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1 OUT OF 30

Film 1 OUT OF 30 Directed by Vishnu Vallabhaneni On the first day of Ramadan, a young architect attempts to fast for the first time while trying…
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30

Film 30 Directed by Rahi Hasan Enter a meditative journey of intimate ritual into the filmmaker's spiritual rebirth.

AN INTERLOPER’S KISS

Film AN INTERLOPER’S KISS Directed by Grace Kim A voyeuristic look at one woman's humdrum everyday life from the perspective of an unlikely love interest.

BLAST BURN

Film BLAST BURN Directed by Jonathan Patrick Thomas, Steve Nguyen In the heart of the Louisiana Wetlands, a drifter comes across a mysterious case in the midst of…

BLOOD

Film BLOOD Directed by Adonis Emory, Guerrilla Davis A young girl awakens from her slumber to reclaim her ancestral inheritance from Maharlika.

DANCING ON MY OWN

Film DANCING ON MY OWN Directed by Alexandra Cuerdo A love letter to the queer Asian experience, inspired by New York's radical dance party Bubble_T.

EPHEMERAL

Film EPHEMERAL Directed by Alexander Phuc Khang Nguyen A juxtaposition of life before Saigon 1975, during the Fall of Saigon in April 30, 1975, and the…

GODZILLA PARTY

Film GODZILLA PARTY Directed by Stanley Wong, Travis Ashkenasy A couple heads to a party to scout out a "unicorn," believing it to be the key to…

GOLD

Film GOLD Directed by Gi Gonzales A group of teenagers play a game of Russian Roulette with a twist.

HERSELVES

Film HERSELVES Directed by Kristy Choi As the filmmaker imagines her mother’s life before motherhood, questions of freedom, authorship, and filial responsibility emerge.

IN PASSING

Film IN PASSING Directed by Esther Cheung A portrait of seventies Hong Kong, as remembered by the filmmaker's parents.
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IZEL

Film IZEL Directed by Wil Prada A homeless teenager finds peace and wonder in astronomy and a telescope that he builds.

MAGGIE DAVE – I’M NOT READY

Film MAGGIE DAVE – I’M NOT READY Directed by Cassie Shao A sheep-man waits for a continuously delayed train.

MAY 35

Film MAY 35 Directed by Tina Takemoto A haunting commemoration of the Tiananmen Square uprising made from fragments of censored archival imagery transferred onto film…

PASSAGE

Film PASSAGE Directed by Asavari Kumar An Indian woman in pursuit of the American dream revisits her immigration journey.

REQUIEM FOR LOST PLANTS

Film REQUIEM FOR LOST PLANTS Directed by Alexander Kaye, Alice Yuan Zhang Plant elders come together through sound and spirit, AR filters, and a virtual vigil, to resurrect a distant…
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SHADED COMPLEXION

Film SHADED COMPLEXION Directed by Paolo Rein When Dante is given a chance to make a film, he must go back to his hometown to…

THANK YOU, COME AGAIN

Film THANK YOU, COME AGAIN Directed by Nirav Bhakta An undocumented convenience store clerk crashes into his subconscious as he grieves the death of his father.

THE COIN

Film THE COIN Directed by Siqi Song A young woman loses her coin jar on her journey to a new country, and ends up finding…

THE FILIAL DAUGHTER

Film THE FILIAL DAUGHTER Directed by Xiao-Wei Lu A mixed-media documentary short covering the story of professional funeral mourners in Taiwan known as "filial daughters."
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THE PARADISE WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Film THE PARADISE WE ARE LOOKING FOR Directed by Joseph Mangat, Norbert Shieh, Quyên Nguyen-Le, R.J. Lozada Four stories about immigrant cultures, self-expression, and living between borders, as seen through the eyes of Asian Americans…
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THIS IS THE WAY WE RISE

Film THIS IS THE WAY WE RISE Directed by Ciara Lacy Native Hawaiian poet Jamaica Osorio shows how her activism reinvigorates her art.