From Visions to Reel: Finding Home
- Shorts Programs
- 55 mins
FREE PROGRAM
Filmmakers in attendance.
Nathan Ramos (Club Mickey Mouse, As We Babble On) will present a short keynote prior to the opening of this program.
Is home a place, a person, a moment in time, a favorite meal? Finding Home showcases the Asian and Asian American experience from the point of view of young, emerging filmmakers. Find out what home means to the next generation of must-see Asian American and Pacific Islander talent. – Trent Nakamura
In this program
16
Directed by Kristal Chan
After a bad breakup, a young woman transports herself to a time before broken hearts and when first love was forever.
FOR HERE OR TO GO
Directed by Ryan Nguyen
A Vietnamese family discusses running their restaurant to preserve their culture and how they cope with the passing of its founder, loving father and husband.
GRADUATION
Directed by Mahya Shakibnia-Shirazi
Mina is looking forward to her high school graduation — and especially to seeing her sister from Tehran who plans to attend the milestone event.
KEEPSAKE
Directed by Megan Siu Lau
A documentary following the racial stereotypes of three Asian-Europeans, and their individual struggles balancing Chinese tradition and European culture.
NO ONE EVER REALLY DIES
Directed by Anika Kan Grevstad, Mari Young
A celebration of the life of Jun Takahashi: an 84-year-old Tokyo native with an eccentric way of looking at death.
PINEAPPLE
Directed by Jane Chow
At an international school in Hong Kong, a teenager attempts to prove herself a local, rejecting her so-called “westernized” friends and interests in the process.
THE MISSING INGREDIENT
Directed by Yue Huang
A middle-aged man indulging in the tempting world of food has to deal with his loneliness deep in his empty heart.
THE SUNFLOWER CHILD
Directed by RJ Siu
A young pregnant Chinese-American woman struggles with her decision to keep the baby in the face of disapproval from her family and community.