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Bed & Breakfast
Film
Bed & Breakfast
Directed by Anna Mikami
“Bed and Breakfast” focuses on the coincidental intertwining of two couples in a serene B&B and the history…
Care For You
Film
Care For You
Directed by OHYUNG
In an empty diner, two solitary lovers enter an ethereal world where intimacy runs free.
Engaged
Film
Engaged
Directed by David Scala
“Engaged” is an LGBTQ+ romantic comedy that follows Darren, who keeps trying—and failing—to propose to his boyfriend Elliot.
Chinatown Rising
Film
Chinatown Rising
Directed by Harry Chuck and Josh Chuck
Against the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement of the mid-1960s, a young San Francisco Chinatown resident armed…
Dear Friend Chinatown
Film
Dear Friend Chinatown
Directed by Winter Tian Leng
A cinematic and poetic exploration of the space and time in Chinatown of Downtown Manhattan, Dear Friend Chinatown...
Devon
Film
Devon
Directed by Eiko Fan
Devon is a young man who creates his paintings with gentle movements of his fingers.
Dragonmasters: A Cultural Odyessy
Film
Dragonmasters: A Cultural Odyessy
Directed by Rik Zak and Jun Ren
Dragonmasters: A Cultural Odyssey is the untold story of the Chinese dragon in America, from its roots in…
Dream of Home
Film
Dream of Home
Directed by Joyce Kwon
The protagonist ponders what it might be like to return home, a place she has kept close to…
Due
Film
Due
Directed by Anna Mikami
After assaulting a police officer to save his undocumented friend, a man chooses to live his last night…
Dumpling
Film
Dumpling
Directed by Xiaolu Wang
The story takes place on Xiao Xing’s first day of high school after a move, when she feels…
Eating Up Easter
Film
Eating Up Easter
Directed by Sergio M. Rapu
In a cinematic letter to his son, native Rapanui (Easter Island) filmmaker Sergio Mata’u Rapu explores the modern…
Safe Among Stars
Film
Safe Among Stars
Directed by Jess X. Snow
A queer Chinese American woman struggles to tell her immigrant mother why she left school.
Eve’s Dinner
Film
Eve’s Dinner
Directed by Huanxi Li
After raising her only child and sending her abroad for further education, a mother eats Spring Festival dinner…
Experimental Video Art Festival
Program
Experimental Video Art Festival
The 3rd iteration of the 12G Contemporary Video Art Festival celebrates contemporary video art—that is, contemporary art using…
Falling Star Rising Sun
Film
Falling Star Rising Sun
Directed by Bake Phouikham
Identity. Addiction. Perseverance to make it to the top.
Finding the Virgo
Film
Finding the Virgo
Directed by Barre Fong
A timeless tale of war, desperation, survival, and heroism - a story needed now more than ever before.…
Float
Film
Float
Directed by Bobby Alcid Rubio
In Pixar’s SparkShort “Float,” the first Pixar film directed by a Filipinx American, a father discovers that his…
Genre Shorts: Asian Imagination
Program
Genre Shorts: Asian Imagination
Encompassing genres as varied as sci-fi, noir, and horror, this program of shorts demonstrates the creativity and versatility…
Geographies of Kinship
Film
Geographies of Kinship
Directed by Deann Borshay Liem
3pm
In this powerful tale about the rise of Korea’s global adoption program, four adult adoptees return to the…
Go Back To China
Film
Go Back To China
Directed by Emily Ting
From L.A. to China, from fashionista to factory worker - how is a girl supposed to survive?!?! When…
Go to Sleep: A Lao Ghost Story
Film
Go to Sleep: A Lao Ghost Story
Directed by Phet Mahathongdy
A middle-aged Laotian refugee struggles with his harrowing past, failing marriage, and demanding career when he is haunted…
Happy Cleaners
Film
Happy Cleaners
Directed by Julian Kim and Peter S. Lee
When Kevin Choi wishes to move to L.A. to start a food truck business, he unwittingly sets off…
Have You Eaten Yet? Shorts
Program
Have You Eaten Yet? Shorts
Does longing have a flavor? Can sorrow ever taste sweet?
Hyphen
Film
Hyphen
Directed by King Lu
Jeremy Li, a 23-year-old Chinese American, visits his grandparents in China for the first time on his own.
In Full Bloom
Film
In Full Bloom
Directed by Maegan Houang
The surreal manifestation of a black hole within her home impels an agoraphobic widow to make a difficult…
Jeronimo
Film
Jeronimo
Directed by Joseph Juhn
Born in 1926 to Korean indentured-servant parents in Cuba, Jeronimo Lim Kim became the first Korean to enroll…
July
Film
July
Directed by Amy Chen
A visual diary of summer.
