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Coming of Age

Anti-Asian Hate, Documentary Features

80 YEARS LATER

Film 80 YEARS LATER Directed by Celine Parreñas Shimizu 80 YEARS LATER explores the racial inheritance of Japanese American family incarceration during World War II through multigenerational…

ALL I WANT IS EVERYTHING

Film ALL I WANT IS EVERYTHING Directed by Alexandra Cuerdo A coming-of-age crime drama, fiercely driven Alice Kim battles class, race, family pressure to become a drug dealer…

AND WE COLLIDE

Film AND WE COLLIDE Directed by Lanca Li An unexpected tropical encounter sparks a fragile romance between a wanna-be astronaut and a village farm boy.

de closin night

Film de closin night Directed by Shicong Zhu A Chinese theater student tries to Americanize her accent for a performance so hard that the line between…

ELVIS OF LAOS

Film ELVIS OF LAOS Directed by Van Ditthavong Through dance and conversations - a famous Lao singer, his son, and granddaughter examine the artist's inspirations after…

FIRSTS

Film FIRSTS Directed by Jesse Ung A closeted Chinese international student living in New Zealand plans to lose his virginity to a stranger that…

HOLY COWBOYS

Film HOLY COWBOYS Directed by Varun Chopra In small-town India, where cows are considered sacred, a teenaged boy treads the world of vigilantism to become…

HOW SMALL!

Film HOW SMALL! Directed by Charlene Xu A young woman reminisces about her deceased grandmother, whose volatile personality troubled and confused her as a child.
Narrative Features

ISTIKHARA, NEW YORK

Film ISTIKHARA, NEW YORK Directed by Yasir Masood Reza, a twenty year old aspiring broadway actor and a food delivery courier hustles to make ends meet.

LOCAL MIDDLE SCHOOLER

Film LOCAL MIDDLE SCHOOLER Directed by Sanjna Bharadwaj A girl with magic eyelashes is exploited for them by her school, her community, and eventually the government.

LONG LINE OF LADIES

Film LONG LINE OF LADIES Directed by Rayka Zehtabchi, Shaandiin Tome Long Line of Ladies is a stigma-breaking, female-directed short documentary that gives viewers a glimpse into the story…

MAN BROWS

Film MAN BROWS Directed by Rohan Srinivasan An Indian-American teenager is forced to confront his "masculine" insecurities when he gets his eyebrows threaded.

NOTHING BUT EMPTY ROAD

Film NOTHING BUT EMPTY ROAD Directed by Cole Bacani Vanessa hasn't seen her dad in years until the night of her premiere, and now he only has…

POACHERS

Film POACHERS Directed by Tiffany Lin During the summer before college, two best friends come across a unique business opportunity: illegally harvesting and selling…
Narrative Features

RAYDIO

Film RAYDIO Directed by Kaidi ZHAN Ray and Dio, father and son, work the day and night shifts respectively. Both reticent and emotionless, they…

REIWA 9000

Film REIWA 9000 Directed by Ray Yamamoto Per the request of his grandmother, a Japanese-American man goes to the beach in Los Angeles

SKIN CAN BREATH

Film SKIN CAN BREATH Directed by Chheangkea Ieng A Cambodian-American teenager finds home inside the water of his high school pool.
Documentary Features, Special Presentations

SURF NATION

Film SURF NATION Directed by Jeremiah M. Bogert Jr., Jessica Q. Chen With surfing being included in the Olympics for the first time, a coming of age story unfolds as…
Pacific Cinewaves

TAPA: THE CLOTH THAT BINDS US

Film TAPA: THE CLOTH THAT BINDS US Directed by Nancy Thompson An artistic look at one of the South Pacific Islands’ age old traditional practices of creating tapa cloth,…

THE LIFE I KNOW

Film THE LIFE I KNOW Directed by Animation Director: Cami Kwan, Marie Jamora A stop-motion animated music video for the Filipino band, The Itchyworms.

VARIOUS SHADES OF OFF-WHITE

Film VARIOUS SHADES OF OFF-WHITE Directed by Charlie Pu What does it mean to be connected to culture?
Animation Programs

w(HO)

Film w(HO) Directed by Candace Ho Unpack one Ho’s journey with womanhood, internalized misogyny and sexuality from childhood to adulthood.