Up to Cancer Film Challenge 2008. ///MAKE -UP (14 min) Shelley is the image of a happy suburban housewife, Shelley's greatest concern seems to be finding the ideal temperature for roasting a chicken. However, when an intrepid cosmetics saleswoman calls on her, it becomes clear that Shelley is not as content as one might think. Throughout her makeover, Shelley discloses what she feels to be her impossible predicament. But nothing is impossible and we learn that this cosmetician's skills reach far beyond cosmetics.///KILO (40 min) When police officer Min Lee gets a chance to work one undercover shift, she jumps on it, eager to prove herself. She and her partner catch a dealer with a kilo of cocaine, but the arrest crumbles when Min loses the kilo during the foot chase. Desperate not to go back to the station empty-handed, Min makes a deal with her arrestee, if he can buy her another kilo, she'll arrest his supplier and let him go. But when the deal goes sideways, Min is forced to choose between becoming the laughing stock, and doing the 'right' thing.