Kinoko
Film
Kinoko
Directed by Erika Gomi
A couple of mushrooms have a fun day out!
Lucky Grandma
Film
Lucky Grandma
Directed by Sasie Sealy
In the heart of Chinatown, New York, an ornery, chain-smoking, newly widowed 80-year-old Grandma (Tsai Chin) is eager…
Lumpia Campesina
Film
Lumpia Campesina
Directed by Robert Karimi
Famed culinary icon Chef Stache interviews the legendary Iranian-Guatemalan cook, Mero Cocinero, who traces his love for a…
Mayor Ed Lee
Film
Mayor Ed Lee
Directed by Rick Quan
From being born the fourth child of an immigrant family to the first Asian American mayor of San…
One Pamilya
Film
One Pamilya
Directed by Leah de Leon
Leah de Leon searches for an understanding of her Filipino-American roots and the forbidden love story of her…
Papaya
Film
Papaya
Directed by Kayleb Lee
For centuries, continuous wars and conflicts ravaged Southeast Asia.
Period Girl
Film
Period Girl
Directed by Jalena Keane-Lee
“Period Girl” is an intimate portrait of Nadya Okamoto, a Harvard sophomore and founder of Period.org, a nonprofit…
Push
Film
Push
Directed by Trilina Mai
A grandfather and grandson’s journey through life.
Queer Asian Voices: Intimacy & Isolation
Program
Queer Asian Voices: Intimacy & Isolation
Whether it is the urge to touch or simply be in the same room as another, we all…
Queer Japan
Film
Queer Japan
Directed by Graham Kolbeins
Trailblazing artists, activists, and everyday people from across the gender and sexuality spectrum defy social norms and dare…
Romantic Scene
Film
Romantic Scene
Directed by Arshia Fatima Haq
A short film examining the tropes of gendered violence in commercial Bollywood films from the 70s and 80s…
Seadrift
Film
Seadrift
Directed by Tim Tsai
In 1979, a Vietnamese refugee shot and killed a white crab fisherman at the public town docks in…
Slurp
Film
Slurp
Directed by Ankita Panda
“Slurp” is an observation of sexual harassment and objectification through the male gaze.
Social (in)Justice Shorts
Program
Social (in)Justice Shorts
11am
The quest for justice isn’t always easy. Sometimes those closest to you are the ones blocking your path.
Spam 3 Ways
Film
Spam 3 Ways
Directed by Christopher Kim
Spam is the reason Christopher Hwisu Kim doesn’t completely hate himself.
Tether
Film
Tether
Directed by Natalie A. Chao & Kenzo K. Le
“Tether” is a music video about what remains when our loved ones leave.
The Ali‘i’s Seed
Film
The Ali‘i’s Seed
Directed by Jonathan Yudis
“The Ali’i’s Seed” is a Hawaiian retelling of an ancient folktale about how a chief selects his successor.
The Chef
Film
The Chef
Directed by Hao Zheng
In the near future, when all labor is replaced by humanoids, an old Chinese chef teaches a humanoid…
The Distance Between Us
Film
The Distance Between Us
Directed by Jeffrey Wu
Accompanied by his father and equipped with filming gear, a grandson travels to his homeland in China to…
The Ice Cake Man
Film
The Ice Cake Man
Directed by Max Cho
A man finds meaning in a childhood memory as he searches for the last words to say to…
Secret Lives of Asians at Night
Film
Secret Lives of Asians at Night
Directed by KEFF
What does the model minority do after dark? (A screwball noir in 5 languages.)
Unspoken
Film
Unspoken
Directed by Patrick G. Lee
Six queer and trans Asian Americans grapple with their queerness and consider what family acceptance might look like.
Violin Tsunami
Film
Violin Tsunami
Directed by Julia McCoy & Mike McCoy
This animated, hand-painted watercolor video for Kishi Bashi’s “Violin Tsunami” is an artistic depiction of the importance of…
We Wove A Net: A Documentary about Growing Up Asian America in Michigan
Film
We Wove A Net: A Documentary about Growing Up Asian America in Michigan
Directed by Harsha Nahata
1-2:15pm
“We Wove a Net” is a short film about what it means to grow up Asian American. Through…
What We Left Unfinished
Film
What We Left Unfinished
Directed by Mariam Ghani
What We Left Unfinished tells the incredible and mostly true story of five unfinished feature films from the…
When We Walk
Film
When We Walk
Directed by Jason DaSilva
When We Walk chronicles the life of disability activist and filmmaker Jason DaSilva as he confronts the next…
Yellow Rose
Film
Yellow Rose
Directed by Diane Paragas
Rose, an undocumented Filipino girl, dreams of leaving her small Texas town to pursue her country music dreams…
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